dudevillaisnice Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 would people rather a better run in the league or cup? Cup for me. We will never win the league in it's current state so i'll take 13th/14th if it means we win a cup imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 would people rather a better run in the league or cup? Cup for me. We will never win the league in it's current state so i'll take 13th/14th if it means we win a cup imo. It'd be a boost to the morale and like you say it's the more likely one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 League - 12th League Cup - 4th round FA Cup - It must be our year right? Winners Edit: I declared us winner of the FA Cup with my 1500 post, so it's going to happen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 League: 8th FA Cup - Qtr League Cup - Final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Sensible prediction is midtable anywhere between 8th - 14th We know we won't be dour McLeish defensive which I'm cool with Which means we will be more offensive - great we may win more than 7 Equally that comes at the expense of possibly putting our defence and midfield under more pressure ie. 0-0's from last year may end 0-1 or 1-2 Still bit worried about out lack of cutting edge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 League 14th FA Cup 5th round League Cup 4th round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycVILLA Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 6th in the League semi final in the FA Cup Embarrassed in the League cup buy someone like Wolves... & Fortress Villa Park! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevomanila Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Well I have been placing bets on us finishing top 8 (behind the likes of Man City, United, Chelsea, Arse, Spurs, Liverpool and Newcastle) meaning us needing to finish ahead of Everton, Stoke, QPR etc etc- feasible but yes hoping we get in a left back and a striker before season starts... Having said that, the lads I bet against were so confident Villa would be nowhere near the top 8 they tried betting me 500 quid! (I had to decline that bet) But yes, top 8 and a decent cup run in either cup and I would be over the moon! Up the Villa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Well I have been placing bets on us finishing top 8 (behind the likes of Man City, United, Chelsea, Arse, Spurs, Liverpool and Newcastle) meaning us needing to finish ahead of Everton, Stoke, QPR etc etc- feasible but yes hoping we get in a left back and a striker before season starts... Having said that, the lads I bet against were so confident Villa would be nowhere near the top 8 they tried betting me 500 quid! (I had to decline that bet) But yes, top 8 and a decent cup run in either cup and I would be over the moon! Up the Villa! You should have gone for the monkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banger75 Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 If we get a decent new left back - 6th if not - 10th I really do think getting the right bloke in this position is critical, we got murdered down the left flank regularly last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bred Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 League 9th Cup Quarters in both leak only 27-33 goals all year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amo69 Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 I see midtable and a half decent cup run. I think we will concede a lot of goals but also score our fair share. Would like to think we give every game a go which may lead to more defeats than draws but also more wins than draws. I'm surprised how Lambert has already been hailed as the new messiah before the season has already started. Sorry to be a party pooper but a run of defeats and watch reality sink in. We all know how quickly things can change and lets face it our squad at the moment is pretty average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justified Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 I do not see a huge improvement over last season to be honest. Better manager but still a very, very weak squad for the Prem. As such I think we will have a similar season to last in that we will flirt with relegation for much of it but not get relegated. If Bent gets injued early doors then I think it's 50/50 for relegation. Don't see us getting anywhere in the cups. If Ireland and Bent play to their level best then we might squeeze up into mid table. Realism not pessimism. I think we will improve on last season but not by a huge amount with the players at our disposal (at this moment in time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 I reckon we'll finish 9th or 10th like I said but 10 - 9 = 1 So...we could win the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 I do not see a huge improvement over last season to be honest. Better manager but still a very, very weak squad for the Prem. As such I think we will have a similar season to last in that we will flirt with relegation for much of it but not get relegated. If Bent gets injued early doors then I think it's 50/50 for relegation. Don't see us getting anywhere in the cups. If Ireland and Bent play to their level best then we might squeeze up into mid table. Realism not pessimism. I think we will improve on last season but not by a huge amount with the players at our disposal (at this moment in time). We have flirted with relegation the last 2 seasons. We have a better manager now, but with limited resources he has only been able to plug the gaps with cheap players. The squad is still very weak with only Bent of proven quality. Our only hope is that lambert can get a blend of players who compliment each other - rather than individual stars - like the great Ron Saunders used to do. That will take time though. A steady 13th for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 I'm excited and nervous about Saturday because that's going to be the game where they've played a full 90 minutes, it's the last game of the season, I know there could be further signings, but this is going to be our first real insight in to how we're going to get on this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 10th. More work to be done. January will be important. The point is, we're not going to be totally **** useless this season under a toothless manager who hasn't got a scooby. Man I hope Lambert does the business for us and sticks around for a while. I'm excited for the first time since MON left us in the lurch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 There's gonna be goals this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 The manager will nt be able to turn all the shit around in one season and have us challenging for top six straight away. This is a longer term project here, and that includes transfers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LockStockVilla Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 I still expect a bit of transfer movement hence why I put this off, but I will do it now as I do not expect anything earth shattering in terms of changing our team between now and the end of the window. Having said that I will predict that this season we finish with W 14, D 11, L 13 putting us on 53 points total. With that I would expect an 8th place finish. FA Cup: Quarter finalists League Cup: Fourth Round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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