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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,...
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...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans as Team Eye Europe
Five Reasons to be Cheerful After Saints WinBy Armen MirzoianThis column was started over a decade ago as an antidote to Villa misery, but...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans Entering the Second Half of the Season
Five Reasons to be Cheerful at the Season's Half Way PointBy Armen MirzoianIt is getting easier and easier to find reasons to be cheerful...
League Position Now Takes Priority for Emery’s Unacceptable FA Cup Flops
The Good Bad And Ugly Beginning to 2023Welcome to 2023, the year of Aston Villa’s epiphany and enlightenment from the dark age just passed....
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Start 2023
Five Reasons to be Cheerful for 2023By Armen MirzoianA Happy New Year to Villa fans across the globe. With the World Cup over and...
Martinez Magic, Five Star Media and History’s Winners
https://giphy.com/gifs/argentina-martinez-emiliano-oosqY3FwE0aVcehzi8The Good, Bad and Ugly - Qatar 2022 World Cup SpecialWhile the Premier League is now back up and running, it would be remise...
Villa Lifting the Curse and Closing Things the Ugly Way
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Unai Emery’s First Three Games.As tempting as it was to fire out a GBU as soon as the...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans After Emery’s Winning Double
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as VillansBy Armen MirzoianAfter back-to-back league wins against teams in the upper echelons of the Premier League, it should...