Hopes & expectations for 2024/25 Season

[PaulWinch again]

I get its preseason but at the moment we look pretty wayward. We’re not exactly ramping up towards the first game.

[olaftab]

After watching game today, so far, I confirm my opinion that we will have a very bad start and then hopefully recover once likes of Watkins and players coming back from injuries are up to speed.

[Toronto Villa]

After today’s game only CL SF for me. Not good enough to go all the way. Disappointing really.

[KRS]

Based solely on what I’ve seen in pre-season, I pretty much echo the thoughts of a few others. We have a stronger squad but weaker first team, so unless we bring in a couple more players that are as good as or better than Luiz and Diaby then we’re going to struggle picking up as many good results as we did last season. Needless to say, I’m not at all confident in what I’ve seen so far…but there’s plenty of time to address the obvious issues.

[Lucky Eddie]

A season that results in us playing in the charity shield please

[Brazilian Villain]

A season that results in us playing in the charity shield please

*QI Klaxon sounds*

[not3bad]

A good season for me would be getting to the knock out stages of the European cup while maintaining a top 6 finish and getting very close to picking up a trophy. We hopefully have the squad to do this now.

[VillaTim]

League Cup win and top 10 would be decent .

[eamonn]

Top Ten...feck that. 7th bare minimum, top 5 with a good wind.

[Rory]

Top Ten...feck that. 7th bare minimum, top 5 with a good wind.

Yeah, against my normal preference I think for the first time in a while that league placing is most important to continue our current momentum.

I don't think we'll get too far in the CL, regardless.

Top four; or top six with the FA or League Cup.

The pressure is on, but it was always going to be. Not feeling super confident right now, but think we need a statement this year. Maintaining top four would be that; as would being top six plus a trophy.

[tony scott]

Pl 8th lc semis fac 4th rd champions lg surprise winners utv

[PaulWinch again]

If “Top 10” means 10th that would be pretty disastrous.

[Scott Nielsen]

Pre-season has looked a lot like second half of last season. Unless we get a couple of really strong additions in before the end of the window, top 8 looks about right. Which isn't at all what I was thinking at the start of the summer.

For those who spend much more time understanding the minutiae of the game, why are we finding it so difficult to sort out our defence? UE obviously knows a thing or two about football and we have two dozen analysts scrutinizing every aspect of everything we do. Yet our defensive frailties remain the same.

[LeonW]

Based solely on what I’ve seen in pre-season, I pretty much echo the thoughts of a few others. We have a stronger squad but weaker first team, so unless we bring in a couple more players that are as good as or better than Luiz and Diaby then we’re going to struggle picking up as many good results as we did last season. Needless to say, I’m not at all confident in what I’ve seen so far…but there’s plenty of time to address the obvious issues.

That’s pretty much where I’m at. There’s still time before the transfer window closes but I think a repeat of last season might be a big ask.

[Rigadon]

If “Top 10” means 10th that would be pretty disastrous.

Yep.  It would mean finishing below all of the other decent sides and a couple of ordinary ones.  I am astonished anybody would call that decent after the progress we’ve made. 

Anything lower than 6th and us being in the race for 4th until the last few games would be a big step backwards I reckon.  Preseason hasn’t been good results wise, but let’s see who else arrives and how we get on in the next few games.