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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 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...
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....