Nabby Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I'd be tempted with Bent for Benteke just for the fact Benteke looks jaded ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 You cant leave out Benteke, he's essential to us staying up. Stick with the players that has seen us improve as the season has gone on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biskitt Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Assuming Wigan win one of their 2 games in hand ( which is by no means a certainty ) we only have to finish a single point ahead of any of Sunderland, Stoke and Wigan to stay up. Not ideal but I think that's achievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshVilla Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 From Garth Crook's Team of the Week on BBC: "Charles has not been the first name on Paul Lambert's team sheet this season but in the last few games he certainly started to look like the player Aston Villa invested in. His goal was a beauty. Collected with the right foot and beautifully dispatched with the left. With N'Zogbia, Christian Benteke, Andreas Weimann and Gabby Agbonlahor, Villa will stay up" I'll take that last bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Wigan losing the next 2 would help us no end.. City and West Ham are both good at home though so hopefully they help us out. Try next 3, City away, West Ham away & Spurs at home. Spurs tend to give them a battering too from time to time remember the 9-1? So hopefully that might ease our G.D. worries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 At least it's only 34 days and 3 hours max till we know our faith. It's getting really tough, and it's not like it's exciting, it's more terrifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I am hoping Wigan get only 1 or 2 points from there next 3 games. Man City away 0 points, West Ham away 1 point and if Bale is fit 0 points against Spurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I am hoping Wigan get only 1 or 2 points from there next 3 games. Man City away 0 points, West Ham away 1 point and if Bale is fit 0 points against Spurs. I really hope City & Spurs can give them a battering, the thing with City is they will want to keep the points United win the league by to a minimum, and they have a team where the can chop and change and play 2 games in 3 days and not really be affected. Silva will hopefully return & Aguero seems to have found his scoring boots. West ham will be a tough game too when you factor in that Wigan will have played in London Saturday, gone back to Wigan, down to Manchester Wednesday, and back down to London Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 We just have to not finish bottom of a 6 team mini league. Honestly, I think that's doable. Another way to look at it, we should be aiming for 6 points from the Sunderland, Wigan and Norwich games which will give us 40 points which should be enough. Anything from the United and Chelsea games will be bonuses. I'm fairly optimistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I agree 6 points from those 3 games would see us safe but it won't be easy will it? We need a fully fit agbonlahor for those games. I don't agree with resting players but if he's not 100% for the Man U game then we shouldn't risk him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie09 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Despite Sunderland's victory yesterday I'm still confident we'll finish above them and Wigan. Although I didn't watch their game yesterday I listened to the commentary whilst watching my lad play and it sounded like their victory was as much down to Newcastle playing badly as it was Sunderland playing well. If Wigan fail to pick up more than a point from their next three games then they'll be the team that drops in my opinion. Add to that if QPR beat Stoke at the weekend then they'll face a massive game against Norwich which alot of their fans are saying will define their season. Potentially Stoke will either pull clear and drop Norwich further in the mire or their poor run will continue. Their following game is against Sunderland so there are a lot of twists and turns in the coming month. Provided we pick up 4 points from the Norwich and Sunderland games we'll be fine as I'm confident we'll beat Wigan on the final day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 From Garth Crook's Team of the Week on BBC: "Charles has not been the first name on Paul Lambert's team sheet this season but in the last few games he certainly started to look like the player Aston Villa invested in. His goal was a beauty. Collected with the right foot and beautifully dispatched with the left. With N'Zogbia, Christian Benteke, Andreas Weimann and Gabby Agbonlahor, Villa will stay up" I'll take that last bit Leaving aside the fact that Garth Crooks is a complete fruitbat, yes I'll take it too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 That Norwich Stoke game is the most stone wall 0-0 ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshVilla Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 (edited) From Garth Crook's Team of the Week on BBC: "Charles has not been the first name on Paul Lambert's team sheet this season but in the last few games he certainly started to look like the player Aston Villa invested in. His goal was a beauty. Collected with the right foot and beautifully dispatched with the left. With N'Zogbia, Christian Benteke, Andreas Weimann and Gabby Agbonlahor, Villa will stay up" I'll take that last bit Leaving aside the fact that Garth Crooks is a complete fruitbat, yes I'll take it too! Nice to see something on the BBC that isn't "Villa are completely f*cked" though Edited April 15, 2013 by JoshVilla 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 From Garth Crook's Team of the Week on BBC: "Charles has not been the first name on Paul Lambert's team sheet this season but in the last few games he certainly started to look like the player Aston Villa invested in. His goal was a beauty. Collected with the right foot and beautifully dispatched with the left. With N'Zogbia, Christian Benteke, Andreas Weimann and Gabby Agbonlahor, Villa will stay up" I'll take that last bit Leaving aside the fact that Garth Crooks is a complete fruitbat, yes I'll take it too! Nice to see something on the BBC that isn't "Villa are completely f*cked" though He's failed to mention Bent. I wonder how much the teams around us would give to be so potent going forward that they could leave an 18m goal machine on the bench? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 From Garth Crook's Team of the Week on BBC: "Charles has not been the first name on Paul Lambert's team sheet this season but in the last few games he certainly started to look like the player Aston Villa invested in. His goal was a beauty. Collected with the right foot and beautifully dispatched with the left. With N'Zogbia, Christian Benteke, Andreas Weimann and Gabby Agbonlahor, Villa will stay up" I'll take that last bit Leaving aside the fact that Garth Crooks is a complete fruitbat, yes I'll take it too! Nice to see something on the BBC that isn't "Villa are completely f*cked" though He's failed to mention Bent. I wonder how much the teams around us would give to be so potent going forward that they could leave an 18m goal machine on the bench? And where would Bent fit into our system? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.I.C.O. Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 From Garth Crook's Team of the Week on BBC: "Charles has not been the first name on Paul Lambert's team sheet this season but in the last few games he certainly started to look like the player Aston Villa invested in. His goal was a beauty. Collected with the right foot and beautifully dispatched with the left. With N'Zogbia, Christian Benteke, Andreas Weimann and Gabby Agbonlahor, Villa will stay up" I'll take that last bit Leaving aside the fact that Garth Crooks is a complete fruitbat, yes I'll take it too! Nice to see something on the BBC that isn't "Villa are completely f*cked" though He's failed to mention Bent. I wonder how much the teams around us would give to be so potent going forward that they could leave an 18m goal machine on the bench? He's only an "£18m goal machine" when he can be arsed though, which has been only a handful of times this entire season. He has'nt done anything to deserve a place in the starting eleven and is'nt a good enough footballer to adapt his game to fit into our style of play. He needs wide men to lay chances to him on a plate! Bent is just treading water til the inevitable move away in the summer. He'll probably make a couple more appearances and touch the ball a few times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I think the key is not finishing in the bottom three 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I think the key is not finishing in the bottom three Best post in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayEm Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 I think the key is not finishing in the bottom three I think you're on to something here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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