EPL 2024/2025
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Eight years ago tonight AVFC lost 3-1 at home to Reading. Today we beat the best team in Europe to complete an unbeaten UEFA Champions League season at home. So proud of this team and how far they've come in recent years.
Hopefully, there are more nights like tonight and some silverware ahead.
@sparky said in EPL 2024/2025:
Eight years ago tonight AVFC lost 3-1 at home to Reading. Today we beat the best team in Europe to complete an unbeaten UEFA Champions League season at home. So proud of this team and how far they've come in recent years.
Hopefully, there are more nights like tonight and some silverware ahead.
There will be. We may still win the FA Cup, and are a huge chance of qualifying again for the champions league. Tough fixtures ahead in the league with Newcastle and Man City back to back.
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I didn't realise that PSG were managed by Luis Enrique. If Villa had pulled it off, that would have been a kind of revenge for Emery - he managed PSG when they lost that crazy tie against Luis Enrique's Barcelona, where Barcelona won despite being 3 goals behind after 88 minutes.
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Virgil Van Dijk has signed a contract extension at Liverpool.
https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/virgil-van-dijk-signs-new-liverpool-fc-contract
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There's a bit of social media chat today saying Jurgen Kloop has been approached by Real Madrid about taking over as their coach at the end of the season.
@sparky said in EPL 2024/2025:
There's a bit of social media chat today saying Jurgen Kloop has been approached by Real Madrid about taking over as their coach at the end of the season.
Hope so, we need some crazy characters like him in the game.
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Aston Villa 4 Newcastle 1
Hit the woodwork three times as well. Gave the Toon a battering. A superb response to Tuesday's heartache exit from the Champions League against PSG.
@sparky said in EPL 2024/2025:
Aston Villa 4 Newcastle 1
Hit the woodwork three times as well. Gave the Toon a battering. A superb response to Tuesday's heartache exit from the Champions League against PSG.
Watkins was unplayable today. Deserved more than one.
Asensio should have tucked one away after the Newcastle goal too. Newcastle should be happy they only lost 4-1.
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Leicester City and Southampton are already relegated with five games to go. It's mathematically possible for Ipswich Town to stay up but they would need to win all five of their last five games by stonking amounts and for West Ham to get thrashed in all five of their games.
So it is looks like all three of the sides who were newly promoted in August are heading back down again with several games to spare. The gulf between the Premier League and the Championship has never been so wide.
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Leicester City and Southampton are already relegated with five games to go. It's mathematically possible for Ipswich Town to stay up but they would need to win all five of their last five games by stonking amounts and for West Ham to get thrashed in all five of their games.
So it is looks like all three of the sides who were newly promoted in August are heading back down again with several games to spare. The gulf between the Premier League and the Championship has never been so wide.
@sparky said in EPL 2024/2025:
Leicester City and Southampton are already relegated with five games to go. It's mathematically possible for Ipswich Town to stay up but they would need to win all five of their last five games by stonking amounts and for West Ham to get thrashed in all five of their games.
So it is looks like all three of the sides who were newly promoted in August are heading back down again with several games to spare. The gulf between the Premier League and the Championship has never been so wide.
FFP. If teams overspend and go back down, they're fucked.
It's hard enough for teams like Aston Villa and Newcastle trying to keep up with the elite. It's just as hard for promoted sides to stay in the division because of the rules.
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@sparky said in EPL 2024/2025:
Leicester City and Southampton are already relegated with five games to go. It's mathematically possible for Ipswich Town to stay up but they would need to win all five of their last five games by stonking amounts and for West Ham to get thrashed in all five of their games.
So it is looks like all three of the sides who were newly promoted in August are heading back down again with several games to spare. The gulf between the Premier League and the Championship has never been so wide.
FFP. If teams overspend and go back down, they're fucked.
It's hard enough for teams like Aston Villa and Newcastle trying to keep up with the elite. It's just as hard for promoted sides to stay in the division because of the rules.
@African-Monkey said in EPL 2024/2025:
@sparky said in EPL 2024/2025:
Leicester City and Southampton are already relegated with five games to go. It's mathematically possible for Ipswich Town to stay up but they would need to win all five of their last five games by stonking amounts and for West Ham to get thrashed in all five of their games.
So it is looks like all three of the sides who were newly promoted in August are heading back down again with several games to spare. The gulf between the Premier League and the Championship has never been so wide.
FFP. If teams overspend and go back down, they're fucked.
It's hard enough for teams like Aston Villa and Newcastle trying to keep up with the elite. It's just as hard for promoted sides to stay in the division because of the rules.
The danger will be dropping further because of their financial position trying to stay up in the EPL
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@sparky said in EPL 2024/2025:
Leicester City and Southampton are already relegated with five games to go. It's mathematically possible for Ipswich Town to stay up but they would need to win all five of their last five games by stonking amounts and for West Ham to get thrashed in all five of their games.
So it is looks like all three of the sides who were newly promoted in August are heading back down again with several games to spare. The gulf between the Premier League and the Championship has never been so wide.
FFP. If teams overspend and go back down, they're fucked.
It's hard enough for teams like Aston Villa and Newcastle trying to keep up with the elite. It's just as hard for promoted sides to stay in the division because of the rules.
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Except three seasons ago Fulham, Bournemouth and Forest were the promoted sides. All have stayed up, consolidated and are pushing for Europe. Helped by several of the 'powerhouse clubs' having shat the bed.
@dogmeat said in EPL 2024/2025:
Except three seasons ago Fulham, Bournemouth and Forest were the promoted sides. All have stayed up, consolidated and are pushing for Europe. Helped by several of the 'powerhouse clubs' having shat the bed.
They have, and it's awesome too see, but the crackdown in the last 2 or so years on FFP breaching is stronger than ever now, with Everton and Forest being made examples out of.
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Except three seasons ago Fulham, Bournemouth and Forest were the promoted sides. All have stayed up, consolidated and are pushing for Europe. Helped by several of the 'powerhouse clubs' having shat the bed.
@dogmeat said in EPL 2024/2025:
Except three seasons ago Fulham, Bournemouth and Forest were the promoted sides. All have stayed up, consolidated and are pushing for Europe. Helped by several of the 'powerhouse clubs' having shat the bed.
Fulham and Bournemouth had both been up and down a bit before that, while Forest only just scraped through to 38 points.
I wonder if making a promotion stick is about having a couple of cracks to benefit from the extra cash and boosting your squad so that at the 2nd or 3rd attempt you can stick the landing.
Will be interesting to see if Burnley can stay up after their latest yo-yo.
