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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...
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...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans as Bruce is Sent Packing
After three consecutive losses and a tough upcoming fixture list, with trips to Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge immediately ahead, many Aston Villa supporters...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans as Villa Fans as a Third of the Season is Almost up.
Approaching a third of the season played and Aston Villa have only won three out of their 12 games, in turn, losing the third...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful Despite Late Liverpool Horror Show
It was a bitter pill to take at the weekend, as Aston Villa managed to lose a game they were 1-0 up in, with...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans, After 10th Consecutive League Defeat at the Etihad
When you consider Aston Villa's 3-0 defeat at the Etihad was the 10th consecutive Premier League loss at Manchester City (by an aggregate score...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans, as Grealish Defies VAR for Last Gasp Glory
For Aston Villa in their first season back in the Premier League, capitalising on big opportunities arising in-game that give them an advantage, will...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans Apart From the Five Goals at Norwich
It would perhaps be remiss of MOMS not to fire-up the long-running 'Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans' column, after Aston Villa...
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly of Aston Villa’s First Points of the Season
With Aston Villa back in the Premier League, MOMS resurrects ‘The Good, Bad & Ugly’ an old favourite column that started six years ago on the...
The Good, Bad and Ugly of the Return of Premier League Football to Villa Park
By Lou KingWith Aston Villa back in the Premier League, MOMS resurrects ‘The Good, Bad & Ugly’ an old favourite column that started six years ago...
Aston Villa’s Opening Premier League Week – the Good, Bad & Ugly
With Aston Villa back in the Premier League, MOMS resurrects 'The Good, Bad & Ugly' an old favourite column that started six years ago...
Confirmed: John McGinn is off to Manchester United via Magaluf
MOMS was going to crank the Media Muppets column up into action once again as a reaction to all these stories about Aston Villa...