Zhan_Zhuang Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Kingman said: We play 8 teams above us out of our remaining 11 fixtures Can you imagine the scenes at Villa Park on the final game of the season if its to decide the remaining European spot! Yeah this was the crux of my opinion earlier in this thread. Villa look to have potentially a say in the matter of who qualifies for Europe. The league is tight around these places and also around relegation, there are so many teams involved and looks likely to go all the way until the end of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 1 minute ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: Yeah this was the crux of my opinion earlier in this thread. Villa look to have potentially a say in the matter of who qualifies for Europe. The league is tight around these places and also around relegation, there are so many teams involved and looks likely to go all the way until the end of the season. Yeah our 3 games that are not against top 10 opposition are Leicester (A) Forest (H) and Wolves (A) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pez1974 Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 Fulham haven't been as good in recent weeks as they were earlier in the season - and now Mitrovic could be missing for a while! Might help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Pez1974 said: Fulham haven't been as good in recent weeks as they were earlier in the season - and now Mitrovic could be missing for a while! Might help. Yeah will be 3 game ban at least. Deserves more tbh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zhan_Zhuang Posted March 19, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 19, 2023 Professor Emery in his post-match interview: "Next step is top 10, but if we are ambitious you want to get to something more and look at the teams in the European positions. Of course it is not in our hands to take a European place, but we have to try. We have to take this new challenge." Unlike some "fans" he won't give up! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 42 minutes ago, CVByrne said: Yeah will be 3 game ban at least. Deserves more tbh If its 3 game ban he will miss Bournemouth, West Ham, Everton. 4 or 5 game ban he will also miss Leeds then Villa games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermon Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 Yeah thinks those red cards for Fulham will have an impact on their season.. hopefully. Just need Brentford to implode a little. I think those two teams are the teams I'd want us to be finishing above. Chelsea n Liverpool are just an unknown, they have the quality n know how to get over the line. Brighton just seem to be on another level and don't see them slipping up. Would be chuffed with a top 8 finish personally 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 9 hours ago, supermon said: Yeah thinks those red cards for Fulham will have an impact on their season.. hopefully. Just need Brentford to implode a little. I think those two teams are the teams I'd want us to be finishing above. Chelsea n Liverpool are just an unknown, they have the quality n know how to get over the line. Brighton just seem to be on another level and don't see them slipping up. Would be chuffed with a top 8 finish personally We have a pretty tough run in, only 2 teams below us from the last 11 games. The plus side is we have the opportunity to take points off teams above us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viivvaa66 Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 1 hour ago, duke313 said: We have a pretty tough run in, only 2 teams below us from the last 11 games. The plus side is we have the opportunity to take points off teams above us. Three teams below us; Leicester, Nottingham and Wolverhampton. If we do well, there is a chance we are above a few others teams by the time we play them like; Fulham and Brentford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 1 hour ago, viivvaa66 said: Three teams below us; Leicester, Nottingham and Wolverhampton. If we do well, there is a chance we are above a few others teams by the time we play them like; Fulham and Brentford. Three teams below us who are all fighting for their lives. We can't afford to go into any of those games being complacent and on the beach or we will come unstuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 20 hours ago, AshVilla said: Three teams below us who are all fighting for their lives. We can't afford to go into any of those games being complacent and on the beach or we will come unstuck. The only way to make it, is game at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted March 21, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 21, 2023 On 19/03/2023 at 20:10, Zhan_Zhuang said: Unlike some "fans" he won't give up! Difference is he has to say that to keep the players motivated. We can be more fair in our expectations. Top 10 will be a fantastic achievement after all these years and the start we had, but its in danger of being over looked by some. Tbh I'm not sure we are set up for Europe currently. If league positions suffer from the over exertion of a small squad I can see unnecessary pressure put on everyone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 1 minute ago, Nigel said: Difference is he has to say that to keep the players motivated. We can be more fair in our expectations. Top 10 will be a fantastic achievement after all these years and the start we had, but its in danger of being over looked by some. Tbh I'm not sure we are set up for Europe currently. If league positions suffer from the over exertion of a small squad I can see unnecessary pressure put on everyone. Emery is not just saying it for the sake of it though he truly believes it is possible and it is. He won't be aiming for tenth, that's for sure! Positivity and confidence is key at the top level of any sport; Ferguson (as much as I dislike him) said this too many times. In life for that matter too it is so important; lots of doom and gloom on VT for my liking. Agree with one of your points though 'top ten' would be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted March 21, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 21, 2023 1 minute ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: Emery is not just saying it for the sake of it though he truly believes it is possible and it is. He won't be aiming for tenth, that's for sure! Positivity and confidence is key at the top level of any sport; Ferguson (as much as I dislike him) said this too many times. In life for that matter too it is so important; lots of doom and gloom on VT for my liking. Agree with one of your points though 'top ten' would be great! I agree that he will think we can, and I love him for it, and it was the right thing to say to keep the players aiming high. I just don't like that some are going to take this season as Europe or failure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 23 hours ago, viivvaa66 said: Three teams below us; Leicester, Nottingham and Wolverhampton. If we do well, there is a chance we are above a few others teams by the time we play them like; Fulham and Brentford. Added to that, I’d often rather play a team in 8th than a team in 17th in the final weeks of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepal_villan Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 Interesting that we have more victories than Chelsea and Brentford and only one less than Newcastle, Liverpool and Brighton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsky_11 Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 Strength of remaining schedule based on home/away splits of opponent's ppg rather than total. The middle section "Schedule (points)" is the expected remaining points earned in remaining games (and then expected final points when this is added to current points) based on average total points earned per match minus the average opponent's ppg. The right hand side section (also titled "Schedule (points)") is the same as the middle section but flexed based on % over/underperformance of the listed team compared to the average expected home or away ppg. And here's the same summary, but figures for Brighton, Chelsea and us are based on performance under current management only. Obviously our excellent away form under Emery is skewing this summary a fair bit. However you look at it, Chelsea have the hardest schedule and need the biggest turnaround in form to even get close to top 7. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 On 21/03/2023 at 09:24, Nigel said: Difference is he has to say that to keep the players motivated. We can be more fair in our expectations. Top 10 will be a fantastic achievement after all these years and the start we had, but its in danger of being over looked by some. Tbh I'm not sure we are set up for Europe currently. If league positions suffer from the over exertion of a small squad I can see unnecessary pressure put on everyone. I think it would be too soon for Europe with this squad, even with a few quality additions in the summer. If we managed to finish 7th and get into ECL, I think we'd struggle to play well on Thursdays and weekends, it would be better in the long run if we didn't finish in Euro spots this season and made a push for it next season with Emery getting a summer window, full pre-season and full season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted March 22, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 22, 2023 13 minutes ago, duke313 said: I think it would be too soon for Europe with this squad, even with a few quality additions in the summer. If we managed to finish 7th and get into ECL, I think we'd struggle to play well on Thursdays and weekends, it would be better in the long run if we didn't finish in Euro spots this season and made a push for it next season with Emery getting a summer window, full pre-season and full season. It's fine, you can play the kids and still breeze past European minnows. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMelvillan Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 all things considered if Emery were to get Villa into Europe this season he should be awarded Premier League Manager of the Season. I mean obviously he wouldnt be because there is zero creativity in these awards and it will go to whoever wins the league. But to take Villa from where he found them to Europe would be unfathomably good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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