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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,...
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...
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...