Didn't Simon say Villa wouldn't lay a glove on Arsenal and 4th is more or less guaranteed for Spurs. Take his words with a pinch of sault

I love listening to Simon Jordan. However, Villa fans would happily 'struggle' each season to get Champions League football under Emery, because that is a million miles better than where we were before.

Mr Anti Villa talking absolute tripe again

First 18 months ago Simon said Villa will struggle to get into Europe, 8 months later in August he said they wouldn't be able to juggle the league with Europe, then he said Newcastle will finish 4th, the, a month ago, he said Spurs was his favourite to finish 4th. His pal Goldstein and other of his colleagues said only last week that Emery would 'jump' at a chance to join a 'big' club. Now. Liverpool, Bayern Munich and possibly Man Utd are looking for managers and Emery has extended his contract a Villa. Them at talk-sport has been consistently wrong!?!!

FFP just protects the Giants from teams like Villa and Newcastle having a go.

Well that’s us consistently competing for top four then

I would imagine Aston Villa FC do not take onboard the thoughts of some previous failed football owner now 2 bob radio disc jockey tbh

Why would everyone love us to fail? It's exactly the same situation as Newcastle. The media see a new team that can realistically compete with the Sky 6 and they don't like it so they try and say everything they can to bring them down. Before today it was all "Villa wont be able to keep Emery if one of the big boys come knocking" and once that theory goes out the window it becomes "Villa wont be able to compete under Emery". It's laughable honestly. Let the results do the talking instead of your biases. I can't say that this opinion concerns me - I could list all the times that Simon Jordan has been wrong about Villa this season but I dont have enough time in the day.

As a Villa fan, I agree with Simon, its not going to be easy but it isn't for any team. But most importantly we are aware of the challenges from a team and from a business perspective. And we genuinely look forward to these challenges.

Simon and Danny on this one? Just missing Andy Goldstein and you have the trifecta of Villa haters!

I can remember a month or two ago when Simon and Danny both said they can't see the Villa staying where they are and will fall off and finish 7th or 8th 🤔

I am tired of this "Villa is only in the top 4 because other teams are struggling" nonsense. Even if Villa "only" win 2 of the last 4 games that puts us on 72 points which is more then Newcastle, Liverpool, Spurs and Chelsea got last season Spurs, Arsenal and United got in the 21/22 season Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs and Arsenal got in the 20/21 season United, Chelsea, Spurs and Arsenal got in the 19/20 season And I could keep going. So lets not pretend that this is some one off season where the "Sky 6" are suddenly struggling. Facts say that every single season at least 3 of those don't get above 71 points. So that's what Villa have to do, get to 71 points and Champions league should be almost guaranteed, REGARDLESS of what the "sky 6" do. And as far as FFP goes, well I think the likes of Man United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Newcastle and Spurs have proven that just because you have the means of spending a lot and they have, that does not guarantee success on the pitch. All of those clubs have spent a lot more then Villa in the last 5 years especially when you consider 2/3 of Villa's spending was done in the 19/20 and 20/21 seasons, mostly out of necessity. So Villa getting top 4 is NOT predicated on what the "Sky 6" do but on what ASTON VILLA does, and believe me, You haven't seen anything yet. So up Unai Emery's Mighty ASTON VILLA and stop all this BS talk. UTV!

Remember TalkSPORT saying last season that being in the Europa Conference league would hinder our progress in the Prem 😂 Yet a year later we’re in the top 4, 6 points clear of 5th and in a European semi final 😎

What does Jordan know, he flip flops more than Ghandi

This is why FFP needs to change fast. Why do clubs like Chelsea and Man Utd get to constantly fail and yet spend much more money than teams like Villa and Newcastle who are outperfoming them? Its a closed shop that needs to change.

Newcastle are above Man United and Chelsea. Someone remind Simon, Danny and Jim, please.

Jordan's right... we will be top 3 !

This lot don't realise Villa have been plagued with injuries this season without complaint but have still beat Arsenal twice and played Man City of the park. Short of a couple of bad decisions Villa would be in for shot of the title.

He also said we’d lose to Arsenal…

Setidaknya saat ini Aston Villa berada di posisi yang lebih baik dari tahun2 sebelumnya.. setiap tim pasti akan menghadapi masalah di tiap tahunnya.. apapun pendapatnya, as a villa fan, i just can say Up The Villa..!!

same person that said he didn’t see villa beating arsenal? 2024/25 premier league title challenge confirmed 😂

they need a 60k seat stadium. and a reworking of the FFP rules, which is a racket as it stands now. we'll get there. Up the Villa!

We don’t expect CL every season. The only thing us Villa fans want is to be challenging Top 6 like we should.

I HATE when people I.e. Danny Murphy, say we’ll struggle with champions league football and the league. We’ve shown that we can… we’re in the semi final of the conference league and pushing for top 4… we’ve lost 1 game after playing in Europe on a thursday... 10 games and lost 1…. We have the best manager for managing European competitions in the world. Put some respect in Villas and Emery’s name

We have got three new players for next season already, Mings, Buendia and Ramsay. 😂

I would love for Aston Villa to drive a wedge through the top 4 repeatedly and work their way up to be a European Regular

You all keep writing us off and that's fine by me,IL get the custard and the humble pie when things turn out different,UTV,

no it will not be straight forward, because the sky six and premier league is a closed shop now, where villa and newcastle are not allowed

Historically Villa are one of the most successful clubs in the country in terms of winning trophies. They say everything is cyclical, they are coming around again. I sense big things coming for Villa.

They said Chelsea would get better last season and they didn’t no team has a right to be in the the top 4 and Chelsea especially are in big financial trouble they will have to sell players before they can think about buying anyone. One of those big teams can fall it’s happened before and it probably will happen again why can’t a team like Villa or Newcastle be the one to take their place.

I love that Danny Murphy looks down and pretends to be busy when Simon criticises his buddy Gerrard, instead of giving an impartial opinion and contributing to the Gerrard clanger

What people seem to be missing is villas style. Theyve coped with injuries, theyve coped with europe, theyll cope with champions league next year. Why? Because of their style of play. They control the games. Regardless of investment, regardless of anything, they arent going away.

What makes this more impresisve for villa is no mings or buendia all season. Kamara for not half season with ACL and ramsey for virtually all season. Villa will only get better if CL is achieved

As a Villa fan, im just happy to see that we are moving in the right direction in all areas of the club. Business wise, structure wise, players and recruitment , manager and coaching staff and dont forget the fans. Building the fan base is being overlooked . Every area and position of the club has the right person in place to take Villa into a stronger position. UTV

Villa have alot of quality players on the treatment table. And are still having a fantastic Season and have been fantastic since Emery took the helm. Add Byendia Mings Ramsey kamarra and you have more quality to pick from. Villa are going places and these pundits just dont want to admit it that Villa are on the cusp of a very succesfull period in the clubs history.

Never understand why they say Bruno doesn’t have the legs and he’s not a top athlete where do they get this from ?

Jordan constantly changes his tune when hes wrong, he said Emery would be the wrong appointment hes wrong now hes saying we will struggle, he changes like the wind.. BORINGGGG

Opinion rejected. UTV

Most of these pundits on Talk sport are just clickbaiters or Masterbaiters

The same points about Sky Six teams not performing were being said last season too, we were told it would never happen again as those clubs would inevitably get stronger. Well guess what, a season later and they're still not performing. How many seasons do we go until the MSM realise that some of their favourites have fallen for good? UTV!

Villa were in danger of becoming a big club after they won the league and the European Cup in the 1980s with a young team. I was in Birmingham the day their chairman 'Deadly' Doug Ellis fired Ron Saunders the manager, Everybody agreed it was a mistake and the club has never recovered. Ellis held Villa back. They have a metropolitan population of around 4.3 million people and no significant local competition. If they are run properly they could become one of the biggest clubs in the country.

Can see parallels with Newcastle this season - Made the CL but struggled with 2-3 high intesity games a week, despite investing the money to significantly enhance strength and depth of their first team.

As a villa fan I would take top 7 finish in most seasons going forward and if qualification for the champions league happens it's a bonus

Remember 4-5 years ago our new owners took on a broken club in despair and constructed a 5 year plan to steadily improve the club from the ground up to take us to Europe and to take us to heights my generation had never seen. Yeah, we’ve took our time building it up in a sustainable manner and I don’t see them stopping there. This is no flash in the pan. I have complete faith in this football club and man, I am loving every minute of this incredible journey!

This was all said about Man City when it was Arsenal, Chelsea, Man Utd, Liverpool as top 4 teams and look what happened.

Danny Murphy has spoken sense and Simon Jordan is quite positive about Villa often. So far the ownership has delivered on their targets ahead of schedule. Villa have already compounded expectations this season considering injuries and a minor European competition. To achieve what they have after Beale left Villa is extraordinary.

The same Simon Jordan said we had no chance getting a result against Arsenal about 10 days ago so lets see, but realistically you dont need loads of money in order to get (or buy) success you neeed great scouting/signings and a world class manager alonside elite ownership and an amazing structure from top to bottom which i beleive we now have, money doesnt guarantee anything look at Chelsea........

Is it me or is Danny Murphy slowly morphing into a talking tortoise on a drug downer😳

Idk, the only times I’ve seen villa struggle this season were with fatigue, a major injury in the match (eg Mings vs Newcastle), Robin Olsen in goal, or experimental formations (5-back vs spurs). Worth remembering too, Emery has done this with the bulk of players signed by Dean smith / Gerrard when we were bottom half. The captain was signed under Steve Bruce in the championship.

They just don’t get it ……. Lol😂😂😂😂😂

Simon is such a beacon of positivity!😂

Sir Simon = Top LAD Proper Clobber 💯 Facts

Every club that isn't Man City struggle to consistently get top 4 at the moment

I don't agree with Simon but I understand the point he's making. There are bigger boys in PL who will come strong in the next few years. But people were doubting Villa will be able to finish in the top 8 this year, with the Conference Lg schedule added. Even with the crazy amount of injuries, Unai and the team have proven they're top quality. If they can secure top 4, the additional funds and the bigger profile will help them improve their squad. I fully trust Unai at this point, there is not an ounce of reason to doubt him. UTV!

Same man who predicted us to get battered at Arsenal, Simon doesn’t have a scooby

The only difference between this season and the possibility of Champions League next season is the quality of the opposition we face in the mid week games and the places we need to go to for those games. We are playing in Europe already. i think the TuesWed nights will be better for us.

Nothing to worry about lads, Jordan thought Arsenal would run us through.

As a Villa fan I think the supporter base is far more realistic than Newcastle or Spurs. In reality a top half finish is decent given the competitive nature of the league and then push for the European places. In some exceptional years they will hopefully get CL football. Of course we have to keep in mind that Man Utd and Chelsea have been tepid at best this year and they will likely improve. Also there is some kind of conspiracy to keep Everton in the Prem and they will also do better at some point sadly. Throw in Newcastle, Spurs, Leeds, West Ham and other teams of similar size and finishing 4th every year becomes a tall order. Fingers crossed for this year!

My favourite part of this clip, Jim White to Simon Jordan "Sorry, are we keeping you out?" Jordan "a little". LOL!! I for one, as a Villan, am pleased pundits and SKY etc keep writing us off, that's when we are at our best. UTV!!

What an utter load of shite, as per usual Villa dont get any credit or the manager, not once has he moaned about injuries weve lost 5 of first team starters for all of the season. I hate the main stream press.

as an aston villa fan i want us to just keep around the top 7 and go on some cup runs thats all, top 4 is a just a bonus... we dont expect top 4 we just expect some sort of European football

Villa will be challenging again next season. Get ya bets on!!

I'll take the Gerrard mistake because he kept the seat warm until such time as we could get Emery. Unai may not have been willing to come at the time we hired Gerrard. I'll take the Gerrard tenture considering where it took us.

It was Danny Murphy that said Bruno does have the legs, which was a ridiculous statement.

Stats Simon…stats…. This dude has some deep resentment from back in the day.

Don't disagree tbh and I'm a Villa fan. I think the top 4/5 will constantly change each season with about 8 teams challenging.

Hugely ignorant section in everything they said here

Bear in mind villa have had no mings/ buendia all season, and no Ramsey/ Kamara for much of the season. All these to return in addition to any new signings

How does he know, the only time hes had anything to do with football was in the champuonship.

Used to like Goldstain until he managed to turn the positive of villa doing the double over arsenal into a phone in on "will emery leave for one of the big 6 and would you have him " ... watta nobhead .. meanwhile back in reality instead of going to united Unai signed a contract extension to 27

We weren't supposed to compete for it this year either were we?

Completely overlooking the fact that under Emery Villas points gained have averaged 4th position...not just this season but last season too. He came in last season inheriting a relegation threatened team and got them into Europe finishing 7th. This season adding in the signings of Diaby, Torres and Zaniolo(whilst losing three players to acl injuries)weve improved upon last season and are set to finish 4th plus in European semi final. Comparing us to West Ham pre season and now Newcastle for next if were in the Champions League.....Emery is not Moyes or Howe...hes managed a thousand games plus, success at multiple clubs, consistently acheived in Europe and the league.

Villa have had a great season for a team like this but realistically they’re a top half team at best but considering where they’ve been for the last few years the team and especially the fans will be more than happy with that 👏

Our owners are the 4th/5th richest owners in the league FFP stops our owners flexing their financial muscle, but they are sporting owners in it for the long term. Already doubled our income for next season, the media don’t want us invading the Sky6

When the owners took over they wanted champs league in 5 years and we are on the verge hopefully. This team has barely begun, most of them started with us at a young age and are coming into their prime like Konsa, Luis, Watkins, mcginn. They are a great base to build from in the next stage. The youth set up is in good hands to as is the recruitment so it’s barely begun. The likes off united, Chelsea, Liverpool are in transition and you never know how that will go, the manager is crucial. If Pep goes then there are a fair few clubs that are knocking on the door. It could mean a level playing ground and as Unai is possibly one of the top 2 -3,managers in the league anything could happen. It could depend on what money we can generate as we grow although Unai seems to be a very good coach when given the raw materials not necessarily the already proven players.

Will it depend on the squad they have.

If Simon says he thinks it's going to be raining tomorrow, get out your suntan lotion and your deck chairs.

Fair play to Danny, i was awaiting the Villa bashing as usual. Overall Talksport how about shutting up about your beloved so called big Six. You have no idea how big Villa are and their fan base and their potential fan base

Of course Villa will struggle to compete for top 4, its a highly competitive division for a reason... only Man City have maintained a top 4 place for the previous 5 seasons. Arsenal and Spurs are "big 6" teams that the media love so much and they've only finished in the top 4 three times in the previous 5 seasons combined. Chelsea went from 3rd to 12th in the space of a single season while spending more than anyone else in the league

Yet his total tally since he come he is ranked 4th That’s consistency

Get used to Villa being in the mix. Massively wealthy owners, Altairos investment recently who are linked to Comcast, revenue starting to rapidly rise off the pitch, world class manager.

Simon said Chelsea would finish in the top 4 this season so I wouldn't take his predictions too seriously.

There's a new top 4 in the making Man city, Arsenal, Newcastle and Villa. The other 3 - Man united, Liverpool and Chelsea expect a transition phase for a few years. Spurs could challenge if they spend the money

He said last week he could see villa staying where they are because of our owners and the structure of the club. What a clown 🤡

WHY IS THE VOLUME ALWAYS SO LOW ON THESE CHATS!???

Jordan said the other week we've got no chance against Arsenal, keep going my man everything you say won't happen, happens lol

Im an arsenal fan and the same thing could be said for us when Newcastle hit the ground running and teams like Chelsea and united get back to their best. It'll be a struggle for anyone other than city to be guaranteeing fans a top 4 finish

Aston Villa were the original Big Club. (If you know your football history) No reason why they should not believe they can get back there.

He said last week we are built for top 4 with the infrastructure, now he hays this what a Muppet.😂

Thumbs down for volume of the jingle at the end

Simon does talk tripe. And onions too. In all honesty, none of us know the future of our clubs, that's what makes it the worlds greatest sport.

Jordan who said we have no chance against Arsenal? Looks like Villa are top 4 contenders for a decade then

Can't wait for Unai to put all these doubters in their place ✌️💜💙 UTV

What does Simon know he said we wouldnt beat Arsenal

??? The media really do struggle with the likes of Newcastle or Villa being in the top 6.

Oh shut up Simon! 1st you say Villa will struggle this season to juggle the prem and ECL ❌️ WRONG! 2nd you said you believe Spurs will finish above Villa ❌️ WRONG! 3rd you said, Emery would leavd for a so called bigger club ❌️ WRONG! He goes on to extend his contract 😂😂😂 4thly you said we may drop off if we get injuries... this list goes on! Just be quiet will you 😂😂😂 We have Unai emery, and we will be in and around 1 -7 in the league competing in Europe, thats good enough for me.

Last week: Would Emery go to United *Emery signs new contract* This Week: Villa will not be consistant 🙃

I'm no villa fan but games like that (v olympiakos) make me seriously question watching the far from beautiful modern game. By huge contrast the two Champions League Semis were a pleasure to watch. The refs let the game flow, I didnt see the ref in the players faces once. Now I realise why - no English team in either. When theres an English team 1. sky's commentators wetting themselves when the opposition score and agreeing with every decision AGAINST the English side. 2. The referee never lets the game flow. The opposition dive and get in refs face. He reacts by getting in the English teams faces and booking over half the team (you couldnt make it up!) The pundits and commentators ignore it all and act like scared disloyal mice. 3. At the away leg - the English fans get 200 seats 250 feet up in the rafters behind screens and nets (you fans should boycott!). You know the FA will be backing this 100%. The unmanly behaviour of the players was disgusting. The disgraceful euro ref and var makes the English refs look semi competent. Certainly wont be watching the 2nd leg, which on doubt willl be bias on steroids. You so-called men are being laughed at, stop lying down and taking these insults, vote with your feet.

I wish people would stop saying "Youneye Emery" and "Unai Emeray" Its "ooon-eye em-er-ree"

Villa started 17th I think 4th or 5th would be a great season we need to make the most of it as man United and Chelsea are not doing great