Optimistic OR pessimistic?

[Gaztonniller]

New season about to kick off and all footy clubs get another chance to start afresh with all the failings/successes of last season now confined the the history books.  So for this new season are you optimistic  , or pessimistic  of how the club will perform in prem?

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[The Walshmeister]

I'll cheer him, not sure why, but while he wears the shirt I aint gonna boo him. I might have a little boo when he wears his manshitty shirt tho!

[Drummond]

I'm more optimistic than I was 6 days ago. I think there will undoubtedly be a shift in our style and approach. I just hope we try and play attacking football at Villa Park and actually try and win some games. There are some good players in that squad and with the likes of Luke Young, NRC, Sidwell and Davies all now in the frame to play again, with Albrighton, Bannan, Lichaj, Clark and Weismann all waiting in the wings for their chance there's hope.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Optimistic now that fuck face has gone.

[garyfouroaks]

Pessimistic in that we have "lost" this transfer window, but open to being optimistic depending upon whom is appointed.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I'm more optimistic than I was 6 days ago. I think there will undoubtedly be a shift in our style and approach. I just hope we try and play attacking football at Villa Park and actually try and win some games. There are some good players in that squad and with the likes of Luke Young, NRC, Sidwell and Davies all now in the frame to play again, with Albrighton, Bannan, Lichaj, Clark and Weismann all waiting in the wings for their chance there's hope.

Agreed.

[villasjf]

I feel very positive, we will make use of the whole squad and use the subs more.

[hilts_coolerking]

Optimistic.

If O'Neill had carried on, you knew how we'd play, the kind of players we'd sign, which members of the squad would get used and which wouldn't, what the substitutions would be and when, that we'd get two or three good results against the top sides and a few poor ones against the bad sides, that we'd struggle to break defensive teams down (especially at home), and that ultimately we'd finish in more or less the same place. 

It was all so predictable.

Now that's he's gone, none of those things are as set in stone as they were.  Some may remain but there is at the very least the possibility that everything will be different.

We've got a good squad, a great behind-the-scenes set up, great facilities, great supporters and a great footballing history.  So I think there will be plenty of managers interested in the job who have the ability to improve on what Martin did for us.  And, just as importantly, I think Randy is intelligent and shrewd enough to recognise that we need a top appointment to take us on to that next level.

Like I said, optimistic.

[villajk]

I'm more optimistic than I was 6 days ago. I think there will undoubtedly be a shift in our style and approach. I just hope we try and play attacking football at Villa Park and actually try and win some games. There are some good players in that squad and with the likes of Luke Young, NRC, Sidwell and Davies all now in the frame to play again, with Albrighton, Bannan, Lichaj, Clark and Weismann all waiting in the wings for their chance there's hope.

Agree.  I am a little apprehensive though, but then I usually am at the start of the season.  I'm sure the football on offer today will be better than we had to endure at a lot of home games last season.

[Chris Smith]

Neither.

We're going into the season about to lose our player of the season, we know that we have to sell others to cut the wage bill, we have no manager with the prospects for appointing a new one in the near future seemingly slim and we haven't addressed our goal scoring problem.

Of course all of this might be resolved by the 31st August which is why I'm neutral at the moment and, in time-honoured fashion, taking it one game at a time.

[Deano's Mullet]

Blindly optimistic for today at least, a one off game and if we can win - and i think we will - then its something to enjoy before whatever happens in the rest of the season happens.

[Villa'Zawg]

We've got good enough payers to send out and beat any team in this league. We'll need a ot of luck to get results more often than we did last season but fuck it, why not. It's about time the footballing gods did us a favour.

[Breezeblock]

It's the first match of a new season. I have just pulled my season ticket out of my wallet for the first time in 3 months and it feels electrified. I am about to jump in the shower and then get ready for the match. How can I not be optimistic today?

[Pete3206]

Optimistic now that fuck face has gone.

We get it, you didn't like him.