Norwich were 12th this time last season. Sunderland and West Ham were in the relegation zone

[Benguin]

Turn that in too pessimism you moaning so and so's

[StanSP]

Turn that in too pessimism you moaning so and so's

 

Cardiff were bottom.

With a point extra.

[Raj]

Dont.give 2 fook where other teams were last year or last decade.

We are bottom,got some bloody hard games coming up and there's realistically no reason to be optimistic about staying up!!!!

BUT its a funny old game!!!.

Keep the faith.....

[MGLCFC]

Turn that in too pessimism you moaning so and so's

Surely optimism

[weller54]

Dont.give 2 fook where other teams were last year or last decade.

We are bottom,got some bloody hard games coming up and there's realistically no reason to be optimistic about staying up!!!!

BUT its a funny old game!!!.

Keep the faith.....

Thank God we have Villa, Hull and QPR all struggling... Two of which we have to play at the KP!!

[Raj]

As long as we are in the mix come season end we are in the race...just hope these next few hard games Dont kill us.

Still hope the qpr game has alot riding on it for us!

[Benguin]

Would love it if we had to either beat QPR draw against them or lose by less than a goal. What a game that would be

[Raj]

Would love it if we had to either beat QPR draw against them or lose by less than a goal. What a game that would be

Dont think many of us over 40's could take the tension!!!

[Fox92]

Dont think many of us over 40's could take the tension!!!

 

Don't think many of us under 40's could either!

[Tuna]

We're down! Get used to it!

[JonnyBoy]

Thank God we have Villa, Hull and QPR all struggling... Two of which we have to play at the KP!!

Worried about qpr's home form. Gonna be a dog fight till the end

[JonnyBoy]

Would love it if we had to either beat QPR draw against them or lose by less than a goal. What a game that would be

Pearson would end up playing knockaert at the back or something odd. Adam smith in goal

[StanSP]

Worried about qpr's home form. Gonna be a dog fight till the end

 

I wouldn't be. I think the rest of their home matches are against top-half teams. Gonna be a big challenge for them especially if they don't get their away form sorted.

[Leeds Fox]

Would love it if we had to either beat QPR draw against them or lose by less than a goal. What a game that would be

Lose by less than a goal?! Am I missing something here?

[Benguin]

Lose by less than a goal?! Am I missing something here?

Goal difference:

 

I.E -

 

17th Leicester PL 37 GD -4 PTS 37

18th Aston Villa PL 38 GD -6 PTS 37

19th Hull PL 38 GD -12 PTS 35

20th QPR PL 37 GD -593 PTS 32

 

Aston Villa finish in relegation as long as we don't lose 2-0 3-1 4-2 5-3 etc etc

 

Edit - Just realised I said 1 goal, meant two. You cant lose by less than a goal.

 

Edit Edit - And tbh I'd rather just win safety long before this game

[shailen]

look guys, there are 16 games to go. All of the teams have to more or less play the same teams regardless of what order. So we are all facing the same challenge. Yes we are the ones playing catch up, but I've seen enough from us this season to justify we can stay up. The teams at the bottom are poorer than previous years so I think 35 points may be enough to survive. That's 18 points from 16 games. 

 

The problem this season is that we haven't been as intelligent as other teams around us. All the other teams are hard to beat and play an ugly style of play. We are trying to play an attacking style of play, which to be fair is quite magnificent at times, however we leave ourselves vulnerable at the back. No other team does this imo around us, in fact they're more solid and try to break on the opposition.

 

I've heard a lot about the fact that our defenders are not good enough which is rubbish imo. These players individually are possibly the best defence in the relegation battle, bar Konchesky. As a team we are not defensive solid because of the style of play. We want to be on the front foot all the time like in the championship

 

The question becomes do we adapt to become an ugly team or do what we are doing and try to play good football

[lgfualol]

If we win all our games from now to QPR, and Chelsea only pick up 12 points from their next 16 games. We could finish above Chelsea & that means we win the league.

[Danizen]

If we win all our games from now to QPR, and Chelsea only pick up 12 points from their next 16 games. We could finish above Chelsea & that means we win the league.

I think we can rule out a title challenge at this point. I'd just be happy to qualify for the Champions League, to be honest.