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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 Aston Villa Fans Prior to World Cup
Five Reason to be Cheerful as VillansAston Villa are currently in 15th place in the Premier League table, just two points off the relegation...
No Excuses: Unai Emery Arrives to Help Aston Villa Find Their Character
https://giphy.com/gifs/uefa-S7P9wg5Z4yWqGcWiCeThe Good, Bad and Ugly of Brentford, Newcastle and Unai EmeryThe eagle-eyed among you will notice, there was no GBU after winning against Brentford....
Fear is the Mind-Killer for Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Nottingham Forest and ChelseaBy Phil ShawThings seem to be coming to a head for Aston Villa and Steven...
Good, Bad & Ugly of Aston Villa’s Week: Perspective, Creating Chances and Armchair Strikers.
https://giphy.com/gifs/applemusic-vJ5k7KP2Dfi9SJQzSuThe Good, Bad and Ugly of Leeds United.What’s that you say? An unbeaten three-game run? It must mean there’s nothing Ugly in the in-tray...
John McGinn’s Ugly Aston Villa Position and the State of Points Over Performance
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Southampton and the International Breakhttps://giphy.com/gifs/WinningTimeHBO-PTjuFGUyTVWj9Wvvg5After another mini 'pre-season' for Steven Gerrard with the majority of his Villa squad,...
Gerrard’s Choices, The Pointless Flag and Knife Edge Fixtures
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Manchester Cityhttps://giphy.com/gifs/30-rock-sme-how-do-you-1Qdp4trljSkY8By Phil ShawI can’t believe it, there’s a good performance to write about. Let’s not waste any...
High ‘Profile’ Deadline Signings and an ‘Ugly’ Week to Come for Aston Villa?
The Good, Bad and Ugly of West Ham and Arsenal.https://giphy.com/gifs/fight-Tim0q7zolF3faBy Phil ShawI didn’t see myself writing depressing stories after I left the local newspaper,...
Anxiety Villa, Set Piece Show-offs and Passive Aggressive Managers
The Good, Bad and Ugly of an Average Aston Villa Weekhttps://giphy.com/gifs/adultswim-l378BzHA5FwWFXVSgYou can tell how well Aston Villa’s week has gone by how long it...
Aston Villa’s Need to Fix Tactical Bubble and Avoid Manchester United Style Transfers
https://giphy.com/gifs/sun-ctGFLebG1AqK4The Good, Bad and Ugly of Everton WinOnce again Aston Villa needed a result against Everton to kickstart their season, once again they got...
Aston Villa’s Set-Piece Issues and Villa Park Meltdown
What we Learned as Villa Fans from the Everton WinBy Nick Price-ThompsonYou know what they say, a win is a win…It was hard for...
What We Learned as Aston Villa Fans After False Start
It's been five years since My Old Man Said last ran the 'What We Learned' column on site. Maybe that's how long it takes...
Gone in 90 Seconds, Villa’s Set Piece Shambles and Mings Meltdown.
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Bournemouth and the RestUsually, it takes 90 minutes for early season hope and optimism to be checked, Aston...