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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 Warnock Schools Bruce
When 'Five Reasons to be Cheerful' started as a column at the inception of MOMS, six years ago, it was a satirical reaction to...
The Ultimate Aston Villa Player Ratings For the Cardiff Game
The Cardiff City 3 Aston Villa 0 game was so epic that MOMS just had to do some Aston Villa player ratings for the...
The Villa Rant: Early Games Hint at Season Ahead
Championship Season Take Two
Saturday brought the eagerly awaited return of Aston Villa to our regular schedules. Despite an atrocious few seasons there is a...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After OK First Week
So, the season is finally up and running and while Villa haven't exactly hit their full stride yet and still have a few big...
Jordan Rhodes Link to Aston Villa Reveals Hilarious Desperation
Today, the Daily Mail wrote a rumour article linking Aston Villa to West Ham midfielder Robert Snodgrass (which Tony Xia has since rubbished). It...
VTID Column: Are Villa the Finished Promotion Article? What’s Different From Last Season
'This could be the most important season in a generation at Villa Park.'
By Paul AbdaleTHERE'S an interesting fact going round.We haven't conceded a goal while...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans About Pre-season 2017
Has this summer offered up a good pre-season for Aston Villa? Is MOMS confident that Villa are now ready for a much-needed promotion push?Not...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans Winning Cup of Traditions
Going into The Cup of Traditions one-day friendly tournament, an astute Villa supporter would have fancied their team to lift the trophy pretty comfortably....
Exposed! Aston Villa Signing Players to Boost Club’s Social Media Numbers
Advanced Media Transfer PlansAston Villa supporters watching recent preseason matches have been rightly questioning what Steve Bruce's actual tactics are on the pitch for...
The VTID Column: Bruce’s Dilemmas, Villa’s Goal Drought, Beyond Dr Tony’s Wallet
'We can't keep signing players and then ignore the strengths that made them stand out at their previous clubs.'
By Paul AbdaleFat Camps and Faulty...
Conor Hourinhane to Sheffield Wednesday and Other ‘No News’
Phoney Baloney
'Fake news' is now a term that is very much in the popular vernacular. Worryingly, the familiarity with the term in today's society has...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Season Ends
The final game of Villa's uninspiring 2016/17 season will ultimately be remembered as the one that denied Brighton the Championship title. A scrappy game...