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Five Reasons To Be Cheerful As Seagulls Drop One on Depleted Villa
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans after Brighton LossIt's hard to remember a more dramatic pre-season at Villa Park, and after today's heavy defeat to Brighton, Unai Emery could be forgiven for wishing he had a few more weeks of it. Unfortunately, the season is already up and running and Villa have made just about the worst start imaginable with the core of...
Are Aston Villa Going Into the New Season Without a Spine?
The Good, Bad and Ugly as The Winds of Change BlowThere we are then. Aston Villa are about to embark upon another season under Unai Emery, all preseason games are done, and everyone is set and ready to go, aren’t they?The GoodThe European Super Cup Final against new nemesis Paris Saint-Germain was a genuinely enjoyable game.Despite Aston Villa entering the game as heavy underdogs,...
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 -...
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...