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Five Reasons To Be Cheerful As Seagulls Drop One on Depleted Villa
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans after Brighton LossIt's hard to remember a more dramatic pre-season at Villa Park, and after today's heavy defeat to Brighton, Unai Emery could be forgiven for wishing he had a few more weeks of it. Unfortunately, the season is already up and running and Villa have made just about the worst start imaginable with the core of...
Are Aston Villa Going Into the New Season Without a Spine?
The Good, Bad and Ugly as The Winds of Change BlowThere we are then. Aston Villa are about to embark upon another season under Unai Emery, all preseason games are done, and everyone is set and ready to go, aren’t they?The GoodThe European Super Cup Final against new nemesis Paris Saint-Germain was a genuinely enjoyable game.Despite Aston Villa entering the game as heavy underdogs,...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as Villans After a Week of Mixed Fortunes
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as VillansA late winner from Marco Asensio secured a crucial victory over Chelsea, following on from a hard-fought draw against Liverpool in midweek. ...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful After Villans Enjoy Sunday Roast
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans After FA Cup ProgressThe FA Cup fifth round and Aston Villa haven’t often gone hand in hand in recent decades. Despite winning...
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly of Aston Villa’s Transfer Business
The Good, Bad and Ugly of the Transfer Window and BeyondNow that the dust has settled on the January transfer window and Aston Villa...
Five Reasons To Be Cheerful As Villa Are a Top Eight European Team
Five Reasons to be Cheerful After Villa Complete Champions League Group StageWith the Champions League league stage over and done with, Aston Villa have...
Aston Villa Turn Corner only to Crash in Monaco
The Good, Bad and Ugly Of Villa's WeekA week that began with Aston Villa turning a corner, ended with them running into a speed...
Ollie Watkins’ Finishing Woes: A Deeper Dive on Why He’s Under the Spotlight
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Villa Life After Leicester WinNew Year, unfortunately, same misfiring Aston Villa as they nervously beat the 19th-placed Foxes...
Revealed! Everything That Will Cost £1.50 at Villa’s Anniversary Game
Let the £1.50 150th Anniversary Celebrations Begin!There has been some understandable controversy surrounding the club's decision to select the upcoming FA Cup 3rd round...
Five Reasons To Be Cheerful as Villa Fans in 2025
2024 will always be remembered as the year Aston Villa returned to Europe’s top table, although much of the heavy lifting was actually done...
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Aston Villa in 2024
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Villa's 2024With 2024 now in the rearview mirror, it’s time to reflect on the highs and lows that...
Five Reasons To Be Cheerful As Villa Are Winless in Eight
What a difference a few weeks can make to a league position and the atmosphere of a fanbase. The drop-off in Aston Villa's form...
Unai Emery has to turn Aston Villa’s Cruise Control Off
The Good Bad and Ugly - Slow MotionWith games about to come thick and fast, Aston Villa have found themselves back in mid-table traffic....
Five Reasons to be Cheerful As Flying Start Hits Turbulence
Five Reasons to be Cheerful Despite Poor Emery WeekHello darkness, my old friend... Okay, that may be a bit of an exaggeration; we haven't...