2014-15 Predictions

[mr underhill]

that arch knobhead Mr Savage is still tipping them to go down - along with us.

[saunders_heroes]

that arch knobhead Mr Savage is still tipping them to go down - along with us.

It doesn't take a genius to work out who'll be in a relegation battle and we'll certainly be in the mix yet again.

[Damo70]

There is a lot of talk about Harry Redknapp on this thread. He did fail to keep Southampton and QPR up but he did bring QPR back up. He also won a championship title and FA cup with Portsmouth and when he first went back there they looked certain to go down and he took them on a fantastic run to keep them up and sent Small Heath down. He got Spurs into the Champions League and did a decent job at West Ham, including bringing a lot of the youngsters through. But generally he is a good manager in the way that MON is a good manager. He gets results but he also likes to spend a few quid along the way and often it is a short term plan that he goes for so he constantly needs to spend more money.

[cdbearsfan]

that arch knobhead Mr Savage is still tipping them to go down - along with us.

He knows he'll get more "bites", and therefore the publicity he craves, from Villa fans than of any other teams so would probably tip us for the drop even if we looked certainties for mid-table or higher.

That said, I do expect us to be heavily involved in the relegation scrap along with Baggies, Burnley and Southampton.

EDIT: and Hull, forgot about them.

[edgysatsuma89]

I fucking hate Savage. All villa fans, actually all fans full stop, should stop listening/watching/reading the ******.

We'll be scrapping it though with Baggies, Leicester, Burnley, QPR, Sunderland and then possibles in Hull, Swansea, Palace and Southampton. I expect it to be even tighter than last year between most of the bottom dwellers (i.e. most of the league).

[garyshawsknee]

I was just in Ladbrokes, noticed on the board we are only 3/1 to go down, that's pretty grim reading.

[Pete3206]

that arch knobhead Mr Savage is still tipping them to go down - along with us.

That might be a canny tip this season.

[Gregorys Boy]

There is a lot of talk about Harry Redknapp on this thread. He did fail to keep Southampton and QPR up but he did bring QPR back up. He also won a championship title and FA cup with Portsmouth and when he first went back there they looked certain to go down and he took them on a fantastic run to keep them up and sent Small Heath down. He got Spurs into the Champions League and did a decent job at West Ham, including bringing a lot of the youngsters through. But generally he is a good manager in the way that MON is a good manager. He gets results but he also likes to spend a few quid along the way and often it is a short term plan that he goes for so he constantly needs to spend more money.

Great post and I agree with just about every word of it.  Also, it was going to be difficult for anyone to keep QPR that season.  If he keeps them up this time its pretty much job done. 

Thing about Savage is that two seasons ago he predicted we would go down when few expected us to be in any danger.   He was pretty close to being right of course, but I am convinced he only made the prediction to try and wind Villa fans up.  Also, he changed his mind about half way through when we beat Liverpool, talk about swarping horses mid-race.

[Damo70]

Robbie Savage was at Small Heath long enough for the fans obsession with Villa to rub off on him. I don't have a problem with him tipping us to go down though as I am sure he isn't the only 'pundit' thinking like that. He is a massive twat though and with the possible exception of Leicester fans I would guess even the fans of his former clubs think the same.

[Gregorys Boy]

Robbie Savage was at Small Heath long enough for the fans obsession with Villa to rub off on him. I don't have a problem with him tipping us to go down though as I am sure he isn't the only 'pundit' thinking like that. He is a massive twat though and with the possible exception of Leicester fans I would guess even the fans of his former clubs think the same.

Sure, but it was two seasons ago, and at this point we didn't know how bad things were going to get, based on his record at Norwich and a few promising siginings for us I can't think many would have put us down there at that stage.  I doubt he actually believed it is my point, but then he undermined himself by changing his mind based on one performance against Liverpool.

[Matt Collins]

Well I'm tipping us to go down so I can't complain if savage is.

[Steve67]

Worst Villa side I have have ever seen, relegation wouldn't be a surprise.  The surprise, for me, would be that we stay up.

[Legion]

This might just be our year.

[villa `cross the mersey]

This might just be our year.

Its starting to feel that way - there is the stench of decay around the place - there is nothing positive coming out of B6 whatsoever - the signing of Joe Cole sums it up for me - sheer desparation

[KevinGage]

If the rest of our deals this window echo the first batch - or if the first batch is the lot-   I'll agree.

As it is, too early to judge. 

A midfielder or two and Benteke back ASAP and we should be fine for mid table.  Even Richardson might be a solid, unspectacular  option at left back/ left wing back.  Solid would be an upgrade on the three numpties that have covered that position for us over the last two years.