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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...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful After Villa Stalemate in Hull
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans after Goalless Hull DrawWith the transfer window finally closed, Unai Emery can get back to doing what he does best: coaching players and building a team on the pitch. The performances against Arsenal and Hull have offered encouragement, even if the rather important business of putting the ball in the net remains unresolved.As Villa move on to...
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
17th
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,...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After One Win in Nine
Yes, Villa have only seen one win in their last nine games, and that was at home against Rotherham.Away against Bristol City they seemed...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Another Injury-time Show
"Every manager who managers Aston Villa is always going to come under pressure. We’ve lost one out of seven in the league, but we’re...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After a Horror Week
Lets recap the season so far...There's been a batch of unconvincing performances to kick off the 2018/19 season, where even Villa's initial two league...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Three Draw Week
Three draws in a week? It takes me back to the days of Alex McLeish...When the Championship fixtures were made for the 2018/19, Aston...
What Does Picture of Ross McCormack Wearing the New Villa Shirt Mean?
Strange Sighting
The other day, while MOMS was looking at the current squad on the Aston Villa official website, an almost surreal image appeared on...