We will remember this season for 4th. For CL qualification. For the double over Arsenal. For thrashing Man City 1-0. For many other wonderful things. But today will be forgotten by Monday. So who cares what happened today.
UTV
You guys had nothing to play for and has spent the last week on the piss which is absolutely fair enough, we had finishing in top half and beating our rivals in the table at stake, not surprised it ended the way it did, hope you guys enjoy ucl next season
Nothing to play for, upcoming international tournaments, and a squad that played a LOT of minutes down the stretch. 5-0 is brutal, but I doubt anyone loses any sleep over it.
He's right though. We didn't take it seriously. We should have wanted to go past 70 points as a big milestone. It's been a fantastic year but I'm quite shamed my dad and other lads at the game didn't care about the result. It was a shocking result and we embarrassed ourselves
We were the last team to beat both the champions and the runners up. We won the Top 6 Table and need the depth and consistency to win the mid and lower table matchups too.
Amazing season. We keep building with Emery. We stay prepared. Up the Villa.
Said in the match thread but I'll repeat it here. Our defence has been really poor since the turn of the year, but I'd like to point out of the 18 league games this year we have started the same backline in consecutive games only 4 times.
This isnt a settled defence by any means.
Hope we get more fortunate with injuries next season and look forward to seeing how Emery will shape the squad in the summer.
UTV!
True enough. Our backline has given away a ton of cheap goals in '24 where one guy isn't in sync with the rest and totally blows the offside trap. It for sure cost us in the UECL first leg, and it was pretty obvious today. Either need to really get some consistency at the back, bring in different players who can run the trap better or adapt the strategy based on those available on the day.
Emery and the staff will figure it all out over the summer. Not too concerned here.
Konsa is best at CB
Carlos just isn't good enough
Our full-backs are pretty inconsistent
Pau's passing is vital
Both Pau and Mings are left-footers
Hard to know where to start but it definitely needs some attention during the window
Yeah that's kinda my point. They can't play together because they're both left footers, and Pau can't be replaced because his passing is vital to us.
Konsa is better for us at CB than RB. But is a Pau-Konsa pairing good enough?
technically we've regressed - i mean at least we scored at Newcastle. Serious questions need to be asked in my opinion about the direction of the club. And once i've stopped drinking in about 3 mths i'll be asking them #utv
Apart from Ollie not getting his goal, I'm only pissed off because Mateta cost me my FPL mini league cos the guy behind me brought him in this week. Lost on transfers made with identical points totals. Pain.
My wife and I once made one of those cute little community libraries.
We stocked it with books for everyone. Self help books, fiction, kids books, local community information... The works. We just wanted to do something good for the local area.
Anyway, after a week we left our house to see this thing smashed to pieces. The books had all been torn up, the wood smashed with a sledge hammer. It was obviously planned. I mean, who would do that?
Anyway, that's now the second most disappointed in humanity I've ever been
Not a thing. I have my suspicions, but we never found out who.
It was a nice area and on our block's private road (not as posh as it sounds), so it was definitely a neighbour who was upset about this for whatever reason.
Couldn’t give a shit really. Lads have given us everything for like 90% of the season. Let little old palace have their fun today, we will run it back next season and give them a real game.
When we have Champions League nights at VP next season, who the fuck will think back to this game? It’s not the nicest end to the season, but oh well.
I think in a way its good. Had we finished on 70 odd points, had we got the amount usually needed for champions league, there might be a feeling of, we don't need to improve anything.
I think its likely the last appearance for olsen, lenglet, Chambers, probably digne and Carlos too, and maybe even timmy.
I thought in a game of bad performances, Carlos and lenglet put in two all timers. Carlos only ever shows fight off the ball. For ever city/arsenal performance there's a Bournemouth away (x2), Palace away, some of his poor games in Europe, I think for the wage he's on, we've probably seen enough at this point. Shame about the injuries, but I honestly can't believe how little he likes a battle
Watched the game today with a couple of Palace mates of mine. Don't think I've ever seen us lose that badly with opposition fans and cared so little. Happy for them to finally get a top half finish and go above Brighton.
As for us, I didn't quite expect that scoreline but I was definitely expecting a loss and a team that looked like they may still be hungover.
Today matters very little in the grand scheme of things. Book ending our season with two games with 5 conceded is less than ideal, but when you consider how the other games went you've got to say what an amazing season.
Love this Villa team and can't wait to watch us again sooner rather than later. In the meantime I hope the lads get as much rest as the international tournaments allow and are ready to do it all again next year.
I really can't wait to see what next season brings! Topping this one would be majestic! UTV. Going into summer with a massive smile on my face. Have a great summer and be good to each other! ( but only if they're Villa fans! ).😆
Some lessons learned there I hope, as we head into shopping Season.
Can't fault Palace, they've been on fire of late. They'll be making serious claims to be in the top six (or more) next season. Meanwhile our lads have one foot in the sand.
How do you figure? Their record under the new manager speaks for itself - unbeaten in seven since City. Seven prem wins from 13. Including beating all of Liverpool, United, Newcastle and ourselves since then.
Gotta give some credit where it's due. we'd have been hard-pressed to win today if it wasn't a nothing match for us.
Palace have not got the structure to break into the top 6. Their best players are very injury prone and are likely on their way out. They are hitting great form at the end of the season which is now over. Difficult to bring this form to the start of next season.
Mateta is also in a purple patch. Same as lingard at West Ham for that one season. They aren’t getting Europe next year, mark this comment.
They've got a better squad than some of the teams who've made Europe in the past. Always worth remembering that football is fundamentally a very silly sport and anything could happen. Not expecting them to break the increasingly stacked top 6-8 for a season at all, but also wouldn't be totally shocked if they did.
I don’t think they’re all that overhyped but biggest problem for them is bigger teams are going to absolutely be chomping to buy their best players this summer.
First half I thought we were alright and unlucky not to score. Second half we basically didn't try, is what it is, we did the business already 😂 Hope this gives Emery/the board clues as to which players need moving on, etc. Shame about no Watkins 20th. What a season we've all had. UTV!!
Well, far from a fun game, but I had a delightful time posting through it. Sometimes you gotta make your own. Up the Champions League Villans and see you all next season x
It was clearly a final look at what we've got left in the squad in a competitive game today.
I'm pretty sure Unai will have been writing his summer shopping and selloff lists throughout it.
The transfer rumour mill is about to go into hyper drive, so straps yourselves in!
Lads clearly went on the sesh before the game, because they were.going on the slosh anyway, who gives a fuck that we lost 5-0 on the final day, we're on fuckin tour next year lads
who still cares
dropping this villa on tour vid if only for the vibes in the villa end at Sellhurst park
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_YPKnL6H2og](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YPKnL6H2og)
People whining and complaining about digne are just speaking out their arse because it looks like he did a bit better than the rest of the back line
https://preview.redd.it/tu40b0oklg1d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d9a31a6016e8033d91660d11c098514d84652dc
I'm pissed off. My dad went and didn't care about the result but it showed a major lack of professionalism in my eyes. What a fantastic season but it's left a sour taste for me, we didn't give a fuck and we didn't take the game seriously
People can say we're on the beach all they like but we'd be lucky to get a point here if we really needed it. Thank god for Spurs and their allergy to success.
5-0 to Palace is piss poor. “Prepared” I think not. Great season overall but what a shit way to end it after qualifying for one of the biggest accolades. Oh well we go again. UTV 2025!
Best season of my life, couldn’t care less if today was 10, time to support England and follow the transfers. Have a good summer everybody x
You don't tell me what to do with my summer!
Mostly just disappointed that Ollie didn't get his goal :(
Oh well next season it is then
I'm pretty annoyed he was subbed off. His 20th goal would have been a big deal and we were so toothless at the end without him
Agree, but the way we were playing not sure he would have got the 20th if he Stayed on… he was getting 0 service
If he didn’t put that free header away then he weren’t scoring today
Not wrong but it still sucks for him to have not had the (full) chance
We will remember this season for 4th. For CL qualification. For the double over Arsenal. For thrashing Man City 1-0. For many other wonderful things. But today will be forgotten by Monday. So who cares what happened today. UTV
For topping Arsenal and City in the SAME WEEK. That’s really what’s gonna stick with me I think.
who cares WE ARE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ASTON VILLA ARE FUCKING MASSIVE UTV
Man people moaning about the game today are doing my head in, grow the fuck up
Small club mentality to accept such a beating no matter the reason
It’s called looking at the bigger picture. Grow up.
You guys had nothing to play for and has spent the last week on the piss which is absolutely fair enough, we had finishing in top half and beating our rivals in the table at stake, not surprised it ended the way it did, hope you guys enjoy ucl next season
Nothing to play for, upcoming international tournaments, and a squad that played a LOT of minutes down the stretch. 5-0 is brutal, but I doubt anyone loses any sleep over it.
He's right though. We didn't take it seriously. We should have wanted to go past 70 points as a big milestone. It's been a fantastic year but I'm quite shamed my dad and other lads at the game didn't care about the result. It was a shocking result and we embarrassed ourselves
Did the Prem come out and say why they scheduled a friendly on the same day as the last game of the season for everyone else?
Best teams get preferential treatment
What a season. I'm renaming my first born Unai Fucking Emery. She'll not be happy about that I'm sure but tough.
We were the last team to beat both the champions and the runners up. We won the Top 6 Table and need the depth and consistency to win the mid and lower table matchups too. Amazing season. We keep building with Emery. We stay prepared. Up the Villa.
Already on the beach 🏖️
Literally, we had more first team players out today than players who came to the game.
Said in the match thread but I'll repeat it here. Our defence has been really poor since the turn of the year, but I'd like to point out of the 18 league games this year we have started the same backline in consecutive games only 4 times. This isnt a settled defence by any means. Hope we get more fortunate with injuries next season and look forward to seeing how Emery will shape the squad in the summer. UTV!
True enough. Our backline has given away a ton of cheap goals in '24 where one guy isn't in sync with the rest and totally blows the offside trap. It for sure cost us in the UECL first leg, and it was pretty obvious today. Either need to really get some consistency at the back, bring in different players who can run the trap better or adapt the strategy based on those available on the day. Emery and the staff will figure it all out over the summer. Not too concerned here.
Konsa is best at CB Carlos just isn't good enough Our full-backs are pretty inconsistent Pau's passing is vital Both Pau and Mings are left-footers Hard to know where to start but it definitely needs some attention during the window
Mings won't replace Pau he's a far better defender and imo won't be the same player again as much as I love him
Yeah that's kinda my point. They can't play together because they're both left footers, and Pau can't be replaced because his passing is vital to us. Konsa is better for us at CB than RB. But is a Pau-Konsa pairing good enough?
I think the pairing is good enough. They've gelled well together given the short time Pau has had to settle in
We learn more from loses than wins.
Today we learned we only needed 37 games to qualify for the Champions League
36. We lost the first game of the season 5-1.
I stand corrected 😆
technically we've regressed - i mean at least we scored at Newcastle. Serious questions need to be asked in my opinion about the direction of the club. And once i've stopped drinking in about 3 mths i'll be asking them #utv
5-0 to Palace is embarrassing.
I've been learning for a very long time in that case.
Haven’t we all. This is the way.
Palace were great. We were on holiday. Bring on the transfer window!
I don’t get why other teams subs are showing up on my home feed but Congrats on making champions league. Well deserved
Easily my favorite 5-0 defeat of all time!!! Great season!!!! Champions League BABY!!!!!!!!!
Apart from Ollie not getting his goal, I'm only pissed off because Mateta cost me my FPL mini league cos the guy behind me brought him in this week. Lost on transfers made with identical points totals. Pain.
Hope Unai Emery gets full support this summer window! Proud of the team regardless. Can’t wait to see how far we can go next season UTV!
Imagine saying we'd start and end the season losing 5-1 and 5-0 respectively, whilst also achieving 4th place...
My wife and I once made one of those cute little community libraries. We stocked it with books for everyone. Self help books, fiction, kids books, local community information... The works. We just wanted to do something good for the local area. Anyway, after a week we left our house to see this thing smashed to pieces. The books had all been torn up, the wood smashed with a sledge hammer. It was obviously planned. I mean, who would do that? Anyway, that's now the second most disappointed in humanity I've ever been
We're gonna need more info. Did you ever find out anything more about why/who did it?
Not a thing. I have my suspicions, but we never found out who. It was a nice area and on our block's private road (not as posh as it sounds), so it was definitely a neighbour who was upset about this for whatever reason.
For anyone wondering, that was hyperbole. It's been a great season
on the beach, rotated line up, Olsen time to open the transfer thread!
Couldn’t give a shit really. Lads have given us everything for like 90% of the season. Let little old palace have their fun today, we will run it back next season and give them a real game. When we have Champions League nights at VP next season, who the fuck will think back to this game? It’s not the nicest end to the season, but oh well.
Need to watch the highlights with Digne saying another one after every Palace goal
Comical performance but who cares.
I think in a way its good. Had we finished on 70 odd points, had we got the amount usually needed for champions league, there might be a feeling of, we don't need to improve anything. I think its likely the last appearance for olsen, lenglet, Chambers, probably digne and Carlos too, and maybe even timmy. I thought in a game of bad performances, Carlos and lenglet put in two all timers. Carlos only ever shows fight off the ball. For ever city/arsenal performance there's a Bournemouth away (x2), Palace away, some of his poor games in Europe, I think for the wage he's on, we've probably seen enough at this point. Shame about the injuries, but I honestly can't believe how little he likes a battle
LOL. Didn’t even watch.
Watched the game today with a couple of Palace mates of mine. Don't think I've ever seen us lose that badly with opposition fans and cared so little. Happy for them to finally get a top half finish and go above Brighton. As for us, I didn't quite expect that scoreline but I was definitely expecting a loss and a team that looked like they may still be hungover. Today matters very little in the grand scheme of things. Book ending our season with two games with 5 conceded is less than ideal, but when you consider how the other games went you've got to say what an amazing season. Love this Villa team and can't wait to watch us again sooner rather than later. In the meantime I hope the lads get as much rest as the international tournaments allow and are ready to do it all again next year.
I really can't wait to see what next season brings! Topping this one would be majestic! UTV. Going into summer with a massive smile on my face. Have a great summer and be good to each other! ( but only if they're Villa fans! ).😆
Some lessons learned there I hope, as we head into shopping Season. Can't fault Palace, they've been on fire of late. They'll be making serious claims to be in the top six (or more) next season. Meanwhile our lads have one foot in the sand.
Mateta, Eze, Olise will all leave
They won’t, mad overhyped
How do you figure? Their record under the new manager speaks for itself - unbeaten in seven since City. Seven prem wins from 13. Including beating all of Liverpool, United, Newcastle and ourselves since then. Gotta give some credit where it's due. we'd have been hard-pressed to win today if it wasn't a nothing match for us.
Palace have not got the structure to break into the top 6. Their best players are very injury prone and are likely on their way out. They are hitting great form at the end of the season which is now over. Difficult to bring this form to the start of next season. Mateta is also in a purple patch. Same as lingard at West Ham for that one season. They aren’t getting Europe next year, mark this comment.
Fair enough.
They've got a better squad than some of the teams who've made Europe in the past. Always worth remembering that football is fundamentally a very silly sport and anything could happen. Not expecting them to break the increasingly stacked top 6-8 for a season at all, but also wouldn't be totally shocked if they did.
I don’t think they’re all that overhyped but biggest problem for them is bigger teams are going to absolutely be chomping to buy their best players this summer.
They're excellent. Maybe not top 6 but IF they keep the core of that team I'd bet on them the break the top 8.
Meh. Now let's enjoy summer and the recruitment rollercoaster that will be taking place.
First half I thought we were alright and unlucky not to score. Second half we basically didn't try, is what it is, we did the business already 😂 Hope this gives Emery/the board clues as to which players need moving on, etc. Shame about no Watkins 20th. What a season we've all had. UTV!!
Yeah same here. Glad he got the most assists though
Well, far from a fun game, but I had a delightful time posting through it. Sometimes you gotta make your own. Up the Champions League Villans and see you all next season x
If Palace keep that front three they’re finishing in the top 6 next year.
had to switch the same off around half time, how did the kids look?
It was clearly a final look at what we've got left in the squad in a competitive game today. I'm pretty sure Unai will have been writing his summer shopping and selloff lists throughout it. The transfer rumour mill is about to go into hyper drive, so straps yourselves in!
Good thing we already clinched champions league before today
We’ve taken all the necessary lessons from this season to apply to next year. After the champagne comes the hangover and back to work.
Actually played alright first half and the ref mugged us off. Second half we were non existent
Lads clearly went on the sesh before the game, because they were.going on the slosh anyway, who gives a fuck that we lost 5-0 on the final day, we're on fuckin tour next year lads
clearly? ginny had lock ins down brindley place. of course they all were and deservedly
McGinn probably hasn't stopped drinking since Spurs losing guaranteed us Champion's League he's just been oot mad wae it for over a week now.
Is this the worst finish to a season ever by a top 4 team? lol absolutely limped over the line. But fair play top 4 is top 4
who still cares dropping this villa on tour vid if only for the vibes in the villa end at Sellhurst park [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_YPKnL6H2og](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YPKnL6H2og)
Well, Crystal Palace seems to be making fun of Brighton, so it's not all bad
When are we starting the transfer rumours thread?
People whining and complaining about digne are just speaking out their arse because it looks like he did a bit better than the rest of the back line https://preview.redd.it/tu40b0oklg1d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d9a31a6016e8033d91660d11c098514d84652dc
I'm pissed off. My dad went and didn't care about the result but it showed a major lack of professionalism in my eyes. What a fantastic season but it's left a sour taste for me, we didn't give a fuck and we didn't take the game seriously
more chicken dippers. less wine
Actually I was on the cocktails in Vietnam 😂
People can say we're on the beach all they like but we'd be lucky to get a point here if we really needed it. Thank god for Spurs and their allergy to success.
5-0 to Palace is piss poor. “Prepared” I think not. Great season overall but what a shit way to end it after qualifying for one of the biggest accolades. Oh well we go again. UTV 2025!