Butterfingers Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 .... from doom and gloom to positivity and now it's gone all the way back to doom and gloom again? The two most expensive strikers in Championship history, a record Championship net spend and people think we'll finish 8th to 12th? Priceless. At that rate we'll need half the Real Madrid side to get back up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubby Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Champions. I mean, why not? We have just bought ALL the forwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterfingers Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 (edited) How much should we have spent in order to have been a top 6 Championship side? Do people seriously think there are 8 sides in the division with a better squad than Villas or are some just naturally pessimistic? What players in these 8 teams should we have signed instead of the ones we did? Edited September 1, 2016 by blandy PoP removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 we have spent so much money that we should be romping to the title but our squad is still woeful. couple of injuries bring in some rubbish, the gap between our first team and bench is huge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 My best mate is getting married on the day of the play off final im tempted to go bet my life savings on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 another thing I would say from what I have seen so far is we will win a lot of games at home comfortably against the teams like Rotherham, Burton, Barnsley etc but I think when we travel to them I wouldnt be 100% convinced by us 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Ground floor:Perfumery, stationary, and leather goods, wigs and haberdashery, kitchenware and food. Going up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 It's weird, we've actually probably got the best players/team on paper since the MON era. And yet our squad depth is wafer thin and our central midfield is a bit suspect, but you'd still expect it to be good enough to mount a really decent attempt at promotion. It's just hard to be positive and believe based on recent results and recent seasons, lets hope the curse can be lifted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted September 1, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted September 1, 2016 Weak midfield, 8th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonIsAPlaceOnEarth Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Went for Champions. Honestly believe we have the best team, but as others have said it depends of how quickly they gel. Top 6 would be acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holtern8 Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Spending lots of money doesn't equate to being higher up the table!! There's plenty of examples of this like ermm, us last season! We've won 1 in 5 so far. That said, we have dominated matches and had the most shots on target in the whole league. I think the season is long enough and there is enough dross for us to beat and get top 6. Automatic I would deem as unlikely, there are better teams than us in this league. But there isn't 6 better teams than us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgl Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Playoffs. its effectively a new team, new back room staff & new manager - I think playoffs is realistic (with time to gel and get our style down as well as disruption in Jan with the African cup of nations, I think champions is optimistic + we are a big name club down here, other clubs will raise their game for us where they might not play at the same level week in week out) for the first time in a long time I'm hoping for exciting attacking football at villa park, I don't know where we will end up but I'm looking forward to enjoying watching us play as opposed to suffering through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterfingers Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 1 hour ago, Holtern8 said: Spending lots of money doesn't equate to being higher up the table!! There's plenty of examples of this like ermm, us last season! We've won 1 in 5 so far. That said, we have dominated matches and had the most shots on target in the whole league. I think the season is long enough and there is enough dross for us to beat and get top 6. Automatic I would deem as unlikely, there are better teams than us in this league. But there isn't 6 better teams than us. Try telling Chelsea and Man City that. We didn't spend lots of money last season net. We lost our best players and replaced them with average at best. This time around, we've kept 2 or 3 and replace the rest of the wasters with better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Couple of good results and we won't look back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Before the transfer window - top 10 pushing for a playoff place After the transfer window - playoff place a minimum, hopefully guaranteed promotion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggyrichard Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 9 minutes ago, Jareth said: Couple of good results and we won't look back. Agreed...I think once the confidence is up after say 2 or 3 wins on the bounce...we will go on to be pretty comfortable for a minimum of a playoff place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted September 1, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted September 1, 2016 Went for top 10. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikantcpell Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Champions, as soon as the team gel i think we will start scoring for fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted September 1, 2016 Author Share Posted September 1, 2016 I think we have more options up top than Newcastle to be honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberman Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 I don't think I can handle the wave of optimism. 1 or 2 of our new signings won't be great. We will have injuries and suspensions. There's ACON - more injury possibilities. Expectations are so high that it will transmit tension into the team, we'll tie up in games and drop points. It's a long season and will be tough. There's ample opportunity for us to screw this up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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