useless Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 I was thinking after the Luton win and the writing off of Man Utd after their Fulham defeat that all it would is for us to lose a couple of games and for them to win a couple so the gap between us and them is cut to five points and people would be insisting they're going to finish above us But people panicking sooner than I thought, the gap has only been cut to eight points, with us having a game in hand, and even if we lose tomorrow we still be in a very advantageous position over them Them finishing above us can't be ruled out completely, but we're going to have to go on a very bad run for them to do so, because they will lose more games between now and the end of the season or drop points otherwise, they're aren't going to suddenly win all their games 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 22 minutes ago, omariqy said: True but we have had a spell of getting only 8 points from 7 games so you can never say never. I know but the odds are remote that Man Utd will go on Champions level run and we go on a relegation level run at the same time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 (edited) Annoyed that Arsenal won today. Was starting to believe we could rope them into 4th place and take 3rd. Edited March 9 by AshVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 33 minutes ago, omariqy said: True but we have had a spell of getting only 8 points from 7 games so you can never say never. Before that we won 4 out of 5 games so overall it was 20 points from 12 matches. 15 more points could be good enough to get 4th so really we don't need that much more than slightly over a point a game. We'll be o.k. The time to get jittery was when we lost late to Man. United but we responded by winning the next three which were all huge and Man. United lost to Fulham and Spurs lost to Wolves in that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 (edited) 24 minutes ago, AshVilla said: Annoyed that Arsenal won today. Was starting to believe we could rope them into 4th place and take 3rd. It's still possible. But probably just as unlikely as Man U catching us. Edited March 9 by Mic09 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 1 hour ago, AshVilla said: Annoyed that Arsenal won today. Was starting to believe we could rope them into 4th place and take 3rd. I don't see us challenging them this season. I think they have won every game this year. That ship has sailed unfortunately. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 1 hour ago, VillaChris said: Before that we won 4 out of 5 games so overall it was 20 points from 12 matches. 15 more points could be good enough to get 4th so really we don't need that much more than slightly over a point a game. We'll be o.k. The time to get jittery was when we lost late to Man. United but we responded by winning the next three which were all huge and Man. United lost to Fulham and Spurs lost to Wolves in that time. If this was a good man u team I wouid be worried but when the likes of Neville praises them for their defeat at City you know this Is a poor united team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted March 9 VT Supporter Share Posted March 9 I very much doubt Arsenal are catchable. However, if you’re hoping to finish 4th, aiming to catch a side likely to finish in 3rd place isn’t the worst way to go about achieving it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 1 hour ago, AshVilla said: Annoyed that Arsenal won today. Was starting to believe we could rope them into 4th place and take 3rd. Don’t care about Arsenal. But I like the look up attitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 2 hours ago, nick76 said: I know but the odds are remote that Man Utd will go on Champions level run and we go on a relegation level run at the same time. Yeah I don’t think it will happen. Even in that bad run they only made up 6 points - i.e. their wins against us. 12 points is a lot to over turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted March 10 VT Supporter Share Posted March 10 (edited) I still think we could (0.1% chance) win the title so you lot are all massive I bet shitters. By this time tomorrow after dispatching the tottingham wet flannels we’ll only be looking up not down. Peace and ****, believe. Edited March 10 by fightoffyour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 7 hours ago, omariqy said: True but we have had a spell of getting only 8 points from 7 games so you can never say never. Yes you can. Ridiculous and soon enough they'll have run out of games to bridge what is currently a 12pt gap because we're more than 20 goal difference better off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 12 hours ago, AshVilla said: Annoyed that Arsenal won today. Was starting to believe we could rope them into 4th place and take 3rd. I know its only took till recently league table wise but I’ve always thought the top 3 were in a group of their own all season even when we beat them both and now the table is starting to show that. All 3 are just really consistent. I guess if one of those teams goes 2 games without winning all of a sudden they could find themselves out the title race. For the neutral hope all 3 can keep it up till the last few games to make the title race exciting. Spurs fans are 5 points behind us and still think they can finish above Arsenal! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 16 hours ago, AshVilla said: Annoyed that Arsenal won today. Was starting to believe we could rope them into 4th place and take 3rd. They've been destroying teams recently.. so i'm not sure what gave you that " belief " lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 On 09/03/2024 at 12:16, HanoiVillan said: You're probably right, but that to me is a bit 'lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change'. EDIT: To put that a bit less archaically, 'shit happens' I suppose. If the German clubs win it on merit then we didn't 'deserve' it. Especially when its in our own hands. If we don't finish top 4 its our own fault 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HongKongVillan Posted March 10 VT Supporter Share Posted March 10 No SJM for 3 games, bye bye to this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 What a catastrophic 20 minutes in the season. Spurs will finish above us so it's all on 5th place now. Can't be going out to Ajax now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Injuries have **** us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Well this is over then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Absolute disgraceful effort today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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