12 Oct 2026 18:56:27
Just watched a video blog on YouTube of Saturday's game,we gave away 17 passes in our own half to Brentford, nearly all were our defensive players. How on earth can we expect to stop the opposition scoring when we can't keep the ball in our own half. We have the worst record out of the top eight teams last season,we scored the fewest goals and conceded the most, the way we are being set up and the way we are playing it's going to continue.
Facts don't lie and show why many fans are concerned about our current style and set up, we need a quality central defender with pace asap.
12 Oct 2026 19:36:52
I said from start of season we would do nothing we havent replaced the players that were sold,unai to stubborn wont play belis in starting 11 or mbaye,and put sjm in midfield so we dont get over run let bouba mop up like he been doing in past seasons, also id like to see jckson,madjo,mbaye uptop will unai play ithat front 3 in a 433 formation no if we dont start picking up points soon its gonna be a shocking season,unai has to sort this this out.
The villa fans i know rnt happy and have already given up on the season after all the players we sold i still think we will finish 8th to 10 at best which is shocking,yes we needed a rebuild but it should of been done slowly by getting of a couple in summer window then in winter and nxt at end of season,we have ripped the heart and soul out the team and we cant get that bck gone from a top5 squad to a top 10 squad at best the whole team looks clueless in my opinion and we cant keep on blaming psr /ffp unai transfers rnt the best aswell how many have been good aswell suzuki and manzambi do look quite good and ruggeri the rest have question marks against them.
13 Oct 2026 12:37:51
We can focus on the world as we'd like it to be or the world as it is. Yes, in an ideal world we'd have evolved the squad slowly over time with more incremental change, but circumstances didn't allow for that. Some signings will hit the ground running, some will take time and some might not work. With the level of changes to the squad, this season was always going to be a bit rocky. Expecting anything else would be naive, but setting up for long term success without being able to throw money at a problem takes time. The sooner people just accept that and get on with supporting the team the better. Coupled with an entire stand missing, finishing in the top 6 would be a miracle.if you expect anything different, I suggest revising your expectations.
Hoping for something isn't the same as being justified in expecting it.
How many times do we have to go through this short term panic vs long term strategy debate?
Emery will evaluate new signings and integrate them properly to give them the best chance to succeed. It has absolutely nothing to do with being too stubborn to just throw them in. He's an elite manager, not a fan or fantasy football manager.
On a more positive note, it's feeling like this will be one of those seasons where everyone is beating everyone, so who knows, we could just as easily finish 4th as we could 12th.not counting Man City. It's a marathon, not a sprint.
13 Oct 2026 18:25:54
DBS Irrespective of the circumstances of losing players, integrating new signings, all of this will obviously hamper progress. However If players old and new aren't capable of basic defending,passing the ball to someone in the same coloured shirt and a midfield that looks fractured and clueless,results and performances will continue as they are are no matter what the mitigation is.
13 Oct 2026 23:07:47
The point I'm trying to make is that judging football over a short time scale, more often than not, is useless.
We literally had many of the same conversations and points people are making now, this time last year and a lot of people on here ended up having to admit they'd been short sighted at the end of last season. Rome wasn't built in a day...we literally haven't had chance to field what will likely be our first choice eleven yet due to having to integrate new players signed later than we'd have liked, injuries and all this after a major overhaul and an empty stand.
All of us would like for us to have a fully bedded-in squad of top performers and new signings hit the ground on day one, but real life doesn't work like that. Context matters, it's real, and I'd have hoped by now it might have added a little perspective to the conversation. But people have their own way of analysing things I guess, so each to their own.
For what it's worth, I think this season was always going to be tough given the above, but in a season where lots of teams are inconsistent, if we all stick together we could end up with a decent finish...but if we don't, it's not a reason to throw our toys out of the pram and demand heads roll. Next season we could reap the rewards of a solid foundation and investing in young talent. Full new stand, integrated squad and a year of team building. That's how i'll judge this new squad, not after 10 games.