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  1. 1. How likely are we to finish top four this season? 0 = nee chance, 5 = can’t call it, 10 = nailed on marra



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33 minutes ago, dcmk said:

I keep looking at the table and thinking we should have 5 more points - from the Brighton and the Everton game.  

 

Conveniently forgetting how lucky we were at the start of the season.

We weren't really that lucky. Maybe against Southampton (unlucky to be a man down though?). Slow start against Bournemouth but ultimately perhaps should have won, Spurs deserved, same with Wolves and got what we deserved at Fulham.

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I think we're about par for where we should be based on our performances, so for every Everton away we should have won there's a Bournemouth away we could have lost, a Wolves away for Brighton at home...

 

But

 

Even if Gordon had put away that pen we'd be 3rd.

 

For all the worry, we're in a very good position having played Spurs, Man City, Brighton, Chelsea, Arsenal in our opening 11.

 

5 wins, 3 draws, 3 losses is good going as far as 'sketchy' form goes. Spread over a season that's still 62 points. We continue improving and hopefully our points tally does too.

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4 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Avoid injuries, play to our max potential we’ll be well placed. 
 

You’d expect each English club to progress in Europe as well which is bad for their legs. Chelsea might permanently play the B team mind. But the rest you expect will play strong teams. 

 

Chelsea hasn't seemed that impressive as of late, after a cracking start to the season. Will be interesting to see how their season will develop. Inevitably Palmer will hit top form again..

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2 hours ago, SUPERTOON said:

Wilson and Trippier apparently back for West Ham as well (won’t hold my breath over Wilson mind).

Wilson back.

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA...

 

 

Oh, you're serious?! 😅

 

(Yeah I stole that from spiderman!)

 

 

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2 hours ago, SUPERTOON said:

Wilson and Trippier apparently back for West Ham as well (won’t hold my breath over Wilson mind).

 

I wish the bookies would let us bet on what his next injury will be. Would be a fun game.

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9 hours ago, Erikse said:

 

Chelsea hasn't seemed that impressive as of late, after a cracking start to the season. Will be interesting to see how their season will develop. Inevitably Palmer will hit top form again..

Chelsea are an ok team with a high technical base and one of the best attackers in the league. 
 

I don’t think they play well as a team much.  That might be a good thing for them as there’s levels to come. 
 

I don’t think they’ll take the conference league serious until the very end so I don’t think it will impact them seriously.  
 

 

The new CL format is brutal in particular for Villa. 

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10 hours ago, Erikse said:

Chelsea hasn't seemed that impressive as of late, after a cracking start to the season. Will be interesting to see how their season will develop. Inevitably Palmer will hit top form again.

I honestly think that we deserved a point in our league game against them. Our shit defending let us down, but so did our finishing. We should be sitting here with at least a draw against them, knocking them out of the cup, and beating both Arsenal, and Forest in the last 2 weeks.

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Top 5 is absolutely there for the taking like. Expect Man Utd to find some form under Amorim and I suspect they'll be one of the main challengers. I think Spurs and Villa will remain inconsistent all season, albeit for different reasons. You'd expect the likes of Brighton, Fulham and Forest to drop off somewhat. Chelsea look like top 4 material. 

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13 hours ago, dcmk said:

I keep looking at the table and thinking we should have 5 more points - from the Brighton and the Everton game.  

 

Conveniently forgetting how lucky we were at the start of the season.

 

Pretty happy for where we are tbh, a couple of weeks ago we were bottom half, now we are a point within a CL spot. Plus we look like we are finally looking like a team that is happy with our gameplan. Looked like some of the players were confused prior to that tbh.

 

Plus we've done all that with Wilson out. I know it's a big maybe, but if he can be fit for any significant number of games it could definitely get us the points to make the difference.

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Just annoying that Everton, Brighton and Chelsea away was just a time when things weren’t exactly clicking for us because if those were our next 3 fixtures I’d be thinking we’d come away with 6-7 points from that. But there footie. Just gotta keep the boys fit and keep playing our stuff. 

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Villa have lost four in a row, winless in five, and have two games a week for a month after the break:

 

Palace (h)

Juventus (h)

Chelsea (a)

Brentford (h)

Southampton (h)

Leipzig (a)

Forest (a)

City (h)

Newcastle (a)

Brighton (h)

 

Would love to see them drift away.

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If we are in touching distance by the end of January (for 5th) we have every chance. I expect us to sign at least one player and getting Botman (and Lascelles) back will be huge.

 

7th and up is a good season but we know we are capable of 4th. Can't afford to lose any key players to injury for any length of time.

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23 minutes ago, timeEd32 said:

Villa have lost four in a row, winless in five, and have two games a week for a month after the break:

 

Palace (h)

Juventus (h)

Chelsea (a)

Brentford (h)

Southampton (h)

Leipzig (a)

Forest (a)

City (h)

Newcastle (a)

Brighton (h)

 

Would love to see them drift away.

As someone who’s good friend is a massive Villa fan I couldn’t agree more. Instead of drift away I’d love them to fall off a cliff.

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the recent impact of Joelinton, Willock, Tonali and Barnes makes me feel more acutely how much we missed them for what was probably about 70% last season on average  

 

would've easily qualified for Europe had they been more available - and then clear favourites for Conference League this season! 

 

on top of the all the other injuries such as Pope missing half the season, Isak out for numerous games/not fully fit, Wilson the usual etc 

 

also the time it took to get Hall up to speed and integrate him into the team 

 

always hard to be optimistic with Newcastle after so many heartbreaks, but really think there's huge potential with this squad if we can avoid too many injuries this season

 

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9 hours ago, Doctor Zaius said:

Top 5 is absolutely there for the taking like. Expect Man Utd to find some form under Amorim and I suspect they'll be one of the main challengers. I think Spurs and Villa will remain inconsistent all season, albeit for different reasons. You'd expect the likes of Brighton, Fulham and Forest to drop off somewhat. Chelsea look like top 4 material. 

Have you seen Forests’ next fixtures?


Arsenal A

Ipswich H

Man City A

Man Utd A

Aston Villa H

Brentford A

Tottenham H

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