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What We Learnt From the Villa’s Immediate Post-Season
Aston Villa are Europa League winners, Champions League returnees, and already three weeks into the summer transfer rumour cycle. Here are the three observations that cut through.The Rogers Sell-on Clause Changes the ConversationThe transfer fee figure most commonly attached to Morgan Rogers in the press is £80 million. What the press consistently omits is the 20% sell-on clause Middlesbrough reportedly hold on any future...
Why Nobody Linking Morgan Rogers to a Move Has Done the Maths
Those Morgan Rogers Transfer LinksAre you bored of the Morgan Rogers transfer rumours yet?How many times have we seen this situation before?Over the years, the press have seemingly tried to will away from Villa the likes of James Milner, Gareth Barry, Christian Benteke and Jack Grealish, only for each of these players to stay on at least a season after the media's initial hard...
Aston Villa’s Attacking Intent Examined, Missing Ross Barkley and Pundit Conspiracy – GBU
After the Aston Villa shots per game pressure cooker, that built up against Burnley, finally broke against the Baggies, things are looking clearer on...
Villa Player Trio Impresses, as Referees and Trolls Spark Talking Points – GBU
Check out Xmas Savings BelowThe Good, Bad & UglyWith Aston Villa’s fortunes more good and less ugly nowadays, MOMS podcast contributor Phil Shaw resurrects...
The Rotten and Frustrating Elements Blunting Aston Villa’s Progress – The GBU
The Good, Bad & UglyWith Aston Villa’s fortunes more good and less ugly nowadays, MOMS podcast contributor Phil Shaw resurrects ‘The Good, Bad &...
Clear and Obvious Problems – Ross Barkley, Defensive & VAR Concerns – Villa’s GBU
With Aston Villa’s fortunes more good and less ugly nowadays, MOMS podcast contributor Phil Shaw resurrects ‘The Good, Bad & Ugly’, an old favourite MOMS...
Aston Villa Prove Their Quality, International Risk and Panenka Gone Wrong – The GBU
With Aston Villa’s fortunes more good and less ugly nowadays, MOMS podcast contributor Phil Shaw resurrects ‘The Good, Bad & Ugly’, an old favourite MOMS...
Are Aston Villa too ‘Good’ for their own Good? The GBU of the Villa Week
With Aston Villa’s fortunes more good and less ugly nowadays, MOMS podcast contributor Phil Shaw resurrects ‘The Good, Bad & Ugly’, an old favourite MOMS...
Was the Leeds Game a Reality Check? Villa Fans React to PPV – The GBU of Aston Villa’s Week
With Aston Villa’s fortunes more good and less ugly nowadays, MOMS podcast contributor Phil Shaw resurrects ‘The Good, Bad & Ugly’, an old favourite MOMS...
How the International Break Went for Villa after the 7-2 – The Good, Bad & Ugly
With Aston Villa's fortunes more good and less ugly nowadays, MOMS podcast contributor Phil Shaw resurrects ‘The Good, Bad & Ugly’, an old favourite MOMS...
Aston Villa Consider to Grant Two Record Length Player Contracts to Prevent Mass Exodus
Villa ExodusAston Villa are thought to be considering taking drastic action in a measure to counter any future similiar knock-on effects of selling striker...
Manchester City to Trigger Douglas Luiz Clause, Lazio Wesley & Spurs Grealish Fantasy
The season of the disingenuous transfer headline has been in full swing for a few weeks now, yet Aston Villa have yet to announce...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans in Project Restart
The idea for My Old Man Said's 'Five Reasons to be Cheerful' column sprang from macabre times Aston Villa supporters were experiencing back in...
The Agenda of Jack Grealish to Manchester United
The 'Grealish to United' narrative is kept simmering away like George Orwell's perpetual war.Exclusive MuppetsIt's been a good six months since MOMS has done...