madras Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 isn't it down to the way teams are playing ? you see teams playing shite (west ham )and place them that way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I still can't believe that Villa are in the bottom three. They remind me a bit of us when we went down actually. Manager walks out early season Squad plunged into disarray Good players but (seemingly) no spirit Dropping down the league steadily Can't seem to string results together to get out of it despite playing well in patches. etc. It'll be interesting to see if they follow our lead and bin Houllier in March to bring someone else in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I still can't believe that Villa are in the bottom three. They remind me a bit of us when we went down actually. Manager walks out early season Squad plunged into disarray Good players but (seemingly) no spirit Dropping down the league steadily Can't seem to string results together to get out of it despite playing well in patches. etc. It'll be interesting to see if they follow our lead and bin Houllier in March to bring someone else in. i know its ridiculous to say this all things considered with our history but surely villa are too good to go down at least compared to the shite around them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I still can't believe that Villa are in the bottom three. They remind me a bit of us when we went down actually. Manager walks out early season Squad plunged into disarray Good players but (seemingly) no spirit Dropping down the league steadily Can't seem to string results together to get out of it despite playing well in patches. etc. It'll be interesting to see if they follow our lead and bin Houllier in March to bring someone else in. i know its ridiculous to say this all things considered with our history but surely villa are too good to go down at least compared to the shite around them They've got a lot of good players there but the results say otherwise. They're right in the thick of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Following on from our last two games, Wigan and West Ham have two of the places sewn up. Wigan were terrible, and I agree with what midds says about West Ham tonight. I actually don't think that they're that bad of a side, but they lack any manner of confidence, bottle and desire. They looked like they'd given up at HT tonight - I remember one particular incident in the second half when the winger (?) was chasing a ball and then just stopped halfway (despite the fact he could probably have got to the ball) and let Colo shepherd it out of play - they know they're all but gone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Following on from our last two games, Wigan and West Ham have two of the places sewn up. Wigan were terrible, and I agree with what midds says about West Ham tonight. I actually don't think that they're that bad of a side, but they lack any manner of confidence, bottle and desire. They looked like they'd given up at HT tonight - I remember one particular incident in the second half when the winger (?) was chasing a ball and then just stopped halfway (despite the fact he could probably have got to the ball) and let Colo shepherd it out of play - they know they're all but gone. i'm not sure how they beat wolves and fulham and how everton didn't beat them, any side that lose to that shower of shit should have mass wages docked after the game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I just don't know what to think with Villa. They're in the 'too good to go down' bracket for me, but we know that doesn't always see teams through. Can't help but feel they'll be safely mid-table at the end of the season though. Wigan, West Ham, and I think West Brom will slip into the last place after a valiant fight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Blackpool, for all their hard work and good performances, are only 4 points off the relegation zone. They've got a couple of games in hand but they'll find it harder as they play teams the second time around. They've lost their element of surprise a bit now and their squad is going to be stretched. They could well be sucked into it pretty soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Houllier seems to have alienated half the squad, and they also have a squad that was assembled in an idiosyncratic manner under MON. now he's gone, it looks a bit unbalanced. ie they always had carew in there as a focal point - that won't happen now and who is the alternative - heskey? they lack driving force in central midfield too, imo. any one of nolan, barton or tiote would work wonders there. they do have promising young players like albrighton, bannan and clark but they cant carry a side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Just watched Houlier's post match interview, he sounded like a beaten man. I think they are in a lot of trouble, it'll be poetic justice after their fans behaviour when we went down, but I would love to see them go, feel sorry for Houlier. I'm laughing at bit at all the villa fans who were happy to see O'Neill go Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Just watched Houlier's post match interview,he sounded like a beaten man. I think they are in a lot of trouble, it'll be poetic justice after their fans behaviour when we went down, but I would love to see them go, feel sorry for Houlier. I'm laughing at bit at all the villa fans who were happy to see O'Neill go Same... Pity for him as i like Houllier and i thought he'd do well there. Someone alluded to it earlier, he's suffering from a team that is every inch Martin O'Neill's. And even he, the guy that built it, couldn't do anything with it. Hope Gerard gets time cos i reckon he'll make them tick eventually. Would still be hilarious if they went down, mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 its funny how wba who the media loves to praise and loves to wank over di matteo yet wba are deep in the shit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Don't see where Wigan's goals will come from. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 West Brom and in as bad a run of form as anyone at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Just watched Houlier's post match interview,he sounded like a beaten man. I think they are in a lot of trouble, it'll be poetic justice after their fans behaviour when we went down, but I would love to see them go, feel sorry for Houlier. I'm laughing at bit at all the villa fans who were happy to see O'Neill go Same... Pity for him as i like Houllier and i thought he'd do well there. Someone alluded to it earlier, he's suffering from a team that is every inch Martin O'Neill's. And even he, the guy that built it, couldn't do anything with it. Hope Gerard gets time cos i reckon he'll make them tick eventually. Would still be hilarious if they went down, mind. He needs money to make them tick though. Needs to evolve it from being MON's team. I think he should just cut his losses, get out and find a more suitable job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 West Brom and in as bad a run of form as anyone at the moment. Mentioned them meself, like Can see them taking the final spot behind Wigan and West Ham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 We've got some pretty fucking hard games coming up, we're a not out of the woods yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 We've got some pretty f***ing hard games coming up, we're a not out of the woods yet. Nope we are not, and amazingly we are just seven points clear of the bottom. Having said that we would have to implode on a gigantic scale to drop now I think, there's too many simply awful teams between us and the bottom to have me overly worried. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Don't see where Wigan's goals will come from. Talking about goals I think it's a bit funny bottom of the table West Ham have only scored three less goals than sixth placed Mackems. That gives me a bit of hope that we can catch the dirty scum. They've either defended fabulously all season (bar our game of course) our they've had a large slice of luck this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Don't see where Wigan's goals will come from. Talking about goals I think it's a bit funny bottom of the table West Ham have only scored three less goals than sixth placed Mackems. That gives me a bit of hope that we can catch the dirty scum. They've either defended fabulously all season (bar our game of course) our they've had a large slice of luck this year. You've nailed it, mix of both at different points of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpal78 Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 To be honest it is still fluid right now. Before the West Ham & Wigan games, I was hoping for some distance if we won both, but even after doing that, the difference between us the and last place is fucking 8 points. Results have really gone against us in the last two games, the bottom sides have all been winning and instead of drifting away, they've been keeping pace with the the middle pack. How do you fucking explain Wolves beating Chelsea?! Hope Ancelottin gets the sack for this!!! So ya I think we will need more than 40 to survive,maybe even 43-45 ish Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UV Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 To be honest it is still fluid right now. Before the West Ham & Wigan games, I was hoping for some distance if we won both, but even after doing that, the difference between us the and last place is fucking 8 points. Results have really gone against us in the last two games, the bottom sides have all been winning and instead of drifting away, they've been keeping pace with the the middle pack. How do you fucking explain Wolves beating Chelsea?! Hope Ancelottin gets the sack for this!!! So ya I think we will need more than 40 to survive,maybe even 43-45 ish The fact that there are no obvious whipping boys means that it's less likely you'll need over 40 points to stay up this season. When West Ham went down with 42 there were 2 abjectly poor teams - with West Brom on 26 and Sunderland on 19. The bottom teams are on around a point a game. One or two may drop below that ratio, but that's probably how it will end for the 18th place, so I reckon 39 points or 38 points with a decent goal difference will keep you up this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 All these re-arranged fixtures make the table a headfuck just to look at. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I'm going with West Ham, WBA & Blackpool to go down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 All these re-arranged fixtures make the table a headfuck just to look at. Aye. There's way too many to say how the table is shaping. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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