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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...
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...
What We Learned as Villa Fans From the Win At Wigan
A 2-0 win sent Villa into the international break with a smile of their collective faces - not least because of Scott Hogan's first...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful After Villa Double the Latics
I'll be honest, at the start of the season, I expected Villa to double a few Championship teams this season and not just the...