After having been extremely lucky (and crafty) for quite a while now, I wasn’t able to wangle getting away from work early enough today.
Hence I only managed to see the last 10 minutes or so and can’t really comment about the match at all.
All I know is that Cleverley got the goal, which makes it three in three games. He’s certainly staking his claim for a contract, isn’t he?
But never mind missing the game though. Having seen today’s results I’m now convinced we’re safe for another season, as while I can see Hull getting at least something at Spurs, I just can’t see them getting anything against Man Utd. Either way, I don’t see them getting the required four points for them to overtake us on goal difference.
And that’s if we don’t get another point, against Southampton away or Burnley at home, which I think we will.
Again having looked at the results, I quite simply have to take my hat off to Leicester, who have won an amazing six out of their last seven games.
When you consider all the stuff that went on with Pearson just a few weeks back, it’s a great story.
And when you add in the fact that they’ve apparently doubled their points tally in the last month, well….
They deserve to stop up, in my opinion.
Enough of Leicester though and no doubt some of you will be telling me we aren’t mathematically safe yet and that would of course be correct.
I’m still very confident we’ll survive though and the thought of Sherwood getting next season and a chance to add some of his own players is a very interesting one.
Safe as houses!
We will NOT be relegated!
We fear NOBODY, did you hear me? NOBODY!
Agreed, Langford.
Another 6 points is well possible, imo.
And dare I say (the cup)?
Badger…one little correction. Hull are at home to Manure!
Yep, see below 🙂
Does anyone know if we are guaranteed of being in the Europa league through the FA Cup because Arsenal are guaranteed a champions league place? Or does the FA cup not qualify. Someone bought it up today but wasnt sure
If we lose, we don’t qualify, as they recently changed the rules.
Of course, if we win, we do.
Cheers i didnt know they had changed the rules, thanks again
hulls last 2 games are tottenham at white hart lane and Man crap at KC.
I like a bet and Hull will lose 1 of those. we are safe now go get pissed and enjoy your night 🙂
Man U at the KC. I stand corrected mate 🙂
Excellent crowd today as well….39,234! Just shows that people will turn up if you play attacking football.
Got to say, cant help but love Super Jack Grealish. No one can handle him, he’s like a breath of fresh air. Thats 4 or 5 games on the bounce where he’s made internatiinal defenders and midfielders look like mugs. Last week he sat Jagielka and Stones on their arse. This week it was the turn of Song of Barca….fucking magic Jack!
We will NOT be relegated!
We fear NOBODY, did you hear me? NOBODY!
That’s a good point about the attacking football Langford.
It also means $ky and BT are more likely to want to show us in the main games, which as we all know, is where the money is.
A decent manager who plays entertaining footy easily pays for his own wages, I’d have thought.
Its the only way football should be played IMO…Its money thats put the fear in the game. I’m still old school ‘the best form of defence is attack’.
Biggest game for us next week is for the King Edward Cup…..Spuds v Potato head 🙂 lets hope the chips are down for Bruce and they get (S)mashed……now that would really a peel to me 🙂
Sky would rather show Utd playing boring football than us playing attacking I’m afraid
No
Trust you Ooah.
We all know that Manure are the faves, but it’s those underneath I’m talking about.
I notice you don’t have a good word to say, as per usual.
What’s up? We only beat a load of crap today, I suppose?
We beat a team who are on the beach like Everton. As reinforced by Sunderland stuffing them today. Let’s see what happens next season before we start sucking each other’s dicks!!
I’ll NEVER suck your dick….BWS tells me its scabby….is that what makes you so miserable?…..try penicillin 🙂
LMAO Nice one 😀
It’s his children (if he has any) that i feel sorry for.
So you think West Ham weren’t trying?
I really can’t comment, but from what I heard, they were, especially in the second half.
I’m not saying they weren’t trying but they weren’t playing for anything and hard to motivate players who are just midtable. I guarantee you if we are mathematically safe next week then our game with butnley will be a non event.
Yeah, Sherwood and Dyche are the kind of guys to make games non-events… Come on mate, both managers will go for wins either way.
West Ham’s biggest problem is finding a goal scorer when there’s are injured.
Definitely is, which Sherwood does. Never seen us, even under O’Neill be able to play in small spaces like that, pass it out ala Barca-esque and keep it. If anything that’s surprised me the most and in a great way too.
How expectations have changed!
Three months ago we were mostly wondering where we’d get another goal from, or the next single point; now we don’t just expect to pick up points, but we’re actually expecting to beat almost any team we play against…
On top of that the posession, chances-created and attempts-on-target stats in recent games now look like those of a team in the top six or seven, not one that’s still fighting the drop.
Is it just a fluke, or is Sherwood the Messiah?
We’ll stick it up the saints,we’ll stick it up the clarets & we’ll stick it up the arse.UTV cheer up Ooha FFS
Oohah commented that we suck each others dicks, do you think he would like to stick it up the arse?
Sherwood talking to BBC being asked so you would be happy with one more point? No he said I want the both games, now that’s a manager Oohah. I see Abonglahor was showing his form, first second on the pitch lost the ball, then on tried to use pace with little room to move, motm was Grealish ran his heart out for the team.
I’ve just seen this on the previous thread, posted by Oohah;
https://www.astonvillanewsandviews.co.uk/a-seemingly-genuine-150-mill-bid-for-the-club/comment-page-3/#comment-42650
“If benteke is in a villa shirt next season I will run naked thru the holte end!”
Remember it lads, as I’ll do my best too.
And hold him to it!
Ha ha I hope we sell him now
With his scabby dick showing? 🙂 Let me know which game and I’ll make sure I’m in a different country!
Pus will be dripping all over the field of play…nasty image!!!! All the players will be slipping on it!!!
BTW, dis anyone hear we got another three points yesterday??? 🙂
…did…
Congratulations Aston Villa fans! You may not be mathematically safe but simulations show no chance of relegation. Love the way Aston Villa has been playing lately.
Thank you very much!
We love it too 🙂
The top 10 Premier league managers EVER (with a minimum 30 games in charge).
Look who’s at no 9;
1. Jose Mourinho: Win percentage: 70
2. Alex Ferguson: 65
3. Manuel Pellegrini: 66
4. Roberto Mancini: 62
5. Carlo Ancelotti: 61
6. Arsene Wenger: 58
7. Rafael Benitez: 56
8. Louis van Gaal: 56
9. Tim Sherwood: 55
10. Claudio Ranieri: 53
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/is-tim-sherwood-one-of-the-top-ten-premier-league-managers-of-all-time-10239605.html
An Englishman! Hooray!
Yun never to return, pickled in a Krancjar, down the Hoilett, there is no Zamora, Dunne and dusted – they’ve gone for a Barton at last. QP aha ha ha,ha ha ha ha haR have gone. 2 down 1 to go. Not my favourite away ground as you probably guessed.
OLL…very funny mate. I have only been to Loftus Road once….when they had that awful plastic pitch. The stadium looked just like a subbuteo model. It doesnt look as if much as changed…apart from that dreadful pitch of course!.
What a chance Lambert missed to make good name for himself at a big club, as the players are virtually the same under Sherwood. I think he feared relegation too much so was overly cautious! Must add though, that he signed most of those players on duty yesterday for little money. For that, we should be grateful IMO! We definetely have a top 10 team!
If the finalist is already qualified for the champions league the other team automatically get the Europa league spot Arsenal are in the Champion league already arnt they?
Can anyone clarify this once and for all?
No, we don’t get Europa League. Uefa changed the rules that you have to win the cup to get into the Europa League.
We have to win it to get into Europe.
So we are in then 🙂
Soon we will be. 😉
We have to win. The spot that previously went to the runner up goes to the next highest team in the league instead. Personally, I think our aim should be to win our remaining two games in the league and then go into the cup full of confidence believing we can beat Arsenal. Why not?!
It would be great to win the FA cup. But that Europa Cup I don’t think any premier team wants to take part in it. Teams that are involved in it normally have a bad season
That’s true, but players seem to want it.
I personally think it involves too many games and they ought to cut the numbers down.
But I’d still like us to be in it.
Even though many will probably disagree.
Admittedly the current ‘league’ version is too long-winded compared to the old knock-out UEFA Cup, but I’ve always enjoyed European teams coming to VP in midweek under the floodlights, and I still think that for many-particularly younger – players the experience of playing against some completely different styles and individuals is great education.
Not on a Thursday night that’s a ridiculous day to watch football. Hope we get knocked out first round if we qualify
Why would you want us to get knocked out first round? Villa playing obscure teams will be far more entertaining than half the boring sides in the Prem. It’s also great football, been watching a lot of Europa League/Uefa Cup games for years.
I personally miss watching Villa in Europe and think Sherwood’s style of pace plus attacking would do really well. Plus if we bring back a host of loan players we do have a relatively large squad. Though I expect most of those to be sold, we will sign players.
Players want CL not Europa. With a tiny squad like ours playing thu and Sunday will cripple us
Not really, a season like Everton’s currently would make for an entertaining season. Did quite well in the Europa League + are safe in the league, Sherwood’s a better manager than Martinez. Players obviously want CL football but we have no chance of getting that through the league.
Agree dave67. Especially when you have a small squad like ours. I honestly have never watched a Europa league match on s thu bored the shite out of me
Small squad?
3 keepers (Given, Guzan, Steer)
3 RB’s (Hutton, Bacuna, Lowton)
5 CB’s (Vlaar, Okore, Clark, Baker, Senderos)
2 LB’s (Richardson, Cissokho)
5 CM’s (Sanchez, Delph, Cleverley, Gardner, Westwood)
2 AM’s (Cole, Gil)
2 RW’s (Weimann, N’Zogbia
2 LW’s (if we get Sinclair permanently which I hope we don’t, Grealish)
4 Strikers (Bent (if he re-signs), Gabby, Kozak, Benteke)
28 players is not a small squad.
Not too mention Bennett, Robinson, Donacien and anyone else he considers worthy enough back from loan.
Not too mention any signings.
Sales being Weimann and probably Gil with Vlaar leaving on a free at most currently.
And you should really watch the Europa League, great football. If you’ve never watched, how the hell does it bore you? Doesn’t make sense.
I get the excitement of the Europa League, but it is 32 games to win the competition. That’s a potential 70-80 game season (OK I don’t expect we could win it). Many teams seem to suffer through injuries and fatigue. There is a downside to being involved, but I would still like the chance to see a few european games.
32? I’m not quite sure where we’d start, but it’s 15 from the group stages, 6 there, then 2 in the round of 16, 8, quarter’s, semi’s which is 8 more, then the final which is 1. Unless we’d start in the 1st qualifying round, we wouldn’t need 32 games.
Small squad of quality players then
Andrew Oohah ,he’s in cloud cuckoo land nothing make sense today to his thinking, I was at the game Saturday bet Oohah wasn’t, you can see the interest coming back at Villa park , one of the biggest crowds for a long time, to say fans and players wouldn’t want Europa football is none sensible, if the chance came I’d pay that extra £ to see them play.
Morning Bill. See that the Express is reporting Cleverley interested in staying at Villa – now that would be excellent news and no, I wasn’t one of those criticising him in the dark days under Lambert
Hope we win the FA CUP and then reach 40 points, I remember when Sherwood first came he said he wouldn’t rest till he gets us above 40 points, who believed he could actually do it then?
After that, Benteke will resign, Cleverly will sign (he’s been brilliant under Sherwood) and our core will stay.
Enter Europa and a good Europa run and a top 10 finish next season
If all this happens, Oohahh will be one unhappy fellow haha
Of course I meant Benteke will Re-Sign a new contract
Benteke will resign or re-sign which one is it