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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,...
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...
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Aston Villa’s Transfer Window
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Aston Villa’s Summer Transfer WindowAfter another horror show against Crystal Palace, it was clear that Unai Emery’s squad...
Five Reasons To Be Cheerful As Villa Fire Blanks and the Transfer Window Closes
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa FansThe slow summer transfer window has led to a troubled start to the new season, but reinforcements...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans After Bees Loss
With Aston Villa served up a relatively soft start to the season in terms of fixtures, they were hoping to get out of the...
What We Learnt as Villans After the Brentford Defeat
Another season kicks off — and this one already looks like it could get interesting for a whole host of reasons. So, what better...