That is what you get when you have a top class coach.
Where are Aston Villa going?…
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Title race with Spurs.
Yeah, with years of managing (sometimes failing) in different leagues, but given time and the right environment you can flourish and get good results.
Something fans can learn from to.
Very good point.
I have continually backed EtH. But even I am starting to lose patience.
It is always one excuse after another.
Emery is a good coach what he is doing with Villa isn't unexpected he has done that though out his career , he is in an Environment which he finds himself comfortable with and excels at he had his chances at top Clubs but didn't exactly cover himself in Glory .
To Birmingham
They're already in Birmingham
If they had any sense they should be trying to get away from Birmingham
The Netherlands. They’ve got a conference league tie against AZ Alkmaar.
If they had any sense they should be trying to get away from Alkmaar
That’s why they’re going there
Great city shit teams though
Wherever it is they’re going, I want us to go there too.
Bosnia next Thursday.
Turns out they were heading to the Champions League after all.
Good job the Caf aren’t football managers anyway. Plenty of egg on the faces of people in the last two pages of that thread:
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/youri-tielemans-signs-for-villa.463024/page-30
https://www.redcafe.net/threads/youri-tielemans-signs-for-villa.463024/page-30
Leon Bailey turning into his counter attack Bundesliga self again was a huge success of this season. Hopefully there's more to come from Diaby as what people saw v Liverpool is how he's pretty much been, some fantastic runs but the end product is then so wasteful.
I think with regards signings a DM will be first in as Kamara won't be back until December so basically out of our CL campaign and none of the others are comfortable playing as the 6 bar Tielemans maybe.
Maybe another CB as think we'll be seeing plenty of Konsa at RB in the CL games given some of the left wingers we'll be coming up against.
Getting all of Mings, Buendia and Jacob Ramsey back fit in August will give us much needed options to rotate for prem games straight after.
I'd still also like another top forward in but Duran could alight after that Liverpool cameo so let's see how he starts next season first.
This is all after giving Unai a 20 year contract extension with 500m buyout clause obvs.
Fantastic to see Villa qualify for the Champions League.
Why are Bayern not going for Emery?
Why are Bayern not going for Emery?
Fair play to them but I'd bet they'll pull a Newcastle. They won't make it out of their group in the CL.
They’ll probably immediately be stronger than half the teams in there.
You know, I just now remembered the tournament is watered down next season. Hadn't considered that.
Have Villa got fairly rich owners recently? There’s possibly more money and job security at Villa for Emery
They got beat twice by two clear goals by Olympiakos. I think they’ll have a fairly rough ride in the champions league.
True that.
This is a perfect job for Unai. He certainly didn't enjoy his experiences at Arsenal and PSG with the egos flying around there so a squad that wants to learn is ideal for his next 2-3 years.
He's only 52 so still will probably get another crack at a CL contender eventually.
Newcastle were actually pretty unlucky in the end. Toughest group by a long way and they took 4 points off PSG (should've been six but for that ridiculous penalty in 97th minute). The home and away defeats to Dortmund also need context now they've made the final six months later.
I actually dislike going into the new format simply due to how Football has changed in last decade, playing more games just to see fewer teams knocked out than in the current format.
Villa in the Champions League and Birmingham in League 1 is pretty rough on those blues.
Yes and the signs of progress are clear to see in terms of results, without needing to blow hundreds of millions and an endless list if excuses
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Remember how abysmal they were when they got relegated not so long ago? To go from a few seasons in the championship to the Champions league in such a short space of time is incredible.