ender4 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 5 hours ago, Pinebro said: Spurs game will be huge Yep HUGE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdman Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 I'm fairly optimistic. Pau Torres to return in the next couple of weeks hopefully, Morgan Rogers boost, Bailey cooking and Emi doing Emi things. JJ will continue to improve and Ollie hasn't lost his touch when he gets the service. Alot to be very happy about! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AshVilla Posted February 4 Popular Post Share Posted February 4 Spurs have a horrible fixture run in April. Convince me that they get more than 3 points out of these. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Waring Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 (edited) 19 minutes ago, AshVilla said: Spurs have a horrible fixture run in April. Convince me that they get more than 3 points out of these. We have to play Arsenal, Man City and Liverpool too. Edited February 4 by Pongo Waring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 34 minutes ago, AshVilla said: Spurs have a horrible fixture run in April. Convince me that they get more than 3 points out of these. Same same, we all play everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YLN Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 On 03/02/2024 at 00:20, YLN said: I had a thought on the bus home about how we need our good players like Ramsey and Diaby and Douglas Luiz and Kamara to start playing like good players and stop playing shite. I think once they start playing good again, we'll start winning games. So it turns out I was right 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 1 hour ago, AshVilla said: Spurs have a horrible fixture run in April. Convince me that they get more than 3 points out of these. Angeball. Great January business. They should run away with the league really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post picicata Posted February 4 Popular Post Share Posted February 4 6 hours ago, AshVilla said: Spurs have a horrible fixture run in April. Convince me that they get more than 3 points out of these. Newcastle v Spurs - both teams have so many injuries that the game is played 6-a-side with rush goalies. Newcastle's only fit players all have the last name Longstaff. 3 points Spurs. Spurs v Man City - City have shot off into the distance and won the league already so are playing a bunch of U18's and Kalvin Phillips, who has been sent back West Ham for lying about being a footballer. 3 points Spurs. Spurs v Arsenal - Arteta is in full on sulk after losing the title and stages a one man sit in on the centre circle to protest how mean all the other boys are. The ball bounces off his head and becomes so slick with hair product that which ever slightly rubbish keeper Arsenal are fielding keeps letting it through his hands. 3 points Spurs. Liverpool v Spurs - Liverpool allow Sven Goran Eriksson to manage the game. He chooses to play Klopp up front so that the fans can all show their appreciation for him in one last game. The match takes 3 days to complete as the fans keep running on the pitch to circle-jerk over Klopp's glasses. 3 points Spurs Spurs get 12 points, finish second and the media names them 'the real winners' as they are from London 1 3 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted February 4 VT Supporter Share Posted February 4 7 hours ago, Pongo Waring said: We have to play Arsenal, Man City and Liverpool too. I think the idea is that’s it somehow better to have the more difficult opposition a bit more spread out over the fixtures, as opposed to one after the other. Like somehow the weight of losing three difficult games that carries over and increases the chance of losing the fourth, less difficult game. <shrugs shoulders> I don’t know if there is any true merit in that thought. Fwiw if I was given the option of having Citeh, Arsenal and Liverpool all in a row or separated over a couple of months, I’d probably choose the latter. But it’s a gut feeling more than anything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAlex Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 In agreement we need 24 points for 4th. Win all our remaining home games and we get 24 points. Not so easy though, a few tough games there. Liverpool could we fighting for the title in our last home game. Brentford will low block us without doubt so we'd need to score early like we did under Danks. Wolves will also low block us and we can't seem to beat them lately. Surely we are due a win. I'd hope for wins against Forest, Spurs (get VP roaring), Bournemouth and Chelsea. Next week against United is huge as to which direction we will head in. Beat them and can confidently say they're out of the top 4 race unless they won near enough every game remaining after that (not happening). As I doubt we will replicate our early year home form we need to target away points to hit those 24 points. Realistic opportunities there are Fulham away, Palace away last game and even West Ham. I'm very anxious about Luton away at the moment, they will be hurting from their performance at VP and they're scrapping to survive. Brighton away, they could be in Europe like us but their home form at the moment is so strong, I'm glad we are scheduled to play them later on. Tough ask especially with potential FA Cup and EUCL but we can do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 20 minutes ago, VillaAlex said: Liverpool could we fighting for the title in our last home game. Could be title deciding game for both teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 37 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: I think the idea is that’s it somehow better to have the more difficult opposition a bit more spread out over the fixtures, as opposed to one after the other. Like somehow the weight of losing three difficult games that carries over and increases the chance of losing the fourth, less difficult game. <shrugs shoulders> I don’t know if there is any true merit in that thought. Fwiw if I was given the option of having Citeh, Arsenal and Liverpool all in a row or separated over a couple of months, I’d probably choose the latter. But it’s a gut feeling more than anything. In paper it should be, you get momentum and a fuzzy feeling from beating Newcastle and then go on to play at a higher level vs man city, conversely if they lose the first 2 games in that run the pressure increases for the derby game and they choke But the PL doesn't work like that We beat man city and arsenal before going on our worst run in a year What could make it interesting is most of those spurs games will be moved for TV and we will hopefully still be playing Sunday games, I'd prefer it if we played our game before spurs played theirs, worst case is spurs playing the early Saturday game and going above us meaning we have to win 24 hours later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 (edited) our final 7 away games are Fulham, Luton, West Ham, City, Arsenal, Brighton, Palace - We should be able to get two wins in there and two draws giving us 8 points Which means we need 2ppg (16 points) from our 8 home games to make it to 70 points United, Forest, Spurs, Wolves, Brentford, Bournemouth, Chelsea, Liverpool - So we really need to win 5 of these 8 games. I think our ability to bounce back from a loss has been a key aspect of our good season 4-0, 3-1, 3-1, 3-2 and 5-0 are the wins we've had on back of a defeat. Edited February 4 by CVByrne 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 (edited) 3 minutes ago, CVByrne said: our final 7 away games are Fulham, Luton, West Ham, City, Arsenal, Brighton, Palace - We should be able to get two wins in there and two draws giving us 8 points Which means we need 2ppg (16 points) from our 8 home games to make it to 70 points United, Forest, Spurs, Wolves, Brentford, Bournemouth, Chelsea, Liverpool - So we really need to win 5 of these 8 games. Could get 4-5 away wins from that lot and Luton at Kenilworth worries me more than some others Edited February 4 by Kiwivillan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 Feel like there’s a big weight been lifted and we can go again . So many positives to take from last night. We are doing alright and I’m surprised how close we are still to Liverpool at the top. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Townsend Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 I never doubt this team. Our issue has been that injuries and suspensions caught us over the Christmas and New Year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 9 hours ago, AshVilla said: Spurs have a horrible fixture run in April. Convince me that they get more than 3 points out of these. Momentum is everything in football and if Spurs struggle in these games, we have a good chance of picking up points where they will likely drop them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 9 hours ago, Pongo Waring said: We have to play Arsenal, Man City and Liverpool too. Yeah but Villa doing Villa things we would probably smash them all then lose to Luton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 10 hours ago, AshVilla said: Spurs have a horrible fixture run in April. Convince me that they get more than 3 points out of these. I think they could beat Arsenal and Newcastle. They also have an insane record at home to Man. City although cup match Man. City felt in control. Pretty sure in April we have Arsenal and Man. City away so it will balance itself out. We do need to try to get another 4-5 point lead over them if possible just to pile the pressure on them a little bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Townsend Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 7 wins and 3-4 draws might be enough? If we win 8 and nab a couple of draws we would be very well set. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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