Optimistic or still pessimistic

[Gaztonniller]

Just wondering what the current feeling was in the camp.
Last season; all gloom and relegation certainties doom.

This season.......?

[richard moore]

Very optimistic, I love what we are doing which is pretty much the opposite of the rest of the Premier League. For me, it all feels ethically and morally right which is important even though I can't quite explain what I mean. We will need to hold our nerve through a couple of tricky early games but if we get our confidence up and the defence improves - and it can't be any worse can it? - I can see us ripping some teams to pieces

[Pete3206]

Think we'll be OK. Perhaps some surprise results and comfortably in the top half.

[danlanza]

Very optimistic. Gonna be a good'un.

[OCD]

Just wondering what the current feeling was in the camp.
Last season; all gloom and relegation certainties doom.

This season.......?

I think the doom and gloom only came in during the season when we struggled. Before the season started, it was like a breath of fresh air after McLeish and we were enjoying the way we were trying to play football.

[paul_e]

I'm optimistic, I can see a plan for the club that extends beyond next season and I genuinely like our players, I think they will succeed and I really want them to, for themselves as much as for us.

[PaulWinch again]

Optimistic there is a plan in place and we're moving in the right direction.

[mrastonvilla]

Love what we are doing, we've gone back to trying to be a football club rather than just a football team like the majority of the premiership. I'm optimistic for the new season I hope to see progress from last season and think we will carry on from where we got to by the end. Although I appreciate is going to be small steps and think we will need to be patient with the team and manager at times.

Having said that I hope the new lads are the dogs danglers and we can add a couple more and we smash everyone in sight next year. That's a big ask isn't it?

[Rancid custard]

I see us building on the good football we played, the team becoming more solidified and us sliding up and down mid table all season. The season after that should be a hell of a ride.

[supertom]

Glass half full here. I'm optimistic. I like the promise of the new players. They all seem to have ability in their locker and great determination. It'll be great if they can find their feet. I thought the way we were going in the tail end of last season showed a lot of promise. I also fully expect Benteke to still be here.

[silhillvilla]

Outside the top 5 or 6, the PL is massively over-rated. If we can keep Benteke and sort ourselves out defensively then I think we can easily be anywhere between 7-12th.

[Witton Warrior]

I am back to where I was this time last year - hopeful but not expecting a firework display - last year was a shock to begin with building to a near-meltdown ending on a tremendous high.

Probably not the only Villan who wouldn't mind a steady, solid improvement with some decent football building to  competent side ready to win the League in 2015 ;-)

[Fergal]

I just hope that we get off to a decent start or the shit will hit the fan.  I think we will finish comfortably outside the relegation zone, probably a boring mid table finish.  I think that anyone who thinks we will be challenging for a top 7 or 8 place is being very optimistic.  It could happen in a couple of seasons but next season is a slim possibility.  We are a work in progress and it will take time for us to develop and mature as a team.
I just don't want to have too high an expectation, have a few bad results then watch people implode as we fight out way through the resty of the season with arguments and bad feelings.

[Toronto Villa]

Very optimistic but not naïve to think everything is perfect because it isn't. Things are massively better than this time last summer and we have a manager in place that is perfectly clued in. This summer honestly could not have gone much better. We won't tear it up next season but I am highly confident of not being in any danger at all. I can't wait for it to start.

[timeoutbigbar]

Cautiously optimistic.  Just hoping the difficult fixtures at the start of the season don't knock out confidence, otherwise we could quickly lose the 'feel good' factor we have built up from the end of last season.