His Name Is Death Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 10 minutes ago, useless said: If we're to become what we wish to become and what our owners and manager state they wish us to become, which is seemingly a team that can challenge for top eight or six, then we're going to have to start digging out the odd result here and there from these kind of games, Chelsea and Man Utd, whilst still better than us, haven't been exactly in amazing form, so getting some kind of result from them shouldn't have been out of the question. To be fair to us, we have dug quite a few good results out of the Super 6 over the last couple of years. I've been really impressed with our resolve against these teams, especially when you consider how wet we used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 All our teams are having bad time of it at the moment, senior mens have lost five of the last six, U23s have won just one of the last six, U18s have won one of the last ten, and the women's team have won one of the last eight in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 1 hour ago, useless said: I don't think we're in danger of being relegated, but posting this in here as the 'race for Europe' thread hardly seems appropriate. Five defeats from the last six unless we turn today's game around, and our one win amongst those was against Norwich. All the euphoria surrounding the new signings has took attention away from it, but we're on a really bad run of form at the moment. Going to be a lot of pressre on the Everton game, need to arrest this bad run we're on asap, if we want to start climbing up the league. That draw is more valuable than just the point it gives us, ends the run of losses we were on, and the manner in which we did, coming back from two goals down with less than fifteen minutes, to go makes it feel almost like a win. Now we've got some easier games on paper, hopefully can start moving up the league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 (edited) I was mad as hell in the match thread and very over dramatic. I shouldn’t have lost the faith in the team. We made it difficult for ourselves, sure, there are certain things that we do that I wish we would stop doing immediately. But I have confidence and belief that we can really try and push on now. I hope we do. Edited January 15, 2022 by Tayls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 We probably need less than 10 points to stay up now. Will probably cling on for another year.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Same as earlier in the season - those even thinking about relegation don't seem to realise how poor the bottom 4 are, they're properly **** terrible, we aren't, we're inconsistent and make too many mistakes but we're not what they are 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted January 15, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 15, 2022 Yeah I don’t foresee this being an issue for us now. I didn’t really feel like we would be in a relegation battle even after the five defeats in a row. And the general upturn in results under Gerrard has cemented that thought. The bottom four seem so cut off. While it would be entertaining from a neutral point of view to see how Everton fare if they were sucked into a battle, I look at the table it seems slightly fanciful. Even Leeds, I can’t see them really dropping into the bottom three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 (edited) With 1 win in 7 games its time to bring this thread up Watford is a 6 pointer Edited February 13, 2022 by messi11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Just now, messi11 said: With 1 win in 7 games its time to bring this thread up No it isn't, just like it won't be time to bring up the European chase thread if we blow Watford out of the water next weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 1 minute ago, Mantis said: No it isn't, just like it won't be time to bring up the European chase thread if we blow Watford out of the water next weekend. 1 point from Leeds, Brentford and Newcastle is relegation fodder tally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 We won't ever become what the owners want. There are going to be 8 or so teams that are so far ahead of us by the end of the summer it's just impossible. As sad and pessimistic as it is, mid table is the best we can achieve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 (edited) 1 minute ago, messi11 said: 1 point from Leeds, Brentford and Newcastle is relegation fodder tally 27 points from 23 games, 10 points clear of the relegation zone, is mid-table fodder tally. Getting 1 point from those three teams does not suddenly put us in any realistic danger of relegation at the present stage, no matter how much you might want it to. Edited February 13, 2022 by Mantis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Just now, Pissflaps said: We won't ever become what the owners want. There are going to be 8 or so teams that are so far ahead of us by the end of the summer it's just impossible. As sad and pessimistic as it is, mid table is the best we can achieve. We have a better team then Wolves, Brighton, Southampton. Could argue a better side than West Ham. We should be up there right now, but for some reason we are not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Just now, messi11 said: We have a better team then Wolves, Brighton, Southampton. Could argue a better side than West Ham. We should be up there right now, but for some reason we are not We really don't have a better team than West ham. The others I agree we should be competing with, but ultimately we are not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 1 minute ago, messi11 said: 1 point from Leeds, Brentford and Newcastle is relegation fodder tally Haha, what about Everton? Are you just listing the non wins weve had? We wont go down. We'd basically have to have completely different form to the season to date. I.e next to no more wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 There is zero chance of us worrying about relegation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 1 minute ago, turvontour said: Haha, what about Everton? Are you just listing the non wins weve had? We wont go down. We'd basically have to have completely different form to the season to date. I.e next to no more wins. 1 win in the last 7 for Villa. Lose to Watford and Brighton and it might be time to get Big Sam on the blower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 1 minute ago, messi11 said: 1 win in the last 7 for Villa. Lose to Watford and Brighton and it might be time to get Big Sam on the blower Why bother? We may as well just save the time and concede the season now. We must accept our fate - we are going down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blasterpocket68 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 One flew over the cuckoo’s nest . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 No chance we go down. That said, I’d bite your hand off if you offered me 12th right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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