Popular Post Villan_of_oz Posted December 8, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted December 8, 2023 20 hours ago, Kiwivillan said: I can see it now. 1pt ahead of Liverpool in 2nd when they turn up to Villa Park in the penultimate game of the season. An extra time winner sends Villa 4pts clear and the 23/24 title is ours with a game to spare If we win the league I'll come to NZ for a beer... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Waring Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 Lets bring the title back to Brum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 There's no doubt tired legs will catch up with us. If they do, let's stay calm. If we can just go for one more day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DakotaVilla Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 4 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: There's no doubt tired legs will catch up with us. If they do, let's stay calm. If we can just go for one more day... That’s why our bench is stacked. Start the same team and bring on Moreno, cash, Ramsey and Duran to see the game out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinebro Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 4 hours ago, Tomaszk said: There's no doubt tired legs will catch up with us. If they do, let's stay calm. If we can just go for one more day... Unlike MON, Emery is actually very good at rotating his squad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DakotaVilla Posted December 9, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2023 He’s done this for a decade. He knows exactly what he’s doing. I was a bit annoyed with the selection for Bournemouth but turns out he was just practicing for man city. I’ve run out of superlatives for him. Just give the man a lifetime contract already. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlobalVillan Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 (edited) We won't win the league but I would love to see us go top one time at least. We will have to win today to have any chance of that happening anytime soon though. We are a Watkins or Martinez injury away from being very vunerable indeed and we also need a new right back. Monchi will do his work, but we wont be getting ALL thats required in January. We will have to wait til the summer to see what he's really capable of. Top 4 race 100%. Title? We arent ready yet, but it's incredible to even be having such discussions. Edited December 9, 2023 by GlobalVillan 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 It's just really exciting having such a good coach and team right now. 2 players Emery signed were part of the team which destroyed City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 (edited) 54 minutes ago, GlobalVillan said: We won't win the league but I would love to see us go top one time at least. We will have to win today to have any chance of that happening anytime soon though. We are a Watkins or Martinez injury away from being very vunerable indeed and we also need a new right back. Monchi will do his work, but we wont be getting ALL thats required in January. We will have to wait til the summer to see what he's really capable of. Top 4 race 100%. Title? We arent ready yet, but it's incredible to even be having such discussions. Every team in the league is an x player and x player injury away blah blah blah. The 442 video about how we beat Man City highlighted our box midfield destroyed Man City box midfield because we had 4 midfielders vs 2 CBs a right back and an attacking forward as their box 4. Edited December 9, 2023 by Kiwivillan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted December 9, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 9, 2023 7 hours ago, DakotaVilla said: That’s why our bench is stacked. Start the same team and bring on Moreno, cash, Ramsey and Duran to see the game out Or win it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlobalVillan Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said: Every team in the league is an x player and x player injury away blah blah blah. The 442 video about how we beat Man City highlighted our box midfield destroyed Man City box midfield because we had 4 midfielders vs 2 CBs a right back and an attacking forward as their box 4. Not really, I think when Man City have Rodri, Doku, KDB, Grealish et al available they will walk the league. Especially KDB and Rodri as they are such quality players. Yes we have Mings and Buendia out too, but their squad, their treble winning squad, is a fair bit better than ours. Their cheating has allowed them to be so stacked in most positions and expect them to win it by 10 points. No reason we cant stay in the race for a while though. And as I say, top 4 is a real possibility. Edited December 9, 2023 by GlobalVillan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted December 9, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 9, 2023 We are not going to be in the title race come the end of the season...but we are currently! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted December 9, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 9, 2023 7 minutes ago, Nigel said: We are not going to be in the title race come the end of the season...but we are currently! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 Another really exciting thing about our team, and well first 16 to 18 players if we include subs, is that it's actually quite young. But not inexperienced young, more collectively approaching their peak years. You could have that team and subs that played against man city play the same game in 2 years time, and the output would be pretty similar. It's good knowing that we will be improving on players with transfers rather than replacing, and receiving fees in too. The owners have worked to put us in a fantastic position over the last few years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 39 minutes ago, GlobalVillan said: Not really, I think when Man City have Rodri, Doku, KDB, Grealish et al available they will walk the league Quote me end of season. City aren't winning the league. They haven't replaced Gungogan and their backline is trash. Ederson kept the score down against us 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 41 minutes ago, GlobalVillan said: Their cheating has allowed them to be so stacked in most positions and expect them to win it by 10 points Stacked in so many positions but couldn't play 1 midfielder in midfield against us. Kalvin Phillips another trash buy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan_of_oz Posted December 9, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 9, 2023 I'm not going to write City off, but more teams are at the races this season. Last season it was really only Arsenal and they arrived a bit ahead of schedule. It's a different Arsenal this season, Liverpool have regrouped and then there's the raging underdogs riding the crest of confidence. Now City might win the next 10 in a row but at this moment I think they're more likely to drop another 12 points over the next 10 matches and slip a little bit further off the pace. Yes they are a bunch over funded cheats, but money doesn't guarantee success. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheVilla26 Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 IF we beat Arsenal, then we are slap bang in the middle of the title race IMO. I by no means expect to be saying that come March/April, I'd like to think we will be top 4/5 by then but how many times did people say about Leicester City the year they won, I know myself every weekend I'd think 'surely they can't keep this up' but they did. Keep getting results like we are and you can't ignore us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinebro Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 3 hours ago, GlobalVillan said: We won't win the league but I would love to see us go top one time at least. We will have to win today to have any chance of that happening anytime soon though. We are a Watkins or Martinez injury away from being very vunerable indeed and we also need a new right back. Monchi will do his work, but we wont be getting ALL thats required in January. We will have to wait til the summer to see what he's really capable of. Top 4 race 100%. Title? We arent ready yet, but it's incredible to even be having such discussions. If Unai can find the recipe away from home we absolutely can win the league. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlobalVillan Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 7 minutes ago, Pinebro said: If Unai can find the recipe away from home we absolutely can win the league. Yep. IF that happens I'll agree. We arent bad away, just not good "enough" in my opinion. I do think we can be good enough for a CL place, but when the games come thick and fast in March and April, the likes of Man City will just be too strong squad wise. I also think Arsenal and Liverpool will finish above us. But after that, we have a good chance of 4th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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