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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...
What We Learnt from That Night at Villa Park
What Villa's 4-0 Night Against Forest Actually Taught UsWe'll get on to Villa's demolition job of Liverpool at Villa Park in the last home...
What We Learnt as Villa Fans in a Transformative Week
What We Learnt from West Ham and Lille WinsMcGinn back, Sancho released, twenty-three shots and a team that finally remembered who it was.1. Tempo...
Villa Receive Boost on the Pitch before Fans get Pricing Pain on the Way Home
The Good, Bad and Ugly Adrenaline Shot SpecialJust when all seemed lost, the return of Captain John McGinn and Unai Emery’s adopted son Youri...
Five Reasons To Be Cheerful as Villans, as Villa Bounce Back
"Just when we thought we were out, they pull us back in!" To loosely paraphrase Michael Corleone. Aston Villa's double-digit points safety net for...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful Ahead of Lille and Hammers
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villans Despite SlumpAston Villa's form may have dropped off a cliff in recent weeks, at a key...
What We Learnt From Villa’s Trip to Old Trafford
What We Learnt from Manchester United 3 Aston Villa 1The post-mortem on a 3-1 loss that raised questions far bigger than the result.1. Paralysis...
What We Learnt as Villa Fans From the Win in Lille
What We Learnt from Lille 0 Villa 1One shot on target. One goal. One very important win. Here's what it told us.1. Ollie Watkins...
Aston Villa Wobble as Complacency and Expectation Trumps Excuses
The Good, Bad and Ugly as The Wheels LoosenOf all the column inches and time devoted to the current downward spiral of Aston Villa,...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans Ahead of Chelsea Six-Pointer
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans Ahead of Chelsea Six-PointerIf Villa fans were offered third place with ten matches remaining after the dismal...
Five Reasons To Be Cheerful As Villans as Sharks Begin To Circle
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa's League Buffer ShrinksWith the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea starting to string wins together, four points...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans Ahead of Cherries Trip
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans as Pressure MountsAre Aston Villa in a blip? With two consecutive Premier League home losses and a...
Aston Villa’s Engine Misses Key Parts as the Cavalry Ride into Town
The Good, Bad and Ugly: Adversity Strikes the Villa Engine RoomWith Aston Villa poised perfectly to strike at the top of the table and...