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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 Good, Bad and Ugly of Villa’s Goodison Park Nightmare
The 0-0 draw at home to Manchester City two weeks ago was seen as a reason for optimism going into the international break as...
What We Learned as Aston Villa Fans After Sorry Everton Defeat
Optimism is leaking fast as cold, hard facts start to sink in regarding Villa's survival chances. What did Aston Villa fans learn from the...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Toffee’s Stuffing
Played 13, won 1, drawn 2, lost 10. Aston Villa have made a shocking start to the season. After flapping around like a headless...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Rémi Garde Plots Path to Survival
On my slot on the Sportsbar on Talksport last week, I was asked the dreaded question by Andy Goldstein - "36 points on offer, you've...
The Villa Forecast: A Change in Club Temperature After Villa Park Snakes and Frogs
By James FelipeA distinct climate change this week at Villa Park as a transitional and optimistic week saw a new manager in Rémi Garde,...
The Good, Bad and Ugly as Villa Show Resilience Under Rémi Garde
Remi Garde’s reign in charge of Aston Villa began with a 0-0 draw at home to Premier League leaders Manchester City on Sunday, a...
What We Learned as Aston Villa Fans From Garde’s First Game
Garde’s first game gave fans plenty to think about. What did Aston Villa fans learn about the team and the new gaffer from a...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After New Boss
'Five Reasons' comes a little later in the week than normal mainly due to focus being on the appointment of Rémi Garde all week....
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...