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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 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...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Cup Success
The 100% winning feeling continues, but while Aston Villa haven't been all that convincing, compared with where we thought we might be three weeks...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Best Season Start This Century
It was certainly an eventful summer for Aston Villa off the pitch, that's to put it mildly, but this week Villa's season started in...
Why Steve Bruce Continuing as Villa Boss Offered Up Zero Surprise
Clickbait Dare
At the start of last week MOMS was asked to appear on a couple of national radio shows to discuss the rumours of...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans From Villa’s Preseason
To say that off the pitch Aston Villa's pre-season has been one of turmoil would be something of an understatement. The extent of the...
Villa’s Alternative Funding Revealed After Share Issue Solution is Dismissed
Winning at FFP
In the recent statement by Villa chairman Tony Xia, the Villa chairman stressed, "no shareholding sale of any size will contribute to...
The Dumbest Proposals of Jack Grealish’s Future Offered Up Yet
Aston Villa have so far disputed that they have received any official bids for Jack Grealish, after fresh media reports of a £15m bid...
Secret Aston Villa Fan Crowdfunder to Destroy Fulham’s Wembley Plans Hits Target
White Walls...
In the past week, there has been a lot of talk by Fulham fans of creating a 'White Wall' at Wembley on the...