September Optimism Gauge

[Czarnikjak]

2 minutes ago, barry'sboots said:

From the Birmingham Live site 17 Sept 2020:

"Fast-forward 10 years and three rounds of ownership later and Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens have European football firmly on their minds. "We will not be satisfied until we achieve our goal of bringing sustainable success to Aston Villa at the top tier of European football," the pair said in a statement upon the unveiling of new sporting director Johan Lange."

I read "top tier of European Football" to be Champions League????

I don't read it as breaking the top 4. It's all about sustainable success.

They will hope of course to occasionally make the top 4, but to stay in it year in year out is nigh on impossible in next 10 years, unless some seismic change happens in European football 

[Czarnikjak]

My previous post might have come accross defeatist, but I am trying to stay realistic.

Not only is the system rigged against us, but we also started from very low level after Lerners and Dr Tony's exploits.

In last 11 years, 43 out of 44 CL spots went to Sky6 teams...this is a sobering start if you hoping on us breaking the top 4 anytime soon.