2023/24 season outcome

[pauliewalnuts]

Chelsea's technical director, who only joined in December, has apparently just quit already.

Hopefully they will continue to be a shit show.

[darren woolley]

It would be brilliant top six and a cup I would take that.

[SoccerHQ]

Fancy us to make the League cup final.

We tend to average a cup final appearance every five years so either this season or next going from 2010.

If we get the calibre of opponents West Ham did then winning the Europa Conference should be a realistic target aswell.

Not sure on the league as cup runs in two different competitions will inevitably impact on the league at some stage.

It's going to be quite a ride when you look at the quality of our performances for final three months of last season, 7th wasn't a fluke at all, we fully deserved it so certainly got a mid 1990s season vibe with the manager and infrastructure we have in place.

[SoccerHQ]

The league is going to be toughest ever next season imo

Outside the top 7/8 I actually think it will be much weaker than last season.

Promoted teams certainly look much weaker, think Burnley will just about stay up but they won't come close to achieving what Fulham did.

Speaking of them Fulham are pretty much losing their spine and manager so they could be outside bets to drop and likes of Bournemouth and Everton will be bottom six again.

Wolves are in real cost cutting mode, then re-signing Matt Doherty is a #levels meme when you look at what we're signing now.

Interesting how Brentford get on for half a season without Toney. They'll have a credible plan in place but it's still missing a 15-20 season striker until January so eventually they'll have a tough spell.

West Ham only team in bottom half I think will have a significantly better season and even then they've lost Rice and will be in europa league so I can't see them seriously threatening for 7th.

Could be one of those seasons where there's large points difference between 7th and 8th so we need a good start and be in that first third of the league early on.

[PeterWithesShin]

Will be interesting how Brighton do. Realistically there's 8 clubs, the Sky 6, Newcastle and us that will have ambitions of top 5.

[chrisw1]

I think Chelsea look strong with a new manager and the signings of Nico Jackson and Nkunku.  I imagine Mudryk will be much more settled and they still have Sterling who may come back to form.  Also with no European football to contend with I see them as challenging for top 4 this season.

Hopefully Spurs will continue to struggle and perhaps Brighton may hit a ceiling, but I think the top 6 will be very, very competitive this season.  I think it will be one of the most interesting PL seasons in a long time.

[Dave]

Knowing our luck, probably something like this

[Rigadon]

7th according to The Guardian's football writers.  https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jul/31/aston-villa-premier-league-2023-24-preview

[Risso]

7th according to The Guardian's football writers.  https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jul/31/aston-villa-premier-league-2023-24-preview

"One to watch
Emery invited Kadan Young to dip his toes into the first team last season and the 17-year-old has looked bright this pre-season, his blistering pace his primary weapon. The England Under-17 international was part of the Villa squad that travelled to the US this summer but first caught Emery’s eye during a training camp in Dubai last winter and subsequently featured on the bench in the league. At home playing as a winger in Emery’s favoured 4-3-3 system, Young is highly regarded and could be given the chance to make his debut. While one Young has left this summer, another is only just getting started in claret and blue."

Emery's favoured 4-3-3? I'm guessing he's never actually watched us.

[LeeB]

7th according to The Guardian's football writers.  https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jul/31/aston-villa-premier-league-2023-24-preview

"One to watch
Emery invited Kadan Young to dip his toes into the first team last season and the 17-year-old has looked bright this pre-season, his blistering pace his primary weapon. The England Under-17 international was part of the Villa squad that travelled to the US this summer but first caught Emery’s eye during a training camp in Dubai last winter and subsequently featured on the bench in the league. At home playing as a winger in Emery’s favoured 4-3-3 system, Young is highly regarded and could be given the chance to make his debut. While one Young has left this summer, another is only just getting started in claret and blue."

Emery's favoured 4-3-3? I'm guessing he's never actually watched us.

He works for the Guardian, so unless we were playing the red or blue mancs probably not.

[Toronto Villa]

no mention of Archer or JP. Those were more obvious ones to watch. The former was well known

[Risso]

Nothing against Young, but he only played 20 minutes in one match in the USA games, there was a lot more excitement to be had from Archer, Philogene and Kellyman.

[enigma]

no mention of Archer or JP. Those were more obvious ones to watch. The former was well known

He mentions them both earlier in the piece.

[paul_e]

Nothing against Young, but he only played 20 minutes in one match in the USA games, there was a lot more excitement to be had from Archer, Philogene and Kellyman.

Agreed, if any of the really young players make the breakthrough this year (which I think is unlikely) it'll be Kellyman who looks a fair bit further along than Young and they were the 2 that went to the US. I like the look of Patterson as well I reckon Feeney will be the best of the lot but he's already out on loan, I wouldn't be surprised if at least 1-2 others from that group go out though.

[VillaTim]

I think it's going to be a tough season. We are newbies in terms of managing Europe aswell as the domestic stuff. I think we will finish mid-table but win the euro conference