Champions League 2024-2025

[Brazilian Villain]

https://twitter.com/jasonmohammad/status/1790485676615438477

He posts on here, but calls himself Dinas.

[john2710]

I can't believe we've made it. I'm so happy for everyone involved with our wonderful club. A monumental effort & achievement. We deserve it.

I was only 19 the last time we were at the top table & never for a second did I think we'd be away for this long.

But I'm happiest most of all for my 30 year old Son who's witnessed nothing much better than mediocrity for most of his life. UTV

[Somniloquism]

.thanks dave thats helpful. Its gonna be a fucking nightmare drawing this as im assuming we cant play another british team aos how do you determine which pot 4 team plays how many from  pot 1 2 and 3? If you got 2 from each of the those three that makes 6. Therefore i assume we will play 2 teams in pot 4 too tk make the 8?

Yes, it is two teams from all four pots no matter which pot we would be in, and we play one of those teams at home, and the other away from each pot as well. So it isn't just the names we would like to see in any discussion, but would we want to play them home or away.

Not sure what convoluted way that they draw each team though. At a guess the first name from the first pot will then have two selected from each of the pots to start filling in the spider web, then the next one will have the same, with names removed* / draws removed** until they all have the selected draws.

* If a team in pot 3 has already been drawn against Pot 1 teams twice, then a third pot 1 team wouldn't be allowed to draw them.
**  If a team in Pot 1 had already been drawn against another pot 1 team earlier, then they would only have one draw left in that pot rather then 2.

[Toronto Villa]

It’s a wonderful problem to be a part of

[Cliftonville Villlain]

I'm absolutely certain that Dean Smith will be raising a glass or two at this point.

[aldridgeboy]

I’m proper emotional.
 No doubt after a good drink in Greece, but bloody hell. The actual champions league. Like, that one the top top clubs in Europe are in.
That now includes us. At long fucking last. It’s been a long time coming. Literally a generation. And in that time we’ve endured some awful times. Times that a club like us shouldn’t have to.  Two relegations since our last time in this competition (oh and two league cup wins as well)

Less than two years ago we were looking at a genuine relegation fight. The turnaround is ridiculous. But miraculous. This manager , is a God send. With our epic owners I hope we now build a dynasty.
My first game was 1982 ( glory hunter I know)

But for the first time in my adult life I can say this
“We’re back where we belong “.


Amazing achievement by every single part of Aston Villa.

I love this club.

So to blues , after Enckleman , fuck you ans your league 2 season.
To Wolves , and you “ mind the gap “ after a few season in the last 100 of being better than us , double “fuck you”
To the press , yes this “ little “ midlands club has upset your “big 6”, so fuck you as well.

Shout out to Dean Smith. He took over at a pivotal time. He made us believe. He brought us together.  He got us back to where we should be. And this team, is still mostly his team, so massive respect.

But Sir Unai Emery , you are something else. Please be with us for a generation. Be the next Feegie, Arsene or Pep. But just be here you lovely Spanish man you.

As for the Champions league next year……
Would you bet against us ?
UTV

[rougegorge]

I'll take the group of death. I want the big boys Madrid Juve Celtic, something like that

Amazing to think we have made it to the CL! I thought we would do it after we beat Arsenal, but then we hit that iffy patch, understandably in the circumstances.

Already looking ahead, I think Celtic would be much more preferable than Sporting or Lille or even the two Dutch clubs as they are both much better than the Dutch teams we faced this season.

[martyn ellis]

In May 1982 myself and my wife were living and working in Spain. It was the year before our first daughter was born and I remember listening to the radio on the last day of the season when we lost to Arsenal (?) but still managed to win the league. I watched our finest hour on tv and desperately needed to celebrate. So I went for a walk around the largely deserted Catalan small town near Barcelona where we lived, went into an empty bar and bought a San Miguel. 'We just won the European Cup', I said to the barman, who nodded disinterestedly. I drank up, went home and that was my night of celebration. 42 years of mainly hurt since then and I can, in my 70s, celebrate again. All my other-team-supporting mates have sent genuine messages of support, really pleased that another team is breaking into the Sky elite. Long may it continue. I love my Villa and love what they stand for. No excuses, no Billy Big Bollocks, no sideline tantrums, no criticising the officials, just a genuine set of nice guys led by a superhuman nice guy leading us to some kind of success - at last, with great tactical nous and bloody hard work. can't wait for next season (as if this one hasn't been enough).

[Somniloquism]

https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1790486693495132184

The state of that Arsenal fan in the top reply. Totally skips the Arse result in the current form selection he chose, and also seems to forget that this season was their first past the first knockout stage since 2010.

[PeterWithesShin]

We really are there

[Ads]

I dont believe it. It doesn't feel real. I can't stop thinking about those 7 added minutes against Derby for some reason. From there to here. Just wow. Incredible! Look who we're playing next season!

[dorsetvillian]

I remember being at Melpensa Airport in Milan and meeting a group of Arsenal fans just after we had been battered by them 5-0 at Highbury (Maybe our last game there,?). They were heading to Turin to play Juve. I pointed out that I had been in Rotterdam to see Villa win the European Cup, but had never seen us in a Champions League game and quite frankly didn't expect to in my life time. How wrong I was...

[robleflaneur]

At times in this season I have had a recurring nightmare that Whelan scores the penalty v.Preston.

[Monty]

We really are there

I know, giddy by association seems small time but you know what? 'Liverpool. Aston Villa. Real Madrid.' It's not that we're flattered to be among those names; it's that it just feels right. We're back where we belong.

And you know, while we're being nice to the rest of football, might as well make this small point. Back when I was barely an adult, and MON was giving us concussions from hitting that glass ceiling, the team that really opened my eyes to why he was falling, to what we were doing wrong, was Guardiola's Barcelona. Eggish bellend he may have become, but there's a touch of poetry in his getting the result that confirmed the end of that failure.  For me at least.

Of course, rather more poetry in the identity of the guy who really got us there. Unai Emery, you are the actual, legit, no-word-of-a-lie best. Back where we belong, and he's the man who brought us there. Just the best.

[KevinGage]

I think back to the summer of 2018, when we faced the very real possibility of selling Grealish, James Chester and Albert Adomah just to stay afloat.

A bit different now, isn't it.