Where will we finish?

[Chipsticks]

Everyone cheer up, it's not easy being a Villa fan but when things go well it's beautiful.

[TimTheVillain]

Bearing in mind the amount of trust we may have to put in our younger players, it will be a transitional season for us really. 8th-9th would be acceptable for me, any higher would be a bonus.

We always have 'transitional seasons'!

A 'transitional season' is a 'normal season' down at VP.

If we lose Bent, we lose the ability to score, scary as it is.

I guess Gabby and NZog could fill that void, but that's it - forget Heskey and the Fonz, neither are good enough.

[Villan For Life]

We've got a distinctly mid-table look about us, I'm going for 10th. I will reassess this if we get a couple of decent loans in before the window closes.

[Nastylee]

Went for 9th, can't see anything other than another uninspiring season. Sorry!

[Nelly]

In previous seasons our first team looked good enough on paper to compete with most. We didn't have a squad to sustain a push for anything. Now our first team looks weaker and we still don't have a squad. 12th or thereabouts for me.

[Louzie0]

I've gone for a more aspirational target/result and at least one other person agrees with me!

Yes, 5th.  If the dodgy players rediscover their mojos or whatever it takes to get them playing the way they were when it seemed like a good idea to sign them.  If nobody gets injured to the point where they have to stay out for weeks on end.  If AMc is half the motivator he must have been to get Blues to beat Arsenal (even moody Arsenal) for the Carling cup.

We're both optimists.  Not as madly sunny side up as the people above us are, though.

(I'd still like another signing, though, like Scott Parker.  He'd be good.  Or Messi.  He'd be really good.)

[UsualSuspect]

5th OH DEAR

keep taking the tablets

[richardhubbard]

10th with current squad , but if we sign a winger and midfielder maybe top 8

[Bottom Right 89]

Realistically before a ball is kicked I think 8th place would be a good result for Alex in his first season. Fingers crossed with a new manager and players keen to impress coupled with favourable fixtures early on by around October we could be up near the summit and the Gabby/Bent strike partnership could be on fire, then finishing 8th would seem like a disappointment - remember the Gregory season when we were top until new year then ended up 6th? With the Villa you never know we are the masters of unpredictability - 89 4th bottom 90 runners up, season tickets should come with free medical cover and a health warning.

Using the 89 90 example I'll say 4th - Champions League spot with Stephen Ireland player of the season, Darren Bent league top scorer.

[TheSandman]

5th OH DEAR

keep taking the tablets

Maybe you should start taking some tablets? All you do is bloody whinge.

Lou'zie0 even said it was a bit ambitious indicating it was a best case scenario.

[not3bad]

We always have 'transitional seasons'!

Well, this season will be and last season was but the 2 -3 seasons before that were not.

[adrenachrome]

Shite Dork takes a dim view of our prospects, and he is probably right:

“Villa set for bottom half finish”
Dwight Yorke is worried about Aston Villa
By Brian Lofrumento | 11th August 2011


Former Manchester United and Aston Villa striker Dwight Yorke has expressed concern for the Villans, suggesting that a top half finish is out of their reach this season. The Villans have sold star players Ashley Young and Stewart Downing this summer, along with the loss of American goalkeeper Brad Friedel to Tottenham.

“Whether Villa can go on and finish in the top half will be a real challenge for me,” Yorke told English newspaper The Independent. ”Europe is not a possibility. They have let their vital players leave the club and it is difficult to recover from that when you are a club of Villa’s standing.

“When you look at the players they have let go, Ashley Young and Stewart Downing, these are key players to Villa, and the players they have brought in, no disrespect to them, you can’t see them improving Villa too much. If they finish in the top half of the Premier League it will be a great achievement. I don’t like what I’m seeing and I think it will be very disturbing to the fans.”

Despite the sales, Villa fans can look forward to seeing new signings Charles N’Zogbia and Shay Given in action, both of which have impressed in the Premier League.

Premiership Talk

[Villanation]

Shite Dork takes a dim view of our prospects, and he is probably right:

“Villa set for bottom half finish”
Dwight Yorke is worried about Aston Villa
By Brian Lofrumento | 11th August 2011


Former Manchester United and Aston Villa striker Dwight Yorke has expressed concern for the Villans, suggesting that a top half finish is out of their reach this season. The Villans have sold star players Ashley Young and Stewart Downing this summer, along with the loss of American goalkeeper Brad Friedel to Tottenham.

“Whether Villa can go on and finish in the top half will be a real challenge for me,” Yorke told English newspaper The Independent. ”Europe is not a possibility. They have let their vital players leave the club and it is difficult to recover from that when you are a club of Villa’s standing.

“When you look at the players they have let go, Ashley Young and Stewart Downing, these are key players to Villa, and the players they have brought in, no disrespect to them, you can’t see them improving Villa too much. If they finish in the top half of the Premier League it will be a great achievement. I don’t like what I’m seeing and I think it will be very disturbing to the fans.”

Despite the sales, Villa fans can look forward to seeing new signings Charles N’Zogbia and Shay Given in action, both of which have impressed in the Premier League.

Premiership Talk

Think he's being very gracious in saying he can't see the new players improving us to much.

[woody4866]

Phuk it - I`ve gone for 7th
The reason being apart from the usual top 4 + bin dippers & spuds, I cant see any of the other teams being any better (or worse)

Anyway thats my opinion and I`m sticking with it

[Simon Ward]

8th but hoping for higher of course!