RichardCanning Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 One can safely say that MO'N will finish the year 8th or better in his first season in charge One can?! What after 4 games?! A season is 38 games long and I'd be pleased with 10th this season. Amazing what a couple of decent performances can do for confidence. I'm a realist and when the injuries hit and suspensions start I know this squad won't be capable of performing as well as it has done thus far under MON! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirdi Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 If the last 3 managers can rescue Villa from positions just outside the relegation zone under Ellis, and MO'N has the funds in Jan then Yes one can safely say they will finish 8th or higher. MO'N has a track record of astute signings, so the injury & suspension concerns are mitigated (I'll bet there will be a few choice Loan deals between now and Christmas as well). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 14, 2006 Author Moderator Share Posted September 14, 2006 Can you increase the size BOF? Bit hard to read with this new quote box thingy. Request was made and Simon duly obliged. If you're still seeing the small font then do a refresh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardCanning Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 (I'll bet there will be a few choice Loan deals between now and Christmas as well). Not by villa there won't, the transfer window is shut and barring a goalkeeping emergency sides will be stuck with what they have! have updated the Lawro league and will post the first standings of it next week as it'll be at 6 games and a few sides will have spread out following Lawro's non predictions on the first two games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Can you increase the size BOF? Bit hard to read with this new quote box thingy. Request was made and Simon duly obliged. If you're still seeing the small font then do a refresh. Cheers chap, much better on me old peepers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomIsADeftone Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 I'm really happy with the start to the season, Unbeaten so far, 9 points from 5 games, and who'd have thunk it looking at the fixtures back in August. Really, Really Pleased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 18, 2006 Author Moderator Share Posted September 18, 2006 I'll update this when Liverplop and Newcastle play their game in hand in midweek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 21, 2006 Author Moderator Share Posted September 21, 2006 Week 5 updated. We are 4pts better off than last season, not to mention unbeaten. Next up is a home tie against Charlton. Week 6 last season was a 1-1 home draw with Spurts. One other thing to note is our home attendance against Charlton last season, just a smidgen over 30k at 30,023 which was our 5th lowest Premiership attendance of the season. Early (conflicting) reports from the ticket office are suggesting that the game on Saturday will be anything from 35k to 40k. Suffice to say it'll be a big improvement on last season's game which was also a 3pm Saturday kickoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardCanning Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Lawro's League Week 6 (The first two weeks were all put as 0-0's as the camp one made no predictions, hence the rather large sum of draws) Team P W D L GD Pts Man Utd 6 4 2 0 7 14 Chelsea 6 3 3 0 6 12 Blackburn 6 3 2 1 1 11 Arsenal 5 3 1 1 5 10 Liverpool 6 2 4 0 2 10 A Villa 6 2 4 0 2 10 Bolton 6 2 3 1 2 9 Wigan 5 2 2 1 1 8 Pompey 6 1 5 0 1 8 Everton 6 1 4 1 0 7 W. Ham 6 1 4 1 -1 7 Spurs 6 1 3 2 0 6 Newcastle 6 1 3 2 0 6 Sheff Utd 6 1 3 2 -2 6 Reading 6 1 2 3 -3 5 Charlton 6 0 4 2 -3 4 Watford 6 0 3 3 -4 3 Man City 6 0 3 3 -4 3 Boro 6 0 3 3 -5 3 Fulham 6 0 3 3 -6 3 You get the gist at the moment! Am waiting to see if he predicts a score for the Arse game in hand or not, if he doesn't that too will go as a 0-0 BOF : Prettified it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 26, 2006 Author Moderator Share Posted September 26, 2006 Charlton result added. Coincidentally, week 7 last season was also a trip to Stamford Bridge. It resulted in a 2-1 defeat that saw us slipping to 15th in the table and with the worst away record in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runetune Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Thanks BOF, always good to get a comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 3, 2006 Author Moderator Share Posted October 3, 2006 We have more than double our points of this stage last year, we are unbeaten compared to having lost 3, we are untouched at home. The magic continues too. Week 8 last season was a completely demoralising 3-2 home defeat at the grubby hands of Middlesbrough that put us 1pt above the relegation zone. Next up is Spurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardCanning Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Have updated the Lawro league and will put standings up next week, interesting to see the Camp one has no defeats down for Liverpool, Man Utd or Chelsea yet! Villa lie 7th with 11 points and a 0 goal difference! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 19, 2006 Author Moderator Share Posted October 19, 2006 A sell-out against Spurs and 8 clear of last season's tally. We didn't even sell out against the Blues last season. Hopefully the attendance moaners will stay quiet now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardCanning Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Chelsea take over on top of Lawro's League this week as Man Utd play Liverpool and Lawro couldn't possibly predict either side to lose. Villa creep up to 6th, meanwhile Reading sit a shocking 19th according to Camp boy. I'll post the full league standings (which Bri will have to tidy up for me) next week as we'll be at the 10 games gone point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 23, 2006 Author Moderator Share Posted October 23, 2006 Week 10 last season saw us come crashing down to earth with a 2-0 home loss against new boys Wigan. This after the euphoria of beating Birmingham on their own patch. Next up for us is a trip to Anfield. I smell a defeat. Hopefully the monkey will be off our back after this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirdi Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 1 win and 4 losses better than last year, 2 temporary signings in Sutton & Agathe (like Loans) with a player or two to come in January maybe, that top 8 is looking pretty safe Still got that feeling that somehow MO'N and the chargers will remain unbeaten in the Prem for a few weeks yet. We have statistics in our favour being the "ONLY" unbeaten team at this point in all 4 divisions! Usually there are a couple in each div at this point in time, so I smell our 1st. away win of the season, now that would be a monkey off the back. We can all keep the fingers crossed Cheers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardCanning Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Time for Lawro League after 10 games TEAM P W D L GD Pts Chelsea 10 7 3 0 14 24 Man Utd 10 7 3 0 12 24 Arsenal 9 7 1 1 14 22 Liverpool 10 4 6 0 6 18 West Ham 10 3 6 1 2 15 Bolton 10 3 5 2 2 14 Villa 10 3 5 2 -1 14 Wigan 9 3 4 2 2 13 Everton 10 3 4 3 1 13 Blackburn 10 3 4 3 -3 13 Tottenham 10 2 6 2 1 12 Portsmouth 10 2 6 2 0 12 Boro 10 2 4 4 -4 10 Charlton 10 1 5 4 -5 8 Sheff Utd 10 1 5 4 -6 8 Newcastle 10 1 4 5 -5 7 Fulham 10 1 4 5 -6 7 Watford 10 1 4 5 -7 7 Man City 10 1 4 5 -7 7 Reading 10 1 2 7 -10 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 27, 2006 Author Moderator Share Posted October 27, 2006 I see he has great faith in Reading. Nice to see he hates Newcastle He's been 'a bit wrong' with the 'aaaaammers tho' hehe. He has them 5th in his league FFS !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 1, 2006 Author Moderator Share Posted November 1, 2006 Liverpool loss recorded. Last season in week 11 we lost 3-1 away to Man City and fell to 16th in the league. Next up for us is a home tie against Blackburn - a tie we won 1-0 last season in week 4 thanks to new signing Milan Baros' first goal for the club. He could do with another one right about now. And for those of you obsessed with attendance. Last season's home tie with Blackburn was a 3pm Saturday kick off with no Sky coverage and the attendance was a pathetic 31,010. I'd expect a lot more than that this coming Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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