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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 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...
What We Learned as Villa Fans This Week Post Flub On The Tyne
Years of goading Newcastle fans came back to bite Villa on the arse after self-destructive tendencies led to another loss without scoring and an...
What We Learned As Aston Villa Fans After Winless 2017
The unbeaten home record was the last shred of pride in what's become a miserable season at Villa Park. Defeat to Ipswich and then...
What We Learned as Villa Fans After Clash of European Cup Winners
Villa v Forest - two of the biggest names in the history of British football. Both with their glory days long behind them, although...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Back-to-back Away Failures
At Villa Park earlier in the season Henri Lansbury's 87th-minute equaliser rescued a point for visiting Nottingham Forest. This time, with Lansbury now wearing...
The Villa Rant: Aston Villa, The Club That Never Learns
Fool Me Once...
As the half-time whistle blew against Preston on Saturday the clouds over Villa Park finally seemed to be parting. Led by new...