With Wolverhampton Wanderers enjoying a fabulous first season back in the Premier League after we stormed to the 2017/18 Championship title, head coach Nuno Espirito Santo is preparing for a second year in the top flight with European football on the agenda after we rose to seventh place in the table.
Next season we can welcome an old foe for a league doubleheader as Aston Villa (finally) won promotion themselves after almost going out of business last summer, as they took a 2-1 victory over Derby County on Monday afternoon in the Championship Play-Off Final.
Now, I love the ‘Mind The Gap’ nonsense that built up during their spell in the Championship as the banter kicked into high gear as we showed significant improvement after years of disappointment, but remembering one fixture in particular, some fans would do well to remember banter taken a step too far leads you to a fall.
I prefer to look at it another way, wouldn’t it be great if both sides had a proper battle moving forward and really put the Midlands on the map as a footballing powerhouse in the years to come instead of the constant harping about Manchester and London.
With that said, as they need to adjust to the top flight and we are 12 months easily ahead, I’ll go for four points – not the six 🙂
Villa fans that think they are going to compete with Wolves…4 years ago Dean Smith was manager of Walsall. Since then Nuno has managed Valencia and Porto.
That is the difference. #WWFC #AVFC— Marc Evans (@marc01evans) May 27, 2019
Breaking News: Wolves to start the season on 6 points following Villas promotion #wwfc #avfc
— jelly (@ajellis03) May 27, 2019
When entering the premier league next year all Aston Villa fans please ensure to mind the gap #wwfc #avfc
— jelly (@ajellis03) May 27, 2019
Congrats to Villa & thanks in advance for the 6 points #wwfc
— Darren Bradburn (@Dazwolf180) May 27, 2019
Once the jubilation dies down, Villa fans really need to be wary of what’s to come.
They’ve clearly chanced it this year and got lucky with a good run of form. They won’t emulate #wwfc, there’s no obvious planning or long term strategy.
The Premier League will eat them alive.
— Tim Rigby (@newbridge_wolf) May 27, 2019
Well that’s a learning curve for Lampard. He has better attacking players then he does defenders. Why he persists not utilising them till the end I’ll never know. Villa definitely relegation fodder. #wwfc
— 1877Wolves (@WolvesTruth) May 27, 2019
Fair play Villa. 6 points for us next season ???? #wwfc
— Josh (@JoshSmith1990) May 27, 2019
Villa were poor today, so were Derby, will be a struggle for them next season. It'll be good though to have a Midlands derby in the Premier League again, looking forward to them already. #wwfc
— Mathew Howell (@bigmat1982) May 27, 2019
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