Greenlizard0 PL & Championship Football Thread ** spoilers ** [14th - 17th July 2020]

[adam cool dude]

Big game tonight. Mcsauce in for Matic and Fosu-Mensah in at LB. Massive game for him. Surprised greenwood is starting as he had a swollen ankle after that challenge.

I have that horrible feeling we are going to mess it up though.

 

[el_dazza]

That could be MASSIVE!

 

[adam cool dude]

That could be MASSIVE!

Come on Villa!

 

[el_dazza]

I'm nervous now, we're so bad at holding on to leads and concede so many late goals.

How in the **** has El Ghazi managed that?

 

[robfosters]

Everton have totally gone to **** since the restart

 

[adam cool dude]

Sheffield have been so poor today.

In an ideal world Villa need Watford to win. United to demolish West Ham and then an epic final game of the season.

 

[el_dazza]

Sheffield have been so poor today.

In an ideal world Villa need Watford to win. United to demolish West Ham and then an epic final game of the season.

IF we hold on, I'm hoping that game doesn't end a draw.

And there's the inevitable goal.

 

[robfosters]

Gutter for Villa

 

[el_dazza]

That El Ghazi fluff has relegated us. Brilliant.

 

[lee1101]

Terrible attempt at the goal line clearance

 

[adam cool dude]

Feel sad for Villa.

 

[el_dazza]

**** me that is heartbreaking.

 

[Psycho Ned]

A draw would be very handy for West Ham and Watford on Friday, put them both 4 points ahead of the bottom 3 but with the goal difference situation basically would mean Villa or Bournemouth would need to win both their last 2 games.

 

[el_dazza]

A draw would be very handy for West Ham and Watford on Friday, put them both 4 points ahead of the bottom 3 but with the goal difference situation basically would mean Villa or Bournemouth would need to win both their last 2 games.

Just said that to a friend. It's nailed on to be a draw.

 

[BaZ87]

Just said that to a friend. It's nailed on to be a draw.

I don't think either side could risk just playing for a draw. You could write off either Villa or Bournemouth winning their last two and equally, Watford and West Ham could both easily lose their last two also.

edit: and with Watford facing City, their GD could take an absolute battering to, meaing 4 points could be enough for somebody.

 

[el_dazza]

I don't think either side could risk just playing for a draw. You could write off either Villa or Bournemouth winning their last two and equally, Watford and West Ham could both easily lose their last two also.

edit: and with Watford facing City, their GD could take an absolute battering to, meaing 4 points could be enough for somebody.

That extra point gives them both a 2 game cushion with 4 points in hand, meaning either of Bournemouth or Villa would need to win both their remaining games, unless Watford or West Ham lose their penultimate game by a hatful of goals.

We have to get a minimum of a point against Arsenal now.

 

[fez]

Got a bad feeling about this game. Zaha to come back and haunt us.

 

[adam cool dude]

We are becoming the new bottlers. Can't handle the pressure.

Can already see the difference with Shaw missing down that left.

 

[BaZ87]

That extra point gives them both a 2 game cushion with 4 points in hand, meaning either of Bournemouth or Villa would need to win both their remaining games, unless Watford or West Ham lose their penultimate game by a hatful of goals.

We have to get a minimum of a point against Arsenal now.

Watford's goal difference is 6 better than Villa's and just 4 better than Bournemouth's. For it to come down to GD then Watford would need to lose both games and with their 2 games being City and Arsenal, they could very easily be looking at -5 goal difference across the 2 games. That would then mean a 1 goal win and a draw would be enough for both Villa and Bournemouth to go above them (Villa on goals scored). Even 2 x 1 goal defeats would mean Bournemouth would only need a 2 goal win and a draw.

There's no way Watford are settling for a point tomorrow. It might be hard but both Bournemouth and Villa could realistically pick up 4 points and that will almost certainly be enough.

 

[fez]

We are becoming the new bottlers. Can't handle the pressure.

Can already see the difference with Shaw missing down that left.

We're not bottling it, we're just playing with 0 energy or desire. I'm still not convinced by Oles ability to coach a team and you can see that when a team comes at us we don't know what to do. Its easy to stroke the ball around at walking pace and unlock lazy defences but CP and Soton have both come out with some energy and we have looked a bit ****.