They’re getting absolutely mauled in the CL next year.
Spurs might’ve stood a chance because they’ve got a better squad but Villa have neither the depth, nor the quality, nor the experience to make it out.
Be interesting to see how they target the market.
Maybe Unai is playing 4D chess. He knows he can’t hack it in the CL but they’ll drop into the EL.
Aston Villa are irrelevant to us.
Nice seeing a different team in the CL that isn’t one of our rivals.
Congratulations to them. Emery has done a great job
I believe that’s been ditched? Teams no longer drop to EL(or ECL) under the new format.
Oh really? Been a long time coming. Could have used that rule when we were putzing around in the EL.
They only need to outdo 12 teams to get to the knockouts and thats Unai country!
I’m interested to see how it works out but from what I heard this format should favour bigger teams in the CL, meaning we get less big clubs tragically crashing out.
Yea for sure. Decent chance teams will make it out with 8 or 9 points from the 8 games id say.
Also i think you spelled hilariously wrong there.
Lol
I disagree.
Villa have better players across the pitch.
Majority of the Spurs squad has already played in the Champions League before.
Villa still have multiple Championship level players in their team.
Popping bottles? We’ve come a long way. I can still remember this post-match end-of-season, 4th place-clinching picture getting mocked.
In terms of starting XI - Villa have better strikers, midfielders and defenders, so I am not sure what you mean by quality.
As for the depth, now that they have CL, I am sure they will shore up their squad accordingly.
On the other hand, the Spurs have massive issues with fullback, midfield, and wing positions. If Son continues his descend then their goalscoring department is massively nurfed.
Starting XI is more or less the same. Personally I think Spurs just about edge but I can see the argument going the other way.
Squad though, Spurs definitely have the edge.
It makes it even more embarrassing that they missed out on Top 4 against Villa.
(Mind you if anyone should really feel embarrassed about this it’s Man Utd and Chelsea)
Villa could and will strengthen, I’m just not sure one window will be enough to do so. I’m also not sure how much they’ll be allowed to spend in the summer.
I just don’t see your concern with Aston Villa squad.
GK - Emi
CB - Pau Torres, Diego Carlos, Konsa, Tyrone Mings
If they make Clement Lenglet’s transfer permanent, that’s a solid backup
LB - Alex Moreno & Lucas Digne are good players.
RB - Matty Cash (would need a backup for Cash)
Midfield - Luiz, Tielemans, McGinn, Ramsey
Wing - Bailey, Rodgers, Diaby
CF - Watkins, Dhuran
That’s a solid squad across the board. They just need a backup to Cash, another winger and perhaps another midfielder.
They may not achieved much in PL and CL but they are not Championship-level players as you suggest.
That’s 18 players(17 really until the sign Lenglet permanently). The rest you didn’t mention are Championship players(except Buendia).
Rodgers is also Championship player himself. He just recently was playing there. Still yet to be proven.
So they’re definitely lacking numbers(btw some of the names you mentioned I’m not convinced on but that’s another story).
He’s been great imo. I really thought he was going to be a bust after his injury last season but I’ve been pretty impressed when I catch Villa on tv here.
Watkins looks devastated 
https://x.com/avfcofficial/status/1790488207924113749?s=46&t=LlMNFvsPPy2ozwuX8FhQrA
Is he a gooner?