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Things are a lot rosier in this thread aren't they?

We're now back to an average of two points per game for the season after the Sheff Utd game with some crucial fixtures coming up. Our projected points total is now 76 which is generally enough for 3rd.

Obviously though, the focus remains on 4th or 5th. We currently sit on 46 points which means that, on average, we'd need 25 more points for 4th or 22 more points for 5th.

We went one better in the last game vs last season (drawing with Leeds) which means a repeat of all of our results from last season would see us land on 69 (/insert Kenneth) points with a record of W7, D2, L6 for the final 15 games.

1 hour ago, duke313 said:

That's one way to put it.  Another way would be that he's played **** all the past 12 months.  Bit pointless then having someone who supposed to be back up and played literally no football, how long should he be given to get up to speed?  One month? Two? Five? The loan will be over by then 

This

The Kalvin Phillips loan reminds me a lot of our Danny Drinkwater loan. A player who was instrumental in a smaller team, goes to a big club and falls to pieces before being loaned to a slightly smaller team to rediscover himself. It happens a lot but I really can't recall many times where this has actually been successful.

This is a big one but... I've never been a huge fan of the colours of our home kit. Claret and blue as a combo just doesn't look good to me.

9 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

This was the description of Leverkusen and Bundesliga fans about Leon Bailey when we signed him in fairness.

And they were spot on. He blew cold in his first season or so and he's been blowing hot ever since

I just thought I'd pop my head into this thread to scream into the void for a second about how we've not officially announced a crest yet. Is it just me that's getting a bit frustrated?

2 minutes ago, VillaBrum said:

Well, I might be in the minority, but it still identifies as Aston Villa to me. Thanks for the example.

No worries - and I agree with you. I'm far more concerned with how it looks in larger formats than how it might appear when scaled down to the size of Joey Barton's manhood.

13 minutes ago, Stevo985 said:

Or they saw the backlash against the clipart lion and thought “well **** we can’t use that, quick have we got another version of the lion trademarked?”

Honestly, I don't care what led to this badge, only that we (may have) got here!

7 minutes ago, Rustibrooks said:

 

If this is legit, I’m actually happy!

Picking up this thread again for a bit of perspective after yesterday's draw with Everton.

To reaffirm something I've mentioned before, on average, 71 points has been enough to secure a top 4 finish every season for the last 14 years.

Continuing with our average PPG this season would leave us with a projected total of 77/78 points so there is margin for error here. Repeating results for the corresponding fixtures for last season would see us finish with 70 points.

This means that, to finish in the top 4, we'd need to do one point better than our corresponding results for the remaining fixtures below.

9 hours ago, Jas10 said:

If this is how the badge ends up then I'm happy. It'll be instantly recognisable, the detailing on the lion provides contrast against the light blue background, and it features our full name.

Add to this the fact a golden lion on the kit (as seen on socials) could look utterly sensational and we're in a pretty good place. A far cry from where we as a fanbase were last week.

Fingers crossed.

If it ends up looking like the badge depicted in the trademark, I still think it's a really poor effort. That said, the detailing on the image floating around socials is, frankly, gorgeous. That type of gold detailing across a kit would be all kinds of beautiful so I'm very intrigued to see how it all comes together.

My opinion of the trademarked image hasn't changed but this has, at the very least, made me slightly more hopeful.

34 minutes ago, 0Lamptey said:

If we ever put out a kit like this I'd be absolutely buzzing. So classy.

35 minutes ago, burchy said:

Yeah, aside from the p*ssin’ Sky Bet Championship badges this is great

48 minutes ago, Rolta said:

That's what I've been saying all along. The design isn't bad at all. The colours and the drop shadow are the issue. It looks nice with a good lion that actually stands out with some contrast.

I actually quite like this. Feels like it adds far more weight to the badge so your eyes aren’t dragged down to the bottom (insert Kenneth). It also alleviates the contrast issue of yellow on blue.

Sadly, it won’t be this either because it’d look awful in smaller formats.

2 minutes ago, useless said:

Pretty sure Adidas have made kits for small heath, Wolves, and West Brom recently, having them as our kit supplier isn't some indicator in of itself that we're some elite team already. I guess it doesn't really matter as long as people enjoy the kits, but for it to be some major deal as some are framing it as, we need them to be giving us some great money

Greatly depends on what tier we’re on, I’m certain.

As stated in another post in this thread, the teams you’ve mentioned only receive “standard” treatment. Basic templates, not a lot of money and only sold in national markets.

If we’ve landed an “Elite” role it’s a whole different kettle of fish.

51 minutes ago, fightoffyour said:

I don't hate this but I still think the "AVFC" one was perfect. I understand that a lot of folks want "Aston Villa" on the crest but I truly don't think it matters when some of the biggest clubs on earth don't have their name on the crest (see: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan, AC Milan and a host of others). There are smaller examples that work fine too, Wolves and Napoli for example.

At this point I just want a badge that isn't sh*t. Is that too much to ask? 

39 minutes ago, fightoffyour said:

I cannot put in to words how beautiful this is. 

One thing that truly annoys me about Emery's tactics, and reign in general, is that I cannot emulate it on Football Manager. It's the first time in my life I can't do any better than our current manager on a video game and that really grinds my gears.