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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,...
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...
What We Learned as Villa Fans After Win-Loss-Win
Another three games in a week gave Villa six points and some more signs that everything is going to be all right. Then one of...
The Villa Rant: Villa Beginning to Find Balance and Results
As Villa had the best of the first half against Newcastle a few weeks ago, the season finally looked like it was coming together....
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Win Triple
Win Triple
While Villa's recent back-to-back triple wins are too little, too late in the context of the promotion, now is an important time in...
What We Learned as Villa Fans From Back-To-Back Wins With Clean Sheets
After a dismal run of form, Villa put together two wins in four days - with no goals conceded - to give fans something...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After First 2017 Win
The Five Reasons column has been on a mini sabbatical due to Villa notching up defeat after defeat, which was hardly inspiring to write...