Colos Short and Curlies Posted Tuesday at 17:56 Share Posted Tuesday at 17:56 50 minutes ago, Scoot said: Hoping for a City win tonight. A draw after that. Don't want Villa winning. If they lose and we win Saturday, we're 5 points ahead of them with 4 to play. Come on City. It's 2 clear wins with goal difference, essentially no margin for error if we win the 2 home games and essentially done and dusted the weekend after next if we do the business against Brighton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted Tuesday at 17:58 Share Posted Tuesday at 17:58 1 hour ago, Ketsbaia said: Not all of them, probably two. Expecting no wiggle room is asking for trouble. If we can’t beat Ipswich Chelsea and Everton at home we don’t deserve to be in the CL. The wriggle room is probably not needing any points against Brighton or Arsenal. We should obviously target at least 1 point considering what we have on the line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted Tuesday at 20:59 Share Posted Tuesday at 20:59 The maximum Villa can get now is 69 points, 3 wins and a draw, so long as one of them wins is against Chelsea, and we're there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted Tuesday at 20:59 Share Posted Tuesday at 20:59 That Chelsea game is everything isn’t it. I’m giving myself a migraine thinking about it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted Tuesday at 21:06 Share Posted Tuesday at 21:06 4 minutes ago, Smal said: That Chelsea game is everything isn’t it. I’m giving myself a migraine thinking about it Be handy if they’re not 4 or 5 nil up after the first leg of the Conference semi final and they have to give the second leg their full attention. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted Tuesday at 21:10 Share Posted Tuesday at 21:10 Just beat Ipswich first and foremost. Takes it from 10 points from 5 games down to 7 from 4. Eyes on the prize, dispatch Ipswich and take it from there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted Tuesday at 21:12 Share Posted Tuesday at 21:12 One game at a time, deal with Ipswich and think of only them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis H Posted Tuesday at 21:15 Share Posted Tuesday at 21:15 As intense as this is, I’m still reminding myself to be grateful that it’s for Europe and not relegation. 3rd year in a row we’ve been chasing the champions league in the final month. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joelinton7 Posted Tuesday at 21:16 Share Posted Tuesday at 21:16 - Win all of our home games gives us 68 points (with currently a +13 goal diff advantage over Villa). If we reached 68 Villa would currently need 12 points to overtake us which means them needing to win every game they have left (they would also need to overhaul our GD) - Beat Chelsea for me means they’re out of the race. They have the hardest run in (Everton, Liverpool, us and Forest) plus European games. - if we win all of the home games and get a point in any of the aways then it’s done for me. We make it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
janpawel Posted Tuesday at 21:21 Share Posted Tuesday at 21:21 3 minutes ago, Joelinton7 said: - Win all of our home games gives us 68 points (with currently a +13 goal diff advantage over Villa). If we reached 68 Villa would currently need 12 points to overtake us which means them needing to win every game they have left (they would also need to overhaul our GD) - Beat Chelsea for me means they’re out of the race. They have the hardest run in (Everton, Liverpool, us and Forest) plus European games. - if we win all of the home games and get a point in any of the aways then it’s done for me. We make it. They wouldn't in your example, as they'd be 1 point ahead But yeah, 3 wins and a draw guarantees us ahead of Villa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Displayname Posted Tuesday at 21:23 Share Posted Tuesday at 21:23 Just need to win against Chelsea now and alot have to go wrong for us not to make it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfcastle Posted Tuesday at 21:28 Share Posted Tuesday at 21:28 20 minutes ago, SteV said: Be handy if they’re not 4 or 5 nil up after the first leg of the Conference semi final and they have to give the second leg their full attention. Don't think that'll make any difference. Conference league is absolutely meaningless to them in comparison. Manager probably gets sacked if all they do is win that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaj Posted Tuesday at 21:31 Share Posted Tuesday at 21:31 As mentioned, Ipswich game is huge. Win that and we are in a great position! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted Tuesday at 21:32 Share Posted Tuesday at 21:32 1 minute ago, Wolfcastle said: Don't think that'll make any difference. Conference league is absolutely meaningless to them in comparison. Manager probably gets sacked if all they do is win that I wouldn’t quite say ‘meaningless’. Aye, they probably prioritise our game regardless, but if they went over there and got turned over, the fans would go (even more) mad, and the pressure would get ramped up even further, so they probably have to give it some attention. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted Tuesday at 21:32 Share Posted Tuesday at 21:32 3 minutes ago, Wolfcastle said: Don't think that'll make any difference. Conference league is absolutely meaningless to them in comparison. Manager probably gets sacked if all they do is win that Hasn’t he been resting players with the ECL in mind now they’re at the business end of the competition? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaj Posted Tuesday at 21:34 Share Posted Tuesday at 21:34 Means quite a lot to Maresca. He will get a nice payout if he gets sacked but if he wins the ECL he will have that on his CV going forward Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted Tuesday at 23:09 Share Posted Tuesday at 23:09 (edited) Villa just drop 3 points and that means two wins and a draw sees us above them. I think we’ll finish ahead of them. One big thing is seeing if Chelsea put some wins together after that big Fulham win . I think we’ll do it. Not to tempt fate but as tight as it is, it could all end up being over a couple of games before the end if we beat Chelsea. At least in regards to them Edited Tuesday at 23:11 by Superior Acuña Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted Tuesday at 23:28 Share Posted Tuesday at 23:28 Chelsea playing Forrest is huge, they're also still in the Conference, even playing a second string it's taking time and recourses away from the league. Forrest in the semis of the FA Cup then have a fairly quick turnaround of games. Biggest issue with Villa is they have a full week off for each game from now to the end of the season on top of a strong squad. They need to win all 4 realistically though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted Wednesday at 00:10 Share Posted Wednesday at 00:10 Bournemouth away is the game where you think Villa are most likely to drop points, think they win the other 3 especially as Spurs/ManU are distracted (they are crap too) Bournemouth will want to finish 8th as that could very well be Europa Conference spot but their recent form has been terrible Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted Wednesday at 00:14 Share Posted Wednesday at 00:14 Just need to be better over 5 than Chelsea and Villa. It’s that simple. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geogaddi Posted Wednesday at 06:11 Share Posted Wednesday at 06:11 (edited) 6 hours ago, Geordie Ahmed said: Bournemouth away is the game where you think Villa are most likely to drop points, think they win the other 3 especially as Spurs/ManU are distracted (they are crap too) Bournemouth will want to finish 8th as that could very well be Europa Conference spot but their recent form has been terrible Bournemouth away is pretty much the same as our Brighton away really . Villa will still likely win the other 3 games so that late goal for City last night was massive for us as Villa are still likely to get another 9/10 points . Edited Wednesday at 06:11 by Geogaddi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted Wednesday at 06:26 Share Posted Wednesday at 06:26 Just beat Ipswich on Saturday. I reckon by the time our game is over the table will be: NUFC : 62 City : 61 Chelsea : 60 Forest : 60 (game in hand) Villa : 57 Would be tough for Villa to catch us from that, think only City, Forest & Chelsea would be capable. Beat Chelsea and I think we're there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT24 Posted Wednesday at 06:29 Share Posted Wednesday at 06:29 I hope we manage to qualify for UCL, either way it’s going to be an exciting (and nerve-wrecking) final few weeks. I think we’ll miss Howe but hopefully the work he’s put in behind the scenes gets us over the line and he can come back fresh whenever he’s ready. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted Wednesday at 07:37 Share Posted Wednesday at 07:37 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted Wednesday at 07:44 Share Posted Wednesday at 07:44 7 minutes ago, BlueStar said: That graphic is weird, Forest's game in hand is against Brentford, and their game against Palace is just a standard weekend game (Albeit a Monday night match) along with everyone else. I don't know why, but Opta chances percentage is annoying me this season, its everywhere, and can change wildly depending on one result Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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