Shaw_nuff Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Stuart Pearce has us finishing 17th, the dumb shriveled up word removed Where do you see us finishing? Exactly. Say you're a pundit and you're commenting on a team that almost got relegated then lost its best players over the summer. Maybe some of those that came in will come good - speculative. Failed to pull up any trees in pre-season and your captain is a right-back wannabe CB who couldn't get a game in Italy. What do you think anyone sensible is going to say? Tim is still an unproven manager. Hopefully we can really surprise a few, but I can't see anything higher than 15th. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swerbs Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 14th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 FFS, we hardly even have to improve to get 13th or so. I can't believe how many are predicting more gloom. We have, effectively, an entirely new team costing three times as much as the old team. Yeah, we might be in relegation danger, but that's really at the extreme pessimism end of the scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Stuart Pearce has us finishing 17th, the dumb shriveled up word removed Where do you see us finishing? 10th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 My prediction is also based on my belief that more players are due to be signed. We underpreformed last year. We have better squad now. Our relegation worries are over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gharperr Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Can we fix the grammar of the title? As someone who is very poor at english, whats wrong with it? should it be "where will we finish?" what makes it incorrect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Feet Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Definitely top Midlands club. Position 7th - 10th Can get 6/1 on sky bet for this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Well on the BBC Sports page we are second so would settle for that.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted August 6, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted August 6, 2015 I would love a top ten finish, but keeping my rational head on I think I'd be happy with 15th + ... if we can get higher than 15 then that's higher than any time since the Lambert era so I think that would be a good outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Can we fix the grammar of the title? As someone who is very poor at english, whats wrong with it? should it be "where will we finish?" what makes it incorrect? Basically, the answer to the question asked in the thread title is '. . . at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday 15th May'. The present continuous tense is usually used for future plans that are already well-established (eg. 'I can't wash the car on Saturday afternoon because I'm watching the Villa'), which obviously doesn't apply to our final league position. Your alternative question is much better, as we generally use 'will' (or 'might') for predictions about the future. If you want to be really fussy about it, your alternative could still get the same, incorrect answer, so an exact question would be something like 'Which league position do you think we will finish in?' 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pas5898 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 (edited) Around 12-15th for me. We have enough "firepower" but that defence really worries me. I hope its just match fitness but Richards has been a huge liability at center back all pre season. Now he's captiain he guaranteed to start every game. Perhaps Sherwood will grow a pair and move him to RB. Edited August 6, 2015 by pas5898 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 GK - the same Defence - Much improved and with great depth. Midfield - Improved. Grealish, Gil and Traore is plus if we cancel out Gana and Veretout with Delph and Cleverley. Need goals from midfield this season. Forwards - Worse. Hard to replace Benteke with a Lerner budget. We are going to have a hard time to capitalise against some teams this season. Think there is enough creativity in midfield to help the strikers we have. Think we will finish 12th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I think we'll finish eighth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 1, 2015 Moderator Share Posted September 1, 2015 Nurse! He's got out again! [emoji14] FWIW I'd take 12th now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 EIghth isn't that improbable, I'd prefer to be champions, but being realistic for this season I think the best we can do is challenge amongst the Europa places. I think there are a lot of overated teams in the Prem, if our new players put it together and live up to their potential we could be one of the most exciting teams in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I think I said 12th at the start of the season and I'm sticking with it. That would be a decent first season for such a new and young side. But, with a year of experience under their belts, I would not be surprised to see a top 10 finish next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchard Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 17th I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 12-14th Yes I would've liked a striker (who wouldn't), but I still think we'll win more than lose. Ayew, Sinclair 10-12 goals each. Rudy 8 goals Richards, lescott 4-5 goals Midfielders 2-3 each Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arj Guy Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 15 th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Think Tim will turn enough draws into wins to get us into mid-table comfort when things are said and done. Nasty run of fixtures comes mid Feb/March which could make things quite scary though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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