StefanAVFC Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 (edited) 22 minutes ago, BOF said: A minor point, but last night's 5-0 thrashing of Chelsea by Arsenal has mathematically guaranteed us European football next season. The lowest we can finish now is 7th, and that's Conference League. Not if United finish 8th and we finish 7th. Edited April 24 by StefanAVFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 24 Moderator Share Posted April 24 Just now, StefanAVFC said: Not if United finish 7th or 8th. I don't understand what you mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Just now, BOF said: I don't understand what you mean. Sorry edited it. If United finished 8th and won the FA cup, 7th is still Europe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunther Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 1 minute ago, StefanAVFC said: Sorry edited it. If United finished 8th and won the FA cup, 7th is still Europe? I think you're right, if Man U win the FA Cup they take the second Europa spot. If they finish 8th or below, then 6th would get conference, 7th would get nothing. But that's not our problem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Just now, BOF said: As far as I know yes. 5th is Europa League and 6th is conference. 7th is conference because Liverpool won the league cup and won't be taking the conference place. So that's us sorted regardless. Now if United take their Europa League place by winning the FA Cup then their Conference spot would drop to 8th if necessary. All depending on where the finish of course, but 7th is Europe anyway. I think that's how it would work if 5th was CL but as it isn't, 7th is the lowest it can go. And if United win, then '7th' goes to them not 7th place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 24 Moderator Share Posted April 24 Just now, StefanAVFC said: I think that's how it would work if 5th was CL but as it isn't, 7th is the lowest it can go. And if United win, then '7th' goes to them not 7th place. Yeah I removed it as I'm checking with the oracle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 24 Moderator Share Posted April 24 For some reason I had a conference league spot for a league finish and one for the league cup winner That's not the case, so we're not guaranteed yet. Dagnammit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 (edited) 40 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: I think that's how it would work if 5th was CL but as it isn't, 7th is the lowest it can go. And if United win, then '7th' goes to them not 7th place. I think the formula though is for us to finish 7th then Man. United would have to finish above us. Chelsea can't finish above us and they've still got six games left to play so there's an ever diminishing number of teams below us now who can get to 67 points, just Newcastle and Spurs. Edit: Ignore what I was saying. However there is no one else who can actually catch us and knock us down to 7th (other than Man. United) so them winning the cup is irrelevant. Also Man. United/Newcastle still have to play each other in the run in so surely that alone guarantees it as at least one of those teams will lose at least two points from that fixture. We've basically secured top 6 now from the Chelsea result last night which is a nice achievement with still a month of the domestic season to run. Edited April 24 by VillaChris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 1 hour ago, BOF said: For some reason I had a conference league spot for a league finish and one for the league cup winner That's not the case, so we're not guaranteed yet. Dagnammit I mean it’s all but guaranteed. I’ve already renewed my passport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldarkandransome Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Early Villa goal here and Chelsea could collapse, we don't need to go mad but 5 or 6 would be rather good. Extend the GD and 9 point lead over Spuds, jesus we may not even need all the games to do this. Steady on 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted April 24 VT Supporter Share Posted April 24 They don’t seem terribly confident. But I thought a team like Chelsea should be wiping the floor with us? (I’m still bitter about the words of that slippy scouse fraud!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 We need to play Diaby and Bailey together again. Keep the pressure on Cucurella all game. Keep Dougie on the bench til 60 mins. Tielemans and McGinn have been working so well together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VillaChris Posted April 24 Popular Post Share Posted April 24 Thiago Silva's mother passed away today so sympathies to him and I imagine he won't be involved on Saturday if she was living in Brazil. He is still their best CB by a country mile at nearly 40 when you look at how clueless the starting two last night were for them. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 2 hours ago, Keyblade said: We need to play Diaby and Bailey together again. Keep the pressure on Cucurella all game. Keep Dougie on the bench til 60 mins. Tielemans and McGinn have been working so well together. I think Luiz will come straight back in as have to be careful Chelsea's three centrally don't overrun us like in the cup. Palmer if back will also come inside constantly. Can't really drop Rodgers based on how good he's been in last month so think Diaby will miss out on this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallisFrizz Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 4 hours ago, alreadyexists said: They don’t seem terribly confident. But I thought a team like Chelsea should be wiping the floor with us? (I’m still bitter about the words of that slippy scouse fraud!) They’re as sure they’re going to lose to us as we were sure we were going to lose to Arsenal away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvilla28 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 So unpredictable they a so have to be switched on from the beginning play our game and wear them down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srsmithusa Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 the sun says we're in, easily. We can all quit worrying now. The SUN !!!! (over-reaction to a rag is intentional) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicRic Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 On 22/04/2024 at 17:07, Pez1974 said: He's just getting out of playing against us, so he can join us in the summer and play champions league Good player - deserves to play for a Top 4 team Hope he tells Chukwuemeka this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicRic Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 On 23/04/2024 at 10:06, foreveryoung said: Palmer injured for Arsenal game. Can't see him being fit for Sunday surely? Why has he got a rugby match or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted April 25 VT Supporter Share Posted April 25 I'm terrifyingly over confident for this one. 8pm, under the lights at VP. The Holte drunk on a payday, on the cusp of Europe. The maestro, Mister Emery will have the perfect game-plan. We will win easily, convincingly and by a huge margin.* * I'm still a Villa fan scarred by years of failure so this could not happen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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