Yankee_Gooner_Dandee wrote:Well while the draw may seem like the best result, and i would certainly take it, you have to look at the bigger picture. Do you REALLY believe a team as strong as Chelsea arent going to improve form? I believe they will. I also believe Villa are the weakest team of the top 5 so I do think they will fall off. If they were to sustain an injury to Abby or Young or Barry they would fall off. I for THE ONE TIME in my life will be rooting for Chelsea to win. We need Villa to lose all possible points from now on.
Wrong... we are
Hard decision.... Villa win, they're miles ahead of us, we don't play them so can't directly impact their end to the season. They may drop off, they may not. Chelsea win, i think we have no chance of catching them... they've got a new manager and the inevitable "dead cat bounce", Essien is back in training etc.
A draw keeps things nice and tight.... Villa will potentially be 5 points ahead of us (with a less than simple run in their next few games), Chelsea would be 3 points ahead of us (plus we play them at home).
The most important thing is we keep winning between now and the end of the season. We've got 13 league games left, I reckon we need a
minimum of 30 points to assure ourselves of CL football. 70 points is usually the minimum required, but it'll be more like 75 because there are 6 teams (including Everton) who still harbour ambitions of finishing in the top four.
How strange that 1 -6 are thinking of Europe, 7 - 20 are thinking of relegation
I think if hiddink hadnt taken over chavski then a villa win may have been better for us but am not so sure now. At the same time if villa take a hiding again then it might shake their belief somewhat especially seeing as this is new territory for them. I had given up on catching villa to be honest so that only makes me more confused 
Fcuk it I'll vote for the draw 
We better win at the weekend as we can't afford to fall behind any more.
