ender4 Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 9 hours ago, trekka said: Interesting feature on the Sky Sports website. It is actually a good read (with graphs and everything!). That’s a really interesting analysis with some useful stats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted July 31, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 31, 2019 (No offence Enda but) I disagree with the title of this thread... I think it should just be ‘2019/20 Season’ - all threads are premier league threads now as we’re a PL club. It makes it sound like this is our first ever season in the top flight and we’re not taking our coats off since we’re not planning on stopping. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 After this kind of support I think the owners and Purslow will be expecting better than a relegation battle. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 If we were to get at least 6 points each month we would end the season on around 54 points. Last season that would have got an 8th position finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Let’s sneak a win against <hock, spit> Spurs and get the ball rolling from there!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 We definitely now have a premier league quality squad, and we have a manager and coaching team who have demonstrated that they can get a new bunch of players playing sweet football quickly. We'll definitely get a hiding or two, but nothing like the season we went down. We'll benefit the premier league, we'll provide some entertainment, and we won't go back down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Villa podcast special on 5live https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07jf0hh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 20 minutes ago, Made In Aston said: Villa podcast special on 5live https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07jf0hh Does Dion Dublin say Grealish is 6 ft 2?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 27 minutes ago, GENTLEMAN said: Does Dion Dublin say Grealish is 6 ft 2?? Haha he's 6ft in the flesh, not including the hair. Still down as 5 ft 9 on most websites but that was when he was 17/18 years old. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 36 minutes ago, GENTLEMAN said: Does Dion Dublin say Grealish is 6 ft 2?? Yes! I found that funny as well. He's bulked up definitely but he's 6ft max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hawk Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Seems the bookies are pretty confident the league is ours.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 I reckon we’ll finish 8th. I’m already spending my winnings: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 The trouble finishing top 10 is that the top 6 are pretty much settled. Then you have Wolves, Everton and Leicester which are somewhat better than the rest. That takes up 9 spaces. We would then need to be better than ALL the other teams, including any team outperforming or having a lucky streak. Its very very unlikely to finish top 10 as our highest achievable. Whereas at the bottom, we could get a few bad results and it could snowball into a loss of confidence and we struggle to pick up points. There is a possibility of finishing right at the bottom. Whilst I feel optimistic that we will avoid relegation and finish 15th, I think it’s going to be a hard season for us with some bad patches where we will be desperate to even get a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 I’ve got a feeling Everton are going to have a bad season and Wolves are going to dip a bit. We on other hand, are going to surprise everybody. At this point we have no idea what all our new players can do, so the opposition have got no hope of knowing either. By the time we know our best XI and other teams start to work us out, Deano’s going to drop some tactical wizardry, switch things up and the bamboozlement will continue. We’ll be pushing the top 6, then have a late season drop off and finish 9th. I have nothing whatsoever to base that on, other than shiny new players and blind optimism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 I think Wolves will get 6th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 22 hours ago, omariqy said: Haha he's 6ft in the flesh, not including the hair. Still down as 5 ft 9 on most websites but that was when he was 17/18 years old. That's wild. He looks exactly 5'9 on camera. If he's 6ft, then Tyrone has to be at least 6'5 and not the listed 6'3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Keyblade said: That's wild. He looks exactly 5'9 on camera. If he's 6ft, then Tyrone has to be at least 6'5 and not the listed 6'3. John Terry is 6 ft 2. There's not much difference. He's definitely 6 ft at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 I don't think many teams will stop us from scoring this season. Even the so-called bigger clubs will find it difficult to stop this Villa team scoring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reivax_Villa Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Fans that think that we are going to finish in the top 8 are going to be in for a big shock. Teams like Leicester, Wolves,Watford are different gravy when it comes to attacking play and scoring. We will now tomorrow where we are in terms of quality. But I still think attacking wise need more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 It’s all about Dean Smith. I remember watching my home town Walsall all those years ago and thinking why can’t Villa play like this. If the players replicate what he wants then we will have a better than expected season. Inevitably there will be dips. But the players really need to step up now. Tomorrow will be a good indicator of where we’re at in terms of quality. Leipzig are a decent team. The charlton game gave me a few good looks at how they respond to pressure but tomorrow is going to be a proper test. Hopefully we can create a lot of chances if we do that throughout the season we’ll be in easy street. Other teams can be technically better but if we out move (fitness, strength, speed) them we will compete. I want the next week to go really fast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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