The season overall

[aj2k77]

Over a season I believe you finish where you deserve.
Had some great results, especially getting to the CL QF and FA Cup SF, and going to the final game of the season to get CL qualification again, but Europa League is still a good achievement. Let’s be honest Emery is great in this competition so let’s hope that continues.
We fell short and did seem to bottle it in the big games, but all in all I think we did well.
Next season is certainly a big one for the owners and the manager to see if we can keep it going.

Emery is meant to be cup king but he's still got beaten by Palace, Stevenage, Olympiakos and Everton. I wouldn't count on Europa for anything next season. Summer dealings will tell you what direction the club is heading and gearing for.

[pauliewalnuts]

Over a season I believe you finish where you deserve.
Had some great results, especially getting to the CL QF and FA Cup SF, and going to the final game of the season to get CL qualification again, but Europa League is still a good achievement. Let’s be honest Emery is great in this competition so let’s hope that continues.
We fell short and did seem to bottle it in the big games, but all in all I think we did well.
Next season is certainly a big one for the owners and the manager to see if we can keep it going.

Emery is meant to be cup king but he's still got beaten by Palace, Stevenage, Olympiakos and Everton. I wouldn't count on Europa for anything next season. Summer dealings will tell you what direction the club is heading and gearing for.

Yeah but re summer dealings ...

Firstly, we're cash rich on the basis of this current season where we've banked a ton of money, and secondly, the ambition in terms of signings will be driven by what is possible under PSR, far more than "we can offer CL football, do you want to join?" would do.

[PaulWinch again]

Here's a prediction.

Next season is going to go one way or the other, binary, two options - amazing or dreadful. Just a feeling I have.

Yeah it feels quite a tipping point. To lose to Manure, in the position they’re in, and put in the performance we did was utterly pathetic.

[cdbearsfan]

Some great moments but feels like a bit of a missed opportunity at the moment. It's true that we probably would have taken sixth a few months ago, but not sure we'd have taken winning sod all again and finishing sixth the day before semi-final, or in those heady three minutes when we were winning in Paris.

Still, it's difficult to say whether it's been a good season or not just yet, without seeing how things pan out. If we hold onto most of our top players, win the Europa League and do well in the league then this will have been a step in the right direction.

If we find two or three of our top players out the door, win sod all as usual and slip down the league next year, not so much.

[aj2k77]

The first few player we sign should give an indication of where we are PSR wise and if this was the high water mark and it's a cycle of readjusting and coming again when we are in a better position rules wise or they change.

[robleflaneur]

Saunders'79-80 team didn't qualify for Europe and put in a poor performance when firm favourites in the FA Cup 6th round.One player was signed.
Graham Turner,probably under pressure from Ellis,sold some stars to be able to rebuild.
One team  won the league,one was relegated shortly afterwards.
PSR means we have to sell first but let's get rid of the fringe players instead of a cull of first team regulars.Remember,it's been a good season again.

[curiousorange]

Really disappointed right now. Feels like we'll never really achieve anything of note.

[dave.woodhall]

At the start of the season I said I'd be happy with top six and the Champions League knockout stages. We achieved that so 7/10. Onwards, upwards.

[AV82EC]

At the start of the season I said I'd be happy with top six and the Champions League knockout stages. We achieved that so 7/10. Onwards, upwards.

Pretty much where I’m at. There’s obviously a feeling of disappointment to not deliver CL when it was there for the taking but today summed us up this season in the league as we were somehow still in the game when Rogers “goal” was disallowed then limped to a defeat with 10 men.

[saint13]

Next year is all about the level of quality we can bring in.

Ollie & Emi will be sold along with Ramsey for PSR reasons.

A massive sliding doors moment.

[martin o`who??]

I think we're only one point worse off than last season and that includes an FA cup semi final and a significant run to the CL quarter finals with all the positivity that went with it. The defeat at Wembley was galling, the defeat against PSG was Villa's version of Dunkirk - a defeat that somehow became a victory. Our ongoing inferiority complex against Crystal Palace is puzzling.Overall it was a good season that has perhaps shone a light on the sun beginning to set on a couple of illustrious careers. UTV.

[Tony Daleys Shorts]

Good season, plenty more highs than lows. Continually qualifying for Europe year on year is huge.

I actually think if we get our summer recruitment right we’ll benefit next season from playing in the less strenuous environment of the Europa League and we’ll have a better league campaign next season than this one.

[VillaTim]

Given the wage bill, resources etc , it's a poor season .
Not re-qualifying for the honey pot league is pretty disastrous.
In the big games when it mattered we melted , embarrassing, no wonder the media don't take us seriously.
Very disappointing season.

[PeterWithesShin]

Given the wage bill, resources etc , it's a poor season .

We've the 6th highest wage bill and finished 6th, how is that poor?

[Nunkin1965]

Solid 7/10 for me.
I would have taken 6th at the beginning of the season and while.falling short is disappointing, we're getting closer to winning.
I'd hope that if we get ourselves into the same situations next season, we'll get over the line and win a trophy.