I kind of wonder why most of us are disregarding Aston Villa this very season and at this point in the league seeing how incredible their performance has been so far this season, and they have been consistent in their games, I think is time we begin to consider their position in the league, let's face the reality with what is happening in the league, Arsenal has slipped down to the 4th position in the table and Aston Villa is the closest club right now after Liverpool, and it's also possible we might see them top the table having them close point with Liverpool and if Liverpool won their game tonight it will only fall back to being 3 points gaps.
Aston Villa have actually been a very strong team not just this season but throughout Emery’s tenure so far, I saw a chart earlier today showing stats of the clubs that have collected most points in 2023 across all the top five leagues and Aston Villa was included with over 80 total points, this signifies how they have risen above the other mid table teams and in the league of heavy weights. But still with all this I don’t see them throwing out a big title challenge because with the squad they have although not quite bad they will need the depth of that squad more and most importantly players with a lots of experience, the second half of the season is very demanding and we saw how a weak squad depth could have its impact on the title challenge when Arsenal were on top and failed to win it due to injuries. Although I will still predict A top four finish for them ahead of the traditional top 6.