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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 Wreak Mischief on The Magpies
The defeat at home to Everton presented the perfect opportunity for the team to wilt. Losing Boubacar Kamara and John McGinn in the space...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful As Villans After Grealish Has Last Laugh
Despite an excellent win in the FA Cup last week, Villa’s stellar league form has come crashing down with only four points secured from...
Emery Backs Notion That Title Talk at Half-Way Point is Nonsense
Title Talk For EngagementFootball loves a narrative, and modern football media loves one even more. The problem is that narratives are now routinely manufactured...
Villa and Rogers Exceed Expectations to Sleigh Christmas Demons
The Good, Bad and Ugly Christmas SpecialI’m a superstitious sort. While many people have filled the column inches with all things Villa, I’ve sat...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans This Christmas
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans at Christmas‘Tis the season to be jolly, and my goodness, Villa fans can attest to that...
Five Reasons To Be Cheerful As Aston Villa Make Cherry Pie
Villa's goalless and rocky start to the season couldn't feel more distant after a triumphant home thumping of high-flying Bournemouth. With the season now...
Aston Villa Roll on as Summer Signings Make Headlines
The Good, Bad and Ugly as Aston Villa Get Up and RunningAfter the early-season worries, Aston Villa have found their groove in a very...
Five Reasons To Be Cheerful as Aston Villa Begin Takeoff
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans - October International BreakAs with any rocket launch, the initial moments are slow and difficult to watch....
Aston Villa’s Win Overshadowed by Regressing Rogers, Zombie Watkins and Monchi’s Mess
The Good, Bad and Ugly of an Eventful WeekA week is a long time in the Aston Villa world; it’s either a week of...
Five Reasons To Be Cheerful As Villa Start Unbeaten League Run Painfully
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as VillansDespite Unai Emery leading Aston Villa to a Champions League quarter-final within less than three seasons of taking...
Darkness Gathers Despite Villa Breaking Their Goal Drought
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Everton and BrentfordWhat a difference a year makes. This time last year, Villa had just dispatched Young Boys...
Five Reasons To Be Cheerful As Misfiring Villans Limp On
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as VillansAfter a mostly dull summer at Villa Park, the Villa boys have ensured that fans' misery would be...