VillaChris Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 We played well at the Emirates, good time to play them admittedly. I don't think it's beyond us to have 30 points on the board by the new year which will mean no relegation battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 last year we had 18 points after 20 games so be an absolute improvement It would be, but I think we should be looking for at least 20 from the first 13 games tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avflife Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 we could of been 4/5 down against City at the weekend Over the entire 90 minutes they managed 7 shots on target. I think people are (not for the first time) attributing possession to goals scored. Unless you think Guzan is garbage and could've let everything in Anyhoo, I respectfully disagree. Possession doesn't mean anything, its the overall score after the 90 minutes, plus whatever injury time is added on. You have to be mad/slightly deluded to think City were going to at least score 4/5 after the first 20 minutes of the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villabromsgrove Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 I'm guessing we'll get between 50% and 65% of the available points. I'm finding it impossible to predict our results because we're not yet a smooth settled unit. Still the unpredictability is exciting if a little unnerving at times. UTV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 I'm not quite sure what the significance of looking at the the next 7 games is, but that would take us up to 13 games and it would certainly be a major boost if we could get to 20 or more points by then. It's been a little while since we achieved that sort of start: Points after 13 matches 05/06 - 12 06/07 - 22 07/08 - 24 08/09 - 23 09/10 - 21 10/11 - 17 11/12 - 16 12/13 - 10 So we need 11+ points to give us the sort of start we used to get routinely under MON.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 -3 points no, wait a sec 30 points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 I'm not quite sure what the significance of looking at the the next 7 games is, but that would take us up to 13 games and it would certainly be a major boost if we could get to 20 or more points by then. It's been a little while since we achieved that sort of start:Points after 13 matches 05/06 - 12 06/07 - 22 07/08 - 24 08/09 - 23 09/10 - 21 10/11 - 17 11/12 - 16 12/13 - 10 So we need 11+ points to give us the sort of start we used to get routinely under MON.... That would be nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Hull (A), - Win Spurs (H) - Lose Everton (H) - Draw West Ham (A) - Win Cardiff (H) - Win WBA (A) - Draw Sunderland (H) - Win 14 points. I love optimism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted October 4, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted October 4, 2013 Can someone with more time on their hands with me go through the odds and see what the bookies think for the next few games? okgreatthanks. Hull 13/10 Draw 11/5 AV 21/10 (Bet 365) AV 10/3 Draw 13/5 Spurs 4/5 (Bet 365) AV 2/1 Draw 23/10 Everton 5/4 (BWin) That's as far as they go to. cheers folski! right so the bookies suggest no points from the next 3. i wonder what odds they'd give on us getting more points than that from the next 3 games?! Looks out to me, I'd say we'll get at least a point from those! I reckon we should do better than a point a game, 10 would be a decent return. Anything else and we're really improving. We're yet to really get going too which is interesting, I think we'll hit a good run of form at some point this season, we've been hot and cold so far so who knows, those saying we'll get 14 or more I really hope are right be we shouldn't be expecting that kind of return. At least not until we manage to string together a run of unbeaten games and get a bit of momentum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viivvaa66 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 (edited) We have taken 50% of our points so far this season, and the next 7 games should on paper be easier then the first six. In addition our new players should be more settled, and therefore 12 points should be a fair guess. Edited October 4, 2013 by viivvaa66 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambridge-AVFC Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Hull (A), - Win Spurs (H) - Draw Everton (H) - Lose West Ham (A) - Draw Cardiff (H) - Win WBA (A) - Draw Sunderland (H) - Win 12 points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gompedyret Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 I'd prefer a few draws, for purely esthetic reasons. Our table slot looks prettier with as many or more draws than losses. *tongue somewhat in cheek smiley* That said, I reckon 13 points. A good period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Hull- Draw Spuds- Lose Everton- Draw West Ham- Draw Cardiff- Win WBA- Win Blunderland- Win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshVilla Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Winning tomorrow will be a huge boost. That'd mean 3 wins on the bounce, 4 wins in total from 7 games. It'll take the sting away from a loss against Spurs (not guaranteed though, you never know!) and will have given us a rather good start to the season considering what we've had to face. Realistically, I think that around 13-16 points is do-able, which would put us on 22-25 points. That'd be a pretty healthy return and set us up nicely for December. There's some important (winnable) games around December/New Year so a good points tally before then would see us with a good shot at achieving that upper mid-table finish that we crave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 We have got an average of 1,5 points so far so the answer is 10,5 Problems with that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 I'd prefer a few draws, for purely esthetic reasons. Our table slot looks prettier with as many or more draws than losses. *tongue somewhat in cheek smiley* That said, I reckon 13 points. A good period. Draws have been our downfall in the premier league era, also under MON. I have no problem with us losing more games to win more, afterall we got more points from the Newcastle/Norwich games than two battling draws would've got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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