Who do you see as our biggest current Premier League rivals for 2024-25?

[Marka Ragnos]

Who do you see as our biggest current Premier League rivals for 2024-25? Not necessarily historical or traditional ones, but not not those sorts of rivals either. It's whatever you say. Multiple choice fine.

[nick76]

VAR and PSR

[CarryOnVilla]

Danny Murphy 

[Marka Ragnos]

It's Arsenal for me. I guess it's the slight history there with Emery and Martinez combined with the insufferable quality of Arsenal supporters and their club's overexposure from the London-based media, which is echoed overseas in a big, predictable way. I feel somewhat less that way about Spurs. The clubs everyone hates (Man U and Liverpool) don't usually feel like rivals to me, for whatever reason. I still don't like them, but not as rivals.

[TDR V2]

Match threads

[Zatman]

PGMOL

[JAMAICAN-VILLAN]

I've gone Chelsea, Newcastle and Tottenham.

Arsenal,  Liverpool, Man City are obviously above us.

However with the caveat that we'll have to see how Liverpool handle transition.

[theboyangel]

All of the clearing in the woods employed by talkshite 

[CarryOnVilla]

Realistic,  it’s Newcastle. We share an almost similar journey and predicament 

relegated together 

both been Steve Bruced 

Highly ambitious new owners 

a few struggling seasons back in the premiership 

massive improvement after a new manager.

both have qualified for Champions League.

both are struggling with PSR 

both want CL qualification again next season.

They might not work out as our direct rivals next season, but they’re are definitely our closest foil

 

 

[one_ian_taylor]

There's a team missing from the poll. With some of the goals we conceded last season, I'd  say it was us

[Marka Ragnos]

7 minutes ago, CarryOnVilla said:

Realistic,  it’s Newcastle. We share an almost similar journey and predicament 

relegated together 

both been Steve Bruced 

Highly ambitious new owners 

a few struggling seasons back in the premiership 

massive improvement after a new manager.

both have qualified for Champions League.

both are struggling with PSR 

both want CL qualification again next season.

They might not work out as our direct rivals next season, but they’re are definitely our closest foil

 

 

Very well said. I can't help but like Geordies for some reason, so it never feels bitter with them, but logically, yes, you nail it.

[Xela]

Injuries

[icouldtelltheworld]

Chelsea, Newcastle, Spurs and Man Utd, in no real order.

Also voted Liverpool, reckon they will fall away a little next year with Klopp gone 

Edited June 7 by icouldtelltheworld

[VillaChris]

Chelsea are a good barometer these days.

Finished above them comfortably last two seasons (should've been a far bigger gap than 5 points last season based on how 90% of the season went) and now we're interested in taking one of their regular starters. That last happened when we signed Townsend off them in 94.

If we finish above them again we'd have had another good season.

It's possible with them picking Maresca.

[Demitri_C]

Newcastle.  No europe and will spend i think they will do very well next year 

[nick76]

I’ve put down the usual suspects but honestly it doesn’t matter because each of those clubs we only play twice anyway.

Honestly our biggest target for me is just focusing on getting 2 ppg average.  I felt so much better towards the end of the season focusing on this.  Watching people on this forum really twist themselves in knots about what other clubs were doing or not doing, trying to predict every score or self combust when we lost or on a massive high when we won. I ignored the other teams and just focused on 2 ppg average and felt so much better for it and while we didn’t achieve that goal we did enough thankfully.  This then allowed me to enjoy the wins individually or not get so down on losing an individual match.

So yeah I’ve picked rivals as such but I’m just going to focus on points again this season as it helped my sanity last season.

[thabucks]

The premier league 

[ender4]

4 hours ago, CarryOnVilla said:

Realistic,  it’s Newcastle. We share an almost similar journey and predicament 

relegated together 

both been Steve Bruced 

Highly ambitious new owners 

a few struggling seasons back in the premiership 

massive improvement after a new manager.

both have qualified for Champions League.

both are struggling with PSR 

both want CL qualification again next season.

They might not work out as our direct rivals next season, but they’re are definitely our closest foil

 

 

Both are in a one-club city with no local rivals.

[paul514]

big six plus newcastle..... you could carve Arsenal and City off i guess but it's pretty obvious

[bobzy]

When you say rivals, do you mean in the “I don’t like that club” sort of way or “they’re our closest competitor”?

If the former, Man Utd.
If the latter, Newcastle/Spurs.