Vive_La_Villa Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 I know it’s just how it is but I’m a bit pissed off we have Legia, Bournemouth away then City and Arsenal games within 9 days. You can’t really rotate too much for any of these games and have a chance of winning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, colhint said: I suppose Afcon will have some impact. Isn't it only really Traore we have as an African player now? I could be totally wrong. If you're mistakenly thinking about the likes of Diaby, he's French. EDIT: Haven't read back through the thread, and just realised you probably mean an impact in our competitors! Edited November 14, 2023 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Yeah it's only Bertie for us but Salah Bissouma and more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gompedyret Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 I desperately want us to beat one of Liverpool, ManCity, Arsenal or Tottenham. only after that am I going to allow myself to believe this can be something big, already in this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanpablosaliceband Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 22 minutes ago, Gompedyret said: I desperately want us to beat one of Liverpool, ManCity, Arsenal or Tottenham. only after that am I going to allow myself to believe this can be something big, already in this season. We will need to be more ambitious than that to stay in the top 5. We’ve already won lots of games from those fixtures since we’ve been promoted so we should be taking some scalps this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 6 hours ago, juanpablosaliceband said: We will need to be more ambitious than that to stay in the top 5. We’ve already won lots of games from those fixtures since we’ve been promoted so we should be taking some scalps this season. With crowds we’ve beaten Spurs twice and that’s about it. I reckon we can beat them again but can see defeats to City and Arsenal with a bit of fatigue kicking in during a very tough week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanpablosaliceband Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 6 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: With crowds we’ve beaten Spurs twice and that’s about it. I reckon we can beat them again but can see defeats to City and Arsenal with a bit of fatigue kicking in during a very tough week. We’ve beaten spurs three time. Twice away. We did a double over Arsenal in once season and beat Liverpool 7-2. So that’s at least six wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 7 minutes ago, juanpablosaliceband said: We’ve beaten spurs three time. Twice away. We did a double over Arsenal in once season and beat Liverpool 7-2. So that’s at least six wins. Beating Man Utd at home for the first time in 27 years is also a scalp. They may not be as formidable as they used to be, but still finished 4th last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 1 hour ago, juanpablosaliceband said: We’ve beaten spurs three time. Twice away. We did a double over Arsenal in once season and beat Liverpool 7-2. So that’s at least six wins. We did but all sorts of weird stuff went on with no crowds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gompedyret Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 On 15/11/2023 at 00:51, juanpablosaliceband said: We will need to be more ambitious than that to stay in the top 5. We’ve already won lots of games from those fixtures since we’ve been promoted so we should be taking some scalps this season. Oh, more or less everything indicates that we indeed ARE more abitious than that. That is, however, a rather objective description of reality based on what the Villa and Emery has shown this last year regarding attitude, accomplishments and form curve. I was more thinking about a personal, psychological need, as I wont completely let myself believe in what I see, before we take a few of those scalps as this new Villa entity. But O'boy, when it happens, my satisfaction will be unreasonably big and overwhelming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 8 minutes ago, Gompedyret said: But O'boy, when it happens, my satisfaction will be unreasonably big and overwhelming. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burchy Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 I think if we start beating the likes of Liverpool, Arsenal, etc the players will start to believe as well, which is a very tasty prospect with Emery at the helm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcarpet Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 3 minutes ago, burchy said: I think if we start beating the likes of Liverpool, Arsenal, etc the players will start to believe as well, which is a very tasty prospect with Emery at the helm. I believe this is the key to it as well. Once they start believing, we all saw in that 10 wins in a row in he championship what an effect it can have. They will go into every game thinking they can win and even if they go behind they will still be thinking they are good enough to come back into it and win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 1 hour ago, burchy said: I think if we start beating the likes of Liverpool, Arsenal, etc the players will start to believe as well, which is a very tasty prospect with Emery at the helm. I think if we beat Liverpool and Arsenal then our aims would be higher than top 4 or 5. We're not aiming to finish just behind them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 I keep reading this view that Villa might fall away because likes of Chelsea and Man U will strengthen. I don't think people get that the reason they're weak is because us and likes of Newcastle are stronger now. It's completely in our hands where we finish from this point. We've given ourselves such a strong starting platform. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 On 12/11/2023 at 21:41, R.Bear said: My only concern right now is that we've only had three clean sheets all season (not including the Hibs tie) and the last of which in the PL was against 10 man Chelsea 2 months ago. We've also conceded a lot of BS goals. 2 crazy own goals, a massive deflection for bowens. Even vs Fulham it only come because of the stupid rule about playing the ball meaning the opposing player is no longer offside so konsa couldn't even go for the ball withoubplayi G the winger on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 On 13/11/2023 at 22:03, villa89 said: Spurs, Bournemouth, City and Arsenal the next four. Realistically 4 points is the expectation. Anything more would be a bonus. I think you got to say 6 with spurs squad the way it is for our game. 7 is the hope, 9 or 10 would be gravy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 (edited) I just read a stoic quote about hope and fear being the same thing. The want is what causes the worry. It made me think of this thread. Edited November 16, 2023 by Vive_La_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 On 14/11/2023 at 17:56, colhint said: I suppose Afcon will have some impact. Yeah I think this will put Liverpool in the mix for the a fringe CL team rather than a clear CL team. Unfortunately we play them in what will be a likely 6pter 2nd last game of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 1 hour ago, turvontour said: I keep reading this view that Villa might fall away because likes of Chelsea and Man U will strengthen. I don't think people get that the reason they're weak is because us and likes of Newcastle are stronger now. It's completely in our hands where we finish from this point. We've given ourselves such a strong starting platform. I disagree - the reason why Chelsea and Man U are weaker is totally down to them. There are 38 games in a season, we only play each team twice. Our performance and place in the table is not dependent on any other team. Our season is made by consistent wins against weaker sides, and respectable scores against top sides. What Man U or Chelsea do is 100% of no importance to us, other than twice a season when we play them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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