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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...
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
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The standard of football journalism has got so low, fuelled by the inane need to pump out stories for online ad revenue (one Friday,...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans as Winning Run Continues
Aston Villa's winning ways continue despite their uncertain performances. Relying on solid defending and Jonathan Kodjia to bag the goals at the other end,...
The Villa Rant: Steve Bruce Prepares For End of Season Audition
I'm not sure if it's just selective memory but I've always felt that international breaks never seem to come at a time that suits...