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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...
Why Nobody Linking Morgan Rogers to a Move Has Done the Maths
Those Morgan Rogers Transfer LinksAre you bored of the Morgan Rogers transfer rumours yet?How many times have we seen this situation before?Over the years, the press have seemingly tried to will away from Villa the likes of James Milner, Gareth Barry, Christian Benteke and Jack Grealish, only for each of these players to stay on at least a season after the media's initial hard...
Aston Villa’s Focus Simplifies After Losing Records
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Manchester UnitedAston Villa, unbeaten in ten games, scoring in every game under Unai Emery, heading to a soggy...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans Face Win-Win Situation
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans After Old Trafford TripBy Armen MirzoianThe unthinkable has happened… Aston Villa have lost a game and it’s...
Aston Villa Show Guts Galore to Surge into Fifth as Fans Face Tone Deaf Commercialism
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Brentford and FulhamAston Villa are Fifth… At the back-end of April. Breathe it in, but try not to...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Europa Guarantee
Five Reasons to be Cheerful Post BrentfordBy Armen MirzoianWith Unai Emery breaking yet another record this weekend, and Villa maintaining their unbeaten run to...
No Luck About it, Aston Villa Outperform Made up Statistics in Magpie Massacre
The Good, Bad and Ugly of NewcastleIf any Aston Villa fan wasn’t happy with the performance against Newcastle United, they need to get checked...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Make Huge Toon Statement
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa fans After Newcastle WinBy Armen MirzoianFollowing on from Villa’s demolition of Newcastle, there were discussions on...
Newcastle’s Gamesmanship Called Out as Emery Enters Stress Test Period
The Good Bad and Ugly of Villa Life Post ForestAnother game another three points for Unai Emery’s upwardly mobile Villans who now sit in...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans After Stamping Ticket for the Battle for Europe
Five Reasons to be Cheerful After Back-to-Back Midlands WinsBy Armen Mirzoian It is likely that if you’re reading this column, then you’ve had an excellent...
Unai Emery’s Disruptors Look to the Top Six, While the Media Disrespects Them
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Chelsea and LeicesterWell… Of all the pieces that will be written about Aston Villa’s week, this is the...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Gatecrashing European Spots
Five Reasons to be CheerfulBack-to-back away wins suddenly place Aston Villa in the European qualifying spots, is the NSWE plan finally coming to fruitition?By...
Summer Transfer Price Reality as Villa Fans Consider Europe or Brexit
The Good, Bad and Ugly of BournemouthAn International break that for once was not a time for a massive reset for Aston Villa, other...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans After Two Months in 11th
Five Reasons to be Cheerful - Post Hammers/Pre CherriesBy Armen MirzoianWith twelve games remaining, Villa embody the term ‘mid table’ with thankfully no chance...