Villa Manager
Aston Villa manager coverage — news, analysis, stories and history on every Villa boss. From the managers who built something to the ones who didn’t last the season, the decisions made in the dugout and the boardroom that shape Aston Villa on the pitch.
Unai Emery Pays Tribute to Pep Guardiola
Unai Emery Shows Big Respect to Pep GuardiolaAfter beginning to face Pep Guardiola's Barcelona when he was manager of Valencia in the 2008/09 season, Unai Emery had failed to beat Guardiola in their first 14 match-ups in Spain, and when he was the Arsenal manager. He had to wait until he was at Aston Villa to break his duck. Emery will be the last...
Emery Warns Against Complacency – Lille Are Dangerous on the Road
A Slender Lead, a Stuttering Home Record and a Side That Travels WellAston Villa hold a slender 1-0 advantage heading into Thursday's Europa League last-sixteen second leg at Villa Park, but Unai Emery has been unequivocal in his message to supporters and players alike: the tie is far from over.Ollie Watkins' header in Lille gave Villa a precious away goal and a first European...
Rémi Garde Aston Villa Bound, Says Arsene Wenger, Who’s Puzzled by Villa
It's no secret anymore that former Lyon boss Rémi Garde is heading Aston Villa's way, bar an unexpected turnaround. Villa's caretaker boss Kevin MacDonald...
10 Current Candidates for the Aston Villa Manager’s Job
That's the big problem with the Villa's managerial search, there is no one out there to really believe in or get excited by.
Aston Villa...
Tim Sherwood Statement: His Departing Words
Tim Sherwood Statement GoodbyeIt lasted a mere six-months, but Tim Sherwood's role as Aston Villa was perhaps more memorable than the longer reigns of...
Ex-Villa Player Pinpoints Villa’s Squad Problems and Plumps for Moyes
Squad ShortfallOne of the various issues MOMS has identified with Aston Villa's squad overhaul of this summer was the lack of Premier League proven...
Swinging the Axe on Tim Sherwood’s Lumbering Reign was the Right Call
Tim Sherwood SackedWell, well, well, here we are again. Another weekend, another deflating loss and potentially another nail in Aston Villa’s Premier League coffin....
Sherwood Faced With Tough Stats While Fox Sees Business Progress Equal Football Decline
Compared to last season's results in the corresponding games played so far this season, Villa are 10 points down
Terror Stats"We'll turn it around. I'm...
A Frustrated but Realistic Tim Sherwood Discusses Speculation and Opposition Gifts
Until Brad Guzan and Joleon Lescott gifted Chelsea their first goal, Aston Villa were making a decent fist of potentially getting something out of...
Sir Alex Ferguson Says Aston Villa’s Moneyball Transfer Policy Undermines Manager
Moneyball Doubt
A lot has been said (and possibly leaked) about the way Aston Villa did it's transfer business in the summer. A couple of months...
Tim Sherwood Talks Two Game Ultimatum, Randy Lerner Meeting and Villa’s Situation
During the international break Tim Sherwood was a man under siege by the media, as rumours abounded about the Villa boss having two games...
Aston Villa Pull Ranks Around Sherwood, but Others Also to Blame
Tim Sherwood's WoeFor Aston Villa to give Tim Sherwood a do-or-die two game ultimatum was very unlike Randy Lerner's normal practise of giving his...
Should Aston Villa Supporters be Already Worried This Season?
RevampI don't mind admitting that last season, after Southampton made wholesale changes in the summer, I half expected them to go down. The Saints had...
Little Comfort from Rudy Gestede’s Consolation Strikes in Aston Villa’s Direction
Post-Liverpool ReactionThere are games where a team loses by a few goals, 3-0 for example, and the old cliche comes out, ‘It wasn't a...