villan95 Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 (edited) If we could achieve one of these things this season and you had to choose, which would it be? Edited August 4, 2023 by villan95 Changed Top 4 to CL qualification 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Awol Posted August 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2023 Top 4. Trophy would be great, but Champions League is the accelerator you need to reach the next level consistently. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Remember when everyone laughed with Arsenal "winning the top 4 trophy"? Oh how times change 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 How bout a cup and sneak into the CL as placed 5 team in the league with the new UEFA rules were the PL gets 5 spots. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post STO Posted August 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2023 Nobody remembers the losers. Quick test, who finished 4th in, I dunno, 2017? Who cares, give me a trophy please. No-one forgets that. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 3 minutes ago, sne said: How bout a cup and sneak into the CL as placed 5 team in the league with the new UEFA rules were the PL gets 5 spots. Yes. Add that to the poll and I’ll vote for it.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Cup win. I want a trophy. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted August 4, 2023 Author Share Posted August 4, 2023 3 minutes ago, sne said: How bout a cup and sneak into the CL as placed 5 team in the league with the new UEFA rules were the PL gets 5 spots. Yeah I really should have put 'CL qualification' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Cup and fifth spot (which may also be CL this season ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post allani Posted August 4, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2023 3 minutes ago, STO said: Nobody remembers the losers. Quick test, who finished 4th in, I dunno, 2017? Who cares, give me a trophy please. No-one forgets that. I can't remember who won the PL, FA Cup or League Cup in 2017. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted August 4, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 4, 2023 We've not won a trophy since 1996. We're not winning the league this side of the next millennium regardless of the money we get for CL football. Trophy(/ies) And sneak 5th 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejs1111 Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Villa to win their own 'treble' this season UECL trophy FA Cup League Cup Lets climb the football cup table and pass Chelsea in a few seasons. Put some distance between the top6 clubs with cup totals and everyone else. UE could well be Villa's version of Wenger. Long may his reign continue. UTV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted August 4, 2023 Author Share Posted August 4, 2023 (edited) Right I've changed 'Top 4' to 'CL qualification' which is what I actually meant Edited August 4, 2023 by villan95 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 UCL = more attractive to top level players, more revenue to cover their salaries, more chance of finishing top 4/5 following season (cos better players), maybe a consolation run at Europa League if/when knocked out of UCL, and better commercial deals available. OR A League Cup win. Head over heart, it’s got to be option one. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villabromsgrove Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 For me it has to be Champion's League qualification. We can then win the Cup that would return us to the top of European football the following season .... The Champion's League Cup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted August 4, 2023 Author Share Posted August 4, 2023 6 minutes ago, Awol said: UCL = more attractive to top level players, more revenue to cover their salaries, more chance of finishing top 4/5 following season (cos better players), maybe a consolation run at Europa League if/when knocked out of UCL, and better commercial deals available. OR A League Cup win. Head over heart, it’s got to be option one. In theory but then you look at a team like Spurs who have had their fair share of Champions League football over the last 13 years yet still have no success or silverware to show for it. From a business point of view there's no denying CL football would be the best choice but from a supporter point of view I'd rather have a trophy, especially when it's getting on for 30 years since the last one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, villan95 said: In theory but then you look at a team like Spurs who have had their fair share of Champions League football over the last 13 years yet still have no success or silverware to show for it. From a business point of view there's no denying CL football would be the best choice but from a supporter point of view I'd rather have a trophy, especially when it's getting on for 30 years since the last one. They've been in multiple cup finals including a CL final. Just bad luck really they didn't win any of them. Sustained success in the league is probably the best shot at winning a trophy as well as it'll keep your team competitive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 I was 4 when we last won a cup, I can't remember it, at all. Cup. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted August 4, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 4, 2023 You did say "one of these things," and that necessarily excludes a cup that comes with CL qualification. One only, you say. At least that's how I interpreted the question. The problem with a cup is they are to an extent "once and done." So it's got to be CL qualification for me because it's better for the worldwide reputation and growth of Aston Villa by far than any cup. A cup gives English fans bragging rights down the pub, a CL spot gives far more media coverage around the world and new fans in distant places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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