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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...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Norwich Victory
Well, the weather was crap, the game wasn't much better certainly in the first-half, but the result was pure summertime. The first league win...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as the Curtain Begins to Fall for Villa
Aston Villa’s brief five-match unbeaten run – halcyon days in the wider context of the season – came to an end in ignominious fashion...
What We Learned as Villa Fans After Cup Exit and Boleyn Beating
Two more games to forget knocking Aston Villa out of the FA Cup and edging the club closer to the relegation trap door have...
The Villa Rant: Aston Villa Horrorshow – Citeh & Hammers
Real HorrorshowYou may think that Villa played twice in the last few days but you would be wrong. That wasn’t the real Villa, it was...
Rémi Garde to ‘Splash the Cash’ on Doumbia & Ronaldinho
Splash the Cash?As the tumble weed rolls through Villa Park and Bodymoor Heath, Villa supporters are getting sadly resigned to their future next season,...
The Villa Forecast: No Transfers, No Cutting Edge but Plenty of Possession
Five games unbeaten ‘Hurrah!!’ what world beaters we are. Is the season for Aston Villa supporters now just a slow decent into despair? Can...
Michy Batshuayi & Vidic Incoming (LOL) and the Mistaken Identity of Ayew
It's been a few months since the last Media Muppets column. No, it's not because there hasn't been anything to write about, quite the...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly from Villa’s Snorethorns Stalemate
SnorethornsFans of both clubs were eagerly anticipating Villa’s trip to rivals West Brom on Saturday – Villa fans saw it as a big chance...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Baggies Bore
Aston Villa fans will be feeling the Premier League life force being slowly drained from their club, as they failed to win another game...
What We Learned as Villa Can’t Even Beat The Boring Baggies
Derby day proved to be dull and disappointing and while Villa are improving it’s not at a rate that will keep them in the...
The VILLA RANT: Another Penalty Goes Missing in Wasted Opportunity
Another underwhelming game comes and goes and the single point gained does little to help claw us up the table. Time is running out....
What We Learned as Villa Fans From Foxes Point and Wycombe Win
Still no new signings as the window ticks away, but an earned point against league-leading Leicester City and we're into the fourth round of...