Will we qualify for the CL?

[VillaTim]

We need a pacey winger in january absolute minimum , maybe a couple of loans if money's too tight to mention .

[Demitri_C]

We need a pacey winger in january absolute minimum , maybe a couple of loans if money's too tight to mention .

Yep we certainly  do. Bailey and philiogene  have been mediocre most of this season. Dont think eithee has scored a league goal or a assist. Thats simply not good enough

[Karlos96]

We need a pacey winger in january absolute minimum , maybe a couple of loans if money's too tight to mention .

Yep we certainly  do. Bailey and philiogene  have been mediocre most of this season. Dont think eithee has scored a league goal or a assist. Thats simply not good enough

I agree they've not been good enough but Bailey has two assists in the Premier League this season.

[JD]

We're firmly in the hunt and there'll be some ups and downs over the next few months. I'm not that worried about yesterday, I'll be a bit more concerned if we fail to win either of the next two.

If we win the next two would we have been happy with 9 points from 12 from these four games. I think I would.
We just need to win the next two to be back on track.

[eamonn]

We need a pacey winger in january absolute minimum , maybe a couple of loans if money's too tight to mention .

Mick Hucknall gallivanting up the wing with his ginger locks flowing? Nah, he's Yanited isn't he? Let him tog-out for them, can't be any worse than Anthony.

[Demitri_C]

We need a pacey winger in january absolute minimum , maybe a couple of loans if money's too tight to mention .

Yep we certainly  do. Bailey and philiogene  have been mediocre most of this season. Dont think eithee has scored a league goal or a assist. Thats simply not good enough

I agree they've not been good enough but Bailey has two assists in the Premier League this season.

Thanks for correcting me 👌

Agree though its not good enough. We need more goals from  both

[eye digress]

Still think it will click for Bailey at some point.

His prime form last season was kick started - bizarrely - by being subbed as sub up at Liverpool. On a few occasions he’s referenced a pep chat he had with Emery at that time.

It was bookended by that open goal miss at the Spammers on the opening day. Since then, not much has gone right for him.

Sensitive type, Leon.

[ASHTONVILLA]

We will be in the mix to finish top five, and get in again probably a 50:50 chance. Worst case I am certain we will qualify for the Europa League (which we have a decent chance of winning given Emery's record in the competition).

We will finish above Man City, Man Utd, and Spurs - which 9 times out of 10 would see us top 4. I also think we will finish ahead of Newcastle and Brighton, but not sure about Nottingham Forrest.

Bailey will find form at some point, Ramsey will return, Mings will get a run at some point. We will have a stronger second half of the season.

[VillaTim]

We need a pacey winger in january absolute minimum , maybe a couple of loans if money's too tight to mention .

Mick Hucknall gallivanting up the wing with his ginger locks flowing? Nah, he's Yanited isn't he? Let him tog-out for them, can't be any worse than Anthony.

Yeah MH is massive Utd , mates with Fergie and Eamonn Holmes .
No doubt we will draw these wankers in FA Cup 4 if we get past the spammers

[Smithy]

Right now I think 5th looks our best bet, but we do need to find some consistency soon.  Win one lose one isn't going to get us where we need to be.  We need a decent 6 or 7 game unbeaten run which contains 4 or 5 wins.

The good news is that the teams I think we're competing with for that 5th spot are similarly inconsistent (even if we're losing to them in Newcastle and Spurs).

Forest are obviously the wildcard, as we were last season, and they might well be able to hang on around the top 4, but they play Liverpool in a fortnight and then in Feb they begin a run of six league games that includes, Newcastle, Arsenal, Man City, Man Utd and us.  If they're still in the top 5 after that run, then yes, they deserve to be taken seriously as proper CL contenders.

Personally I think they'll fade a bit (as we did), but hopefully we're better at chasing someone down than Spurs were.

[ChicagoLion]

Unless he sorts out the defensive problems then we will end up about where we are.

[Dante Lavelli]

Bailey was strapped up like Robocop at the end of last season so I thought the break would be good for him.  Weird he’s come back like the first Bailey we knew, rather than the pretty excellent version we had last season.

[kippaxvilla2]

No.

[kippaxvilla2]

We are going to need around 40 points from 20 games.  Two points a game is going to be a very big ask.

[AV82EC]

We are going to need around 40 points from 20 games.  Two points a game is going to be a very big ask.

But not impossible. As others have said though we need more consistency and not the feast and famine, we’ve had so far this season.