Jareth Posted November 13, 2023 Author Share Posted November 13, 2023 If Buendia and Mings weren't so far away from returning, then I'd be more optimistic. All that said - we are growing as a force and I hadn't expected what we've seen from Emery - he can surprise us again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 As the table shows and to quote our Kenneth "we gotta tighten up at the back and stop letting them in" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 Imagine the scenes in here when we beat Spurs and Bournemouth. We could actually have a scenario where City turn up to VP on the 6th December and its 1st vs. 2nd. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 20 minutes ago, Steero113 said: Imagine the scenes in here when we beat Spurs and Bournemouth. We could actually have a scenario where City turn up to VP on the 6th December and its 1st vs. 2nd. Those games against man city and Arsenal are going to be huge. I'm thinking high score draws, hoping for wins. Will be great atmospheres either way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post skarroki Posted November 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 13, 2023 The complete nagging pessimist in me thinks we'll beat Spurs and then suddenly everyone will start paying attention to us. Then we'll promptly lose to Bournemouth, then get humiliated by Man City and Arsenal and scrape a draw against Brentford and suddenly somehow we're 9th and in danger of not qualifying for the ECL knockouts. Go into January with the FA Cup the only thing to play for and we draw Man Utd away. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 2 minutes ago, skarroki said: The complete nagging pessimist in me thinks we'll beat Spurs and then suddenly everyone will start paying attention to us. Then we'll promptly lose to Bournemouth, then get humiliated by Man City and Arsenal and scrape a draw against Brentford and suddenly somehow we're 9th and in danger of not qualifying for the ECL knockouts. Go into January with the FA Cup the only thing to play for and we draw Man Utd away. Yeah I get that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 13, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 13, 2023 2 minutes ago, skarroki said: The complete nagging pessimist in me thinks we'll beat Spurs and then suddenly everyone will start paying attention to us. Then we'll promptly lose to Bournemouth, then get humiliated by Man City and Arsenal and scrape a draw against Brentford and suddenly somehow we're 9th and in danger of not qualifying for the ECL knockouts. Go into January with the FA Cup the only thing to play for and we draw Man Utd away. Here you go 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayEm Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 28 minutes ago, Steero113 said: Imagine the scenes in here when we beat Spurs and Bournemouth. We could actually have a scenario where City turn up to VP on the 6th December and its 1st vs. 2nd. That match would be the high water mark of Aston Villa in like 30 years. Incredible prospect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 7 minutes ago, skarroki said: Go into January with the FA Cup the only thing to play for and we draw Man Utd away. This is a nailed-on certainty, you don't need to search for pessimistic scenarios to know this by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted November 13, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 13, 2023 Ooooh. It's a bit early for this kind of hubris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oishiiniku_uk Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 16 hours ago, jayEm said: I'm most interested to see how our defense holds up against Arsenal and City. I have zero complaints from the first 12 games really but I wouldn't say our defending looks rock solid, as much as the high line seems to work consistently. I would not be amazed if we saw another Newcastle-style result against us. I dare say we'll see a fair few balls being pinged over the top to the likes of Doku and Martinelli in those two games. Fulham's goal yesterday showed how 'on' that pass is if you run from deep and time it correctly. Our offside trap will have to be nigh-on perfect. Having said that, both Arsenal and Man City look more fallible than they did last season. City looked pretty shaky against Chelsea's high press yesterday and I hope we attempt something similar. Arsenal's issues are mainly due to injuries though, I think (and annoyingly Odegaard & Jesus will probably both be fit when we play them). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oishiiniku_uk Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 31 minutes ago, skarroki said: The complete nagging pessimist in me thinks we'll beat Spurs and then suddenly everyone will start paying attention to us. Then we'll promptly lose to Bournemouth, then get humiliated by Man City and Arsenal and scrape a draw against Brentford and suddenly somehow we're 9th and in danger of not qualifying for the ECL knockouts. Go into January with the FA Cup the only thing to play for and we draw Man Utd away. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinebro Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 Next 4 games will be season defining. Whether we will fight for top 4 or top 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 To have any wild aspirations of a title race Villa will need to beat Spuds and one of Man. City or Arsenal. If we can beat two of them and get a draw in the other it's on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLillis Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 5 hours ago, Pinebro said: If Spurs are in it we certainly are the only people that think that Spurs are in a title race are.............actually scrap that there's nobody that thinks Spurs are in a title race is there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Townsend Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 4 hours ago, jayEm said: That match would be the high water mark of Aston Villa in like 30 years. Incredible prospect. Beating Arsenal on 13 December 1998 to go top. 25 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 (edited) Edited November 14, 2023 by Brumstopdogs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 6 hours ago, Brumstopdogs said: Can City hurry up and get points deduction/relegated for cheating 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 On 13/11/2023 at 07:39, turvontour said: Those games against man city and Arsenal are going to be huge. I'm thinking high score draws, hoping for wins. Will be great atmospheres either way. I hope we get VP absolutely rocking for those 2 games. We can do it. This is the least I've been scared of City coming to VP since we got promoted. We even drew here last season under Gerrard so we're even making headway in terms of points. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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