romavillan Posted May 15 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15 3 minutes ago, ender4 said: Yep, even Pot 2 has: Juventus Milan Athletico Benfica Bayer Leverkusen Plus Atalanta, Club Brugge, and Shakhtar Donetsk. Atalanta in pot 2 not Bologna? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted May 15 Author Share Posted May 15 39 minutes ago, romavillan said: We might get a couple of Italian teams, already got sofas lined up in Bologna and Milan... I can sleep on the floor, no worries. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberman Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Plenty of big clubs to go around. From the 8 we definitely play, we'd be very unlikely to not have a few crackers in there. Much the better format from that POV for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Most important thing is to win the thing if we do we'll play a few top teams and have to beat them on the way 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 15 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15 3 hours ago, CarryOnVilla said: 10 years ago, we were a broken club with the owner giving up and actively trying to sell us to anyone. 8 years ago, we were relegated from the Premier League 6 years ago, we were broke and near extinction 5 years ago, we were hoping to win a championship play off and just play prem football was the dream. You missed a bit. 2 years ago we were being mismanaged by an incompetent charlatan and heading for relegation back to the Championship. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthEastVillan Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 So... realistically, looking at this new format competition, and how its our first time playing in it since in became the Champions League, what would we be happy with in terms of progression? Personally I think it would be fantastic to reach the knock out stage at all and maybe, just maybe reach a quarter final. That would exceed my expectations and make the rest of Europe sit up and take notice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 4 minutes ago, NorthEastVillan said: So... realistically, looking at this new format competition, and how its our first time playing in it since in became the Champions League, what would we be happy with in terms of progression? Personally I think it would be fantastic to reach the knock out stage at all and maybe, just maybe reach a quarter final. That would exceed my expectations and make the rest of Europe sit up and take notice I think it's a superb platform to put into practice what we have learnt this season, but with a better squad. There's no precedent but I wouldn't be surprised to see us in a bracket of teams below Real and Bayern, which would put us into the knock outs and how far we go is an open book. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted May 15 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15 1 minute ago, Jareth said: I think it's a superb platform to put into practice what we have learnt this season, but with a better squad. There's no precedent but I wouldn't be surprised to see us in a bracket of teams below Real and Bayern, which would put us into the knock outs and how far we go is an open book. To get in that bracket and sustain a top four challenge we'll need at least 4 top players to come in. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted May 15 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15 8 minutes ago, NorthEastVillan said: So... realistically, looking at this new format competition, and how its our first time playing in it since in became the Champions League, what would we be happy with in terms of progression? Personally I think it would be fantastic to reach the knock out stage at all and maybe, just maybe reach a quarter final. That would exceed my expectations and make the rest of Europe sit up and take notice i would be disappointed not to make the play off round to be honest. i think it's very much achievable. after that, what will be will be. i expect there to be a big name or 2 in that bottom 8 if they have a couple of bad results, and a good few of the top teams will not go through automatically to the last 16 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 3 minutes ago, romavillan said: To get in that bracket and sustain a top four challenge we'll need at least 4 top players to come in. I'd take 2 and the guarantee of no long term injuries - which of course is not how it works. 4's doable, surely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkiller1981 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Just looking at the new format am I right in thinking our first game in Europe won’t be until mid/end of September? If so that’s a much better situation than playing conference league games against hibs in July or maybe august. The players hopefully will play far less games and fingers crossed less injuries 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Waring Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 20 minutes ago, NorthEastVillan said: So... realistically, looking at this new format competition, and how its our first time playing in it since in became the Champions League, what would we be happy with in terms of progression? Personally I think it would be fantastic to reach the knock out stage at all and maybe, just maybe reach a quarter final. That would exceed my expectations and make the rest of Europe sit up and take notice The Playoffs would be our aim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 6 minutes ago, Jareth said: I'd take 2 and the guarantee of no long term injuries - which of course is not how it works. 4's doable, surely. DM, striker, RB... struggling to come up with a 4th. We're pretty stacked everywhere else, injuries permitting of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 40 minutes ago, romavillan said: Atalanta in pot 2 not Bologna? Bologna are pot 4 apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 10 minutes ago, Pongo Waring said: The Playoffs would be our aim. Ideally the top half of the play-offs so you play someone who just scraped into the play-offs rather than someone who just missed out on automatic qualification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 20 minutes ago, romavillan said: To get in that bracket and sustain a top four challenge we'll need at least 4 top players to come in. Yes...and we don't have the FFP headroom to do it. That's why clubs like ours can never replicate top 4 finishes. If Unai and monchi manage it then they need to be given the keys to the city and access to every villa WAG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 28 minutes ago, romavillan said: To get in that bracket and sustain a top four challenge we'll need at least 4 top players to come in. Anything beyond the group stage, would be great. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MapleVilla Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 45 minutes ago, romavillan said: To get in that bracket and sustain a top four challenge we'll need at least 4 top players to come in. This is the thing now. We need to manage the league properly to make sure we're in at consistently for years to come. Bring it on!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen_Evans Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 You know Unai is trying to work out a way to win it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted May 15 VT Supporter Share Posted May 15 1 hour ago, bobzy said: Bologna are pot 4 apparently Weird they've finished third probably and are a really good side. Atalanta will max finish 5th probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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