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Spurs will crumble if we win the next two league matches. 

We were lagging but that performance against The Arse has given me renewed belief that we’ve got plenty left in the tank and that we can get the required performance levels from now to end of season. 

McGinn is rested and Luiz will be too. I think we’ll win all 5. Or win 4 and draw one. The only game I’m apprehensive about is the Chelsea one.

I hate Man City - come on Madrid.

1 minute ago, The_Steve said:

Let’s go beat Bournemouth and forget that nonsense 

And Chelsea. We will finish 4th with those two scalps. 

On a serious note - how good are Leverkusen.??? Bayern have dominated Arsenal today.

1 minute ago, Stevo985 said:

We’re finishing 4th or 5th. That’s it

Boooooo

Arsenal looking weak - is 3rd on or is it too late??

1 hour ago, mikeyp102 said:

He used the fingers of one the blues fans to calculate it 

Talking of fingers how are they getting on with The Six fingers stadium? 

Guy at Shababs reckons they’re going to call one of the stands the Inbred End….

We beat Bournemouth and Chelsea then coefficient can go f….. itself. 

This thread is entertaining… I see lots of posters are rattled about the lot down the road and their new 60000 stadium. 

The North stand redevelopment is the sweet spot for our ground and fan base imo. 50000 ish is something we’d sell out regularly for years to come. I don’t think we’re a 60000 capacity club except maybe for the really big games. 

The look on Unai Emery’s face when Villarreal lost to Liverpool in the semi finals of the Champions League was one of disappointment. He has a desire to win it. He has a desire to win the premier league too. No doubt he wants The UECL as well. There’s no one or the other (CL Qualification or UECL) for us we have to get both. 

Our story is different to West Ham’s. Our trajectory is totally different too. Just look at the league table. This isn’t about winning a trophy and going back to mid table or qualifying once for CL and struggling to progress. 

It’s about sustaining that success. We are a perfect match. The grand old club and the master tactician with his support group in tow. 

I’ve said it before - we get 5/6 seasons out of Don Unai we will get close to the title at least once. 

Enjoy the ride we’ve been through a lot of chancers and wasters with a brief respite with one of our own. 

Don Unai is the real deal.

2 minutes ago, Pongo Waring said:

Villa can reach the Semi's of the UCL next season.
This Dortmund team isn't great all and they did it.

If Don Unai is our manager for the next five seasons and we qualify for CL at least 3 times then I think we’ll definitely make Semi’s at least once. Then anything can happen at that stage. 

A club like Aston Villa needs CL football AND to win trophies. The manager we have is an expert at both. 

24 minutes ago, bobzy said:

Football now isn't about where you finish in the league, it's about the coefficient and the balance sheet.

 

Wild.

23 minutes ago, Villan_of_oz said:

Apparently trophies aren't that important either

Thankfully we have a guy named Unai Emery who wants to win every trophy going. That includes the Premier League and Champions League.

I don’t give a shit what happens as long as we win every game left , Qualify for CL and Win The Conference. 

As for Real Madrid Don Unai is probably thinking about a master plan to sort them mofos out too. 

We need a squad for CL and having someone who has acclimatised already to our style of play will help. 

Unless there’s a major personal issue or reason Don Unai will be here for at the next five seasons at least.

We beat Bournemouth and Chelsea and 4th is guaranteed imo. Those two games are the biggest of the season in terms of context .

1 minute ago, Don_Simon said:

This. Someone has to come 2nd. Doesn't mean they bottled it, just that came 2nd. 

Especially against those cheats. *115 charges….

1 minute ago, Vancvillan said:

Would 5th place have more qualifying games or anything? Or would it be the same as finishing 4th?

Straight into the Swiss Model group stage CL.

5 hours ago, Stevo985 said:

The culture of playing out from the back that he has instilled continues to amaze me.

We have never ever played like that as consistently as we do now.

We've had spells, but as soon as we're under the cosh it goes out the window.

 

Yesterday we just point blank refused to stray away from that tactic of playing out from the back. Under huge pressure at times, we stuck to it rigidly and it paid off massively.
Players like Pau, Tielemans and Martinez are key to that.

Yet he’s instilled it almost instantly. 

He’s shown enough in his performance up until now that he’s going to be a great player for us. Yesterday was his best yet. He’s getting used to being premier league fit and next season he will add more to his game.

Is this the new normal especially under this management? Don Unai has spoken before throughout his career about winning the League and CL. 

Qualifying for CL means 8 guaranteed games.  We could get 3/4 plum ties and 3/4 ‘easier’ games. He took Villarreal to the semis. 

He is a master. I think we’ll get through the ‘60’s’ (points) quite quickly. 

16 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said:

There is a very strong chance we could go into the Bournemouth game knowing a win pretty much guarantees CL football next season. VP will be rocking. 

Bournemouth are a good team but with a rampant Villa Park and then the team are a horrible lot to play against. We can really turn them over if it’s an electric atmosphere.