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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: Three Points Overshadow Bad Villa Habits
Thank god for Jack Grealish. As the final whistle drew closer Villa looked set to follow up last week's loss by firing yet another...
The Villa Rant: Reality Check as Bruce’s Villa hit First Hiccup
After an encouraging unbeaten run Steve Bruce finally got his first taste of defeat at Villa, thanks to two second half goals from Leeds....
What We Learned As Villa Fans as Nervy Villa Lose To Leeds
Optimism was high going into Elland Road, but fans were deflated after a 2-0 defeat. It was Steve Bruce's first defeat as Villa boss. What...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Bruce Resurgence is Dented
Villa Hiccup
Of course, even the best teams lose games along the way, but the Villa players would have probably have had an earful from...
What We Learned as Aston Villa Fans From Cardiff Victory
A convincing (eventually) 3-1 win over Cardiff and their loudmouth, bitter manager was just what the doctor (Xia) ordered. What can Villa fans take...
The Villa Rant: Bruce’s Villa Continue To Climb
Just a couple of weeks ago I had a bad feeling that the international break may stunt Villa's growing momentum and slow our rise...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Top Six is in Sight
On The Up
It's a bit odd talking about wanting to be top six in the Championship. Such top six talk in terms of the...
The Villa Influence: Villa Continue Fine Form With Win Over Bluebirds
Right Man, Right Time?
It’s hard to ignore the sudden sense of optimism that now surrounds Villa Park on a match day. Now under the...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful for Villa Fans After Heading South
Since the arrival of Steve Bruce a new solidity to Villa's play has systematically been introduced making the team hard to beat, which finally...
What We Learned From as Villa Fans From a Friday Night Out In Brighton
Seaside Rendezvous
A Friday night trip to promotion-chasing Brighton AFC was always going to be a stern test for Villa, considering the Seagulls solid home...
What We Learned as Villa Fans From The First Third Of The Season
High expectations turned to despair, winding up with some optimism for the first time in some time. What did we as Villa fans learn...
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Aston Villa’s Season so Far
The G, B & U has been on a bit of a hiatus after being a three-year regular column on My Old Man Said....