The season overall

[OzVilla]

I see 5 of the original scab 6 will be playing CL next season too with the other being the Jaudis, a club owned by a country. 

Chelsea sold a hotel to themselves, we all know nothing will happen to C115y while Spurs won an outrageous get out of jail card.

While we can laugh at ManYoo they are still our kryptonite.

Modern football right there.

[Dave]

Is it any wonder we aren't taken seriously.

Nice use of the royal "we" there.

[Smirker]

In the context of 5 years ago it’s a 9/10. In the context of half time today it’s a 6/10.

So it’s probably somewhere in between. 5 CL places and we finished 6th on GD. Went further in the CL than I expected. FA Cup SF no show. A season of highs and lows. Just need to win something though. 7.5/10.

I'd widen the context further. In the Context of Aston Villa for the last 40 years it's well above average, 8/10 for me and a ref decision away from 9/10.

I think it's a solid 7/10. The complete no show v Palace was a massive disappointment considering we appointed Unai to make a difference in those type of games e.g. get the tactical plan right to win us trophies at business end of competition.

I think we're under selling ourselves a bit if we're just dismissing no shows in crucial games as "at least we're not in the championship." Not sure Man. City fans give Pep a free pass because they were still rubbish twenty years ago. Or Newcastle fans for being managed by Steve Bruce last than three years ago.

We need to back ourselves a little more and then we will win something significant, possibly as soon as next season.

Agree with every word. Mentality needs to change.

[KevinGage]

I see 5 of the original scab 6 will be playing CL next season too with the other being the Jaudis, a club owned by a country. 

Chelsea sold a hotel to themselves, we all know nothing will happen to C115y while Spurs won an outrageous get out of jail card.

While we can laugh at ManYoo they are still our kryptonite.

Modern football right there.

It fucking sucks.

[VillaTim]

Is it any wonder we aren't taken seriously.

Nice use of the royal "we" there.

True though .

[SoccerHQ]

I see 5 of the original scab 6 will be playing CL next season too with the other being the Jaudis, a club owned by a country. 

Chelsea sold a hotel to themselves, we all know nothing will happen to C115y while Spurs won an outrageous get out of jail card.

While we can laugh at ManYoo they are still our kryptonite.

Modern football right there.

It fucking sucks.

We will regret not turning up today and letting Newcastle scrape into it.

They had PSR issues last summer and I reckon they'd have had to sell Isak if they hadn't made CL today.

That is frustrating. Actually limped into it winning just two of their last six games.

[Brazilian Villain]

How we'll laugh at the comments here when we've completed the league and Europa League double this time next year.

[pauliewalnuts]

I see 5 of the original scab 6 will be playing CL next season too with the other being the Jaudis, a club owned by a country. 

Chelsea sold a hotel to themselves, we all know nothing will happen to C115y while Spurs won an outrageous get out of jail card.

While we can laugh at ManYoo they are still our kryptonite.

Modern football right there.

It fucking sucks.

We will regret not turning up today and letting Newcastle scrape into it.

They had PSR issues last summer and I reckon they'd have had to sell Isak if they hadn't made CL today.

That is frustrating. Actually limped into it winning just two of their last six games.

Any PSR related thing causing them needing to sell a player today will be entirely unimpacted by qualifying for the Champions League.

[Keeno]

We will need to get the wages and overall spending in order so we don’t have keep selling our best players every summer. Commercially we have raise more also so when we do get the odd top player we’re not breaking the bank. This summer if we can steady the ship, keep most of our best players and add one or two savvy signings we can push on again. Today is shit but it’s not all lost at all.

I think this is it, tbh.

PSR constraints are not (according to fairly reliable journos on this) as tight as they were last year. We've got the Champions League money arriving in the kitty right now. We might make one big sale a la Martinez, and clear out some big earners like Bailey/Buendia/Cash/Digne (all players that need replacing anyway), but apart from that, I don't see that many big departures from our first 11 + immediate subs bench.

What might change is more the type of incomings (i.e. no Rashford). There won't be any 200k/week signings from 'elite' clubs. But we can certainly afford to make 1-2 top tier additions like we did with Onana and Maatsen last year and improve in key areas.

Don't get me wrong, we were awful today and I'm absolutely fuming with how it's turned out, but this season has objectively been a great one. First year back in the CL we've handled it by essentially replicating our performance from last season (we got the same points that Spurs finished 5th on last year); some iconic moments and goals from the champions league, runs in two cups, Europa League and a second route back into the CL next year. Hopefully a less strenuous competition that we can rotate more for and be more fresh in the league.   

[DC1874]

Good luck selling 2K GA+ season tickets now we are in the Europa League and playing Sundays 👍

[usav]

Good luck selling 2K GA+ season tickets now we are in the Europa League and playing Sundays 👍

The first part is a legitimate concern. However, the day of the week that we play has surely been pretty irrelevant for a couple of decades now.

[Rory]

How we'll laugh at the comments here when we've completed the league and Europa League double this time next year.

Me likey.

[PhilVill]

It's been a very good season and when you think about where we were even three years ago, it's a great time to support the club.

However, this lack of nerve seriously needs addressed as we simply don't show up to too many important games. I still cant decide whether it's down to the managers tactics in these games or the players but it's beyond Spursy now.

Anyway, we have a hell of a chance to win the Europa next  year and as Spurs have shown, it's a great way into the CL so a disappointing as I am now, the reality that we are in a European comp that we could actually win is starting to dawn, if we sort of mentality problems out of course...

[Rudy65]

7 times in the last 90 years we've finished higher than 6th. And never has the deck being stacked so heavily against us as it is now with the financial rules. It's above decent, while still frustrating.

A great stat

[Godfrey Brian]

Overall it's been a really good season with some frustratingly grim weeks. I won't forget some of the absolute highs, the European nights or some of the play when we were on song. Equally the no shows were crushing. That said I remain optimistic that we have the quality throughout the club to move things forward next season.