Aston Villa won't win the league - Premier League 2024/25

No thanks to them loddup the road!

Dom Solanke to Spurs, something presumably happened in the Charity shield nobody cares, will United and/or Chelsea stop being mediocre etc etc

Man Utd vs Fulham Friday 14th will be your opener

is this an attempt to triple jinx it

have villa really spent 150m or whatever?

first big prediction: postecoglou will be gone by november

I'm more just trying to take our turn in the spotlight of the thread title while the iron is hot

I can see us slipping back at least a bit this season tbh, but maybe Maatsen and Onana could add some energy, and maybe Buendia and Tielemans might be able to do a bit more?

I don't think anyone really knows how much we've spent, it's all obfuscated in layers of FFP voodoo, all of our fans have become amateur accountants and want Daddy Nas to sue the Premier League over their bad unfair financial restrictions alongside Man City, who have always been our good friends and not cheats that we hate or whatever

Unai Emery gone by 2025 as they hugely underperform is my hottake mushroom

This Bobb cat looks pretty good

I've been hearing about the 'rich seven' this season. Congratulations to Villa and all who sail in them

Please substitute "voodoo" above for "bullshit" or something else less dumb and bad to say in 2024 thx

Feel like we're going to sell loads of players before the window ends and end up annoyingly light at CB and CF. Our fans are also obsessed with signing Joao Felix at any cost and it's like...why?

, jaoen?

lolverpool

Utd continuing their metamorphosis into a shit Ajax tribute act with the signings of de Ligt and Mazraoui

ive no idea if de ligt is still good or even ever was at this stage, perhaps nobody is good now and its mainly about the coach and director of kegal affairs having a shared vision

also does anyone have any fairh that this is really really it for city this time

typical enough that they never even beat us into second ffs so no justice for poch

well I'm excited to see Amad get more minutes this season

New signings seem like a bit of a toss-up, but at least they weren't Antony money

Don't trust the manager or a lot of the players that are still there

here we fucking go

Have United got a striker? I'm confused

Hojlund is injured and new signing Zirkzee isn't match fit apparently

Could do with him coming on but it'll probably be McTominay

i think you should be allowed shoot a player that does what pereira did there

fatally, i mean, no fucking knees or elbows or "fir a lesson" bullshit, just save the wasted shoes and air and all and put him down

wait til ye hear how i comment on spurs players this season btw

whats the ref booked him for there then?

ref is making some clasdic calls here, nothing that will make motd just letting the away team know theyre in a game

I believe it was for waving an imaginary card

they tend to get a few of those in at the start of season and then forget about it

very weird subs, very Ten Hag

neat finish that

yeah, clever

reminds me of when i switch from pro evo to fifa and keep shooting woth ciecle tho

that wont be beat this season

i'm not one to point the finger at people who've learned nothing but ten Hag has learned nothing

Cantona nopes out, relatable.

Eric Cantona suddenly realising he had made a terrible mistake 😂😭
pic.twitter.com/ake9soozxA

— Footy Humour (@FootyHumour) August 17, 2024

i was happy to treat today as a free hit and expect our poor form against Arsenal to continue but after 5 minutes of listening to the BBC's Arsenal hype machine on the radio i hope we murder them

3 minutes in, referee is a homer cunt, gonna be a good afternoon

our shirts look disappointly yellow

just realised Doherty's started ffs GON Out

Nice recovery defending by Lemina

after watching England in the Euros i'd forgotten Rice actually comes out of his own half

our commitment to playing out from the back is enjoyable and nerve-shredding all at the same time

Gotta weather this

The Cantona thing was just an elaborate advert instead of anything good.

Gotta weather this

kiss of death but i think we've been ok so far, lotta possession conceded but mostly not where it matters

god i wish we'd sell Sa

Ugh. Nice header but allowing that free cross in was a mistake

ok fuck's sake shit defending

God I think Kai might be my favourite player in the game at the moment.

we was right to sell Pedro but we're gonna miss him like fuck as the out ball in these situations

Omg Larsen so close

Incredible save

bettah

i'm a little worried that Larsen mightn't do enough, quickly enough, but he's exactly what we need

missing Cunha tho

Toti just blowing it

I'll take 1-0?

All things considered

i think we've been 90% solid

ah sure Liverpool's heads are gone, you'll hit 4

Fred
22:53 15 Feb
I wouldn't be surprised if, for the first time in all of recorded football history we had a match in which both sides lost. Believe me, these two could pull it off

Doherty's got "unnecessary red" written all over him today

ah well stick a fork in us

always heartwarming when var doesn't screw us

Never in doubt

Just going out to get some Immodium.

lol Liverpool were shook second half. really decent performance from Wolves, gotta keep these levels up for the rest of the season tho

Pretty worried we are running out of steam, a lot of late goals conceded. I'd have thought Slot's more controlled style and calming gigantic bald head would have eased the sort of late season fade we saw last year but there are signs of fatigue for sure. And the next few games is a horrible combo of fixtures.

My backbone of hope is "lads it's Arsenal".

yup. still think 2 pts a game might just be enough to take the title from here and tbh even when lfc have had their 'difficult' 4 game stretches theyve still collected that.

although my shookness levels are such that right now id take a league win over newcastle instead of a cup final win over them tbh.

gonna be one of those ones where each opposing set of fans is consistently surprises by how bad the other team are

Great first touch by bergvall there for the goal

Also is Bruno really twin sixing it with casemiro with zirkzee and garnacho as double tens??is this normal for utd??

Woeful finish from garnacho

i don't look at other women or other midfields

theres got to be a way to mark opposition players

i kind of refuse to believe there isnt

bergvall will sontinue to show his neatness and his potential but he is physically not even attending the races in an observatory capacity, either pace or strength

Must be some truly shocking teams left in Europa if this commentator is correct and these 2 are the favourites for the competition

although my shookness levels are such that right now id take a league win over newcastle instead of a cup final win over them tbh.

Dead right. I honestly don't even want us in the final. Plymouth did us a favour too and that's not a revisionist take, quad talk ending before it begins is good, you flog the squad and end up with nothing.

that looks a pen to me from that corner, maguire clearly just hits the man

free out for a much softer challenge immediately

Yes thought so too. The lack of ability/desire to do the basics of football from both of these is quite startling.

ive been open about it tbh

and id stress this is one of our best 45 mins this season

Having now seen the utd bench I understand their midfield a little bit more.

spurs playing themselves into trouble here

no presence up front

zirkzee the best of utd lot imo

He bailed you out there

Utd should really have had at least 2 goals today.

starting to make this lot look competent

Pathetic from casemiro

Also probably a sign of age but ffs does nobody teach players to stop crosses anymore!!?

johnson has managed to injure himself trying to control a ball quite comically

This last 3 mins have been rancid

2 Salford teams this weekend fielding an inadequate team to make a point

First touches more akin to ricochets

How are these not the two worst teams in the league

well, i figure that's what was at stake tbf

first spurs home win since 3rd November

Must be some truly shocking teams left in Europa if this commentator is correct and these 2 are the favourites for the competition

Rangers are still in it.

Less than a minute and Andy Townsend has already called him Marcus Asensio. Kinda intrigued by the way the names of our two loanees are short circuiting these cretins

Also if we’ve actually got Youri Tielemans marking big Virgil at set pieces all night we are so fucked, he is several heads higher

1h ago
20.17 GMT
45+2 mins: “All things considered, would a Curtis Jones hat trick be too much to ask for, you know, to get me through the week?” asks Peadar de Burca.

Yes it would.

this annoyed me but i was intrigued by the name so i googled him and *fucking hell*

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peadar_de_Burca

worth 5 minutes of anyone's time

might not be a bad point but feel like i'm saying that too often now. defence isn't good enough in big games and darwin, good lord.

the world's stupidest footballer. I'm finally done with him now, that was the last straw

yep. i have tried and tried to forgive him and not be too hard on him as idk, there's something sort of sad about it. but we have been carrying him for too long.

it's a weird one as we are in a good position but the vibes feel bad now, we look knackered and don't control games anymore.

we haven't looked in control of a game since the Spurs 2nd leg, after which everyone was calling us the best team in the world. I try not to get too carried away in either direction but yeah, the vibes are not good all of a sudden. We've been here before of course. Sunday is huge

yep. i have tried and tried to forgive him and not be too hard on him as idk, there's something sort of sad about it.

this is otm btw, there's something innately heartbreaking about him

I kept thinking and hoping "ah he will get it together and become a bit more composed" but no its never happened and it wont

Yep, tho at the same time, and accepting it's sort of been the case a few times already, I feel it's a bit like that Gandalf bit about Gollum or whoever where he's like "he may yet have a role to play"

He'll never be consistent and he does damage but he still could lash in a crucial CL or Prem goal.

doesn't seem like an experiment you'd want to persevere with tho given the choice

No way

worth 5 minutes of anyone's time

― Windsor Davies, Wednesday, 19 February 2025 21:15 (yesterday)

must disagree tbh

xp dont see the problem as being darwin not developing into a better finisher more that he is bringing a lot less to the team under slot than he did under klopp. i'd happily take that version of darwin this season.
still think lfc will get to at least 86pts and arsenal wont.