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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...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After End of 2017 Win
It may have not been pretty or too exciting, but boy did Villa (and Steve Bruce) need those three points away to Middlesbrough. A...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans at Christmas
Recap...The month of December with its six fixtures mainly against Championship teams with play-off/promotion ambitions was going to define whether Villa had genuine automatic...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Rocky December Start
Derby away was a shocker, so lets not dwell on it. The worrying concern though is Villa's performances haven't been great in December so...
Joshua Onomah Scaremongering, Sam Johnstone Rehash and False Guarantees
'Pochettino Confirms Highly-rated Young Duo Will Be Recalled From Their Loan Spells In January'...
Joshua Onomah Scaremongering
While Mauricio Pochettino has doing his media duties last...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Mute Point
Lets face it, Villa were lucky to escape with a draw at the weekend, against a Millwall team that hadn't registered a single away...
What We Learned As Villa Fans As Unbeaten Run Keeps Pressure On
Villa are on a tear and looking like one of the form horses in the division. That's not to say it's always pretty to...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Leeds True Grit
After a sluggish start to the game Aston Villa showed the kind of heart and hustle later on against Leeds at Elland Road, that...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Nine Point Week
A satisfactory three wins on the bounce have got Villa back into the automatic play-off conversation. With tough fixtures ahead, if they break into...
The Sun Makes Bizarre Cock Up With Ex-Villan Dalian Atkinson’s Identity
Respect the Dead
Going after The Sun newspaper for media muppetry is like shooting fish in a barrel, so Media Muppets tends to stick to...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Impressive QPR Away Win
In one of the best attacking performances Aston Villa have put in during their time in the Championship, Steve Bruce's men came out winners...
Mile Jedinak to Stay in Australia Until Further Notice?
The New Wizard of Oz
Rumours have been doing the rounds that Mile Jedinak has taken the controversial decision to stay in Australia until further...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans During International Break Reflection
After a decent mid-week win away at Preston, Villa found their unbeaten home record shattered by Sheffield Wednesday, who before the game were in...