Stephen_Evans Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 2 hours ago, ccfcman said: Man I wish my Grandad could have seen this. He's only gone a couple years but he converted me with the Coca Cola Cup. If only I'd known what lay ahead for the next two decades. A Corkman who moved to Birmingham for a few years, spoke of Villa Park in the 60s as something approaching t he Maracana. Will enjoy a trip and tiple in his name at the Bernabau or San Siro Special Grandads certainly leave an enormous gap after they’ve gone don’t they. But like you I love to imagine how mine would have enjoyed this season. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeroy Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 31 minutes ago, alreadyexists said: From the Athletic Link If true then in our accounts next year or the year after, if we also include the Adidas and Betano deals, we could be looking at well over £300m in revenue which would be a huge commercial achievement and get us much closer to the Big Six teams financially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 15 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15 OK Monchi, time to get busy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 1 hour ago, jacketspuds said: I love how some fans of other clubs are saying that we’ll struggle to finish anywhere near the Top 6 next season because we’ve got Champions League football. If anything it was tougher this season playing on a Thursday / Sunday schedule. I also believe that the momentum we gained from the European games actually helped us in the league. Plus we have a manager that knows exactly what he’s doing. Yep, playing Conference will have helped the players who’ve not played in Europe before get used to it. Newcastle might have fared better in CL if they’d have had a season in Europa first. It also helps that we have a very experienced Euro manager. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 1 hour ago, jacketspuds said: I love how some fans of other clubs are saying that we’ll struggle to finish anywhere near the Top 6 next season because we’ve got Champions League football. If anything it was tougher this season playing on a Thursday / Sunday schedule. I also believe that the momentum we gained from the European games actually helped us in the league. Plus we have a manager that knows exactly what he’s doing. True but the level of opponent will be much stronger so will take more out of the players. It’s why we will need a stronger squad for rotation and hopefully will have much better luck with injuries this time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 2 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: True but the level of opponent will be much stronger so will take more out of the players. It’s why we will need a stronger squad for rotation and hopefully will have much better luck with injuries this time. Considering what we did with a depleted side, and with those injured coming back and new signings, I'm hoping we will be a lot stronger and ready for the task Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Townsend Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 7 hours ago, maqroll said: I'm going to have to make a trip to Villa Park in September. It's been way too long. Maybe do a home and away Champions League trip. When is the draw? Good luck getting a ticket! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdman Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 What is this sorcery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Wishlist based on the pots: Bayern - Home (play at Allianz in final instead) Madrid - away Juve - home Milan - away Feyenoord - away (scene of our greatest victory) Lille - home Monaco - home although away would be cool AEK - away obvs, considering we missed out on playing there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted May 15 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15 Quote When are the 2024/25 Champions League League stage matches? Matchday 1: 17–19 September 2024 Matchday 2: 1/2 October 2024 Matchday 3: 22/23 October 2024 Matchday 4: 5/6 November 2024 Matchday 5: 26/27 November 2024 Matchday 6: 10/11 December 2024 Matchday 7: 21/22 January 2025 Matchday 8: 29 January 2025 When is the 2024/25 Champions League knockout stage? Knockout round play-offs: 11/12 & 18/19 February 2025 Round of 16: 4/5 & 11/12 March 2025 Quarter-finals: 8/9 & 15/16 April 2025 Semi-finals: 29/30 April & 6/7 May 2025 Final: 31 May 2025 When are the 2024/25 Champions League draws? First qualifying round: 18 June 2024 Second qualifying round: 19 June 2024 Third qualifying round: 22 July 2024 Play-offs: 5 August 2024 League phase: 29 August 2024 Knockout round play-offs: 31 January 2025 Round of 16, quarter-final, semi-final: 21 February 2025 Link from UEFA 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlobalVillan Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 28 minutes ago, mjmooney said: OK Monchi, time to get busy. I guarantee he has been already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 1 hour ago, jacketspuds said: I love how some fans of other clubs are saying that we’ll struggle to finish anywhere near the Top 6 next season because we’ve got Champions League football. If anything it was tougher this season playing on a Thursday / Sunday schedule. I also believe that the momentum we gained from the European games actually helped us in the league. Plus we have a manager that knows exactly what he’s doing. And it helped keep the squad happy, everyone got a chance 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted May 15 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15 2 hours ago, jacketspuds said: I love how some fans of other clubs are saying that we’ll struggle to finish anywhere near the Top 6 next season because we’ve got Champions League football. If anything it was tougher this season playing on a Thursday / Sunday schedule. I also believe that the momentum we gained from the European games actually helped us in the league. Plus we have a manager that knows exactly what he’s doing. Yep. We'll have a better and probably bigger squad, less injuries (you would hope) and, realistically, less games. Unless we actually manage to go far in the competition which I don't think anyone is realistically expecting. Certainly towards the end of the season I'd expect us to be fresher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MikeMcKenna Posted May 15 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15 (edited) Can’t see that anyone has posted this yet, but here is the full schedule: Anyone fancy playing Bayern Munich in Munich on 31st May 2025? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–25_UEFA_Champions_League Edited May 15 by MikeMcKenna 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted May 15 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15 More a musing for the whole season, but it will be interesting to see what takes priority, how we manage other competitions, whether the priorities change over the course of the season. It’s probably not unreasonable to say that the club’s top priority would be doing “well” in the champions league and trying to finish high enough in the league to qualify once again. But while it’s great to get the champions league qualification monkey off our back…there remains the we-need-to-win-a-damn-trophy monkey on our back. And the league and FA cups represent a more realistic opportunity for that. I suppose it’s the much debated subject of what success looks like and how a supporter’s view of that compares to the club’s. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMcKenna Posted May 15 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15 5 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: More a musing for the whole season, but it will be interesting to see what takes priority, how we manage other competitions, whether the priorities change over the course of the season. It’s probably not unreasonable to say that the club’s top priority would be doing “well” in the champions league and trying to finish high enough in the league to qualify once again. But while it’s great to get the champions league qualification monkey off our back…there remains the we-need-to-win-a-damn-trophy monkey on our back. And the league and FA cups represent a more realistic opportunity for that. I suppose it’s the much debated subject of what success looks like and how a supporter’s view of that compares to the club’s. Agreed to an extent. There is a real sadness about our not winning the FA Cup since 1957. Unfortunately, however, with our upcoming schedule next season, I seriously doubt we will prioritise the FA Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted May 15 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15 5 minutes ago, MikeMcKenna said: Agreed to an extent. There is a real sadness about our not winning the FA Cup since 1957. Unfortunately, however, with our upcoming schedule next season, I seriously doubt we will prioritise the FA Cup. I think in the case of the FA cup it would really depend on how well we’d done in the champions league - we’ll know by then if we’re into the knock out stages. If we’re already out, then I wouldn’t be surprised to see us go full tilt for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 1 minute ago, Mark Albrighton said: I think in the case of the FA cup it would really depend on how well we’d done in the champions league - we’ll know by then if we’re into the knock out stages. If we’re already out, then I wouldn’t be surprised to see us go full tilt for it. To be out of the CL by the FA Cup 3rd round at the start of Jan, we'd need to have been pretty bad in the CL, as there will still be two games still to play after the FA Cup 3rd round, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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