Teams we'll finish above next season

[Drummond]

We will. I reckon we'll be 11th or 12th come the end of the season.

[edgysatsuma89]

We will. I reckon we'll be 11th or 12th come the end of the season.

Yeah, I don't fear relegation at all. I'll be surprised if we finished below 14th but that is obviously still shit.

[Footy-Vill]

Maybe because it's early but it's noticeable how fallible and way off teams have been.

[Bad English]

As far as I can see, matches are  being played and teams are either winning, losing or drawing.

[adrenachrome]

As far as I can see, matches are  being played and teams are either winning, losing or drawing.

"Every game is difficult. The ball is round".

That's a real quote from days of yore. And no, it was not Eric Cantona.

[richtheholtender]

Similar season to last year only at least 1 team below us has strengthened enough to catch us, most likely leeds, so 15th. A good season given the squad available, so the manager should not be sacked for achieving this. Carlos staying fit probably would see us achieve 12th-14th

[Ads]

15th qould not be a good season. Neither would 12th-14th.

[Lastfootstamper]

Repeatedly finishing in the bottom half only ends one way these days.

[Bobby Boy]

Similar season to last year only at least 1 team below us has strengthened enough to catch us, most likely leeds, so 15th. A good season given the squad available, so the manager should not be sacked for achieving this. Carlos staying fit probably would see us achieve 12th-14th

Gerrard said that finishing 14th for Aston Villa was "unacceptable" last season. His words.

If we are 14th this season or even 15th then his position is untenable, surely? (Should he last that long)

[richtheholtender]

Similar season to last year only at least 1 team below us has strengthened enough to catch us, most likely leeds, so 15th. A good season given the squad available, so the manager should not be sacked for achieving this. Carlos staying fit probably would see us achieve 12th-14th

Gerrard said that finishing 14th for Aston Villa was "unacceptable" last season. His words.

If we are 14th this season or even 15th then his position is untenable, surely? (Should he last that long)

He can say that, heaping pressure on himself but i was making my own assessment of the team.

[Meanwood Villa]

Was discussing this coming away from the game today. Bournemouth, Forest. Who else? Saints, Wolves, Leicester, Everton all started poorly. It is a bit of a worry after that dross today though.

[Footy-Vill]

Forest, Leeds and Wolves are to my observations the weakest teams.
Forest and Leeds lack quality and Wolves lack goals and a manager.
We'll be finishing ahead of these lot and then some with Emery .

[Richard]

Agree with Footy, there's 6 points between 11th and 20th, with some proper coaching we will be fine.

[Footy-Vill]

13th place at the moment.
Brentford, Palace, Leeds United, and Fulham are the teams directly above us in the standings. Without a doubt, given our investment, size, and stature, we anticipate being ahead of all of these clubs this season.
So we are now looking then at 9th when we pass that lot.

With Emery in place, I'm optimistic that this team will finish this season above these teams and in the top half competing against the likes of Spurs, Manchester United, and Chelsea.
They all don't particularly impress me, and if it weren't for Kane, Son, and their manager at Spurs they wouldn't be in fourth place.
After playing a tonne of games last season at Liverpool they are behind the pace . And Chelsea, Man Utd, have transitioning teams the table shows that 4th and 3rd are up for grabs in many respects. There is an opportunity this season. A really good opportunity.

Who knows where we can finish with a good winter window and everything to play for in the second half of the campaign?

I feel like this is a team under a manager who can be going on a winning run now like Dean Smith did after for the journey to the playoffs and ensuing promotion!
With Emery, we shall raise up the table.
We won't be looking back, we'll be looking up and forward, and I don't believe I'm alone in that thinking.

In fact, placing above Leeds, Brentford, Fulham, and Palace isn't really improvement; it's just the very least, and that's not meant to be disrespectful to those clubs. It will be the very continuous improvement we have anticipated to be finishing top 6/8.

Up the Villa!

[Footy-Vill]

Feb 2023 state of play
11th in the league 20 games played 28pts.
3pts off top 6
How high can we finish? Continuous improvement to rise above and have to play them all chelsea, liverpool, brentford away.  Fulham and Brighton home.
Yes or No:
Chelsea ?
Liverpool ?
Brentford ?
Fulham?
Brighton ?