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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 As Players Make Debuts, But Beaten At Brentford
Brentford away was awful. The new faces, along with a good long look at Andre Green, made it potentially intriguing but the game was...
What We Learned as Villa Fans From New Signings and Same Old Collapses
Aside from the disappointment of the Preston game, it's been a busy week of transfer news which has fans hoping for a second wave...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Jekyll and Hyde Performance
Jekyll and Hyde Performance
The Aston Villa circus rolls on. After finally finding some semblance of form in the first half against Preston and taking...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Cementing Mid-table Status
Over the past few months MOMS has expressed concern about how Villa were playing and the level of performances not being good enough to achieve...
What We Learned as Villa Fans After Loss To Lambert and Wolves
'Come on, Steve. Enough is enough. It was a nice idea. A noble idea. But it's got to stop.'
Paul Lambert continued where he left...
The Villa Rant: Villa Players Asleep At The Wheel as Nightmare Week Continues
What will it take to remove the constant lethargy within Villa squads? I'm beginning to wonder if it will ever change. This evening, not...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After FA Cup KO
6-3-1
Steve Bruce had said before the Spurs FA Cup tie that Villa were going to have a go, but despite a resolute first half...
The Villa Rant: Aston Villa’s Playoff Hopes Hang on Transfer Window
Cr*ppy New Year
Villa were lucky enough to experience a small Christmas miracle over the festive period, by actually picking up wins despite some of the...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Bluebird Failure
When you saw the Aston Villa starting line-up against Cardiff City, it felt the writing was on the wall in terms of getting three...
What We Learned as Villa Fans After Leeds Luck, Cardiff Kicking
The optimism slipped away after a jammy point against Leeds and a dismal showing against Colin W*nker and his thugs from Cardiff. With Villa...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Leeds Fail to Dent Record
Leeds came for a point and got it, although once they took the lead they looked like they were going to rob Villa of their...
Several Mystery Clubs Circle on Potential Aston Villa Player Haul
Mystery Shopper
After a Chinese mystery club has allegedly bid £25m for Jordan Amavi, it’s created a snowball effect as other Chinese Super League teams...