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16 hours ago, paul514 said:

Mings

Mings is a completely different profile of player to Torres. Mings is a ball winner, defensive CB while Torres is a progressive passer attack minded CB. They're perfect profile to play together. 

If we lost Torres to injury we'd lack his skillset once Lenglet returns to Barcelona. 

I think Torres Mings Konsa Frimpong is like the idea back 4

Moreno Torres Carlos Konsa another option. That type of symmetry 

2 minutes ago, The_Steve said:

Strong lineup. Just need VP to bring the noise. 

Hopefully the crowd can do it today. We've 3 home games left we need the noise for all of them. Next two are at 8pm 

Down to the bare bones. Bench is incredibly weak and this team going to be feeling the Lille game. It's not the end of the world of we don't win. We'll be fresh ler for Chelsea who have to play Arsenal mid week. 

We need at least two wins from remaining 5 games to have a chance of 4th. A win today would be huge though. Any kind of win

17 minutes ago, beasley14 said:

Hang on, does this mean that the CL isn't worth the same amount of money for a team like Villa as we won't get an equal piece of the pie.  Might mean the CL isn't the golden ticket it used to be?!

Europa League is the same. There is a big chunk of money that gets given out to teams based on their past 10 years coefficient. Just another way for the biggest clubs to take more than the rest. 

Ultimately PSR Amos over a 3 year period and CL is just one season. Even more than that we have squad cost rules which we can't just assume we'll be in CL every season. 

The main benefit is it allows us increase the club profile and get sponsorships

4 hours ago, MaVilla said:

i think we 100% need (aka: genuine must have):

Defensive Mid - Kamara wont be back until christmas, and probably wont be back up to speed/fitness until new year, we need a quality DM to both fill the gaping hole at DM, and tbh also compete with Kamara when he returns (in some games we might even play Kamara and the new DM as a holding two, who knows).

Right Back - Emery might keep Konsa at RB?, but either way, we need a quality right back to compete with Cash, or provide the ability for Konsa to go to CB and not leave Cash as the only genuine option at RB (thats assuming Kosta - the new young RB, isnt ready to offer genuine first team competition yet).

 

I think everything else is a nice to have, and i could reel off 3 or 4 other positions i would "like", but i think those two are absolutely critical.

 

I think we need a backup for Torres ala Lenglet. For the LCB progressive passer given how frequently we play with 3 CBs we need 5 at the club. Even more so I think we'll see Pau at LB like we see Konsa at RB allows us to invert our attack and have the RB play as a RW 

CDM is key, we need someone there. I wouldn't rule out an experienced loan option as we have used the loan market well and Emery and Minchi have a track record of using it. A loan would not block the pathway for Tim and allow him more time to progress 

On 17/04/2024 at 15:00, MotoMkali said:

It's worth pointing out that, that doesn't include player sales which are counted in both this and uefa ffp rules. 

Remember two things. One is that all wages even those players on loan are represented under wages. Plus in the last accounts we had to pay up Gerrard and his staff almost 3 years worth of wages. So it's skewed high as a result.

Our revenue is increasing, higher finishing positions in PL and a European Cup run. We have brought in younger players and hopefully can move on the players on high wages we don't need like Chambers and Dendonker.

24 minutes ago, Czarnikjak said:

Even if it's just a 10% bonus, which doesn't sound too excessive, it's £20m... Equal to whole conference prize money.

I remember when Conference League came in there were issues with the big 6 in particular Spurs because the contracts had bonus structures based Europa League being baseline prize money and additional payments for CL. So qualification to ECL was a net negative almost 

1 hour ago, OutByEaster? said:

I wonder how much we currently make on a Euro matchday - I'd guess around a million in ticket sales (with the very reasonable prices), some hospitality, the catering money, programmes and so on - maybe £1.25m. So an additional £8.5m this season?

What will be interesting to know is how much extra wages the players get for being in Europe. They have to play more games and there are more incentives into contracts so clubs better balance income and wages. 

1 hour ago, turvontour said:

I really really hope that we get champions league football.

But from an excitement and prestige, plus being a competition we could win perspective, the europa league is still very very attractive. 

I was looking at the quarter finals. Roma, Liverpool, Leverkusen, AC Milan etc are really big exciting european games for Villa if we make it that far. 

Exactly, look what happens happens. It's been a stellar 18 months under Emery. Just think back to the Fulham game at Craven Cottage under Gerrard. 

I also think Emery is a draw for players. Players will be thinking, this is a coach who will improve then. So the club is a draw 

He's had a decent enough season so far. His goals and assists per 90 is close to his level last season at Leverkusen. I think he'll kick on next season and let's be fair. Bailey has hit another level and this kind of competition is what we want 

16 minutes ago, GlobalVillan said:

No I am just explaining the current financial situation. It's pretty widely known amongst agents that Villa will need to sell if we don't make the CL. Laugh all you want. It's something I know to be true.

This isn't true at all. If we don't qualify for CL we will probably need to be bringing in profit from a big sale to keep us on right side of the rules of we plan on doing and summer transfers.

I think we will need to do that anyway regardless because we need the headroom to bring players in. The financial gap between EL and CL based on our expected progression between the two competitions would be 15m or so

This loan for Dendonker hasn't worked out. He's two years left on a big wage hopefully we can at least find a Loan.

Chambers, Hause and Coutinho also need to be sold or loaned out. 

7 hours ago, ender4 said:

I DONT LIKE THIS THREAD.  

I WANT CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, not crappy Europa League.

Once I realised there are not teams dropping out of the CL to EL next season I immediately thought of it like the ECL this season. We are surely one of the favourites to win it no?

Imagine winning a properly prestigious trophy like the Europa League. Only winning the PL or CL is bigger. We also get qualification to CL too.

It would be a next step for us that's for sure. The exposure of going deep in a European Trophy again. 

14 hours ago, OutByEaster? said:

What are you including in there? 

An additional seven home games, prize money and TV income should make us a reasonable amount and the exposure should help in terms of our visibility and presence for sponsors.

Yeah prize money is €19.5m if we win it and additional home income. Assume sponsorship bonuses too for the increased exposure. 

I think there might not be a huge financial gap between going deep like SF/Final in Europa League Vs getting a couple of wins and going out on playoffs in CL next season in terms of prize money and additional attendance at games. The sponsors bonuses might be different though 

8 minutes ago, ferguson1 said:

No doubt already been posted so apologies, but will our European run generate much additional income this season, especially if we win it?

We’ll again have some form of European football next season also, so was wondering what UEFA competitions generate overall per season?

We'll make about £20m for ECL this season if we make the final.

15 hours ago, Mazrim said:

He was arguably our best player in preseason for what its worth and was looking great. I think he would have been immense this season.
He's not perfect but he's got plenty about him and has the heart of a Lion. We've missed him.

I think he would have played a lot as the second striker instead of Tielemans. A position he's really suited too because of his high work rate off the ball and his excellent passing ability and eye for a goal. I think he'll really excel there next season. 

Hopefully better luck with injuries next season will give us a deeper squad. 

Emi is good at those pens

Nooooo

Why are we scoring. We can't afford extra time. Just exit this competition and focus on Bournemouth 

2 hours ago, bobzy said:

Betting odds aren’t the probability of anything tbh. 

They obviously are. That's what odds are. Probability of something happening 

1 hour ago, juanpablosaliceband said:

We are actually 75% for top 4. Not 66. And definitely not 51. 

We're 1/2 or 1.5 in betting which is a 67% chance. 

Are you getting a probability from Opta or implied by betting odds?

8 hours ago, TreeVillan said:

Speaking of which, are those heart rate watches any good for this?

I use a chest strap with a watch, both Garmin. A watch is ok but sometimes it just goes wrong and gives HR that is clearly wrong. If you use the watch in combination with your percieved effort then it's good tool as they track everything for you and you know when the HR is wrong. If you want an accurate HR then get a chest strap (they are comfortable).

The key thing to remember is you should be doing 90% of all your exercise at an easy effort. Easy means you can speak a sentence or two and hold a conversation if required but people would know you're exercising. The more you can build up to doing weekly at Easy pace the better. I think jog walk jog walk is the way to start and record how long you have done and look to increase the amount every week. 

I'm going to say it again. EASY, if you are reaching an effort where you are struggling then you are going too fast. It's all about effort levels, as you get fitter you will just be moving faster for the same effort. The key is walking / jogging / running the effort nothing else.

Just now, Tayls said:

What is? 

Extra CL place