8pints Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 I know it's all relative and things are tight and can change drastically after one game but, like Richard said, and I'm sure others have said it (I'm saying it now well I'm writing it) We're not in the bottom three, at the moment yes, but we're not and in actual fact, rarely have been this season. And yes, the reason for that may be there's been three or four worse teams than us but that's the whole point of not getting relegated. This is a work in progress team with massive deficiencies, especially the midfield, but it's a product of three managers in three seasons and now a new manager trying to rebuild from the very foundation. This season was always going to be a bumpy ride and we've just begun a crucial January but as long as there are three worse teams than us this season things are 'really fine' as the big man would say. A fall from grace? Yes, but you'd have to be very stupid to not accept that's where we are now, attempting to improve from an embryonic footing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blakey1982 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 We need to win 5 homes games at least. Then a few away draws. Winnable home games IMO: Southampton Newcastle West Ham QPR Fulham Snderland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted January 2, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted January 2, 2013 We need to win 5 homes games at least. Then a few away draws. Winnable home games IMO: Southampton Newcastle West Ham QPR Fulham Snderland well home or away 3 points is 3 points, we need to win 6 and draw 3 to get to 40 points. to add to your list of winnable home games i'd say these away games are winnable... Reading Stoke Norwich Wigan ..added to your list that's 10 winnable games, without even counting our prospects in the other 7 matches i think we can get 6 wins and a few draws out of that lot. i think we have chances to win some of the other ones though too, look at the liverpool result, why can't we do that again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lions_Roar Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 But that wasn't what you were disagreeing with. We all know where we are in the league. But we're not out the bottom 3 because of how well we're doing. It's actually worse than last season. We're out the bottom three because even though we're currently worse than last year there are other teams who are worse or performing at an equally abysmal level. And if there's still 3 worse teams than us come the end of the season then we'd of stayed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaCas Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 I think we will need to win 3 out of those 4 games to stand a chance of staying up Can't see it happening Why do you feel we need to win three of those four to stand a chance of staying up?? Does the season finish mid-February this year? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheltenham_villa Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Why do you feel we need to win three of those four to stand a chance of staying up?? Does the season finish mid-February this year? I guess he feels that games after those 4 get harder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 3 of which are home games we really need to win our home games We cannot afford to **** up anymore and lose 3 - 0 at home to sides around us in the table We will not get lucky every week with other results going our way its inevitable that other teams around us will start to pick up points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 QPR beating Chelsea - 10 mins left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 QPR win against Chelsea... we must start picking up more points now i'm getting nervous. Saints picked up a point against Arsenal, QPR winning against Chelsea.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Dreadful result. We're still 6 points ahead but we need to start pulling away further. Having said that, if Newcastle lose tonight we'll be just a point behind them, and only 3 points behind Sunderland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXD Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 QPR beating Chelsea - 10 mins left thanks again chelsea. QPR has been improving the last few weeks. next game against southampton is a must win for us. the loss against wigan will cost us dearly if we don't start to pick up points soon Good news is that newcastle is performing awfully and are about to lose their topscorer. Hopefully we can get ahead of them. Reading, Wigan, Southampton, Newcastle are the teams I'd say will be battling relegation with us. QPR is a question mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymond Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 (edited) Is relegation a possibility? Certainly, but I do not think anyone is saying that relegation is out of the question. What helps me sleep at night is I think the first half of the season went as poorly as it could have and we still are not in the bottom three at the half way point. If we even improve a little bit - with hopefully some new signings and Vlaar coming back from injury - we have a decent chance at staying up. You can call it optimism if you want to, but I can also tell you to **** off . Edited January 2, 2013 by Raymond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raymond Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Reading, Wigan, Southampton, Newcastle are the teams I'd say will be battling relegation with us. QPR is a question mark Sunderland are not any good either. Why does nobody talk about them as relegation material? MON love? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie09 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 thanks again chelsea. QPR has been improving the last few weeks. next game against southampton is a must win for us. the loss against wigan will cost us dearly if we don't start to pick up points soon Good news is that newcastle is performing awfully and are about to lose their topscorer. Hopefully we can get ahead of them. Reading, Wigan, Southampton, Newcastle are the teams I'd say will be battling relegation with us. QPR is a question mark I think you can add Sunderland's name to that list whilst Fulham, Norwich and West Ham can't afford a run of defeats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Is relegation a possibility? Certainly, but I do not think anyone is saying that relegation is out of the question. What helps me sleep at night is I think the first half of the season went as poorly as it could have and we still are not in the bottom three at the half way point. If we even improve a little bit - with hopefully some new signings and Vlaar coming back from injury - we have a decent chance at staying up. You can call it optimism if you want to, but I can also tell you to **** off . Yeah - we were unbeatable with Vlaar and Clark at CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avflife Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 (edited) Shocking result tonight, couldn't of predicted it if I wanted too and can see QPR getting something from their next 3 games (City and Spurs at home and think West Ham away) Still think its between us, Wigan, Newcastle and Sunderland to go down. Newcastle looking the most likely if they don't replace Ba (Newcastle's top scorer) though rumours they are after Remy Edited January 2, 2013 by Avflife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Why dont we all calm down and wait to see what signings we make. Confident we will stay up. I know we have been through hell constantly for years, but this is going to be the medicine we need. We can and will improve. Let's have some faith, just once. 12th man. Us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernova26 Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 We need to concentrate on ourselves really. **** Chelsea though they get on my tits, will probably hammer us again in the league cup final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Bad result for us but still 6 points ahead of them. This month is crucial for us. Get a couple of wins and we are laughing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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