What We Learned

What We Learnt From the Villa’s Immediate Post-Season

Aston Villa are Europa League winners, Champions League returnees, and already three weeks into the summer transfer rumour cycle. Here are the three observations that cut through.The Rogers Sell-on Clause Changes the ConversationThe transfer fee figure most commonly attached to Morgan Rogers in the press is £80 million. What the press consistently omits is the 20% sell-on clause Middlesbrough reportedly hold on any future...

What We Learnt from That Night at Villa Park

What Villa's 4-0 Night Against Forest Actually Taught UsWe'll get on to Villa's demolition job of Liverpool at Villa Park in the last home game of the season soon enough (we're playing catch up on the website), although it's worth mentioning, the atmosphere certainly carried on some of the energy from the Europa League semi-final second leg at Villa Park.As we've seen from the...

What We Learned as Villa Fans As Players Make Debuts, But Beaten At Brentford

Brentford away was awful. The new faces, along with a good long look at Andre Green, made it potentially intriguing but the game was...

What We Learned as Villa Fans From New Signings and Same Old Collapses

Aside from the disappointment of the Preston game, it's been a busy week of transfer news which has fans hoping for a second wave...

What We Learned as Villa Fans After Loss To Lambert and Wolves

'Come on, Steve. Enough is enough. It was a nice idea. A noble idea. But it's got to stop.' Paul Lambert continued where he left...

What We Learned as Villa Fans After Leeds Luck, Cardiff Kicking

The optimism slipped away after a jammy point against Leeds and a dismal showing against Colin W*nker and his thugs from Cardiff. With Villa...

What We Learned as Villa Fans After Christmas Week Double Act

Two wins out of two is a cause for festive celebration. What did Villa fans learn from the rare away win (on Sky!) against...

What We Learned as Villa Fans From Wigan Win & Norwich No-Show

Two pretty awful performances back-to-back has left Steve Bruce vocal about his underachieving team. What did Villa fans learn from a return to the...

What We Learned As Villa Fans as Nervy Villa Lose To Leeds

Optimism was high going into Elland Road, but fans were deflated after a 2-0 defeat. It was Steve Bruce's first defeat as Villa boss. What...

What We Learned as Aston Villa Fans From Cardiff Victory

A convincing (eventually) 3-1 win over Cardiff and their loudmouth, bitter manager was just what the doctor (Xia) ordered. What can Villa fans take...

What We Learned From as Villa Fans From a Friday Night Out In Brighton

Seaside Rendezvous A Friday night trip to promotion-chasing Brighton AFC was always going to be a stern test for Villa, considering the Seagulls solid home...

What We Learned as Villa Fans From The First Third Of The Season

High expectations turned to despair, winding up with some optimism for the first time in some time. What did we as Villa fans learn...

What We Learned as Villa Fans as Bruce Era Begins

Strange week for Villa fans as Steve Bruce of all people ends up pulling off the first Aston Villa away win in more than...

What We Learned After Dalian, Dr X’s tweets, the Terriers and Ram’s Stalemates

A couple of draws (at home to Huddersfield Town and away to Derby) and a series of recent highs and lows - none lower than...