KDT Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Can Villa afford the fee & wages for Rashford & Asencio? I was under the impression both deals were very much a 6 month rental to see them through to the end of the season. Given the impact they've had they're going to do well to replace them in the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 (edited) I'd be amazed if we finished below Villa. If it's because they win all their games then fair play to them, they'll have had one of the greatest run-ins of all time. We're getting another 15 points imo, they'd need to beat at least two from us, Forest, Man City, Bournemouth, Spurs, Man Utd whilst still being in both the CL and the FA Cup. Big ask for them imo but like I say if they manage it then fair play, they'll have absolutely deserved it. Edited April 3 by Dr.Spaceman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 11 minutes ago, KDT said: Can Villa afford the fee & wages for Rashford & Asencio? I was under the impression both deals were very much a 6 month rental to see them through to the end of the season. Given the impact they've had they're going to do well to replace them in the summer. Without CL football - I suspect no. Not for fees, same contracts and multiple years. It’s given them a fighting chance of qualifying again and if you were them, you would be disappointed if Villa didn’t qualify for the Europa at a minimum. Either through the league or the cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 13 minutes ago, Dr.Spaceman said: I'd be amazed if we finished below Villa. If it's because they win all their games then fair play to them, they'll have had one of the greatest run-ins of all time. We're getting another 15 points imo, they'd need to beat at least two from us, Forest, Man City, Bournemouth, Spurs, Man Utd whilst still being in both the CL and the FA Cup. Big ask for them imo but like I say if they manage it then fair play, they'll have absolutely deserved it. I’d be disappointed with only 15 points. We only face 1 team above us. 3 teams around us. A shit Man U at home between 2 massive games for them. Then Leicester palace Ipswich and Everton. Anything less than 16 is bad. Should aim for 18. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 (edited) Even with CL you’d think Rashford would have to take an immense pay cut to join Villa. And they’re have to shatter any concept of a wage structure and risk annoying their existing squad quite a lot. Edited April 3 by AyeDubbleYoo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Just now, The College Dropout said: I’d be disappointed with only 15 points. We only face 1 team above us. 3 teams around us. A shit Man U at home between 2 massive games for them. Then Leicester palace Ipswich and Everton. Anything less than 16 is bad. Should aim for 18. Yeah, I think it'll be 15 minimum, which could be enough to secure 5th. The Villa and Chelsea games are going to be huge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Rashford is £40m. I'd imagine we would probably subsidise some of his wage as well if he was to move permanently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhog63 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 28 minutes ago, Froggy said: Rashford is £40m. I'd imagine we would probably subsidise some of his wage as well if he was to move permanently. You never know. The new manager might fancy him back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 2 minutes ago, Groundhog63 said: You never know. The new manager might fancy him back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 This article gives us what we need to do... https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/44372662/how-premier-league-teams-qualify-champions-league-europe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jigen Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Man City is in. It's a race between Nottingham, Newcastle and Chelsea for two places. You and Nottingham favourites. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Just now, jigen said: Man City is in. It's a race between Nottingham, Newcastle and Chelsea for two places. You and Nottingham favourites. Wouldn't say Man City are nailed on like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geogaddi Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 (edited) Villa beating Forest on Saturday isn't necessarily a bad thing either , we beat Leicester and we are only four behind Forest with a game in hand . As others have said Villa do have a much better overall squad than us for the run in but they are bound to drop points with the cup distractions so I'm still not worried about them . Edited April 3 by Geogaddi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 I still think we can pass Forest. They have Villa, Spurs, Palace and West Ham away; and home games against Brentford, Chelsea and Everton which aren’t easy either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Opta predict City to get 66, us to get 65 and Chelsea sixth on 63. Villa get 60. They have us as over 60% chance of top five. Click on predicted at this link https://theanalyst.com/competition/premier-league/table I agree with them and doubt that sixth will get as many as 65 points. Villa would need 17 points from eight games, which they have only managed in one range of eight games, at the very start of the season. Since we play both Villa and Chelsea, avoiding defeat to them will make it harder for them to reach 65. First off though, fingers crossed for a favour from Spurs later on. I'm assuming here of course that City will do whatever and finish above us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginola14 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Ourselves, Forest and Villa displacing Chelsea, Spurs and MU in the top 6 this season would be very satisfying Chelsea have been very poor since December, would be nice if Spurs could get a result for a change quite incredible how Spurs are 16 points behind us considering their financial superiority and notions of being a 'big 6' club (at least MU win trophies) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 We're going to have finished ahead of Spurs twice, Man United twice, Liverpool once, and Chelsea at least once in Eddie's three full seasons. We've also won more trophies than half of the big 6 in that time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 4 hours ago, Smal said: I still think we can pass Forest. They have Villa, Spurs, Palace and West Ham away; and home games against Brentford, Chelsea and Everton which aren’t easy either. Points in the bank >>> The only good side you named are Villa, IMO Chelsea have been poor for a long time. I fancy them to win all 3 home games. 3-6 points on the road. Forest will get 12 points minimum which will be enough for 5th at the worst. Maybe we can catch them but I don't care where we finish as long as it's 5th or above. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Lots of swing games. Tonight is one of them Chelsea vs Spurs. We just need to win our next 3 then see where we are at, by then a few teams may have dropped off or pulled away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 47 minutes ago, timeEd32 said: We're going to have finished ahead of Spurs twice, Man United twice, Liverpool once, and Chelsea at least once in Eddie's three full seasons. We've also won more trophies than half of the big 6 in that time. People need to take notice of this. This "big six" nonsense is not a static thing. Man U and Spurs being out of CL again, and potentially Chelsea too, will start hurting their commercial and matchday revenue eventually, whereas (should we make it 2/3 years for CL qualification) our commercial profile continues to rise. The likes of Villa and Forest taking "their" places at the main table off them is a great development (as long as we manage to qualify too). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegans Export Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Assuming the PL gets the extra CL spot, will that 5th placed team go straight into the group stage or is there a qualifying round? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 That Chelsea game is going to be fucking massive. Wouldn't be surprised if that's the game we secure 5th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 6 minutes ago, Keegans Export said: Assuming the PL gets the extra CL spot, will that 5th placed team go straight into the group stage or is there a qualifying round? Straight into the group stages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagPar Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 I keep thinking that Forest will drop out of the race but they just keep on going so it's probably going to go down to the wire. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geogaddi Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 1 hour ago, Ginola14 said: Ourselves, Forest and Villa displacing Chelsea, Spurs and MU in the top 6 this season would be very satisfying Chelsea have been very poor since December, would be nice if Spurs could get a result for a change quite incredible how Spurs are 16 points behind us considering their financial superiority and notions of being a 'big 6' club (at least MU win trophies) Everyone raves about the job Emery has done at Villa and call him an elite coach which is right . Yet Eddie will have finished ahead of him twice in three seasons if we do this year whilst also winning a cup in that time . Eddie started from a much worse position than Emery as well and we haven't been able to strengthen our squad for two years whilst they also have a much stronger squad now in terms of depth than we do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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