I remember them being above mid table but after they beat Tottenham theyre now fourth and only 2 points off the top of the league. That means that if they didn’t lose to Nottingham forest or Everton they would be first. Ik they really haven’t had difficult match ups but it’s still very impressive.
This all started with Grealish leaving as I think they used the money mostly wisely, but Gerrard evidently wasn’t the guy to get the most out of those players. Looking back it’s evident Emery didn’t get a fair shake at Arsenal due to the structure of the club at the time minimising his influence in favour of ‘football executives’ who were incompetent to borderline criminal. Now he’s got the level of control he needed at Villa he’s taken their already good squad to it’s potential and made smart upgrades such as Diaby