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But for them to be overtaken by United would still require a significant swing. Man U are 9 points behind and with a much worse GD.
It’s not just a matter of Man U winning three or four matches, Villa need to lose (and maybe draw) three or four matches and even then Man U would need to be better than Villa in the remaining matches. It’s possible but it needs United to be very consistent as well as Villa losing a few matches and we haven’t really seen much evidence of United being able to do that.
It’s like when United went on this massive winning run when half of SC were worried about them catching us yet here we are, still 6 points ahead of them, even after being smashed by Fulham.
Im not saying they will at all. But the post Im responding to said he was certain Villa will.
I dont agree with that level of confidence.
There is some recent evidence of United going on a winning streak. Look at their February results where they won four in a row. Theyll have huge confidence from yesterday as well.
However, they're still too up and down to bridge the gap unless Villa really nose dive. But there is a possibility of that happening to an extent.
Hopefully Fulham away was a big wake up call for us, and we regain focus for the run in.
If we take a minimum of 7 points from the next 9 I think we will finish fourth.
But I do think it will end up being relatively close between Villa and United.