The Fun Factory Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Southampton have been rubbish for ages. I can see them going down with hopefully Newcastle and dirty Leeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 It'll be interesting to see if Palace get drawn in now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 If Burnley win today we will be just three points above the relegation zone with Leicester and Liverpool as our next two games. Lookin at the fixtures there's a lot of games where our relegations rivals have a good chance of losing or taking points of each other. But a win tomorrow would be most welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 If we lose tomorrow that will seven defeats from the last nine and with Liverpool away to come next that would likely turn to eight defeats from ten. I think tomorrow's game is more important than it's being given credit for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 I don't. 4 points from Norwich and Burnley and we'd be on 20 points and still not at halfway stage. And should still be above likes of Everton and perhaps even Palace. That's without taking into account a draw tomorrow which is my prediction. Don't really see us getting much but a comfortable defeat at Anfield so already written that off. As we saw two months ago seasons can flip very quickly but given how we've generally played so far under Gerrard I don't see a run of 5 defeats happening again this season so think we're over the worse. If we can at least secure mid table spot in next 5-10 games then from Feb onwards we've got a good run of games to push into top half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 It will be a lot easier to get points from Burnley and Norwich if we haven't just lost eight games out of the last ten, if we go into those games having lost to Leicester and Liverpool then the pressure on the Norwich game will be big as we will be going into it with it being a must win game otherwise we will be in trouble not just in terms of the league but more so in terms of the team's confidence. So getting a result against Leicester, preferably a win is important to take some of the pressure off the Norwich game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 True but Brighton haven't won since mid September so there's actually a team above us in worse form. We beat them and Palace who were in good form after five straight defeats so think we're on upward trajectory now and most teams will lose to Man. City and Liverpool at least once this season so no shame in losing to either. If we only get one point off Norwich/Burnley then I imagine they'll be a few more posts in this thread and hard work really starts for SG but before then not too concerned of how many points we're above 18th, I would've been much more if DS was still in charge as we looked completely broken as a cohesive unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 As it stands if we win tomorrow we can go above Brighton, was only a few weeks ago people were talking about the fact that they were above us in the league as some sort of evidence as to what a good manager Potter was and why we should give him the job but also counter suggestions that he wouldn't come to us because of how far ahead of us they were. Of course they could still turn it around today, but shows that six points isn't much of a gap in this league and shouldn't judge teams too early, either because of a good or bad start to the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Scary quality in this league. Even if teams don't have great squads they have decent managers like Hassenhutal or Deano. I have never known it so strong. Its like the Championship a few years ago where anyone can beat you unless you are totally on it from minute 1 . I am hopeful we can pull clear though as we always have a goal in us and i think that Gerrard will not let heads drop. We also have January to make changes if needs be. But as a football league my god its competitive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 At this point not much use in worrying about other teams too much. We're playing very well under Gerrard though and have a decent squad so not too concerned. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Just noticed that we have won the most games in the whole bottom. However Watford are the only team to have lost more. We really don’t like drawing do we. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Incredible that a team like Newcastle can go 14 games without a win and are only 3 points from safety should they win today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaFaninLondon Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Our aim should be at least 7 points from the next 4 games to leave us with 23 points from 18. Anything more is fantastic and anything less a concern. My prediction would be: Leicester (h) - D, Liverpool (a) - L, Norwich (a) - W, Burnley (h) - W If we win tomorrow I'd be optimistic for the month ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Gap to Wolves could be down to just 2 points if we win tomorrow. They are currently 8th. 3 points tomorrow and no reason why we couldn't be in top 10 for xmas day which would be pretty good effort considering situation three weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTed Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 35 minutes ago, VillaFaninLondon said: Our aim should be at least 7 points from the next 4 games to leave us with 23 points from 18. Anything more is fantastic and anything less a concern. My prediction would be: Leicester (h) - D, Liverpool (a) - L, Norwich (a) - W, Burnley (h) - W If we win tomorrow I'd be optimistic for the month ahead. Watch us take 4 points off Leicester and Liverpool then get 0-1 in the other two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Same as the Norwich game, watched 20 mins of Newcastle vs Burnley, if you think we're on that level then you're mad, they're dogshit, proper dogshit 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted December 4, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 4, 2021 12 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Same as the Norwich game, watched 20 mins of Newcastle vs Burnley, if you think we're on that level then you're mad, they're dogshit, proper dogshit to be fair, that southampton performance was that level. absolute turgid display gonna put my neck on the line and say we wont be that bad again this season 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Sad thing is this thread still being highly relevant. We're not many defeats away from being straight back down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 If we win tomorrow we will be nine points clear of the bottom three, we would also climb into the top half of the table with a win if Palace and Brentford fail to win their games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 39 minutes ago, useless said: If we win tomorrow we will be nine points clear of the bottom three, we would also climb into the top half of the table with a win if Palace and Brentford fail to win their games. Is this not music to people's ears for some reason? Alright then, if we lose and Spurs lose we will be just three points clear of the relegation zone and just three points clear of Norwich, the supposed worst team in the league. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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