villalad21 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 With our opening fixture list i think we could easily do like last season and get 4 straight wins. Dean just got to learn to trust his squad and rotate more. Can't pick the same 11 players every game first part of the season like last time. Injuries will inevitably start to rack up if you do that, not to mention heavy fatigue. Jack getting injured certainly didn't help but our players genuinely looked tired. If Dean want to go to the next level he needs to learn better squad management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaVilla Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 The worst COVID outbreak in the league may have had something to do with the drop off in performance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaVilla Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 Half the league is in turmoil with rebuilds or very recently appointed managers. If we keep Jack and somehow give him a break post Euros and get him properly for the start of the season or add such depth that we can ease him (and Luiz post olympics) back in then this could be a very special season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
est1874 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 7th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepal_villan Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 1 hour ago, DakotaVilla said: Half the league is in turmoil with rebuilds or very recently appointed managers. If we keep Jack and somehow give him a break post Euros and get him properly for the start of the season or add such depth that we can ease him (and Luiz post olympics) back in then this could be a very special season. At the same time ManUtd just signed Sancho and are likely to bring in Varane. Leicester have all their ducks in a row. The top 5 is pretty much set. Looks like it will be 5-6 clubs (Arsenal, Spurs, Everton, Leeds, West Ham and Villa) fighting for the 6th position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted July 17, 2021 Moderator Share Posted July 17, 2021 You can still get better than even money on us for a top half finish. I'm quite surprised at that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 On 01/07/2021 at 14:56, DakotaVilla said: The worst COVID outbreak in the league may have had something to do with the drop off in performance. We won 2 out of 4 games after coming back. Of the two defeats was Man. City who we held up to 81st minute and then conceded that offside goal and the other at Burnley we were excellent for 70 minutes and then defended horribly. Think in the first 6-7 games after the covid stoppage we only made about 4 changes to the team between each game and for example in the 1-0 at Southampton we made our first sub in the 94th minute. Dosen't suggest really a squad completely done after 60 minutes after a few of them had covid unless Dean just ignored medical advice which I find hard to believe. It's an easy thing to say but really our general performances were much worse in March and April if you look back at some of the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 We need to get better at negotiating the tricky Feb-April schedule which last 20 years always derails us when in promising position. Happened in the MON seasons and while above covid is being blame for last season ultimately we just spent two months not really having a clue how to play without Jack. There was at least a bit of improvement just before he returned and Buendia should be good enough to take on that role this season for games he's unavailable for. Only times I can recall us being really good in those months is when we're battling relegation and went on a run under Sherwood or Lambert. Rarely happens when established in top half. 8th feels right to me for this season with how our squad currently looks. Still weak for cover at CB and striker so if we can fill those two positions with decent players on the bench possible we could push for top 6 but would need a good start. Possible with the fixtures, 7 points from first 3 should be do-able. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Get in a good forward, good cdm and I think we will be pushing 5th to 8th. Hopefully we try for the cup's properly this year too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 European football is what the owners are after, I'm with them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted July 17, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2021 Champions League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Top-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheltenham_villa Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 64 points and whatever that brings. Need to be competitive and competing for European places at the end of the season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burchy Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 To many we’re plucky Villa, no more, no less. Truth is they don’t see where we’ve been, where we are now and where we want to get to. They’re too busy dealing with their own clubs. We will surprise loads this season. It used to piss me off when we’d play Brentford as they always cut us to shreds and it was Dean Smith behind that team. He is now building his squad here, for his type of football and I think we will push very strongly for 4th-6th this season. I know that’s overly optimistic for a Villa fan and I should be all doom n gloom, but I’m f£&@ing excited for this season and can’t help myself UTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 With good squad management we could push for top 6. Unfortunately i think Smith will go in the same trap again, like MON. He will play the same 11-12 players every week and we will burn out pile up on injuries after Christmas. Think we'll end up somewhere between 12th-10th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 6 minutes ago, villalad21 said: With good squad management we could push for top 6. Unfortunately i think Smith will go in the same trap again, like MON. He will play the same 11-12 players every week and we will burn out pile up on injuries after Christmas. Think we'll end up somewhere between 12th-10th Haven't even played a pre season game yet and it's started. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 2 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Haven't even played a pre season game yet and it's started. You don't have to respond you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted July 17, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2021 We need a good dm , if we get one then top 6 is possible. Without one 8-10th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 14 minutes ago, villalad21 said: You don't have to respond you know. You don't need to bait and troll every single thread like your life depended on it you know. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 I think we will do ok, maybe a bit better than last year..... 1st ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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