Realistic Expectations

[PeterWithesShin]

Unbeaten at home, 3rd, FA Cup, League Cup, plans to build a 90k stadium unveiled, we reject pleas from Messi to sign for us as we can do better.

I was pretty much bang on as usual.

[hilts_coolerking]

I said I'd take 17th, so I have.

[PeterWithesShin]

Probably an idea to be more realistic in my predictions next season.

So i'm going for

1st
FA Cup winners
LC winners
100,000k stadium announced
Mbappe begging us to sign him.

[N'ZMAV]

17th would be lovely.

It is

[paul_e]

I went for 8-12 in a show of optimism but I thought we could push on for 11-15th. The injuries we had and the dropping of points late in games scuppered it but I don't think we're that far off it, especially with the defence looking much more functional now.

[AV82EC]

Objectives for me would be to be comfortable in the League 9-12th and get deep into one of the Cup competitions. Anything else is a bonus.

Deano knows what needs to be done to make this happen and it sounds like the plan to make it happen is already in place. It’s just a question of good execution.

Off the pitch First job for Purslow and co is to get the clubs turnover moving in the right direction. Improved commercial deals
And sponsorship is critical to help us compete and it will be interesting to see who is lined up as shirt sponsor next year. Getting the turnover heading towards £300m is a must. Much as I’d love to see the ground being developed let’s stay up before announcing the improvements we know are needed.

What a deluded fool I was though was right about the Cup.

[cdbearsfan]

I'll be surprised if we don't win every game, tbh.

Mad to think that teams were trying to do the Treble since 1961 and we will do it just one year after Man City did.

I wasn't far away, we nearly won the League Cup.

[robleflaneur]

Probably an idea to be more realistic in my predictions next season.

So i'm going for

1st
FA Cup winners
LC winners
100,000k stadium announced
Mbappe begging us to sign him.

Just how foolish is this.For god's sake if we're in with a great chance of doing the double,forget the League Cup.Agreed once we sign Mbappe,then we can target all competitions.

[OzVilla]

For all the nonsense spouted about Villa fans being deluded and unrealistic, 53% of us said 13th-17th (I went for 15th).

Be interesting to see where some other fans think they'll be finishing next season for instance - Leeds and Wolves fans spring to mind.

[mr underhill]

that's easy first and second according to the club.

[Jon Crofts]

I wonder if Bad English got to shag that absolute hound?

[Sexual Ealing]

Yep, fuck consolidating. We're not a promoted club. We're the returning power back from the quagmire, and we're really quite fucked off about it.

Let them all worry about us. Liverpool, the absolute choking nonentities, lost a game this season and so deservedly didn't win the league. We know what we have to do. I expect that we'll draw a couple, but apart from that I foresee an unchallenged re-coronation. We will receive apologies, in writing and full page ads in the quality press, from the rest of the 'Premier League' clubs to Aston Villa for daring to think that they deserved to share a pitch with us. UEFA will invite us to its G14 meetings, or whatever the fuck they're called, and we will respond by disbanding UEFA.

This will be followed in short order by Nassef Siwiris writing a letter to the boards of the 'top six', inviting them to enter the sea, pockets-first. We will then write to twelve clubs in the Midlands and North-West of England, inviting them to provide us with a justification for allowing them to play against us in a revised league format.

Richard Keys will then be burned and catering will be provided.

Broadly speaking, I wasn't far away.

[SoccerHQ]

I thought this year was quite a strong league. Norwich were the only hopeless team in the league (only ones we did the double over) and they still took a decent amount of points off teams in top 10. If they hadn't just given up as soon as the season restarted they'd have probably made 30 points.

Plenty of poorer teams have been relegated than Bournemouth and Watford. Watford were one of only three teams to beat Liverpool and also took points off Man. United, Arsenal and Spurs. Bournemouth also won at Chelsea.

Stating the obvious but hopefully that Arsenal result will shake off our inferiority complex against the top 8 as we threw away so many points against them home and away it was ridiculous and could've easily relegated us.

I think next year will be weaker. Shorter timeframe and generally unpredictable window so think many teams above us will decide to go with what they have while we'll freshen the first 11 up a bit. Think Leeds will survive but can't see West Brom and whoever wins the play offs being anything other than 16th-20th all season.

Likes of Sheffield United and Burnley massively overachieved so I'd like to think both will slump and we can target finishing above them next season. Palace aswell and Newcastle given the takeover dosen't look any closer to happening than it did in April.

We sign well and think the giddy heights of 11th or 12th is realistic. The shame is if we do better than that and have an exciting season we won't be able to see much of it live at the grounds.

[stevo_st]

Think Palace will struggle, Roy looks like he's ready to call it a day and surely Zaha will be off

[mr underhill]

Interesting too that Leicester's form on resumption was pretty dire - in fact they've looked ordinary ever since we beat them in the Cup.