2025-26 Villa Season Debrief
The season is done. The trophy is in the cabinet. The top-four finish bought both Champions League football next season and sizeable prize money. And now with the confetti swept and the open-top bus parked, it’s time for an honest debrief of the season.
This week’s episode of the My Old Man Said podcast is a free-form end of season conversation covering everything from the new 2026-27 home kit to Ollie Watkins’ late-season renaissance, from the tipsy final day at Manchester City to the question that will define next season before it has even started: does this summer’s transfer window signal genuine ambition or shackled consolidation?
There’s also the numbers. A set of statistics on Emery’s Clipboard that reframes the entire 2025-26 narrative, and they’re not entirely comfortable reading despite the trophy and the top-four finish. They do suggest there is clear room though to improve Villa’s Premier League points tally, which is encouraging.
On the recent increase in ticket pricing, the annual conversation takes a sharper turn. The normalisation of a 5% rise, with supporters beginning to treat it as expected, is becoming the real problem, and not simply the percentage itself.
And the summer. What kind of signing changes the trajectory? What does such a catalyst for the season ahead look like? Why does it matter for the players already in the building, not just the ones arriving?
Europa League winners. Fourth in the Premier League. A UEFA Super Cup against PSG on the horizon. The MOMS end of season conversation has a great starting point.
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