jim Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 Top 8 with a push for Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 8th to 10th. And maybe a half decent cup run so we can use our free ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 I'd just like us to achieve 10th for the first time in over a decade before even contemplating the thought of pushing for Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 I will say 6-8th is possible. In flashes we look a brilliant team, we have played some amazing football at times. We just let in far too many goals. Consistency and getting the losses to draws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 21 hours ago, Wainy316 said: Newcastle have one of the worst squads in the league minus Bruno. That was an absolutely freakish set of results they achieved in the second half of the season. The despotic regime bounce. Stay up or Die approach has worked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exeter Fan Too Posted May 27, 2022 Visiting Supporter Share Posted May 27, 2022 On 26/05/2022 at 02:46, FLVillan said: We really need Arsenal to get relegated so we can start a season in first. And make certain that Aldershot and Accrington don't move up the divisions.... And AFC Bournemouth? And impose a ban on other clubs (like AFC Wimbledon) sticking AFC on the start of their name. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Great transfer business so far and probably another three or four additions to come, we have to be looking at pushing for a top 8 finish. At least one very good cup run as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted May 27, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted May 27, 2022 Big Sam by Christmas to steady the ship and thus avoid relegation 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Hard for me to definitively say anything until window is over Slightly OT, I can see a pendulum swing of power resembling older days/seasons Us, Everton, West Ham, Newcastle battling it out for top 8. I don't think Everton will be bad next season, and Newcastle sutuation speaks for itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 If we sign Suarez, Bissouma, Bassey and even more, the owners will want European football next year. Massive e pressure on Gerrard and also CP and Lange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 66% believe 9-12 acceptable really surprising We're out spending most teams in the league year on year. We already have a top 8 wage bill that will only get higher. We dont get top 8 about half a dozen people should be losing their jobs. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 3 hours ago, rodders0223 said: 66% believe 9-12 acceptable really surprising We're out spending most teams in the league year on year. We already have a top 8 wage bill that will only get higher. We dont get top 8 about half a dozen people should be losing their jobs. Sure somebody has voted relegation as an acceptable position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 On 25/05/2022 at 22:48, AshVilla said: Amazed so many think 9-12 is acceptable. To be fair, I think minimum acceptable is 10th... but that wasn't an option. Imagine a few others felt the same. With who we've signed already, if we add Bissouma to that, and another first team player anywhere else on the pitch, I think top 8 is the minimum the board will be expecting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted May 31, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted May 31, 2022 7 hours ago, MrBlack said: To be fair, I think minimum acceptable is 10th... but that wasn't an option. Yeah, the options I would have gone for would be more like - 6th or above 7-8th 9-10th 11-12th 13th or below Anything from 6th or above would obviously be considered a success. Likewise 13th or below would be viewed as dismal. Therefore you can have a bit more nuance in the 7th-12th region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolta Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, rodders0223 said: 66% believe 9-12 acceptable really surprising We're out spending most teams in the league year on year. We already have a top 8 wage bill that will only get higher. We dont get top 8 about half a dozen people should be losing their jobs. Do the other teams just disappear though? We've had a lot of catching up to do over the last few years. I definitely hope for top 8 but the only obvious teams for us to be competing with are Leicester and West Ham out of the top 8 this year, and they're teams that have been building well over a long period of time—time when we were in the Championship/fighing to stay up. We've had just two seasons of Premier League building. Even suggesting we're spending more than anyone else year on year is a bit of a dubious statement. Season 1: when we were promoted, we had to buy a whole new team. Season 2: we added to a team that scraped through survival on goal difference and can't imagine we spent that much more than other teams anyway. Season 3: we lost an apparently '£100million player' and spent really badly and misbalanced the squad—we started last season with El Ghazi on the right wing and Ashley Young on the left wing. Last summer's transfer window/losing Grealish pretty much knocked the club back a year and cost Smith his job. We want to progress and hopefully we will, but it's a bit more complicated than just saying we 'have a top 8 wage bill'. I'd say 9th at the lowest though, and that would be disappointing. But the fact is the Premier League is a competitive league and there are a lot of good teams building wisely. Edited May 31, 2022 by Rolta 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chine Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Id take a top 10 Finish with a double figure +GD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXD Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 Just looking at a the table, it's going to be about who we are competing with. SKy6 will probably claim 6 positions in top 6-7, I don't think we'll overtake any of these. ManU will not have a season like last, Chelsea with their new owner will probably invest, the others will probably be around the same level. From all the teams we have between us and 7th, I think we can/should overtake Brighton, Palace and Brentford. Wolves, Leicester and West Ham are more established sides than us, they might drop off a bit, but we can't be sure before the end of the transfer window (eg: what if WHam lose Bowen or Rice, what if Leicester lose Thielemans). Newcastle will probably spend big. Everton will not have a season like what they just had, but I don't expect them too high either. Top 10 should be the aim, anything higher would be a good season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 On 30/05/2022 at 21:51, rodders0223 said: 66% believe 9-12 acceptable really surprising We're out spending most teams in the league year on year. We already have a top 8 wage bill that will only get higher. We dont get top 8 about half a dozen people should be losing their jobs. but then look at the head start everyone else had and then where do you get 8th highest wage bill from? couple of places ive seen had us as 12th its getting closer but we really have the 8th best squad in the league? id have us around 10th with then issues last season over form meaning where our squad is on paper was meaningless either way top 8 is far from a given, we would need a year of everyone at it, not many injuries, good form, good reaction to the WC break, a couple more signings, the likes of west ham, wolves and leicester to decline slightly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 On 27/05/2022 at 16:15, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Hard for me to definitively say anything until window is over Slightly OT, I can see a pendulum swing of power resembling older days/seasons Us, Everton, West Ham, Newcastle battling it out for top 8. I don't think Everton will be bad next season, and Newcastle sutuation speaks for itself. Brighton, Wolves, and to a lesser extent Leceister have been overachieving last few years. Our budget 'should' get us top half- but you have to do it on the pitch over 38 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 57 minutes ago, villa4europe said: but then look at the head start everyone else had and then where do you get 8th highest wage bill from? couple of places ive seen had us as 12th its getting closer but we really have the 8th best squad in the league? id have us around 10th with then issues last season over form meaning where our squad is on paper was meaningless either way top 8 is far from a given, we would need a year of everyone at it, not many injuries, good form, good reaction to the WC break, a couple more signings, the likes of west ham, wolves and leicester to decline slightly We need to really stop with this head start and catch up nonsense now. In terms of outgoings we are going for it big time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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