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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...
The Villa Rant: Road to Nowhere or Time For Calm Heads
Finally, as many of us hoped and predicted, Adama Traore came good for Aston Villa.
Despite the ex-Barcelona protegé handing Villa the game against Middlesbrough...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful After Drawing a Blank Against 10-Men Boro
You know the routine...Villa don't win again, so here's still five reasons to be cheerful as Villa fans.This time after a 0-0 draw with...
What We Learned As Villa Fans From A Return To Bruce Ball
The dull international break might have erased the memories of the limp display against Bristol City, but with more of the same following at...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Brentford 0-0
No Show
Goodness me what a poor and lacklustre performance. Brentford will be kicking themselves for not taking away all three points against a Villa...
The VTID: Steve Bruce’s September Trial of Ambition
'Promotion won't be a footballing journey, it'll be a financial necessity'
By Paul AbdaleAT the start of the season many fans thought Steve Bruce had...
Who’s This ‘Goal Scoring’, ‘Fan Favourite’ Midfielder Leaving Aston Villa?
One of the most humourous things about this summer transfer window is to see the headlines that bottom feeder clickbait websites like 'The Football...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans After Wigan & Bristol Week
Villa's away curse continues, but the 1-1 draw at Bristol City wasn't a total failure when you consider they had lost 10 of their...
What We Learned As Villa Fans as Villa Win Twice In Four Days
After the doom and gloom of the start of the season, Villa have woken up and the fans just can't get enough of it.With...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After First Win of Season
After a week of Villa supporters and the club's manager trading their displeasure with each other via the press and social media, finally we...
What We Learned As Villa Fans From The Start of The Season
Before a ball was kicked, Villa were favourites to win the league and even without their top scorer the marquee signing of John Terry,...
The Ultimate Aston Villa Player Ratings For the Reading Game
The ultimate player ratings were meant to be a one-off for last weekend after that woeful display at Cardiff, but there's still some gags in...
The Villa Rant: Another “Rude Awakening” for Stuttering Villa
'I want to see consistency but consistent failure is not acceptable.'
Why Can't We Be Happy?
The new season brought with it an opportunity to be...