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Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as Aston Villa’s Preseason Begins
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans - Preseason BeginsAfter arguably the best season Aston Villa have enjoyed in a generation, Unai Emery's squad has returned to Bodymoor Heath after a well-earned summer break. They've barely had time to unpack the sun cream before the squad has already undergone some serious surgery, and there's every chance more arrivals and departures are still to come.With...
World Cup Villa Reflections – Konsa Scapegoating, Villa Injury Woe and Ex-Villa Hero
The Good, Bad and Ugly of World Cup 2026 So FarWhile Aston Villa fans are either enjoying a summer off or worrying about UEFA cost spreadsheets, there's a World Cup on. It's a good chance to remember what football was like before the Premier League made it a product, or is it?The GoodUp to the quarter-final point, it's been a surprisingly entertaining World Cup,...
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...
What We Learned as Villa Fans From the End of the Season
That's how it's been all season - hanging on, crossing our fingers, and scraping points with unconvincing, flair-free defensive football.
The season is over and...
What We Learned as Villa Fans as Easter Doom Turned to Derby Delight
What a bizarre week, no sign of any decent football from Easter to the Blues derby, but in a Second City derby where Villa...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Beating Blues (& Highlights)
'The players should pay to play in front of such a crowd.'
Order is restored in the Second City. It wasn't pretty, in fact some...
The Villa Rant: Bank Holiday Weekend To Forget For Villa
The stage was set. A bank holiday weekend double header to ensure that Villa head into this week's derby at full steam. Things didn't...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Gloomy Easter Period
One day some fans will register why MOMS keeps saying Villa's performances need to improve for there to be any hope of a serious...
What We Learned as Villa Fans Facing Another Championship Season
So it's as good as over - Villa won't be bouncing back to the Premiership at the first time of asking. What did Villa...
The Villa Rant: Villa Still Work In Progress Despite Unbeaten Run
'It also looks like we might even have a manager for a full summer and maybe even a second season. Weird.'
It's been a nice few...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Play-off Miracle Extinguished
It was a long shot any way. As well as pretty much winning out the rest of the season, Villa needed a bunch of...
What We Learned as Villa Fans as Hope Springs Eternal for Bruce
And the Villa go marching ON ON ON! What did Villa fans learn from two nice results at home against Norwich and QPR to...
Jedinak Leaving Villa? The Same Chance as Hogan Changing his Mind and Delph Arriving
Standards
The standard of football journalism has got so low, fuelled by the inane need to pump out stories for online ad revenue (one Friday,...