The season overall

[ADVILLAFAN]

Still, champions of the Midlands. 3 years in a row now.

[London Villan]

We seem to lack belief or confidence or the sense we belong at the top of the game.

We saw it first last Christmas when we should have gone top of the league, then imploding at old trafford.

This season it has been even more evident.

PSG 2nd leg - they were on the ropes and beatable. 30 mins to get the 3rd goal. We fizzled out.

FA Cup semi final. One of the biggest no-shows by any team in the last 30 years.

Old Trafford. Timid, scared, submissive.

What makes it even more frustrating is the we have shown we can beat anyone when we play well, which means the squad is good enough. But the passive nature of our performances when it matters most it too common not to be an issue.

A sports phycologist should be our next big signing.

A season that could (and should) have delivered so much ends with the most basic result, but will see massive upheaval off the pitch. Which is a gamble and a risk in itself.

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

CL- We probably exceeded expectations having not been in the competition for 40+ years and were within a top goalkeeping performance away from reaching the semis. 8/10
Carabao Cup - Poor 1/10
PL - An inconsistent season overall, yet we managed to get within goal difference of a CL spot, despite losing 9 away fixtures. It was a season when consistently good home form was enough to qualify for CL and whilst our home form was decent only losing one, the 7 draws proved costly when we only needed 1 more point. Those draws were against Ipswich, Manure, Palace, Brighton, Bournemouth, West Ham and L'pool. Just 1 more win against any of those teams was all that was needed as things turned out. 7/10
FA Cup - If our fate was always going to be the Europa League I would rather have qualified for it through an FA cup win and silverware,  but we decided to put in a no-show appearance on semi-final day with the lure of CL£ proving a distraction. 4/10.

[caster troy]

It’s hard not to be a bit disappointed, this could be the best squad we’ve ever had and we don’t have anything to show for it. I’ll remember it as a ‘what if’ season particularly down to some of the team selections in the biggest games.

Six of our competitors have Champions League football next season, it’s going to be really hard to keep our best players and compete again next year.

[Mister E]

The season was a rollercoaster, if you consider how we started and the injection of the high-profile / high-intensity ECL matches. Considering the game away at Citeh, the draws against Ipswich, the draws vs Wham, Brighton, Bournemouth and Manure at home ... these were the games that meant we were left with a shit-or-bust last game. It could have been an amazing season, despite all clubs being able to look back at the what-if results.
I'm looking forward to the close season!

[Meanwood Villa]

We didn't draw at home v Leicester, are you thinking of West Ham?

[Mister E]

We didn't draw at home v Leicester, are you thinking of West Ham?

Yes! Thanks for the correction.

[wince]

Financially, how cooked are we now?

[ChicagoLion]

Still, champions of the Midlands. 3 years in a row now.

We win the tallest dwarf competition.

[VillaTim]

Financially, how cooked are we now?

I'd say on the medium to well done side . The wage bill will have to come down and when shopping for loan players we won't be taking on £300k a week players no more .

[ChicagoLion]

Financially, how cooked are we now?

It’s hard to say but Matt Law suggested that we are still in PSR danger and that was before not qualifying for CL. With or wage bill 94% of revenue we can expect a lot of transfer dealing before 30June and thereafter.

[London Villan]

We have a long list of players we want to sell, which could sort us out, including:

Dendonkar
Buendia
Bogarde
Phil
Barrenchia
Illing Jnr
Barry


But then a list of players we might have to sell:

Emi
Watkins
Kamara

[Chris Smith]

We seem to lack belief or confidence or the sense we belong at the top of the game.

We saw it first last Christmas when we should have gone top of the league, then imploding at old trafford.

This season it has been even more evident.

PSG 2nd leg - they were on the ropes and beatable. 30 mins to get the 3rd goal. We fizzled out.

FA Cup semi final. One of the biggest no-shows by any team in the last 30 years.

Old Trafford. Timid, scared, submissive.

What makes it even more frustrating is the we have shown we can beat anyone when we play well, which means the squad is good enough. But the passive nature of our performances when it matters most it too common not to be an issue.

A sports phycologist should be our next big signing.

A season that could (and should) have delivered so much ends with the most basic result, but will see massive upheaval off the pitch. Which is a gamble and a risk in itself.

Agree on the mentality issue. We’ve had two really important games in the past month and failed to show up in either.

[BC Villain]

Good in parts, but failed to deliver when the pressure was on more than once.  Much soul searching for Emery to do, as he has messed up more than once this season

[wince]

Financially, how cooked are we now?

It’s hard to say but Matt Law suggested that we are still in PSR danger and that was before not qualifying for CL. With or wage bill 94% of revenue we can expect a lot of transfer dealing before 30June and thereafter.

Cheers. Must admit the finance side baffles me