Positivity

[Footy-Vill]

Oh yes there is!
It's exciting times with a winter window of pedigree signings improving our squad and feeling good for the business end of the season!
Up The Villa!

[Garyth]

It occurs to me that one marker of how far we’ve come in the last few years is that status of clubs players are *leaving* to join Villa. This window has included Dortmund, Man Utd, Chelsea, and PSG (prev R.Madrid).

For whatever reason we’re now seen as a viable destination.

[Rigadon]

It occurs to me that one marker of how far we’ve come in the last few years is that status of clubs players are *leaving* to join Villa. This window has included Dortmund, Man Utd, Chelsea, and PSG (prev R.Madrid).

For whatever reason we’re now seen as a viable destination.

The reason is Unai Emery. 

[Brend'Watkins]

It occurs to me that one marker of how far we’ve come in the last few years is that status of clubs players are *leaving* to join Villa. This window has included Dortmund, Man Utd, Chelsea, and PSG (prev R.Madrid).

For whatever reason we’re now seen as a viable destination.

The reason is Unai Emery. 

Yes and CL qualification.  I think this window we are behaving like the big club we are more than any time I can remember.

[Smithy]

It occurs to me that one marker of how far we’ve come in the last few years is that status of clubs players are *leaving* to join Villa. This window has included Dortmund, Man Utd, Chelsea, and PSG (prev R.Madrid).

For whatever reason we’re now seen as a viable destination.

The reason is Unai Emery. 

Yes and CL qualification.  I think this window we are behaving like the big club we are more than any time I can remember.

100%.  We've even got players like Disasi actively rejecting clubs like Spurs to play for us.  That simply would not have happened at almost any point in the last thirty years.

Every signing like Rashford and Asensio also raises our profile.  We're becoming a club that competes for the Champions League places every year, and recruit the players to match.

One other positive, I think it's pretty incredible that that the core of the squad still includes so many players brought in by Dean when we were either fighting to get promoted, or fighting not to get relegated.  Emi, Tyrone, Ezri, SJM, Cash and Ollie are all still important parts of our squad (to varying degrees, admittedly), even though we are now competing at a completely different level to where we were when they joined us.  A nice little reminder of how important Dean was in our resurgence.

[Sexual Ealing]

Yes Smithy.

[Dick Edwards]

We now have the strongest, we’ll balanced squad of players to see out the rest of this season that we’ll have witnessed in all of our lifetimes. Twenty full internationals by my reckoning. Obviously football isn’t played on paper but if we can get a little luckier with avoiding injuries, and Rashford and Asensio perform to their potential there is plenty of time to make up ground in the Premier League. I also think Unai seriously believes we can go deeper into the Champions League. And dare I say it, the holy grail of an FA Cup may actually be a realistic possibility after 68 years of waiting. It’s time to believe.

[jwarry]

Given Unai’s comments that we are ready for the end of the season it’s time to resurrect this thread.  Are we all feeling positive?

[Smirker]

PSG dominated like that but could only beat us by two goals.

They're going to get the shock of their lives on Tuesday.

[martin o`who??]

As regards Tuesday - 1:0 up at half time and it's on - the place will be like the fucking Alamo.

[Brazilian Villain]

As regards Tuesday - 1:0 up at half time and it's on - the place will be like the fucking Alamo.

I suspect the result at full-time will be one that Hertz.

[Smirker]

PSG dominated like that but could only beat us by two goals.

They're going to get the shock of their lives on Tuesday.

I was right.

After yesterday I thought I'd revive my legendary positivity thread and make one final prediction before the season ends (which isn't really a prediction, because I'm always right).

We're winning our final four league matches and qualifying for the CL.

MU and Tottenham are shit so we have six points there. Fulham at home, we're at home so that's a win too. Bournemouth away, we'll want it more.

Win all four and finish 4th or 5th.

Who's with me? 

[Ads]

I think we'll win all 4. Not going to contort myself into faux respect for what Fulham or Bournemouth can do etc, but its not in our hands, so who knows whether it's going to be enough.

[Smirker]

I think we'll win all 4. Now going to contort myself into faux respect for what Fulham or Bournemouth can do etc, but its not in our hands, so who knows whether it's going to be enough.

I like this.

Chelsea and Forest will slip away. Chelsea have a hard run in (and they're not as good as us anyway) and Forest are losing form a bit (and aren't as good as us anyway).

[TaxDodger]

In the last two seasons we've had two semi finals and a quarter final. We'll probably start next season as one of the favourites to win the European competition we're in. If FFP doesn't fuck us up too badly then a trophy will come in the next few years.