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Unai Emery’s Villa Squad Rebuild Aims to Silence the Doubters
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Emery’s Villa 2.0The transfer window has come and gone, and so has the majority of Aston Villa’s starting line-up. As the window shuts, Aston Villa have squad depth, but do they have the cohesiveness to carry on evolving this season?'Somehow with the window shut there is a sense of cautious optimism that the jigsaw pieces are there in...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful After Emery’s New Lions Look Beyond Arsenal Defeat
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans after Arsenal Home DefeatWith the new season following the rather unwelcome pattern of last year's slow start, Aston Villa once again failed to register a shot on target despite producing a competitive performance against champions Arsenal.After the game, Unai Emery also confirmed that Villa's transfer business was finally complete, bringing the curtain down on one of the...
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...
What We Learned as Villa Fans After Christmas Week Double Act
Two wins out of two is a cause for festive celebration. What did Villa fans learn from the rare away win (on Sky!) against...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After McCormack Prevents Brewers Droop
Another win at Villa Park in front of a 41,000+ crowd, but did the result against Burton paper over the cracks like the win...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Hoops and Hoodoo Lifted
Live TV Hoodoo Broken
It's been a bloody long time since Villa have won a live televised league game. I think it dates back to 1989...
What We Learned as Villa Fans From Wigan Win & Norwich No-Show
Two pretty awful performances back-to-back has left Steve Bruce vocal about his underachieving team. What did Villa fans learn from a return to the...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Wigan Bore Turns into Win
MOMS' Saturday at Villa Park started a little earlier than normal with a 45 minute interview with former Villa boss Ron Atkinson (out on the podcast...