Are villa about to go down?

[oddsonlaughter]

Bent ruled out for the season, Keane gone back and only 8 from the relegation zone with Blackburn away next and Arsenal and Chelsea in next 4 games

Can really see them going down this season

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

They are in danger of "sleepwalking" into danger it has to be said.

 

[mune ni kamome]

Let's hope so.

 

[Medwayseagull]

I don't think Mcleish is going to win any popularity contests in the near future.

 

[sten_super]

I don't think Mcleish is going to win any popularity contests in the near future.

You say that but if he took Villa down I think he'd suddenly be popular with the blue half of Birmingham again!

 

[The Wizard]

No chance, to many poor teams in the bottom half.

 

[Peever]

It depends how he wants to go about this....

Ideally most supporters want to see Gabby put back up front (his natural spot) with Zoggy and Albrighton put out wide......

Most likely AM will put Heskey up front and keep Gabby out on the wing.....

 

[Gwylan]

No chance, to many poor teams in the bottom half.

I agree. That would mean at least three out of Blackburn, Bolton, Wigan, Wolves and QPR will finish above Villa. Can't see it

 

[goodoldsussexbythesea]

I am a Villa/Brighton fan living in Brighton (spare the "you can't support 2 teams" because I do, and both for good reasons), anyway, I can see why you are asking this question, last season, blues had 1 more point than us at this stage of the campaign. However, last season, the amount of points to stay safe was quite high, whereas this season, teams are doing alot worse. One reason why I think this thread is a bit OTT is because of the fact that Villa are 6 points behind 8th, and 7 points ahead of 16th, it is extremely tight in the middle at the moment. Whilst we do play negative, regressive football under McLies, I still think we will beat the drop, but I am desperate to see the real Villa again, we are sleeping giants atm, and deserve to be higher up in the league IMO, but since Martin O'Neill spent millions and millions of Randy Lerner's money and couldn't excel 6th, Randy had to make cut-backs, which he is doing now, taking people off the wage bill, spending less on players etc, as good as he has been to us I think & hope we will see the back of Randy in the not too distant future, as I cannot see the club progressing under him.

 

[JetsetJimbo]

Stranger things have happened in football. Not many though.

 

[SussexHoop]

I agree. That would mean at least three out of Blackburn, Bolton, Wigan, Wolves and QPR will finish above Villa. Can't see it

Can't see any of us finishing above Villa!

 

[severnside gull]

Really cannot see any risk because there are some genuinely poor teams at the bottom this season who would struggle to catch Villa even if they didn't win another game over the next two months but that said, McLeish is spectacularly underachieving whilst managing to play the worst football I have seen from Villa in the thirty odd years I have lived up here. One of the poorest managers ever to grace the Premier League.

 

[goodoldsussexbythesea]

McLeish is spectacularly underachieving whilst managing to play the worst football I have seen from Villa in the thirty odd years I have lived up here. One of the poorest managers ever to grace the Premier League.

This

 

[GT49er]

Villa going down this season? No chance!

Can Wolves, QPR, Bolton, Blackburn or Wigan overtake them? - possibly any of them, but not three of them

 

[catfish]

Whatever happens to them it seems the natives are getting restless!

 

[Medwayseagull]

You say that but if he took Villa down I think he'd suddenly be popular with the blue half of Birmingham again!

Maybe if Hughton took Birmingham up at the same time !

 

[Tricky Dicky]

I would say, no way. 8 points is quite a lot down the bottom, and there are definitely a lot worse teams than them. Wigan are going, and I fear for Bolton the way they're playing, although Blackburn ought to go due to the crap way they've been handled this year.

 

[oddsonlaughter]

Maybe you are right, I do think it will be close though, I just cannot see who is going to get them goals other than Gabby Agbonlahor, if they lose to Blackburn on Saturday the gap will be 5 points and they have Arsenal, Chelsea, United and Liverpool in the next 6 games following and can see them getting nothing from them 4 with the final two games against Spurs and away at Norwich which I would not back them to get points from if they need it

 

[Cantona's Flying Dropkick]

Lost 1-2 at home to Bolton tonight. Only 3 points above drop zone.

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

Randy Lerner dropped one hell of a bollock letting O'Neil go. Dropped both of them in fact. And then sat on them.