Intercourse_The_Penguin Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Reasons to be optimistic: Jack! This guy is going to be special next season, I sense. Continued development of Clark and Okore. I think both could turn out to be pretty damn tidy centre halves and forge a good partnership. Okore needs to cut out his mistakes, but he's very young for a CB and lost a lot of time to injury. Delph. Seems to keep getting better and I don't think we've seen his peak yet. Bacuna. Really like this guy, but not sure we've found the best way to play him yet. I also have the feeling he's going to have a big role to play next term. Clutching at straws a little: Gardner. Not sure if I quite believe this guy is going to turn into the player we all hope he will, and also not sure of his best role in the team, but the reports from Forest do suggest he might finally be fulfilling the early potential we heard so much about. Please, please, please... Sinclair: there is something about this guy that suggests he might be really useful, but I'm not sure how much he fits into TS' plans. £32M+: this could give us a sizeable kitty and although we'll be losing our match-winner and star player it could help us address glaring weaknesses we've had in our squad for too long now. Sanchez: with a full pre-season and a better defined role in the team, could he reproduce his Columbia form for us? Reasons for dread: Full-backs: what seems a perennial problem for us in recent times. Have no real faith in any our options. I like Bacuna a lot, but still wonder if RB is his best spot. Loss of Benteke: we may need the money to fill out the squad with more quality, but we're losing a proven match-winner and who knows what we'll replace him with (I am resigned to losing him this summer, sadly) Gabby: If we continue to rely on him as a first-teamer we'll have problems over next season barring the five or six games he somehow looks like the unplayable pace machine a lot of us thought he might turn into years back. Strikers in general: minus Benteke, who the hell do we have/will we get?! CNZ: Has had a few really good games under TS to be fair, but needs to be improved on this window. Sanchez: okay, he might come good, but he also fills me with dread when I see his name on the team-sheet Overall, that seems to be a net balance for pessimism. Which is about how I feel: pessimistic, but with dull embers of hope flickering somewhere, somehow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raver50032 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I renewed my Season Ticket before the end of the season and felt quite optimistic about next season - I genuinely thought that everyone looked happy to be playing for Villa, Sherwood looked like he had fallen on his feet and was waving some kind of magic wand. Southampton, Cup Final, Cleverley, Benteke etc. All of a sudden if feels as if it's coming crashing down again and I'm am shitting myself already about next season. And to be fair, it'snot even for me to worry about. I can't do anything at all about it, but bite my nails and punch a wall. It's going to be a long summer - glad that I have other things to do instead of watching JIM WHITE SHOUTING on Sky Sports News HQ and his Twitterboard, or Kirsty Gallaghers overactive jaw. Time for a bit of Vulcan and Ramex Delta and a Polish Mig-29... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duck Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Best case scenario for next season: We get sold in the next week or so, massive amount of investment into the squad, Benteke and vlaar sign new deals ending speculation players gel together through preseason, Start off season strongly, top half by November I don't mind if we trail off slightly by may finishing 12-14th Decent cup runs and a bit of belief instilled for 2016-17 Worst case: The "imminent" takeover never happens TS sell off majority of his losers, determined to sign replacements early Lack off interest from his first and second choice targets, Squad rebuild falls on its face Vlaar leaves on free Benteke poached for 32.5m, 11:59pm on deadline day by Liverpool The few players we sign don't gel together, can't handle the pace of the league Terrible start to the season, large defeats, struggling to score goals TS resigns/ sacked by Christmas. New inexperienced manager brought in January, another nightmare transfer window Relegation to championship Majority of the remaining better players poached from us by PL clubs Struggle to rebuild under RL in championship - become the new Wigan/Portsmouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I feel fairly optimistic. If Lerner is still here, I think he'll spend a decent amount. My belief is that the primary reason behind cutting back before was the ludicrous financial situation we were in - I think this has now been sorted and we should be in a position to spend £20m (maybe £30m) off the bat. If we sell Benteke, maybe we even get a £40-50m transfer kitty - just imagine! Sherwood has made us a more exciting team... but I'm not convinced yet that we're necessarily more effective. In any case, it should make more better viewing than the past couple of seasons and that, in itself, will be enjoyable. I think we'll finish somewhere between 11th and 14th and I'll happily take that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 How I see it - impending relegation unless we are sold and splash some serious cash, the reliance on the academy is almost disgusting at this stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Lambert is gone and surely we're getting closer to the day Lerner leaves. That makes me more optimistic than any of the last few seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Best case scenario for next season: We get sold in the next week or so, massive amount of investment into the squad, Benteke and vlaar sign new deals ending speculation players gel together through preseason, Start off season strongly, top half by November I don't mind if we trail off slightly by may finishing 12-14th Decent cup runs and a bit of belief instilled for 2016-17 Worst case: The "imminent" takeover never happens TS sell off majority of his losers, determined to sign replacements early Lack off interest from his first and second choice targets, Squad rebuild falls on its face Vlaar leaves on free Benteke poached for 32.5m, 11:59pm on deadline day by Liverpool The few players we sign don't gel together, can't handle the pace of the league Terrible start to the season, large defeats, struggling to score goals TS resigns/ sacked by Christmas. New inexperienced manager brought in January, another nightmare transfer window Relegation to championship Majority of the remaining better players poached from us by PL clubs Struggle to rebuild under RL in championship - become the new Wigan/Portsmouth We're Ducked 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YGabbana Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 We need a solid transfer window, get them in early and a strong preseason and i think we'll be fine, if we dont sign enough quality then relagation battle once again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hev Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Is this the Optimism thread or what? Cheer Up everyone . Tim will sort it ! How are we ever going to know what he can do if we don't even give him a chance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 8, 2015 Moderator Share Posted June 8, 2015 Off season optimism thread. Put it this way. If I could get good odds on it, from a 'savvy bet' point of view I'd back us to go down next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Off season optimism thread. Put it this way. If I could get good odds on it, from a 'savvy bet' point of view I'd back us to go down next season. We're like 4/1 BOF, what more do you want, we are probably 2/1 shots in my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 8, 2015 Moderator Share Posted June 8, 2015 Yeah Victor is giving me 9/2 which will surely shorten when Benteke leaves. I'd still want 6s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I'm still in relief mode. But finding it hard to be optimistic about something that is in total limbo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Don't give a shit. If we go down, we go down. If we don't, I'm not exactly going to paint the town red when we finish between 16th and 17th. Until we have new ownership there's nothing to be optimistic about. ...and on what basis are we to assume we will be better? We can't. But it's got to be better than KNOWING we're not going to compete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Seriously every season I've been kidding myself into thinking "we'll do better this season! Young group of players, bonding, manager has more time, etc." and I'm done with it. Not anymore. I'm not optimistic. We either have investment or this is another waste of a year in our history. With this current set up, we are such a pointless football club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I'm a lot more optimistic than last summer, but Sherwood has to have sufficient funds made available so he can bring in the players he wants. We can't have a situation like under Lambert where he had to go to a b or even c list of players to sign, particularly in his second summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 With news of a potential takeover my optimism gauge has flickered alive again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 我觉得很幸运 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I am optimistic more people will begin to spell Clark's name properly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 我觉得很幸运我的杯子是半空 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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