Hopefully Eze will be back for that, not sure how bad his knee injury is.Palace are doing well now, very difficult last game for Villa.
Think theyll take 4 more points.
Villa need 3 points in 3 games to be over the 5 year average in terms of points needed for 4th spot.We both deserve about 6-8th in past years imo. There's only been 3 teams in it really this year. Us and Villa have just been too inconsistent and we've been lucky that United and Chelsea are still absolutely wank and that Newcastle and Brighton flattered to deceive on their form last year. Whoever finishes 4th it won't have been one of the vintage CL placings.
To be honest I'm just basing it on what I've seen, naturally especially from us, having watched every single game. Outside of the early season form we've felt like about 6-8th place team for the rest of it due to the inability to finish teams we should be beating and the inconsistent quality. The repetitive quality outside of the top 3 this year hasn't been brilliant for me in terms of the football I've watched. It's not felt at any point after half way that we look like a team that should be playing in the Champions League, and I'd think many would agree. It's been a weird year.Villa need 3 points in 3 games to be over the 5 year average in terms of points needed for 4th spot.
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Saying we deserve to be about 6th-8th place is to say we are no better than last season when we finished 8th and were two points off 6th.
Every season you have underperformers and teams who perform better than expected.
*checks table* 4th?What does Villa deserve after dropping a two goal lead against Brentford and Chelsea at home within a few weeks?
Just have a pitch side monitor and have a sodding producer have the tapes and angles of a decision for him to look at if he needs to check something and they desperately want muh technology to play a part. He looks and he decides. No endless conferences, no different opinions. All these fecking VAR officials have guaranteed an already jarring change is made miserable and as imperfect in different ways to what came before.Can we please fuck VAR off.
anyone who was in support of the idea should issue formal apologies to all football fans.
We'd need 12 from our last 6 then?Palace are doing well now, very difficult last game for Villa.
Think theyll take 4 more points.
Genuinely would be happy with 5th and Europa. Villa deserve 4th but it could be a poison chalice for them.5th is about what we deserve. As usual brainfarts against the Wolves and Fulhams of this world has left us all with a what could have been feeling.
Can we please fuck VAR off.
anyone who was in support of the idea should issue formal apologies to all football fans.
The truth is we probably won’t need to “throw the game” against City. We are in poor form, and will likely get shredded in a similar way to Brighton did last night.
As much as I’ve enjoyed this season and think we are on the right track, I don’t expect us to get any points against City, Liverpool, Arsenal or Chelsea.
Can see us dropping points against Burnley or Sheffield United too tbh.
We never get anything from Oliver.Paqueta is just a thug. Been at it for a few games now. Definite booking at least for tackle on MacAllister .
But again. VAR. do not question Anthony Taylor. They don’t question Oliver either. Definite hierarchy with the refs.
We have Oliver tomorrow. VAR is Jared Gillet , from AUSTRALIA.
Villa won’t get more than 3 points from their last 3 fixturesGames remaining
Arsenal : 77 pts
Tottenham (A) B'mouth (H) Man U (A) Everton (H)
Max 89 pts
Man City : 76pts
N Forest (A) Wolves (H) Fulham (A) West Ham (H) Tottenham (A) Brighton (A)
Max 91 pts
Liverpool : 75 pts
Tottenham (H) Villa (A) Wolves (H)
Max 84 pts
Aston Villa : 67 pts
Brighton (A) Liverpool (H) Crystal P (A)
Max 76 pts
Tottenham : 60 pts
Arsenal (H) Liverpool (A) Burnley (H) Sheff U (A) Chelsea (A) Man City (H)
Max 78 pts
Man Utd : 54 pts
Crystal P (A) Arsenal (H)
Newcastle (H) Brighton
Max 66 pts
Newcastle 53 pts
Man Utd Burnley, Brighton Brentford
65 pts
West Ham : 49 pts
(Chelsea (A) Luton (H) Man City (A)
Max 58 pts
Chelsea : 48 pts
Brighton (A) Tottenham (H)
West Ham (H) Nottm Forest (A) Bournemouth (H)
Max 63 pts
A lot might depend on how they fair in Europe. They don’t rotate much so fatigue may play apart. If they get knicked out in this next round that may take some wind out of their sails. Alternatively if they progress the pressure to win the competition may affect their league form . I stick by what I said earlier; I don’t think they get more than 3 points from those 3 fixtures!Looking at Villa’s fixtures I could actually see them losing all 3.
Liverpool and Chelsea are both in absolutely rotten formArse Pool Chelsea City fuck my life we need a miracle
Dr Tottenham might help with that.Liverpool and Chelsea are both in absolutely rotten form