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Five Reasons To Be Cheerful As Seagulls Drop One on Depleted Villa
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans after Brighton LossIt's hard to remember a more dramatic pre-season at Villa Park, and after today's heavy defeat to Brighton, Unai Emery could be forgiven for wishing he had a few more weeks of it. Unfortunately, the season is already up and running and Villa have made just about the worst start imaginable with the core of...
Are Aston Villa Going Into the New Season Without a Spine?
The Good, Bad and Ugly as The Winds of Change BlowThere we are then. Aston Villa are about to embark upon another season under Unai Emery, all preseason games are done, and everyone is set and ready to go, aren’t they?The GoodThe European Super Cup Final against new nemesis Paris Saint-Germain was a genuinely enjoyable game.Despite Aston Villa entering the game as heavy underdogs,...
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...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans on the Way to Wembley
After the semi-final grind over two legs against Middlesbrough comes a potentially different kind of match against Fulham at Wembley in the play-off final.Will...
Gabby Agbonlahor’s Alternative Farewell Speech
Gabby's Farewell
Were you underwhelmed by Gabby Agbonlahor's short Villa Park on-pitch farewell speech (in the opening credits) to Aston Villa supporters after the last...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans, Prior to the Second Leg
In the end, the first leg of the play-off semi-final against Middlesbrough resembled several of Aston Villa's 1-0 winning defensive grinds on their travels...
Villa to Miss Out on Big Cash for Ex-Player and Loyal Servant Return
'Tony Pulis is apparently up there with Jesus. Although, it has to be said, Pulis turning a headless chicken into a '£30m world beater',...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Play-offs Confirmed
To many Aston Villa supporters, the play-offs have been inevitable since Villa lost back-to-back games against QPR and Bolton, soon after opening up what...
Excellent EFL Forward Planning Saves Aston Villa Taking Drastic Action
Play-off Irrelevance
When the English Football League decided to revamp English football over 30 years ago, with the introduction of American style play-offs, it just...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Ipswich Foursome
A routine win against an Ipswich team that went down to 10-men in the first half, made it three on the bounce, as Villa...
Ex-Villa Striker Return on the Cards if Aston Villa Stay in Championship
'Bowery has scored more league goals this season than Jonathan Kodjia, Scott Hogan, Ross McCormack, Keinan Davis and Gabby Agbonlahor, combined'
Forgotten Man
"If Bowery scores,...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans Because That’s the Championship
The main prize may be out of reach, but the name of the game can still be promotion, if Aston Villa find their form...