How Will We Do In The Championship?

[Dante Lavelli]

Barstewards!

[edgysatsuma89]

At the moment I'm edging for about 12th. I will reevaluate come the start of the season.

[Singapore Villa]

Badly unless the players grow some balls.  And quickly.

[robbo1874]

Without the necessary changes we could stink that league out also. Any money we have to spend should be spent on ridding the club of bad apples. Then we re-assess and see what's leftover from the academy, U21s and reserves. Surely to fuck we can cobble a squad together from the leftovers and with a few decent loans chucked in, mount a challenge for the play offs.

In short, only a total overhaul will do. It's the only way the fans are likely to get behind the first team next season.

[Allan C]

Without a new owner, new manager and a total overhaul of the playing squad I'm thinking lower half and possibly in a relegation battle. However, being positive, a new owner with new money and the right manager (not Pearson) I think we could be challenging for promotion SGT style.

[mattjpa]

As things stand, taking into account the ones that will probably go that id like to stay, our starting 11 could be

                 Steer
Hutton   Clark  Okore   Amavi
Westwood     Gardner
Grealish Gil Traore
        Gestede

With some promising backup including Toner Baker and Green to name a few. Provided we don't do a Villa and let the best of that line up go I honestly think we could be ok

[PaulWinch again]

I think we should do everything in our power to keep Ayew. I think he'd tear up the Championship.

[Ron Manager]

This relegation has a lot more in common with 1967 than it does with 1987.

I think this relegation looks more like 1967 than 1987 to me, only new ownership with an exciting managerial appointment within the next few weeks can prevent our slide going into next season.

Sorry Andy Lochead in the Air, I wasn't copying you my friend!!

Sorry Andy Lochhead in the Air I was! The same standard of players.the same depressing atmosphere around Villa Park on match days and at the moment no Pat and Doug arriving on their white chargers to start the revolution!

[Tony Erdington]

For me,

we'll either boss it, or we will drop.

[chrisf]

For me,

we'll either boss it, or we will drop.

This. Or maybe midtable.

[aj2k77]

Without an overhaul of the playing squad what makes people think the atmosphere is going to be anything other than cliquey and toxic behind the  scenes still?

[eddiemunster]

It's too early to ask that question because this won't be the side or the manager that will start the season. There will be lots of change and a change in focus and mentality.

sadly TV, I cannot share your optimism.
There are 25 players out of contract at the end of the season, 14 of whom the club have the option of extending their contracts.
Unfortunately only N'Zogbia and Richardson are just TWO from the dross that should be eradicated from the club.
I don't buy into the "the players looked like they tried yesterday" BS from some posters, too little and much too fucking late.
I also have to ask if we have any coaching staff at the club, as we make the same basic mistakes, week in ,week out.
If we have any coaching staff, then they too need eradicating.

Unless we have a new owner  (or RL) who pumps in a shedload of money to cancel loads of players/coaches contracts and provides the funds for new players, then I am afraid that getting back into the PL will be the least of our worries.
We have approx 15 weeks till the new season starts, and unless something Biblical happens, I feel that League 1 will be where we are going to be heading towards.

[Gregorys Boy]

With the current shambles I am edging towards a mid-table finish and a bit of a rocky first season at that level.  But then until we know which players are staying or going and who the manager is nearly imposible to predict.  There should be a core of five or six players who would be quite useful in the Championship, so with one or two good signings and the right manager there's a good chance that we could come back up.  But until I've seen how things progress during the summer I'm not really confident of that.

[clash city rocker]

Well unless the shambles that is Aston  villa doesn't get sorted out in the next couple of months there is no chance of us coming straight back up. The following season will then be even harder as the parachute payment drops dramatically.

[UK Redsox]

We simply need a spark.  Sounds easy!, It is.

Ron or Russell ?