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Five Reasons To Be Cheerful As Villa Put Tottenham on the Bottom Three Rack
Five Reasons to be Cheerful After Beating Spurs Ahead of the International BreakAway wins in Europe and the Carabao Cup had hinted that Unai Emery's rebuild was on the right track, even if only a small quota of new signings were actually starting in the team, due to injuries and disrupted preseasons. Against Tottenham though, Emery got to start six of his new chargers.Victory...
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...
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
Measure to Stop Villa Social ExodusAston Villa are thought to be considering taking drastic action in a measure to counter any future similiar knock-on...
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...
How Aston Villa Have Taken Advantage of the League Cup to Positive Effect
In what is a slight variation of five reasons to be cheerful, we look at the benefits of Aston Villa's run in the League...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans, as Team Needs Christmas Points
Well, it hasn't been an easy last few weeks in terms of fixtures for Aston Villa. From Manchester City onwards, you'd have probably have...