Will we win the Premier League

[Villan82]

It gives me no pleasure to say this, but I have seen ample evidence in recent weeks to lead me to this point, but our season is going to shit.

We're this year's Forest.

Injuries, yes, bad, lots of contributing reasons, but it doesn't mean it's not happening. Because it is.

That's the spirit. Well done.

[pauliewalnuts]

It's nothing to do with spirit, it's happening. Like it always does to us.

[brontebilly]

Saw some flickers of hope tonight that I havent seen in weeks. Tammy, Luiz, Bailey all start on merit v Leeds. Maatsen back at left back, Cash hopefully at right back. Would try Rogers on left again.

[Ianu]

Saw some flickers of hope tonight that I havent seen in weeks. Tammy, Luiz, Bailey all start on merit v Leeds. Maatsen back at left back, Cash hopefully at right back. Would try Rogers on left again.

Bailey??? Thought he was so ineffective. He dribbled impressively for about ten yards and then lost it. Maybe against Leeds, though….

Hoping Alysson’s impressive debut leads to bigger things..

[Toronto Villa]

The answer to the thread question. Probably not. Another three points not won today. Emery out.

[Percy McCarthy]

It's nothing to do with spirit, it's happening. Like it always does to us.

It doesn’t ALWAYS happen.

“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.”

From April 2024. We finished fourth.

[PeterWithesShin]

2023 we finished W10 D3 L2
2024 we qualified for the CL
2025 we finished W8 D0 L2

Doesn't seem very 'why always us'. We aren't winning the league this season but we'll be in the CL next season.

[brontebilly]

CL football would be a superb achievement given the constraints Emery is operating under. Should be three seasons in a row only for that monumental no show at Old Trafford. You don't know what you've got....

[Meanwood Villa]

2024 we won 4, drew 4, lost 4 of our last 12. We'll need to improve on that this season

[PeterWithesShin]

Only if you think 3 sides are going to run at 2+ points a game to end the season, and one of them has won 3 league games since Xmas.

[PaulWinch again]

2024 we won 4, drew 4, lost 4 of our last 12. We'll need to improve on that this season

That might well be enough to be honest. I’d like 68 points to be sure, but 66 is probably enough.

[Meanwood Villa]

I'm going off the basis of it not being enough last season to be honest. Although it was for Newcastle of course.

[Sdwbvf]

2024 we won 4, drew 4, lost 4 of our last 12. We'll need to improve on that this season

That might well be enough to be honest. I’d like 68 points to be sure, but 66 is probably enough.

I reckon we should be on 70. Which would.leave Liverpool needing 9 wins and a draw from their last 12. Even 66 would require Liverpool to get 8 wins.

For the avoidance of doubt, we are not going to win the Premier league which is a shame as I have a 30 quid free bet at 18 to 1.

[PaulWinch again]

If we get to 70 we’ll make the CL spots.

[RamboandBruno]

It's nothing to do with spirit, it's happening. Like it always does to us.

You’ve said the Forest thing a couple of times now. It doesnt really stand up. Forest-promoted, fighting relegation, followed by storming season  that tailed off, back to fighting relegation.

Us under Emery, 7th-euro conference qualification, 4th-champions league qualification and a euro conference semi final, 6th-europa league qualification and FA cup semi final and champions league quarter final.
Its really not comparable.
We’ve lost our three main midfielders, to be honest its as simple as that. We need to get two of them back, with enough games to go to see us over the line and hope the current ones (Luiz and Onana) start gelling. 5 or 6 more wins out of 12 games will do it. .