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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...
Villa Paper Wrap: Unprepared, Gabby Going and Dwight Dork
Unprepared and ClawedThere were reports about a new badge or development in the presentation of the club from the Birmingham Mail early in the...
What We Learned After Garde Exit, Chelsea Whipping, Little Return
As weeks go, this was a pretty eventful one - hopefully one that will be seen as the start of better days (Chelsea performance...
The Villa Influence: A Look at the Main Forces at Play in the Chelsea Defeat
Yesterday was the first time I’d drove to Villa Park since I’d passed my test in November, and the ride there mirrored Chelsea’s performance...
The Villa Rant: Time To Take the Axe To The Squad After Garde Guillotine
Ugh. Sack them all. It started with the board and management, now it’s time for the players. That’s the only real conclusion to be...
Villa Paper Wrap: Garde Gone, Gabby Party, Adama Return and Bevington in
Going, Going, Garde
After many days of negotiation about compensation between Remi Garde and the board, Garde finally parted ways with the club and left...
Villa Newspaper Wrap: Garde Replacements, Football Board Chat and Cruyff
Moysey and Co.
The papers have been preparing fans for the imminent sacking of Remi Garde and discussions of his replacement were already rife this...
Leak of Villa Chairman’s ‘Extensive Review’ Suggests Rémi Garde Not to Blame for Relegation
The Secret of Steve Hollis's Extensive ReviewThere's been much debate about where the blame lies for Aston Villa's upcoming drop into the Championship, and...
The Villa Influence: A Look at What Determined the Game vs Swansea
By Molly JennensAway games are the best games. There is nothing like a good old coach journey, quick sing song outside the pub and stroll...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans as Garde and Players are Deadmen Walking
I could talk about the game, but I choose not to. Swansea only had one shot on target and that was enough to beat...
The Villa Rant: Villa in Limbo on the Pitch, but Change is Happening off it.
The end of the season can’t come soon enough. Watching Villa week in week out this season has left me in an odd state...
Villa Paper Wrap: Fox off, Garde Future, Barton Analysis and Youth Opportunities
Almstadt and Fox Shown the Door
News was brought to us by the club on Tuesday that Hendrik Almstadt; Villa’s first ever Sporting Director had...
The Villa Influence: A Look at What Determined the Game vs Spurs
By Molly Jennens
As kick off approached for Villa's home game against Spurs, I felt no nerves, no excitement and no anticipation; it's very unlike...