Will we qualify for the CL?

[cdbearsfan]

[Nii Lamptey]

Not a snowball’s chance in hell. I want Season 1 of my Aston Villa back. This new one is a shambles.

[Flamingo Lane]

Looking at our league position now, the more pertinent question for the remainder of the season is whether qualifying for the Conference League would be regarded as a good thing or not.

[kippaxvilla2]

2 points between us and 4th may as well be 12 the way we continually gift goals.

[Brazilian Villain]

This thread is a real rollercoaster

As is our season. https://x.com/StanCollymore/status/1894506392288891128

[Rory]

Sorry but the league form has been shocking this season.

Disappointing. 'Shocking' is just hyperbole. We're not fucking Arsenal fans.

[Percy McCarthy]

I laughed at and copied these posts into my notes last season…

“I feel like the Villa that starts the 2024/25 season will be unrecognisable in the way that a recently relegated team is because it's had to flog all of its stars, the difference being it'll be because we probably won't be able to offer Champions League football.”


“We have totally fucked it now.

We are ten matches from the end of the season and will be playing 30% of those matches without our captain, who plays in a part of the field where we are already decimated.

Not only that, we are playing badly and have been for ages now, just putting in the odd good 45 minutes here and there. Even when we manage a good half we then keep on having an absolute stinker of a second.

We are absolutely fuxked with injuries and have a difficult run in. The next three matches are all tricky, and I can honestly see us losing them all.

I think we will finish sixth, which will be fucking devastating after the expectation of the first two thirds of the season.

Genuinely woke up this morning feeling exactly like I did after that Stoke match, that is how bad this is. Gifting three points to our closest rivals on our own ground and throwing in an eight GD swing.

Fucking hell, I hate football.”

“Yesterday was pretty fucking terrible, and it's gut wrenching to look at the table and see where Spurs are after tonight.

Yeah yeah yeah lots of football to come, but turn the tables around and if we were ahead of them with a game in hand, we'd be cock-a-hoop.

We've absolutely blown it. We're playing poorly, too, at a time when Spurs are starting to fire more consistently.

Gutting.”

There were dozens but I kept these three because they were hysterical and eloquent. I only laughed though because of Tottenham’s fixtures, which I don’t think these posters took any notice of - Newcastle, Arsenal, Liverpool & Man City. We need a lot of teams to fuck up this time, but on the plus side a few of them are struggling.

The one pessimistic thing I was absolutely sure of recently was us not making the top 8 in the CL after losing to Monaco. We needed so many results to go our way over the last two rounds of games it seemed impossible, but it happened.

We’re two points off CL at the moment, so it’s not done yet.  If Emi’s out though, it is.

[PaulWinch again]

Thing is with the number of teams between us a 5th we would need a good run of wins to have a chance, especially as we’ve played more games. There is absolutely nothing to suggest we are capable of winning several of the remainder.

[Demitri_C]

I laughed at and copied these posts into my notes last season…

“I feel like the Villa that starts the 2024/25 season will be unrecognisable in the way that a recently relegated team is because it's had to flog all of its stars, the difference being it'll be because we probably won't be able to offer Champions League football.”


“We have totally fucked it now.

We are ten matches from the end of the season and will be playing 30% of those matches without our captain, who plays in a part of the field where we are already decimated.

Not only that, we are playing badly and have been for ages now, just putting in the odd good 45 minutes here and there. Even when we manage a good half we then keep on having an absolute stinker of a second.

We are absolutely fuxked with injuries and have a difficult run in. The next three matches are all tricky, and I can honestly see us losing them all.

I think we will finish sixth, which will be fucking devastating after the expectation of the first two thirds of the season.

Genuinely woke up this morning feeling exactly like I did after that Stoke match, that is how bad this is. Gifting three points to our closest rivals on our own ground and throwing in an eight GD swing.

Fucking hell, I hate football.”

“Yesterday was pretty fucking terrible, and it's gut wrenching to look at the table and see where Spurs are after tonight.

Yeah yeah yeah lots of football to come, but turn the tables around and if we were ahead of them with a game in hand, we'd be cock-a-hoop.

We've absolutely blown it. We're playing poorly, too, at a time when Spurs are starting to fire more consistently.

Gutting.”

There were dozens but I kept these three because they were hysterical and eloquent. I only laughed though because of Tottenham’s fixtures, which I don’t think these posters took any notice of - Newcastle, Arsenal, Liverpool & Man City. We need a lot of teams to fuck up this time, but on the plus side a few of them are struggling.

The one pessimistic thing I was absolutely sure of recently was us not making the top 8 in the CL after losing to Monaco. We needed so many results to go our way over the last two rounds of games it seemed impossible, but it happened.

We’re two points off CL at the moment, so it’s not done yet.  If Emi’s out though, it is.

My opinion is if all our remaining games were  at home we qualify with ease but as a majority if our away games are away i would say its massively  unlikley  we will qualify for the conference  let alone champions league. Yesterday  wasa good opportunity  to keep the run going.

And we blew it. Yet Again

[Clampy]

I laughed at and copied these posts into my notes last season…

“I feel like the Villa that starts the 2024/25 season will be unrecognisable in the way that a recently relegated team is because it's had to flog all of its stars, the difference being it'll be because we probably won't be able to offer Champions League football.”


“We have totally fucked it now.

We are ten matches from the end of the season and will be playing 30% of those matches without our captain, who plays in a part of the field where we are already decimated.

Not only that, we are playing badly and have been for ages now, just putting in the odd good 45 minutes here and there. Even when we manage a good half we then keep on having an absolute stinker of a second.

We are absolutely fuxked with injuries and have a difficult run in. The next three matches are all tricky, and I can honestly see us losing them all.

I think we will finish sixth, which will be fucking devastating after the expectation of the first two thirds of the season.

Genuinely woke up this morning feeling exactly like I did after that Stoke match, that is how bad this is. Gifting three points to our closest rivals on our own ground and throwing in an eight GD swing.

Fucking hell, I hate football.”

“Yesterday was pretty fucking terrible, and it's gut wrenching to look at the table and see where Spurs are after tonight.

Yeah yeah yeah lots of football to come, but turn the tables around and if we were ahead of them with a game in hand, we'd be cock-a-hoop.

We've absolutely blown it. We're playing poorly, too, at a time when Spurs are starting to fire more consistently.

Gutting.”

There were dozens but I kept these three because they were hysterical and eloquent. I only laughed though because of Tottenham’s fixtures, which I don’t think these posters took any notice of - Newcastle, Arsenal, Liverpool & Man City. We need a lot of teams to fuck up this time, but on the plus side a few of them are struggling.

The one pessimistic thing I was absolutely sure of recently was us not making the top 8 in the CL after losing to Monaco. We needed so many results to go our way over the last two rounds of games it seemed impossible, but it happened.

We’re two points off CL at the moment, so it’s not done yet.  If Emi’s out though, it is.

As bad as last night was, you're right it's most definitely not over yet. I get the anger but some of it as ever is extensive and over the top (one poster has posted over 32 times since the game ended) and is still on it now.

It was crap and defensively we need to sort things out although having two defensive mids out at the moment can't be helping but we've also just taken 4 points off Liverpool and Chelsea.

Perspective and some calming down needed at times I think.

[Richard]

32 times!? I wonder which often hysterical poster that was haha

[frank black]

We will be just fine, if we ever avoid conceding from the opponents first attempt on target.

[Dave P]

With 6 of our 10 games left being away, then there is no way we will get CL.  I would 100% take Europa League or even Conference League as we may have a shot of winning these.

[Percy McCarthy]

With 6 of our 10 games left being away, then there is no way we will get CL.  I would 100% take Europa League or even Conference League as we may have a shot of winning these.

Me too. I can get in those games.

[wince]

Only hope is to pretty much focus on the cups or just see out this season. Get a decent summer transfer window, get some pre season training in and really push next year. Just had a look at the Unai thread and came back out. We do not have a snowflakes hope in hell of CL next year unless we win the thing or sort out the consistency. CP are a real bogey team for us but we are approaching games now expecting to concede first, to not keep a clean sheet and being defensively all over the place. Emery needs to sort this out but saving grace is we havent gone on a losing streak, but a drawing one. You take those draws where we should have won and the table looks very different.

However, if my aunty had plumbs and all that, it is irrelevant. I can forgive the match and post match thread as this is the 1984 hate week in motion and long shall it remain so (if we cannot blow up in there where can we) but I think our season in the league is pretty much as it is now. Question is, would we be better risking some of our players may wish to move on without CL football? These are the same players who dont seem overly arsed week in week out anyway, with a premise of making a hell bent for leather push next year?

I thought it was premature with the early season 'giant awakes' nonsense as we got there now we need to maintain being there, which isnt easy with PSR hanging over us.

We are also, on paper, in a false position with the talent we have but we are where we deserve to be. To inconsistent, too inflexible at times and too easy to score against and not enough goals to compensate for this. We do have a lot of injuries but we cannot use this as an all encompassing excuse. When we are good we are great but too often lately we are reverting to type when teams havent won, or their striker is having a drought, or whatever. And that is why we wont qualify this year so it is Europa or Conference.

It will be a backward step if we dont qualify but it may allow us to concentrate on that push next season.

Just my thoughts this morning. Also aware of this time 9 years ago we would be so happy to be discussing this, however it is 2025 not 2016 and therefore no relevance to now. We earned our place up at this end of the table, lets not just be grateful to still be in the league. We are worth more than that.