2014-15 Predictions

[sirlordbaltimore]

16th

[garyshawsknee]

130 goals in two season, when you see it in print it doesn't seem real.

[Dave]

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/aug/04/premier-league-preview-aston-villa

Excellent (if hardly coming up with new stuff - but then we don't on here!) article from Stuart James in the guardian. He really knows what he's talking about. Don't want to pick on Mat Kendrick but the quality of this article is so much higher than what he turns out!

Yup, was just about to post it myself.

Nothing to disagree with at all.

[Gregorys Boy]

Well done Randy! Total idiot. A complete hash of the summer, no major signings, contract issues up in the air - the perfect template how not to run a football club. Even Faulkner has had enough....

It's not even worth betting on us to go down our odds are that shit.

Thanks for letting me know, was considering it.  Was also going to take a punt on Arsenal for the title?  Are the odds better or worse for that?

[Matt Collins]

Some damning stats in that article.We are basically the new Wigan holding on every year and like them eventually we will go down.

Yes we're sort of last man standing and due to go. Something needs to change but there's not too much to suggest it will. We're very unlikely to do as well against the top sides again so we'll need to be better at breaking down the bottom half teams at home. Not sure cole and grealish are enough for that

[old man villa fan]

As poor as we have been for most of the last 3 seasons, were we underperforming last season for the players we have.  For one reason or another I think we were.  It is for that reason I do have some optimism for this season being better than last.

[KevinGage]

130 goals in two season, when you see it in print it doesn't seem real.

If you include his Norwich side that came up in 2011/12, that's 190+ goals conceded by Lambert's teams in three years.  Staggering.

Though you could argue with Norwich that they were punching above their weight just to be in the division back then. 

[Hillbilly]

For the couple of weeks before the season I am a reckless optimist. I reckon we will surprise a lot of people (not least ourselves) by doing alright this year. Reality will start to intervene some time around the August bank holiday but i'm a happy little idiot right now.

[ChicagoLion]

The big hole in the team remains a defensive midfielder and I don't see us getting away with not having one for another season.

My other concern is that we have not offloaded several poor players from the squad.

[Salsa Party Animal]

Villa -

Premier League - 14th
League Cup - 4th Round
FA Cup - Winner
Top scorer - new signing in January transfer window
Takeover - October
Paul Lambert to be fired in November
Player of season - new signing in January transfer window
Transfer record - new signing in January transfer window
transfer spend - 6 millions this month, 60 millions in January.

[mr underhill]

mystic meg?

[Matt Collins]

@bbcsport_david: #CPFC Pulis & Parish holding crisis talks in London. Tension between pair heightened, mainly re signings. TP could go before #AFC opener Sat

Question: where would we finish with pulis? I very much doubt we'd go down. But I very much doubt we'd keep our better players too long either!

[cdbearsfan]

An absolutely massive NO fuck you very much to any possibility of us hiring Pulis. I want a manager who will keep us up AND play reasonable football. I don't see why we have to choose one or the other.

[Matt Collins]

I'd very much like that too

But if we're bottom of the league with 1 point after right games (genuine possibility) I'd be pretty tempted!

[Legion]

We'll pick ourselves up and go again.