Villa Players
In-depth coverage of Aston Villa players — from the current squad to the legends of the past. Profiles, analysis, transfer updates and opinion on the players who have worn the claret and blue, from a supporter perspective
Two Things That Would Help Aston Villa Keep Morgan Rogers
Two Things That Would Help Aston Villa Keep Morgan RogersThe clubs circling Morgan Rogers this summer are not acting on transfer intelligence alone. They are acting on financial intelligence.Aston Villa's UEFA Football Earnings agreement - reached following the club's breach of European club licensing regulations - essentially operates on a sell-before-you-buy basis. Villa cannot register new signings unless their transfer balance is positive. The...
Aston Villa’s Fastest Players in the Europa League, Ranked
Aston Villa's Fastest Players in the Europa League 2026Now the dust has settled on Aston Villa's Europa League triumph, it's time to see, as we did after the recent Champions League campaign, who was the fastest recorded Villa player in the tournament. Interestingly, like Aston Villa's fastest player in the Champions League, Villa's quickest player again left before the tournament ended.In the Champions League,...
Jack Grealish Walks Suspension Tightrope for Blues Game
Jack Grealish Suspension Danger
The big games come thick and fast now for Aston Villa and the intensity will rise, but the improving Jack Grealish,...
Dean Smith Seeks Help to Solve Villa’s Goalkeeping Problem
A couple of times now in his interviews Aston Villa Head Coach Dean Smith has said he expects his goalkeepers to be good shot...
Ultimate Aston Villa Player Ratings and Observations Bolton Home
Dean Smith, by his own admission, didn't consider Villa's 2-0 win over Bolton at Villa Park, as good his team's performances in their back-to-back...
Ultimate Aston Villa Player Ratings & Observations QPR away
For most part against QPR, the effort and application of the Aston Villa team was there, as an away team having 68% possession is...
Ultimate Player Ratings and Observations Norwich Away
Despite being a tricky fixture on paper against an in-form Norwich team, after James Chester opened the scoring, it seemed Dean Smith was going...
Ultimate Aston Villa Player Ratings and Observations Swansea Home
Aston Villa supporters expecting a dramatic revolution on the pitch against Swansea City under Dean Smith were perhaps forgetting that the new Villa boss...
Three Aston Villa Outcasts That Dean Smith Could Give New Life To
You already know the cliché of new managers giving existing players at the club a clean slate when they come in, but three Aston...
Ultimate Aston Villa Player Ratings and Observations Preston Home
On what was a wet and miserable night, Steve Bruce may have sampled his last night at Villa Park. If the new majority owners...
The Theory of Why Steve Bruce is Playing Jedinak at Centre-back
Shortfall Context
If there's one Steve Bruce selection issue that has courted the most attention and derision from Villa supporters, it's his stubbornness in playing...
Aston Villa Player Ratings and Observations From Bristol City Away
If you looked up the term 'crappy game' in the dictionary, then this match may be there as an example. It was lacking in...
Jack Grealish Release Clause Revealed From His New Contract
Jack Grealish Release Clause
There's been a lot of publicity this week regarding Jack Grealish’s new five-year contract at Aston Villa, which has helped kept...
Observations and Aston Villa Player Ratings From Sheffield Wednesday Home
It was a battle between 4-4-2 formations at Villa Park on Saturday, but there only seemed to be one team playing the formation convincingly....