It's been an interesting season for them.
They have generally been good value up to April with their style and rigidly stuck to it which is important for the long run.
However Maddison and Son massively tailed off second half of the season bar games here and there. Bissouma also is a player I think who flatters to deceive at crucial parts of the season so can see him being moved on.
Worth remembering though they played THREE cup games all season. Ourselves and Newcastle played more than that by the end of September pretty much so I struggle to see how they'll cope playing Thursday-Sunday dynamic regularly next season.
Probably the usual trajectory of they'll go back down the league again and Ange will just become another Spurs manager under serious pressure before too long.
This is quite an odd viewpoint. Villa finished 14th, then 7th, then 4th. In fact, Villa also literally played 3 cup games the season they finished 14th. Clubs don't stand still,they build squads based on the competitions they're in and rotate accordingly.
Also not sure, 'banter aside' of how that's the usual trajectory, when we're the only non oil club who's been able to break into the 90s top 4 monopoly and finish in the CL places consistently.
It's been an interesting one. It's easy to forget we finished 8th last season and lost Kane a few days before the season started. Pretty sure most people were writing us off completely so to even be near the CL places was unexpected.
Regardless, I think actually we started the season incredibly well but tailed off massively in the second half, both in results and performances. He has not done well in the cups. We've lost 5 of the past 6.
It's a process for sure but Ange will be under a bit more pressure regardless next season anyway. Being plucky underdogs who can go on 4 or 5 match runs where we pick up 1 point isn't going to get as little attention next season.