Both Eddie Howe and Unai Emery have got Newcastle and Aston Villa already playing some sparkling stuff this season.
In Europe and in the Premier League, the odd result aside, it’s been a successful start to the 2023/24 campaign for the Magpies and the Villains.
Though there’s still plenty of time left in the current campaign for anything to happen, with injuries and suspensions surely playing a part in either team’s continued success over the next few months, it’s clear that Emery and Howe have the same aims in mind.
European qualification for next season as a minimum, with the possibility of a trophy in one of the domestic competitions.
A dececnt run in this season’s Champions League for Newcastle and the Europa Conference League for Villa should enhance those aspirations.
As to who will finish higher than the other, former Premier League legend, David Seaman believes it’s not even in doubt.
“Someone was saying the other day they would tip Villa for top four,” he said on his Seaman Says podcast (h/t Geordie Boot Boys).
“But I would take Newcastle all day long over Villa.”
With the greatest of respect to Villa, the Magpies are the bigger of the two clubs and clearly have more resources than their rivals.
However, Unai Emery has consistently shown himself to be one of European football’s more astute managers, and his trophy record puts him on a different level to Howe.
Aston Villa are a bigger club than Newcastle both in stature and trophies, think Villa go under the radar with a lot of people but make no mistake Villa are a huge club !!!
Deluded 🤗🤗🤗
Villa gets 40k fans to home games NEwcastle het 52k every game for last 30 years how is Villa better. Because they won a trophy 40 years ago ?
If you look at a list of trophy winners Villa sit 5th Newcastle are ninth
If Villa’s capacity was 52,000 then they too would fill the stadium every week. At the mo , I think they are the team everyone wants to watch. U,T,V. 👌👌
Newcastle last won a trophy 68 years 173 days 3 hours and 55 mins ago and no you haven’t averaged 52k for the last 30 years so yeh villa are bigger and better. Deluded am I 🤣
Newcastle are not a bigger club but they do have unfair unlimited resources via their owners.
Another one deluded 🤗🤗🤗
One team city. We would have a lot more supporters than Newcastle’s 52000 every home game, if we where the only club in Birmingham!
There’s a waiting list of 30000 for season tickets at Villa that’s why we’re increasing ground capacity to 55000
If Villa’s capacity was 52,000 then they too would fill the stadium every week. At the mo , I think they are the team everyone wants to watch. U,T,V. 👌👌
Newcastle last won a trophy 68 years 173 days 3 hours and 55 mins ago and no you haven’t averaged 52k for the last 30 years so yeh villa are bigger and better. Deluded am I 🤣
Newcastle don’t have any class. Only `Blood Money’.
The way am seeing it they are going far in this CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Villa have 30,000 fans on the waiting list, a great history and a passionate fan base. Newcastle are a really big club as well, with a passionate fan base. I’m a Villain and love Newcastle doing well, the traditional top 6 needs smashing apart and Villa and Newcastle are well equipped to do it.