Season 2015/16 - What lies ahead for claret & blue.

[Nii Lamptey]

Flirted with it for a while - Nailed on relegation now.

We're never a club for being lucky, and with the cash windfall coming in next season, it would be just like Villa to drop a division, the same summer it comes into play.

[preston28]

Another season of struggle, flirting with relegation but eventually staying up. No trophies again the only joy is staying up. Repeat again for the next 2 seasons until relegation eventually happens.

[Ger Regan]

Delph is replaceable. A rat bastard for the carry on over the past week, but replaceable nonetheless.

[ronshirt]

I remember Mortimer and Sid. Delph's nowhere near.

Benteke strikes me as someone that is always looking elsewhere.

We have an owner who seems determined to redefine the adjestive 'absent'.

Surely it's time for the General to don his apple-pie suit.

[Des Little]

Time to spend big. We are crying out for quality. Let's not fail.

[Ads]

Yeah we would have been relegated last season without the zero goals Delph scored. No idea how we will find a midfielder who can score that many as a replacement.

[villa `cross the mersey]

Its hard to be optimistic at the moment but I honestly think we will not finish bottom - it will be 18th, above Bournemouth and Watford
I hate modern football !

[Ads]

A lot depends on how we replace Benteke, but I think he defence and midfield will be significantly stronger than in previous seasons.

I like the cut of the players we are signing and have been linked with and hopefully we can pick up more of the same.

[Ger Regan]

A lot depends on how we replace Benteke, but I think he defence and midfield will be significantly stronger than in previous seasons.

I like the cut of the players we are signing and have been linked with and hopefully we can pick up more of the same.

That's it for me. I'm really pissed off at the manner of the transfer, not so much at the impact of his absence. A good, but definitely not irreplaceable player.

[Tony Erdington]

Im hoping TS can get a siege mentality going, a bit like JG did when he got here, and for this season alone I think we can finish mid table, but God bless Randy, I hope he will let TS use the money coming in, but TS not adibiyawn.

[Matt Collins]

The next few weeks are crucial and until then I really can't call it. We definitely need more quality or we will really struggle. Especially up front.

[silhillvilla]

As it stands , we are down.

[Deano's Mullet]

If Benteke stays -and its an if - I think comfortable midtable. without him we are in big big trouble unless we get in a quality replacement striker which isn't easy.

[silhillvilla]

Is this Gueye any good and will he hit the ground running ?
Will Sanchez now be upto PL speed.
Westwood is not PL material, he's had time to prove and he isn't.
Zog needs to go.
Will Gardner stay fit and is he PL level ?
Grealish , big season ahead, will he be able to step up ?
Gil ? Seems lightweight is he getting a second chance ?
Cole - doesn't really count other than influence at BH or from bench.

[Ads]

The seas, they've started to boil.
The rivers, they've turned red with blood.
Day, that's become night.
Famine, pestilence, war and I think I just saw a pale horse.