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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 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...
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...