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Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as Aston Villa’s Preseason Begins
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans - Preseason BeginsAfter arguably the best season Aston Villa have enjoyed in a generation, Unai Emery's squad has returned to Bodymoor Heath after a well-earned summer break. They've barely had time to unpack the sun cream before the squad has already undergone some serious surgery, and there's every chance more arrivals and departures are still to come.With...
World Cup Villa Reflections – Konsa Scapegoating, Villa Injury Woe and Ex-Villa Hero
The Good, Bad and Ugly of World Cup 2026 So FarWhile Aston Villa fans are either enjoying a summer off or worrying about UEFA cost spreadsheets, there's a World Cup on. It's a good chance to remember what football was like before the Premier League made it a product, or is it?The GoodUp to the quarter-final point, it's been a surprisingly entertaining World Cup,...
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...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Woeful Start to 2019
What could be worse than getting knocked out of the FA Cup at Villa Park 3-0 by Swansea City?Well, what about being beaten 3-0...
Sky Sports Needs an Aston Villa History Lesson and Villa ‘Guaranteed Play-offs With These Transfers’
I've just realised I've never mentioned the old 'Villa will guarantee promotion if they buy this player' clickbait story tactic in Media Muppets...It's...
Jack Grealish Hints, Tony Xia Message and Abraham Announcement
When it comes to transfer windows, there is one old clickbait trick that always rears its head. The rehashing of stories from the previous...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans About Getting Knocked Out the FA Cup
There I was hoping that 2019 would be the year that Aston Villa finally had a cup run again, the first proper one since...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Recent Statement of Intent
Since the last international break its hard to pin down Villa's true identity at the moment. We know we can score goals, which at...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Lively Blues Win
The 4-2 win against the Blues in the Second City derby was all about the result and some notable goals, but Dean Smith wasn't...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Second Smith Home Win
Dean Smith made it two wins out of two at Villa Park, as Villa chalked up a fairly routine 2-0 win against Bolton. Smith...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans Despite Recent Result Woe
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When you're sitting 17th in the Championship table in your third season in the league, having blown millions on under-performing players, it's hard to...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans as Dean Smith Makes Winning Start
It was a decent day's work for Dean Smith's new Villa regime against Swansea City. Three points, a clean sheet, a controlled performance for...
Aston Villa Boss Steve Bruce Successfully Lines Up New Job
New CareerWith pressure growing on his position as Aston Villa manager, after only one win in nine games and two years of minimal progress,...