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Five Reasons To Be Cheerful As Villa Put Tottenham on the Bottom Three Rack
Five Reasons to be Cheerful After Beating Spurs Ahead of the International BreakAway wins in Europe and the Carabao Cup had hinted that Unai Emery's rebuild was on the right track, even if only a small quota of new signings were actually starting in the team, due to injuries and disrupted preseasons. Against Tottenham though, Emery got to start six of his new chargers.Victory...
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...
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...
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...