Five Reasons

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans After “Fantastic” Week

Champions League football earned through a fourth-place finish in the league and a Europa League trophy in the cabinet, Aston Villa's end to the season was perhaps as good as it could get, after a wobbly period at the start of 2026. Wins against Liverpool and Manchester City, sandwiched a great night in Istanbul, as Villa finished the season in the final week in...

Five Reasons To Be Cheerful as Villans, as Villa Bounce Back

"Just when we thought we were out, they pull us back in!" To loosely paraphrase Michael Corleone. Aston Villa's double-digit points safety net for the Champions League places is a thing of the past, and the top-five race based on the contending teams’ current form is likely to stumble on until the end. Have Villa turned a corner though? Here are the latest five...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Cementing Mid-table Status

Over the past few months MOMS has expressed concern about how Villa were playing and the level of performances not being good enough to achieve...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After FA Cup KO

6-3-1 Steve Bruce had said before the Spurs FA Cup tie that Villa were going to have a go, but despite a resolute first half...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Bluebird Failure

When you saw the Aston Villa starting line-up against Cardiff City, it felt the writing was on the wall in terms of getting three...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Leeds Fail to Dent Record

Leeds came for a point and got it, although once they took the lead they looked like they were going to rob Villa of their...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After McCormack Prevents Brewers Droop

Another win at Villa Park in front of a 41,000+ crowd, but did the result against Burton paper over the cracks like the win...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Hoops and Hoodoo Lifted

Live TV Hoodoo Broken It's been a bloody long time since Villa have won a live televised league game. I think it dates back to 1989...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Wigan Bore Turns into Win

MOMS' Saturday at Villa Park started a little earlier than normal with a 45 minute interview with former Villa boss Ron Atkinson (out on the podcast...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Bruce Resurgence is Dented

Villa Hiccup Of course, even the best teams lose games along the way, but the Villa players would have probably have had an earful from...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Top Six is in Sight

On The Up It's a bit odd talking about wanting to be top six in the Championship. Such top six talk in terms of the...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful for Villa Fans After Heading South

Since the arrival of Steve Bruce a new solidity to Villa's play has systematically been introduced making the team hard to beat, which finally...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Rovers Comeback

It was a game that most Villa supporters, considering Blackburn's league position, hoped for three points from. The fact that such expectations are now...

Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After St Andrews Stalemate

St Andrews Stalemate The 1-1 draw at St Andrews wasn't exactly the result Villans wanted or needed, but after the Blues scored their equaliser they...