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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...
The Missing Ingredients of Emery’s Villa Despite Midfield Improvement
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Villa Life Post West HamA point away at West Ham’s tax-funded stadium is always a positive one, but...
Emery Gets Pragmatic in Honing His Tactical Approach With Villa, While Cash is King
The Good, Bad and Ugly - Post Crystal PalaceYou could say the game against Crystal Palace was one for the purists, but the most...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After the Palace Grind
Five Reasons to be Cheerful - Crystal PalaceBy Armen MirzoianBack-to-back wins, back-to-back clean sheets, what's not to like? Well, it wasn't too pretty -...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Break Losing Streak
Reasons to be Cheerful After Goodison Park WinBy Armen MirzoianAfter a 2-0 win at Goodison Park broke a consecutive run of three defeats, it's...
Ollie Watkins Silences Doubters, as Leon Bailey is Under Review
The Good, Bad and Ugly - EvertonIt’s not just Birmingham City that has the blues when they play Villa, Everton can now count Aston...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Three Consecutive Losses
Five Reasons to be Cheerful After 4-2 Arsenal Home DefeatBy Armen MirzoianAnother game and another defeat. The new manager bubble may have burst but...
Unai Emery Points his Finger at Martinez as Fingers Begin to Point Back
The Good, Bad and Ugly - Post Arsenal FalloutA blockbuster lunchtime kick-off at Villa Park produced more twists, turns and emotion than most Hollywood...
Aston Villa Miss Key Defensive Attribute as Jack Grealish Turns Ugly
The Good, Bad and Ugly - Post Manchester City AwayThe Etihad Stadium is referred to as the ‘Emptyhad’ because of a lack of Cityzens....
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans Despite Citeh Loss
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa FansBy Armen MirzoianWatkins' Current RunSince Danny Ings’ surprise move to West Ham; Ollie Watkins is featuring for...
GBU – Top Half Comes and Goes as Playing from the Back gets Exposed
The Good, Bad and Ugly - Leicester City LessonsFor a brief moment against Leicester City, Aston Villa fans could allow themselves to glance at...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans Despite Being Out Foxed
Five Reasons to be Cheerful Post Leicester LossBy Armen MirzoianThese Five Reasons columns have been writing themselves during the first eight games of Emery’s...
Villa Learning to Punch Down and an Ugly January Transfer Window?
The Good, Bad and Ugly of the January Transfer WindowNothing like a good deadline day to rile up the Aston Villa fans online and...