Hopes & expectations for 2024/25 Season

[eamonn]

We've only conceded twice this month, haven't we? Carlos is proving he isn't shit after all and Mings is on his way back too. In fact we're all on our way, we're on our way.

[Demitri_C]

I said 7th in league and i still think thats where we will finish thia year

Why tell us again then? 

As i havent changed my mind. Was hoping i would but i cant see us finishing top 5 unless our home form improves and we stop leaking goals. We are conceding way too many goals at the moment

We're 4th now?

Yeah but im referring to long term.

I think we are going to drop out of the top 5 before December due to the tough games coming up.

If we are still in top 5 by the December games come up i will fancy our chances

[aldridgeboy]

Can 5th get us Champions League  again this year?
By that I mean, I know it depends da on a loads of variables. But isn’t possible ?

[Demitri_C]

Can 5th get us Champions League  again this year?
By that I mean, I know it depends da on a loads of variables. But isn’t possible ?

At the moment 5th is looking good for CL. We are top of coefficients by a distance mainly because everyone except manures results in europe.

Banker chelsea will win conference league too which will help.  4th or 5th doesn't matter as long as top 5 get Cl

[cdbearsfan]

* let some lucky competition winner have the occasional 5th place - I don’t want us to be reliant on how other clubs do in Europe

Unless we win the league, or qualify as holders, we would be reliant on how other clubs have done in Europe. England only has four Chamlions League places because of consistent high performance in Europe by English clubs. Obviously we can now affect that ourselves while we are in Europe, but only a bit.

I wouldn't hesitate to take fifth place and the Champions League again if offered it now.

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I said 7th in league and i still think thats where we will finish thia year

Why tell us again then? 

As i havent changed my mind. Was hoping i would but i cant see us finishing top 5 unless our home form improves and we stop leaking goals. We are conceding way too many goals at the moment

We're 4th now?

Yeah but im referring to long term.

I think we are going to drop out of the top 5 before December due to the tough games coming up.

If we are still in top 5 by the December games come up i will fancy our chances

We finished 4th last season? A quarter of the way through this one, we're 4th?

We have 6 games a season against sides better than us in the league. Anybody watching last night or saw the performance against Arsenal earlier in August, will know it's not by very much either, that "better".

[Demitri_C]

I said 7th in league and i still think thats where we will finish thia year

Why tell us again then? 

As i havent changed my mind. Was hoping i would but i cant see us finishing top 5 unless our home form improves and we stop leaking goals. We are conceding way too many goals at the moment

We're 4th now?

Yeah but im referring to long term.

I think we are going to drop out of the top 5 before December due to the tough games coming up.

If we are still in top 5 by the December games come up i will fancy our chances

We finished 4th last season? A quarter of the way through this one, we're 4th?

We have 6 games a season against sides better than us in the league. Anybody watching last night or saw the performance against Arsenal earlier in August, will know it's not by very much either, that "better".

But as ive said consistently at start of season i dont think we are as strong as last season.  We have more squad depth but i think the squad looks defensively worse and we are not as much as a attacking threat as we were when we had diaby and luiz.

Of course this is only 9 games in we could go opposite to last year and start slower and get better as season gets on. But i have  my reservations on that

The next 4 will show me if i am wrong or right as we have some toughies

[Olneythelonely]

I think I’d just not bother watching football anymore if I felt like that about Villa, now.

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I said 7th in league and i still think thats where we will finish thia year

Why tell us again then? 

As i havent changed my mind. Was hoping i would but i cant see us finishing top 5 unless our home form improves and we stop leaking goals. We are conceding way too many goals at the moment

We're 4th now?

Yeah but im referring to long term.

I think we are going to drop out of the top 5 before December due to the tough games coming up.

If we are still in top 5 by the December games come up i will fancy our chances

We finished 4th last season? A quarter of the way through this one, we're 4th?

We have 6 games a season against sides better than us in the league. Anybody watching last night or saw the performance against Arsenal earlier in August, will know it's not by very much either, that "better".

But as ive said consistently at start of season i dont think we are as strong as last season.  We have more squad depth but i think the squad looks defensively worse and we are not as much as a attacking threat as we were when we had diaby and luiz.

Of course this is only 9 games in we could go opposite to last year and start slower and get better as season gets on. But i have  my reservations on that

The next 4 will show me if i am wrong or right as we have some toughies

We've gained Maatsen, Ned, Mings and Kamara defensively. Who have we lost that's made us defensively worse?

We've lost 1 game in 13. We're also 4th. How have we started slowly?

I am trying to understand why you think we'll finish 7th and gut feeling is fine, but you're presenting the opinion as being driven by something else- it doesn't appear fact based to me.

[Demitri_C]

I said 7th in league and i still think thats where we will finish thia year

Why tell us again then? 

As i havent changed my mind. Was hoping i would but i cant see us finishing top 5 unless our home form improves and we stop leaking goals. We are conceding way too many goals at the moment

We're 4th now?

Yeah but im referring to long term.

I think we are going to drop out of the top 5 before December due to the tough games coming up.

If we are still in top 5 by the December games come up i will fancy our chances

We finished 4th last season? A quarter of the way through this one, we're 4th?

We have 6 games a season against sides better than us in the league. Anybody watching last night or saw the performance against Arsenal earlier in August, will know it's not by very much either, that "better".

But as ive said consistently at start of season i dont think we are as strong as last season.  We have more squad depth but i think the squad looks defensively worse and we are not as much as a attacking threat as we were when we had diaby and luiz.

Of course this is only 9 games in we could go opposite to last year and start slower and get better as season gets on. But i have  my reservations on that

The next 4 will show me if i am wrong or right as we have some toughies

We've gained Maatsen, Ned, Mings and Kamara defensively. Who have we lost that's made us defensively worse?

We've lost 1 game in 13. We're also 4th. How have we started slowly?

I am trying to understand why you think we'll finish 7th and gut feeling is fine, but you're presenting the opinion as being driven by something else- it doesn't appear fact based to me.

Im basing it on the defensive performances we cant keep clean sheets in the league often enough. Right back is the key area we never strengthed.

We have lost only 1 but you have to look at who we have played  only arsenal and fulham i would say are the tricky sides. We scraped past everton after battering kast year a prime example.

No im not basing it on fact at all its just my opinion. I do think that diabys a bigger miss than people think. When we had diaby we broke so well now we look pretty bad on the counter.  Youris been doing great so that helps with luiz but luiz scores more so again i feel these two players added something last year.

I do hope you are right and im wrong for the record!

[London Villan]

The lack of pace, with Bailey being off form and Diaby gone, is a problem. Rogers has a lot of positive attributes, but he's not scoring regularly based on the chances he is getting(yet).

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"Look at who we played"- we find it very difficult to play sides better than us. I echo what Arne Slot says, they're all supposedly tough games, so why does anybody get a free ride based on fixtures?

I'm not less expectant of beating Tottenham away than I am Bournemouth at home.

[Accent Guy]

This next couple of weeks will be a good indicator of where we are.

Not too fussed about Palace midweek, as it just adds more demands on the squad,

This is so sad. 3 ties from Wembley and our one realistic trophy and people don't care about it.

I do. I want a trophy more than anything and on top of that, we have a whole team of players that need gametime. Makes no sense whatsoever to disregard the League Cup. Especially not with the squad we have.

Otherwise, what's the point in football if not to try and win a trophy?

[Demitri_C]

The lack of pace, with Bailey being off form and Diaby gone, is a problem. Rogers has a lot of positive attributes, but he's not scoring regularly based on the chances he is getting(yet).

I agree with this. We look slower as a team going forward since diaby left

Jadens had a mixed start so far. Diaby hit the geound running straight away before hitting poor form towards end of season. Think fatigue played a role in that

[Mister E]

... 3 ties from Wembley and our one realistic trophy ...

Why is it our one realistic trophy? - we're still in four competitions.
I'd love to win a trophy but I'm not quite as fatalistic about it as you seem.