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Five Reasons to Be Cheerful After a Week of Mixed Emotions for Emery
Five Reasons to be Cheerful After Brugge Win and Forest LossA mixed week has seen Villa finally pick up their first win of the new campaign, after getting their Champions League season off to a winning start with a hard-fought victory in Bruges. The positive momentum proved short-lived, however, as Villa slumped to a late home defeat against Nottingham Forest in a game that...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful After Villa Stalemate in Hull
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans after Goalless Hull DrawWith the transfer window finally closed, Unai Emery can get back to doing what he does best: coaching players and building a team on the pitch. The performances against Arsenal and Hull have offered encouragement, even if the rather important business of putting the ball in the net remains unresolved.As Villa move on 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...
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 -...