Hopes & expectations for 2024/25 Season

[Rigadon]

If “Top 10” means 10th that would be pretty disastrous.

Yep.  It would mean finishing below all of the other decent sides and a couple of ordinary ones.  I am astonished anybody would call that decent after the progress we’ve made. 

Anything lower than 6th and us being in the race for 4th until the last few games would be a big step backwards I reckon.  Preseason hasn’t been good results wise, but let’s see who else arrives and how we get on in the next few games.

Everyone on here would take 10th if it resulted in an FA cup win. Would also mean we qualify for Europa league.

Let's remember last season we lost two of our first four games very badly. What we did well however was get results v all the bottom half bar Forest away where it just didn't happen.

In the first six games we're playing Leicester, Everton, Wolves and Ipswich so to me it's the same formula as last year, don't mess up v those teams and we'll be comfortable top half and "there or thereabouts" as Steve Bruce infamously used to say.

The FA Cup would be nice, but it's a stretch to say 'everyone on here' would settle for 10th if we were to win it.  I wouldn't, for example. 10th place in the league would be a depressing return to mid-table mediocrity that a cup win wouldn't really hide.  I know load of people really covet the cup above most other things, but I'm not one of them (maybe I should 'sadly' at the end of the sentence, I dunno). 

[PeterWithesShin]

Only once in 90 years have we finished top 5 in consecutive seasons, and 0 times for top 4. Apart from 96/97 we've followed a very good league season with a worse one, often a lot worse. It would be nice to change that.

[VillaTim]

I cannot see top 4 again. That took a monumental effort and i cannot see us repeating it , especially with a leaky defence .

[sid1964]

Predictions for this season - Pau - will be the player who the fans will blame if we start the season poorly.

At the end of this season, we will again face FFP problems, and will sell a fans favourite to comply - Watkins / Martinez or Konsa

Also next summer - McGinn, Buendia, Mings and possibly Pau will all leave the club

[Accent Guy]

Predictions for this season - Pau - will be the player who the fans will blame if we start the season poorly.

At the end of this season, we will again face FFP problems, and will sell a fans favourite to comply - Watkins / Martinez or Konsa

Also next summer - McGinn, Buendia, Mings and possibly Pau will all leave the club

What a cheerful post.

[PaulWinch again]

Predictions for this season - Pau - will be the player who the fans will blame if we start the season poorly.

At the end of this season, we will again face FFP problems, and will sell a fans favourite to comply - Watkins / Martinez or Konsa

Also next summer - McGinn, Buendia, Mings and possibly Pau will all leave the club

I’d probably not bother if you genuinely think this is where we’re going.

[Drummond]

Hope
Birmingham Senior Cup - Win
EFL Trophy - Win
League Cup - Win
FA Cup - Win
Premier League - Win
Champions League - Win

Expectation
See above, less one or two wins.

[Risso]

Kamara had a big effect on our results (for the good) last year, so this year could be a slight reverse of last year, where we start off slowly and improve once he's back. Hopefully Mings coming back will help as well.

[eye digress]

Still think we have important business to do on the trading side in the coming weeks to enhance the first XI. Overall, our squad is already stronger.

I was struck by Emery's conviction after a recent friendly that we are going to "stay there" in the top positions, and trust he will have devised a way to achieve that. So I expect us to finish at least 5th, challenging hard for the top 4.

I think we'll start slowly; the end of last season saw us run out of momentum, and we're in a different place than we were one year ago.

Expect to reach the knockout rounds of the EC, and the trophy to come from the domestic cups.

[gpbarr]

League - winners
ECL - winners
FA Cup - winners
LC - 3rd round loss to Hartlepool

Simples!!!

[DeKuip]

Hope - we go to Munich, preferably last match.
Expect - great days and miserable days.

[Dogtanian]

I opened The Athletic's Premier League Predictions article with glee, today... Only to discover we have been completely dismissed. We may as well not exist.

We are mentioned four times in the article. One mention is one person predicting we will get in the top five, the second is just in a graphic showing every team, the third is someone saying they like Iling-Junior, and the last is someone predicting Watkins will be runner up in the golden boot.

It's laughable really. They can't even accept the possibility of us not slinking back off to mid-table. We're barely even worth a mention in passing in the discussion of the season.

We need to go for it this season, and then line these fuckers up against the wall. 

[ChicagoLion]

I opened The Athletic's Premier League Predictions article with glee, today... Only to discover we have been completely dismissed. We may as well not exist.

We are mentioned four times in the article. One mention is one person predicting we will get in the top five, the second is just in a graphic showing every team, the third is someone saying they like Iling-Junior, and the last is someone predicting Watkins will be runner up in the golden boot.

It's laughable really. They can't even accept the possibility of us not slinking back off to mid-table. We're barely even worth a mention in passing in the discussion of the season.

We need to go for it this season, and then line these fuckers up against the wall. 

Another reason to hate the Athletic.

[eamonn]

Can't hate The Athletic while we have the boywonder Tanswell reporting and analysing us like a boss.

[LeeB]

I feel more comfortable when we're being dismissed than when praise is heaped on us, if I'm honest.