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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...
The Curse of the Claret Sleeves — Aston Villa’s New Kit Has a History Problem
The Curse of the Claret SleevesAston Villa and Adidas have unveiled the new 2026-27 home kit, describing it as inspired by 'the club's designs from the 1960s', although failing to mention that it specifically takes it lead from the ill-fated 1969-70 season strip that was abandoned mid-season.There is a pattern in Aston Villa's kit history that the marketing department would prefer you did not...
The Good, Bad and Ugly as Garde sees Size of Villa Task
The Tottenham Hotspur match on Monday night was always going to be a strange, limbo-like event after the arrival of Remi Garde as Tim...
We We Learned After Rémi Arrives… And Watches Villa Lose To Spurs
Welcome Rémi Garde! Now do something to save us. What will the Aston Villa fans - and the new Villa manager himself - have...
What We Learned as Aston Villa Fans After Sherwood Leaves Club
What can Aston Villa fans learn from the week when Tim Sherwood paid the price for a terrible start to what we all hoped...
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Tim Sherwood’s 28-match reign
Tim Sherwood was finally told to grab his gilet and leave after just 254 days in charge of Villa following the 2-1 home defeat...
First Ex-Villa Player With Real Credentials Enters Villa Manager Race
Villa Manager Circus
If the managerial circus at Villa Park wasn't bad enough, the fact that ex-Villa player chancers like Dwight Yorke and Benito Carbone...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Club Go Bottom & Sherwood Sacked
Yet again a 'must-win' game ends in defeat and Aston Villa now rock-bottom of the league. It's curtains for Tim Sherwood too, as he's...
What We Learnt as Aston Villa Fans After Fifth Straight League Defeat
A fifth straight defeat, 19th place, four points adrift and a high profile Villa fan loses his job for doing his job. What did...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Lose Fifth League Game on the Trot
Five Reasons to be cheerful as Aston Villa fans wasn't exactly an easy column to write this week, although saying that it hasn't been easy...
What We Learned as Aston Villa Fans After Stoke Flop
Another home defeat in a potentially winnable game and more questions being asked (and answered) of Tactic Tim's tactics. What else did Aston Villa...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Potters Loss
Aston Villa are in big trouble with a quarter of a season already done and dusted. They have a manager still tinkering around as...
The Good, Bad and Ugly as Villa are Gone in 60 Seconds at Anfield
After the mixed emotions of Aston Villa’s second double-derby week of 2015, there were more confused feelings on Saturday evening after the 3-2 defeat...
What We Learned as Aston Villa Fans After Anfield Defeat
A mixed performance against Liverpool at Anfield, and Jack makes an international commitment. But What did Aston Villa fans learn from last week?I THOUGHT...