JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 5 minutes ago, hippo said: Yeah a rocket up the arse should get us 7th. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) We have to push on, the owners have spunked a good wad of cash for both Smith and now Gerrard and had faith in both. I am hoping for anything from 5th to 9th as a great season. Edited July 19, 2022 by brummybloke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 2 minutes ago, brummybloke said: We have to push on, the owners have spunked a good wad of cash for both Smith and now Gerrard and had faith in both. I am hoping for anything from 5th to 9th as a great season. 5th? Really? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 3 minutes ago, brummybloke said: We have to push on, the owners have spunked a good wad of cash for both Smith and now Gerrard and had faith in both. I am hoping for anything from 5th to 9th as a great season. I'm really not seeing why things should be radically different next season. Aside from the Critchley factor which is an unknown. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 1 minute ago, nick76 said: 5th? Really? Anywhere from 5th to 9th 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 2 minutes ago, nick76 said: 5th? Really? A full pre season with the players mind. Those 4 weeks on training pitch will make us world beaters. So different from the 3 week break last winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody1000 Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 12 minutes ago, brummybloke said: We have to push on, the owners have spunked a good wad of cash for both Smith and now Gerrard and had faith in both. I am hoping for anything from 5th to 9th as a great season. I just feel that whether you are pro-Gerrard or anti-Gerrard, that 5th is simply an unreasonable expectation. I think 7th is our absolute ceiling right now, if we can be the ‘best of the rest’ then I think everyone from NSWE down would be delighted. 7th and a cup win and I would be over the moon! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Arsenal, Spurs, Man Utd all look to be improving. I think it'll be: Man City Liverpool Spurs Chelsea Arsenal Man Utd And then a scramble for 7th, of which we will be a part, in my opinion. Villa, West Ham, Newcastle and Leicester are the next tier. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 1 minute ago, Woody1000 said: I just feel that whether you are pro-Gerrard or anti-Gerrard, that 5th is simply an unreasonable expectation. I think 7th is our absolute ceiling right now, if we can be the ‘best of the rest’ then I think everyone from NSWE down would be delighted. 7th and a cup win and I would be over the moon! 7th would be bang in the middle of "between 5th to 9th" that I have said I hope for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody1000 Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 9 minutes ago, hippo said: A full pre season with the players mind. Those 4 weeks on training pitch will make us world beaters. So different from the 3 week break last winter. Why do you keep harping on about the 3 weeks in January, it’s not the same thing and you know it! To do a 4-5 week preseason off the back of a decent holiday and a rest is a completely different proposition to having 3 weeks in January, midseason. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Woody1000 said: Why do you keep harping on about the 3 weeks in January, it’s not the same thing and you know it! To do a 4-5 week preseason off the back of a decent holiday and a rest is a completely different proposition to having 3 weeks in January, midseason. Well we will soon find out. Edited July 19, 2022 by hippo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 45 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: I think anything in the top 11 will be okay - it'll be the bottom of the group we're competing in, but still in the right group if that makes sense. I’d say top 10, I know it’s only one place different but a”top half finish” sounds a lot better 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 24 minutes ago, hippo said: I'm really not seeing why things should be radically different next season. Aside from the Critchley factor which is an unknown. Kamara, Carlos, Digne settled and coutinho full pre seasoning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 (edited) 27 minutes ago, nick76 said: 5th? Really? Lol, remember when we first got promoted, and Deano said " 1st " was where we want to be, in an interview with him and Purslow? In a sense, I get the sentiment, why play in a competition if you don't think you can ever win it? As ridiculous as it sounded to most, I actually loved the answer, Purslow did a double take at him . I say all that to say, fans can expect whatever they want, doesn't mean it's realistic. lol Edited July 19, 2022 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 1 minute ago, IrishVilla10 said: Kamara, Carlos, Digne settled and coutinho full pre seasoning I don't buy into pre season training making everything good. Not just at villa football in general. Sure teams may shuffle up or down a few minor placings - but overall I think we will pick up from where we left of last season. Sure a couple of very useful looking additions - but other clubs will have done the same. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody1000 Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 23 minutes ago, hippo said: Well we will soon find out. Yes, we will!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 38 minutes ago, brummybloke said: Anywhere from 5th to 9th I get the lower end towards 9th but where do you think we could actually achieve 5th? We are so far from getting anywhere close to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 39 minutes ago, hippo said: A full pre season with the players mind. Those 4 weeks on training pitch will make us world beaters. So different from the 3 week break last winter. Really? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 I think a lot of people are getting sun stroke from the heat the last few days, it can be the only reason people are losing their minds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 16 minutes ago, hippo said: I don't buy into pre season training making everything good. Not just at villa football in general. Sure teams may shuffle up or down a few minor placings - but overall I think we will pick up from where we left of last season. Sure a couple of very useful looking additions - but other clubs will have done the same. Ahh back to normality…I knew your other post was off kilter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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