Swerbs Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 8th-14th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 (edited) Some interesting predictions in this thread.. i'm going with 13th/14th. I don't think we will finish top 8, think we need our defence strengthening more for that. Edited July 22, 2013 by dudevillaisnice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AValon Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 If Benteke had gone, I would have stuck with my original thoughts of mid-table. With him? Could be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted July 22, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted July 22, 2013 11th. We will just concede too many goals to be consistent enough to push up the table any further . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 I am confident we will finish 6th or 7th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bose Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 6th-8th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 All things being right I think we could even go 7th or 8th (Optimism of course) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Hoping for above 9th is quite optimistic (IMO of course), but more power to you if you feel that. For me, I'd be very happy with a 10th-13th place finish. To me it sounds like, people are forgetting that other teams are also improving, nobody is really standing still, except perhaps Newcastle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 14th unless there is a big improvement in defence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 There are 6 teams that look much better than the rest and probably 3 or 4 teams that look like they will be struggling at the bottom but the rest of the sides could finish in any order and it wouldn't be a surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skruff Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 somwhere between 7th-12th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b23avfc Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Somewhere between 1st and 1st Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Somewhere between 1st and 1st yes that's the spirit. Positive thinking, lets go for the title! Then Lambert would be the greatest manager ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa87 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Im going to say 10th. Think our defence will still leak too many goals, even though I am a huge fan of Lowton and Guzan and am very excited to see Okore!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Of course we need to improve defensively but you can still win games as we showed with our good form from February onwards last season. Helps having a world class striker back on board like Benteke. Lambert teams don't really do defending. Look back to the other clubs he's managed and I'd be amazed if any of them had great defensive records, not even Norwich when they were promoted twice under him and I don't think they were near the top of the defensive league for those divisions. Conceding bucketloads in the prem aswell didn't stop Norwich finishing comfortably mid table. That First season when Dunne and Collins were together we were pretty tight defensively. Yes I said that. Now look back at 07-08 and 08-09 (both top 6 finishes) and you'll be surprised at how many goals we conceded in games. Just off the top of my head 07-08 had the 4-4s against Chelsea and Spurs and we conceded 4 twice to Man. United. Pompey also scored five past us that season. 08-09 First two games were beating Man. City 4-2 and losing 3-2 at Stoke which set the tone. In the run in we had the five game spell of 2-2 v Stoke Lost 2-0 at Man. City Lost 5-0 at Liverpool Lost 3-2 at Man United Drew 3-3 at home to Everton. So 15 goals shipped in 5 games. Sound familiar. All From Memory, - The Dunne and Collins era came after Laursen retired - could be be wrong - but thats my memory. I thought (Again from memory) that the dunne and collins first season - we had one of the best if not the defence over a the season. To me its not just the goals conceeded, its our inability to hold a lead - typically we hold a lead for no more than 15 minutes, which to me says if the opposition really need a goal, they generally get one. Think most of our victories last season were when we scored late on. I really thought this close season firming up the defence would be top priority. The manner which we have conceeded goals against lowly opposition is a cause for concern. O.k I meant to say we had Laursen aviable for a fair chunk of MON's reign...half of 06/07 and 08/09 and the whole of 07/08 and we still looked dodgy defensively under MON until the last season when Dunne and Collins turned up. I agree with holding onto a lead but then again that's been a problem ever since the Gregory days for some reason. That Spurs 4-4 game I mentioned, we were 4-1 up with 20 minutes left and still couldn't win so it's wrong to say it's just been a problem under Lambert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juteface Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Somewhere between 1st and 1st yes that's the spirit. Positive thinking, lets go for the title! Then Lambert would be the greatest manager ever. Better to aim for 1st and miss it than aim for 14th and miss that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wake21334 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 I am going to say 12th. I say we finish above Palace, Fullham, Hull City, Newcastle, Norwich, Southampton, Sunderland, and West Brom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted July 22, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted July 22, 2013 8th and a semi final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Keep Benteke and sign a good AM: 4th - 9th Lose Benteke and sign nobody good: 9th - 14th. Exactly this. But now we've kept Benteke, and assuming we don't sign a good AM then 10th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Of course we need to improve defensively but you can still win games as we showed with our good form from February onwards last season. Helps having a world class striker back on board like Benteke. Lambert teams don't really do defending. Look back to the other clubs he's managed and I'd be amazed if any of them had great defensive records, not even Norwich when they were promoted twice under him and I don't think they were near the top of the defensive league for those divisions. Conceding bucketloads in the prem aswell didn't stop Norwich finishing comfortably mid table. That First season when Dunne and Collins were together we were pretty tight defensively. Yes I said that. Now look back at 07-08 and 08-09 (both top 6 finishes) and you'll be surprised at how many goals we conceded in games. Just off the top of my head 07-08 had the 4-4s against Chelsea and Spurs and we conceded 4 twice to Man. United. Pompey also scored five past us that season. 08-09 First two games were beating Man. City 4-2 and losing 3-2 at Stoke which set the tone. In the run in we had the five game spell of 2-2 v Stoke Lost 2-0 at Man. City Lost 5-0 at Liverpool Lost 3-2 at Man United Drew 3-3 at home to Everton. So 15 goals shipped in 5 games. Sound familiar. All From Memory, - The Dunne and Collins era came after Laursen retired - could be be wrong - but thats my memory. I thought (Again from memory) that the dunne and collins first season - we had one of the best if not the defence over a the season. To me its not just the goals conceeded, its our inability to hold a lead - typically we hold a lead for no more than 15 minutes, which to me says if the opposition really need a goal, they generally get one. Think most of our victories last season were when we scored late on. I really thought this close season firming up the defence would be top priority. The manner which we have conceeded goals against lowly opposition is a cause for concern. O.k I meant to say we had Laursen aviable for a fair chunk of MON's reign...half of 06/07 and 08/09 and the whole of 07/08 and we still looked dodgy defensively under MON until the last season when Dunne and Collins turned up. I agree with holding onto a lead but then again that's been a problem ever since the Gregory days for some reason. That Spurs 4-4 game I mentioned, we were 4-1 up with 20 minutes left and still couldn't win so it's wrong to say it's just been a problem under Lambert. Lambert s only had 1 season and less funds, But to suggest the defence of last season is comparable to any season under MON is false IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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