Stan Collymore described Aston Villa’s season as “slightly disappointing” and believes that the club will miss European football next year.
The Villa Fan Collymore from BoyHood regularly takes part in games after having spent three seasons with the club at the end of the nineties, and although he recognizes the progress under Unai Emery, he believes that defensive will hinder their progress.
The villa, which is ninth after the disappointing 1-1 draw on Saturday with 10-man-ipswich-Stadt, is still in the Champions League and automatically qualifies for the 16th round after you in the revised group phase.
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Collymore predicts that the villa is occupied for eighth place
But Collymore believes that the failure to sign at least one defender in the January window will return to bite them.
Talk to 101 great goals William Hill VegasThe 54-year-old said: “I have Villa to finish eighth place, which would miss us in Europe.
“Newcastle has happened and it is just one of these mistakes and breakdowns in which clubs with small squads in particular do not have the ability to deal with the number of tournaments played.
“If I have the right, the villa will be missed in Europe. I don’t think we will win the Champions League, so will it win until the FA Cup? I think that still brings you to the Europa League, so that’s the best opportunity.
“As far as the season is concerned, I dare to say that it was slightly disappointing, which sounds bizarre when I was with friends at the end of the Holte to watch how we beat Bayern Munich, see how we beat Juventus …
“If you take the Champions League aside, a previous effort of nine out of ten efforts, the League campaign was significantly average, as there was a lack of attention to the storage of clean leaves. Villa simply cannot keep a clean leaf. Most of the time we enter the first goal, which means that you follow the game. “
Collymore Eyes Fa Cup fame
Villa is challenging on three fronts, the league, the FA Cup and the Champions League. When asked what would be a success for the club this season, Collymore said: “With the hat of my Villa fans, we have not won the FA Cup since 1957 at Unai Emery.
“Which villa prioritize is to go as far as possible in the Champions League, but I think you will be extremely disappointed if you don’t get a certain taste of Europe.
“So, the Fa Cup as a fan. Go as a club as far as possible in the Champions League. “
Rashford and Asensio are not enough – Collymore
Villa made two well-known commitments in January and brought Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio from Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain, but Collymore was not entirely satisfied with the business of the club.
“The jury is out in terms of recruitment,” he said.
“I know that there were two marquee commitments in relation to Asensio and Rashford, but I think many Villa fans would have liked to have seen one or two central defenders.
“Tyrone Mings was recently injured again, he is now back, Pau Torres was injured, Diego Carlos went to Turkey and Ezri Konsa was mixed between right and the central defense.
“It is great to have headlines that attract attention – both national and local headlines – but the signs that Villa had were not exceptional. If you look at Villa’s three main corer – one was Ollie Watkins, who inherited Unai Emery, one was Morgan Rogers, a nine out of ten players, but probably not expected that he was playing as many games as he is, that’s a bit of luck And Ross Barkley, who scored three points. Again, it was expected to be expected to play a few games in Cup competitions and not to weigh about the Premier League. Leon Bailey was disappointing, Donyell Malen hasn’t done much yet, Ian Maatsen … (Amadou) Onana started very well, but has dismissed.
“Players who came for good money were par or just below par. At the moment the Villa fans say: “Great, we are still in the Champions League”, but we have to correct some of the blatant inconsistencies in the performances. “
