Season Review 23/24

[Monty]

An unbelievable season. Now to kick on - squad depth, midfield in general, and maybe cut out those bizarre absolute funerallings that we get every more and again?

[pablo_picasso]

Best season since 96, cos of the trophy.

Best league season since the first Prem, where we were runners up & played some super football.

Got a bit tense at the end, but then it was a good tense, as opposed to a relegation tense, lol.

Proud of all of the players. Proud of the manager. Proud of the owners. Proud of the fans.

Just proud of the club overall.

[Ads]

Our biggest season since 1982. I think what we've done this year is so many levels more difficult than either of the 2nd place finishes or even 1996, 4th and a cup.

To smash into the top 4 the way we have, while playing 14 games in Europe and 4 domestic cup games, with a squad this thin, with injuries so great, with opponents who have financial advantages so legion...just unbelievable.

[pablo_picasso]

Our biggest season since 1982. I think what we've done this year is so many levels more difficult than either of the 2nd place finishes or even 1996, 4th and a cup.

To smash into the top 4 the way we have, while playing 14 games in Europe and 4 domestic cup games, with a squad this thin, with injuries so great, with opponents who have financial advantages so legion...just unbelievable.

That is a valid point.

I am talking from a personal perspective just based on pure emotion.

But, I accept your point that what we have done this season is much more difficult than what we did back then.

[Dave]

To smash into the top 4 the way we have, while playing 14 games in Europe and 4 domestic cup games, with a squad this thin, with injuries so great, with opponents who have financial advantages so legion...just unbelievable.

As F365 had it, "it is an astounding accomplishment which feels somewhat overlooked purely because Villa spent so long in the top four this season that it became normalised; people simply got used to their overachievement. Yet their consistency in breaking the glass ceiling and replacing the floor beneath them has been more impressive than if a late surge had secured the spot".

[Ads]

Our biggest season since 1982. I think what we've done this year is so many levels more difficult than either of the 2nd place finishes or even 1996, 4th and a cup.

To smash into the top 4 the way we have, while playing 14 games in Europe and 4 domestic cup games, with a squad this thin, with injuries so great, with opponents who have financial advantages so legion...just unbelievable.

That is a valid point.

I am talking from a personal perspective just based on pure emotion.

But, I accept your point that what we have done this season is much more difficult than what we did back then.

When we won the league cup in 96, I was only 9. But I'd seen us do it when I was 7. Beat Inter, finish 2nd etc. I guess I just assumed that's what we did. Oh how we've all laughed since then!

[Drummond]

Yep, we've been up there for a long time. Without injuries we'd have competed longer, there's no doubt. I guess other teams can argue similar but not the teams above us.

[Ads]

To smash into the top 4 the way we have, while playing 14 games in Europe and 4 domestic cup games, with a squad this thin, with injuries so great, with opponents who have financial advantages so legion...just unbelievable.

As F365 had it, "it is an astounding accomplishment which feels somewhat overlooked purely because Villa spent so long in the top four this season that it became normalised; people simply got used to their overachievement. Yet their consistency in breaking the glass ceiling and replacing the floor beneath them has been more impressive than if a late surge had secured the spot".

We've not been out the top 5 since October or something crazy. It's utterly astonishing and it's no wonder the fumes we were running on evaporated Tuesday night.

[SoccerHQ]

Man City have lost 1 of their last 45 games in all competitions. And we didn't just beat them, we battered them the whole game. That's the standout performance in a fantastic season.

And now we need to use this season as a stepping stone to better things.

Post that online to all the Gooners crying that we fixed the title race by playing lights out v Arsenal and then rolled over to Man. City.

[VillaTim]

To finish 4th given the players missing is an incredible achievement. We played some superb football and scored some incredible team goals. The week we beat the top 2 back to back will live long in the memory. A season to be proud of .

[DeKuip]

Of course it was a fantastic season and incredible achievement - but I still can’t shake off the disappointment of the semi-final performances. Maybe once next Wednesday is out the way.

[LeonW]

A fantastic season and achievement. Considering where he took over us from and the limited number of his own players that he’s brought in, Emery has performed a miracle getting us into the champions league. He’s starting to remove the ‘typical Villa’ feeling.

McGinn is the big story on the playing side. Taking us from the championship into the champions league in 5 seasons. His levels keep going up and he’s a modern warrior.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

You know you've had a great season when you love every single player that's put the shirt on during a season. A real exceptional bunch who deserved to finish comfortably fourth.

[Ian.]

Our biggest season since 1982. I think what we've done this year is so many levels more difficult than either of the 2nd place finishes or even 1996, 4th and a cup.

To smash into the top 4 the way we have, while playing 14 games in Europe and 4 domestic cup games, with a squad this thin, with injuries so great, with opponents who have financial advantages so legion...just unbelievable.

This. I couldn’t put it any better.

[garyellis]

The team have been superb to get this over the line given the serious injuries to key players.
The difference for me is the way we have competed with the so called top 6 particularly when we have had the resources at our disposal.
The only team to dominate us is Newcastle for various reasons, Manure was a mainly down to us.
So much to be proud of but for me the home game against Man City was as good as I have seen a Villa team play against world class opposition. We were superb to a man for 90+ minutes and 1-0 was a let off for them. UTV