The 8 New Year's Resolutions for Aston Villa in 2025
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- Dan Rolinson and Rob Warner identify 8 New Year's Resolutions Aston Villa can make in 2025 and it could have been a lot more. Villa have a lot to work on in the new year.
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The last 2 years are still the best we've had in years. Anyone would think we're still in the Lambert or Gerrard years listening to this. How about we focus on being Top 5 of the Champions League - a competition we spent years desperate to get into. It remains a very special time to be supporting this club. UTV.
I don't disagree Chris, but I also don't want this to be as good as it gets. I'm sure Emery doesn't either.
Yea, my fear is that we end up like Leicester. They did exceptionally well and ended up irrelevant a few years later. We only won 15 in 39 games in 2024, which is the bottom half of the table form. The defending has been as bad as I've ever seen. Tottenham could have scored 10 past us the other day. Conceding from our own corners, back passing in the box against Chelsea is crazy. In fact, it's pathetic. We really need to improve to move on as a club long term, not one or 2 seasons. I'm genuinely worried about how poor our defence is. The errors are constant. Guys in midfield arent doing it this year either. McGinn has not scored a league goal this season, its not really acceptable for an attacking midfield captain. Bailey is the same. It has to improve.
@@ChrisJackson-zp2zl I'd agree with most of wot you say, but we can't stop now, it's like we are happy to b very good, but somehow we mustn't get very, very good, I'm talking the next level , I want a title challenge, win a cup, ...not settle for champions league football
Personal resolutions - Finish therapy, keep working on myself, draw more, be more creatively successful, go on my solo adventures, get out of my comfort zone more.
Good luck to ya. UTV.
Happy new year! UTV
I honestly feel like the Villa we saw that qualified 7th for CL was better than the Pau Torres 4th place Villa, it sounds silly but hear me out, we finished 7th after throwing away 12 games. We had more clean sheets, solid defense and still scored goals for fun, slapped Newcastle, slapped Brighton etc. Since last season we've been conceding wayyy too many goals, we never had games like 5-1 Newcastle, now I get worried teams can run riot against us if we're not on it. At least then, we simply outscored teams, but even Sheff Utd and Burnley we conceded 2+ sometimes. This kind of form has been coming for a while.
I agree 100% I don't rate Torres. I would sell him.
And Carlos. And Cash.
@@geraldmorris4286 Agree with you mate.
Only 6 mins in, but I don't think it's as simple as saying nearly all of our problems are at the back. Defending starts from the front and as a team. Not retaining the ball further forward when we are tasked with playing in this very wide open way is killing us. It gives opposition momentum and belief. If we want to create we have to take risks with the ball, which can be forgiven but we are giving it away far too cheaply far too often. I think too many are blaming individuals at the back rather than this team as a whole and this style.
If Rogers took care of the ball a little better and didn't hit that slump in form where he kept giving the ball away or Bailey was last season Bailey, we'd not be seeing as many problems at the back.
Same can be said slightly for Watkins, if he didn't have that injury he is supposed to be carrying, maybe he buries a couple more chances & has more confidence which in turn results in him burying a couple more. Duran's been brilliant and has saved us with big moments of magic *shudders*... but as a team, we're still better with Ollie right now - really promising signs from Jhon all round game though.
That's 3 regular starters. Now add in Torres, Carlos, Konsa, Cash - 3 of these 4 will start... and everyone is blaming at least one or all of them...
That's 6 of the starting 11. That's a team problem. I know McGinn gets some online too. As has Onana quite a bit as well. It's the whole team bar Youri, Digne, and Bouba. And against Newc Bouba lost the ball for Gordon's goal; And Youri could have helped out Cash better stopping the shot.
Crazy thing is I think this side desperately needs more pace in it and someone getting to the byline, and Maatsen has it but Digne God bless him has been our most consistent performer and doesn't deserve dropping.
Emery wants to play this way. I assume without giving it away so cheaply. We either calm down and stick with it, like Emery is, or criticise Unai and the coaches, not indivdiual players imo...
I think we as a fanbase as a whole should calm down (not you guys, but seeing a lot of anger online) and stick with it, if Emery is.
I would prefer we revert back to building up with a back 3, but I am not UE.
Back in the 1990s Arsenal under Wenger were often criticised for trying to walk the ball into the net. In fact it became a joke with them. We try to do the same, difference is Arsenal were good at it! ‘Take more speculative shots’ would be my recommendation.
We need a RB, commanding CB, A winger with pace and a No.10 if we want to push on next season...
Lampty brighton skinner psg malin dortmund baena villereal
@@shaneoneill8232 that would be perfect if we could get them
Would agree, don't want us being nice. Sick of it, it obviously gets us nowhere/holds us back.
How sad that even with the technology we have, we have to devalue ourselves to *try* and get fair treatment from officials (try because we still won't get it probably!!!)
Absolutely great point, Rob. Unai has done amazingly well, and the bulk of the team are still players Stevie G would have been picking, and also came up from the Championship. This is a process, a building one, which is taking time. UTV
We need a rough , tough centre half, ( mings) a speedy right back, ( nedlejkovic), a winger( bailey), ...oh right, we've already got them....wtf, lol
Mings will play now Pau is injured, throwing a young lad in at the deep end isn't the answer and Bailey has been hit and miss (mainly miss) for a while now.. It isn't looking like we're getting prime Bailey back ever
Didn't Watkins form suffer when we bought in Ings and improved drastically when he was sold. Becoming evident he can't deal with the pressure/competition of another player in his position (happening again now with Duran) and that's a big problem.
If I was Villa manager I would nominate five players after each home game for half hour to sign autographs for the kids waiting outside.
Buy players that improve the team and therefore actually play
Or buy young players who aren’t the finished article but under a coach like Emery will reach levels after a year or two…
stop playing a centre half at right back , It don't work, I don't ever remember seeing Van Dijk , Alan Evans, John Terry ,Rio Ferdinand flying down the wing , please villa fix this problem , Just take a look at the 2 goals conceded against Brighton, it's ridiculous
I would rather see maatsen play right back and keep a better balance to the defence and the wings
Keep the balance lol !!!
Other prem team players when they tackle hard they should at the other player to get up or try to pick them up , we hold our hands up apologetic which sways the official,
Excellent pod guys! I was basically going to do something very similar and agree with your points especially that we’re too “nice” as a team- need to use the dark arts in our favour
Our summer business is the reason we’re not as good this season, diaby and luiz out. Onana and maatsen in, the rest of the signings were just bizarre.
Would you take an extra 6 games and winning the FA cup in 2025? For the record I would! It would get Europe!! UTV PS Happy New Year
All solid points.
Happy New Year.
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We raise the game for the Champions League but we don't for the the Premiership and become an easy touch! Defensively we have been so poor for ages ! We need a freshen up with players that can put a shift in ;)
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Rob, do a kickflip!
71 this month and dont believe in resolutions, in 30s I used to really believe life changed 😂 anyway, why we here. Agree with the 8 because at times our club do frustrate our fans and changes need to happen.
The times I see them just standing still while clubs have a kick about between them selves 😡 annoying, go attack 🙄
Can you do a window blog who you want to go and arrive 🤷♂️
I say sell
Philogene ( whys he here )
Buendia ( not same since injury )
Carlos ( 😡 )
Dare I say this
Ok
Watkins wants out hence poor play
Ouch am running off now lol
I would except missing out on Europe if united was relegated
Players cant step up if they are not given game time
We spent £100 million on Maasten (hardly played) Onana (a few goals) and two players from Juventus who've contributed nothing to the club.... this is absolutely disgusting, can anyone defend this? £100 million
And to think before the season we were raving about our depth.
Very poor summer and the Maatsen one is strange.
Maatsen will be the replacement for Digne who is on high wages and going into the last year of his contract.
The Juventus deal was all PSR related(very annoying but had to be done).
Onana as you say, is a lot of money at this time but with his age, he could end up being a very important player for us.
Who would you have signed?
They are all very young, and some of the most promising talent in Europe - that costs and shows the club is thinking for the longer term rather than just knee-jerk, short-term buys that plagued this club for so long.
I would have like to have seen kyle walker peters, Eze, Guehi, Ivan Toney. Or people close to that Ilk.
Yes , bring on the conference league, utd relegated City banished to league 2 , fantastic
If we are going to progress and stay at a level then better windows need to happen.
Mcginn, Cash and Bailey can't be our nailed on staters every game.
Need a lot of work to get where we want to be.
The summer window was poor Barrenechea, Iling Jnr, Dobbin were a waste of money.
Onana and Maatsen are average signings as squad players.
We need better quality - backup (GK) RB, CB, RM (RW), LM (LW), ST
Players that aren’t good enough imo is Olsen, Gauci, Carlos, Bogarde, Nedeljokvic, Philogene, Buendia, Bailey, Watkins
It’s called FFP. That’s why we sold and bought the way we did. No one complained at the start of the season. And now everyone is captain hindsight
@ yes I know FFP was the reason but it has definitely affected us. Our squad is getting thinner with quality.
Onana is a defensive midfielder option and I think Tielemans is better than Luiz was. I think the big loss is Diaby as Bailey has dropped off ever since and Philogene is shocking.
Harsh on Maatsen he's looked good whenever he's come on (assuming he's the Digne replacement when he goes) 50m or so on Onana is looking like we've had our pants pulled down.
@@OLLZ1234 Maatsen looks good going forward but still not sure defensively. Yes Onana is not worth £50m imo. He is okay but nothing spectacular. Especially when you see how Tielemans and Kamara are.
Not getting in top 5, ho well just have to win euro cup, that should be easy now utv .