Villa are now away to Ajax for the Europa first leg, 3 days before we play them - another little boost for us

comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 23 seconds ago
Villa are now away to Ajax for the Europa first leg, 3 days before we play them - another little boost for us
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That’s a nice one for us with them away

Fancy us to get a point minimum

comment by Blackpolespur (U9242)
posted 5 seconds ago
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 23 seconds ago
Villa are now away to Ajax for the Europa first leg, 3 days before we play them - another little boost for us
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That’s a nice one for us with them away

Fancy us to get a point minimum
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I reckon we can win that now, Emery loves Euro comps and I can see him flogging them to death in that tie.

We can’t play like we did last Saturday though, we have to switch on now and start stepping up again

comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 15 minutes ago
Long way to go, we just need to concentrate on ourselves.

Home games:

Palace
Forest
Luton
Arsenal
City
Burnley

Away games:

Fulham
Villa
Chelsea
Newcastle
Liverpool
West Ham
Sheff U

I think 68-70 points is going to be needed for the 5th and final CL spot and 62-63 points just top finish top 7 and qualify for Europe.

I think we need to win 5 of the 6 home games. We have to win away to Fulham and Sheff U. The. Grind a couple of points from the Villa, Chelsea, Newcastle, West Ham away games. Liverpool away is a guaranteed loss. That would get us CL I think.

For Europe but not CL, winning home games against Palace, Forest, Luton and Burnley would give us 59 points - we may only need 1 more win or a few draws to get that job done.

I am confident we will be in Europe next season and at this point remain quite confident it will be the CL. We have to stop throwing late points away and need to be putting away teams properly at home - Palace, Forest, Luton and Burnley are as kind of fixtures as you can ask for, we should be looking at 10 plus scored with a max of 2 conceded in my opinion
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I'll be disappointed if we aren't at least getting 5 wins from our next 7. Palace, Luton, Fulham, Forest, West Ham. All winnable if we have the brunt of our first team available. We need a clear path now and to build some winning momentum. Then top 4 should be a doddle.
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Fulham away - we have a good record but they have the odd game under Silva at home where they turn into 1970’s Brazil.

West Ham away - most seasons it’s the biggest game of their season, I always fancy a draw in this fixture.

We simply cannot drop points in our next 3 home fixtures, they have to be won and convincingly in my opinion.
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Fulham are nothing special. Any team can turn up on their day but our best trumps their best. Maybe play Solomon for that one so he can score against his old team.

West Ham are in dire form. Again the best we have beats their best. I think they'll have their eyes more on Europe than the league right now.

There are lots of winnable games to go. I'm still actually quite confident of top 4.

I reckon this two week break came at a good time with a chance now for the returning players to get some consistent training in

Once Maddison finds his touch again we will click

Has the squad gone away for some warm weather stuff.

I hope so. I hope they've all had a bit of sunshine, some hard sessions and then a bit of golf, r&r etc and a good few team meetings and bonding sessions to steel us for the run-in

comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
Has the squad gone away for some warm weather stuff.

I hope so. I hope they've all had a bit of sunshine, some hard sessions and then a bit of golf, r&r etc and a good few team meetings and bonding sessions to steel us for the run-in
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No

Two poor performances in a row. They should be in Siberia

comment by Hengy (U9129)
posted 12 hours, 15 minutes ago
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
Has the squad gone away for some warm weather stuff.

I hope so. I hope they've all had a bit of sunshine, some hard sessions and then a bit of golf, r&r etc and a good few team meetings and bonding sessions to steel us for the run-in
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No
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Or they all kept to themselves doing all night FIFA & Fortnite sessions, and then moaned to their WAGS or their social media accounts about random stuff

Villa 3-0 up.

Man Utd lose!

State of play 2 March 2024

Villa Played 26 - 52 Points
Spurs Played 26 - 50 points
Man Utd Played 26 - 44 points.

Man Utd play City away tomorrow.

Oh Villa are playing the late kick off today.

Barkley to smash Villa single-handedly with a hat-trick.






Pretty please

excellent second half performance

4th is between Villa and Spurs now. We aren't good enough this year and frankly don't deserve it either.

comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 57 minutes ago
State of play 2 March 2024

Villa Played 26 - 52 Points
Spurs Played 26 - 50 points
Man Utd Played 26 - 44 points.
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I don’t think you need to include United in this discussion tbf.

Villa 1 up

comment by Christopher huffing glou (U20930)
posted 7 minutes ago
excellent second half performance
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It was.....definitely have a bit of fight in them.

Can't express how well BJ done for that equaliser.....

All too often the attacker gives the foul away when chasing in the corner.

5th place a shoe in

I think 5th place beckons, but that’s likely to be a CL spot this year so that’s fine.

This side need to be playing more games, we just looked lost at times in that first half.

One thing we do have now though is game changers on the bench - those options are dragging us through this season now.

Will be happy with a point at Villa, that keeps the chasing pack at bay

Villa 3-2 89rh minute.

comment by Striketeam7 - There used to be a football club over there (U18109)
posted 44 minutes ago
I think 5th place beckons, but that’s likely to be a CL spot this year so that’s fine.

This side need to be playing more games, we just looked lost at times in that first half.

One thing we do have now though is game changers on the bench - those options are dragging us through this season now.

Will be happy with a point at Villa, that keeps the chasing pack at bay
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Hhhmnnnn didn't think of that scenario.....

A lack of games...

comment by junction8 (U1074)
posted 4 minutes ago
Villa 3-2 89rh minute.
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