Champions League Contention

[ChicagoLion]

Get the hotels booked now I reckon

Where exactly?

[Dave]

Get the hotels booked now I reckon

Where exactly?

All of them. Just to be on the safe side.

[ChicagoLion]

Get the hotels booked now I reckon

Where exactly?

All of them. Just to be on the safe side.

Ok, now I need some dates.

[London Villan]

Happy that Spurs have snuck in there - being one of Europe's elite it makes total sense...

[Brazilian Villain]

Happy that Spurs have snuck in there - being one of Europe's elite it makes total sense...

C'mon now, they finished 3rd in a two-horse race in 2015/16.

[Footy-Vill]

Playing in the Champions league also provides trips to wonderful cities like Barcelona and Milan.

I find those co efficient tables fascinating! Great Share!

Get the hotels booked now I reckon

[Martyn Smith]

Don't think we can overestimate how massive Brentford A Sat is. It may feel a little After The Lord Mayor's Show following on from the last two home wins and the upcoming conclusion of the ECL groups, but our Achilles heel has been our league away form. A win Sunday would speak absolute volumes. I would currently put our chances of winning the league at 20%, our chances of qualifying for the CL at 70%. Win on Sunday and that surely will dramatically improve those odds

[Footy-Vill]

Monday Night Club 5 Live
Can Aston Villa Really Win the Premier League ?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/67691412

Chris Sutton not ruling Aston Villa out of winning the Premier League.

[Footy-Vill]

Former Aston Villa goalkeeper Mark Bosnich believes Aston Villa are Premier League title contenders this season

https://twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1734132579324813623

[Footy-Vill]

Has Emery made Aston Villa title contenders?
The Athletic Football Podcast


Having won 15 games in a row at home, Unai Emery has now taken Villa to within two points of the Premier League summit.
Has Emery made Aston Villa title contenders?
The Athletic Football Podcast

So what is possible for Aston Villa this season and should they be considered title contenders?

Ayo Akinwolere is joined by The Athletic's Football Correspondent David Ornstein, Aston Villa writer Jacob Tanswell and Data Writer Thom Harris to discuss Villa's remarkable transformation under Emery.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/has-emery-made-aston-villa-title-contenders/id1488521447?i=1000638217420

[kippaxvilla2]

Out of all the games coming up I reckon Brentford will be the hardest.

[olaftab]

Out of all the games coming up I reckon Brentford will be the hardest.

Next game is the hardest....

[Bad English]

Out of all the games coming up I reckon Brentford will be the hardest.

Is this the caption thread?

[Footy-Vill]

The format is changing next season isn't it? It's going to be the Swiss League style so all 32 teams in one league and they play 8 games each against others in the table, with the top 8/16 (can't remember which) progressing to knockout phase.

32 teams. Top 8 qualify and advance straight to Last 16.

The next 16 teams contest a play off round to reach the last 16 (presumably seeded according to finishing positions).

8 teams eliminated completely from competition (no parachuting to the Europa League)

The team that finishes ninth will play the team that finishes 24th - 10th vs 23rd, 11th vs 22nd, etc etc
As a result, two teams from the same country may face off in the play-off round.

However, UEFA will prevent teams from the same country facing each other during the group stage, with one possible exception. If one country has five Champions League teams in the group stage then it is possible that two of them could face each other during the big group league phase.

Will this be the start of constant games with , and a rivalry, Arsenal, or Man City.. incoming?

[Clampy]

I reckon Sheff Utd will be a tough game, especially now Wilder has gone back.