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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 Hit By Infamous Curse Going Into Wembley Play-off Final
*Contains a light Game of Thrones spoiler in the last paragraphCurse Origin StoryDerby County are now the clear favourites for the Championship play-off final...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Face Wembley Death or Glory
West Bromwich Albion over two legs was always going to be the sternest play-off test Aston Villa could face. You'd fancy Villa against anyone...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Elland Road Crazy Shenanigans
It's certainly been a season for offbeat and at times crazy Aston Villa games. 5-5 draws, injury-time madness and now a bizarre goal in...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Play-offs Are Guaranteed with Club Record
With their 1-0 win against Millwall, Dean Smith's Aston Villa team again proved itself to be more resilient than the version that had struggled...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Epic Double Comeback
Aston Villa made it seven wins on the trot as they entrenched themselves firmer into the Championship play-off picture. After two successful trips to...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After High Five of Wins
In the first half, with passages of slick one and two-touch football, it looked like Aston Villa were going to blow another team away,...
Five Unlikely Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans After Rise to Play-off Positions
The long-running 'Five Reasons' returns, not to be confused by those who have nicked the title. Rather than state the bleeding obvious of recent...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans After Doubling the Blues
Back-to-back wins for a Jack Grealish-inspired Aston Villa has brought a wave of positivity back to B6. Can they extend recent results into a...
Toxic Aston Villa Player Hate Articles Become an Unfortunate Trend
Hate Mongers Perhaps the most annoying thing about going to a football match is that supporter who sits nearby you, who seemingly goes...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Baggies Defeat
First off, we'll save the team and player analysis until the upcoming Aston Villa Player Ratings and Observations for the game.Despite a vibrant start...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Magic Blades Comeback
Ultimately, Aston Villa's limp start to the year 2019 has probably cost them a chance of making the play-offs, but the last eight minutes...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After a Long-awaited Villa Home Win
It wasn't exactly a routine win against Ipswich Town, but having only had one win in their last nine games, Villa's season was fast...