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Five Reasons to Be Cheerful After a Week of Mixed Emotions for Emery
Five Reasons to be Cheerful After Brugge Win and Forest LossA mixed week has seen Villa finally pick up their first win of the new campaign, after getting their Champions League season off to a winning start with a hard-fought victory in Bruges. The positive momentum proved short-lived, however, as Villa slumped to a late home defeat against Nottingham Forest in a game that...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful After Villa Stalemate in Hull
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans after Goalless Hull DrawWith the transfer window finally closed, Unai Emery can get back to doing what he does best: coaching players and building a team on the pitch. The performances against Arsenal and Hull have offered encouragement, even if the rather important business of putting the ball in the net remains unresolved.As Villa move on to...
Five Reasons To Be Cheerful As Villans on Route to Wembley
After a rollercoaster week that witnessed the highs and lows of Paris St. Germain followed by the demolition of Newcastle and a late gut-punch...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful After the Winning Run Ground to a Halt in Paris
With three competitions still in play, the final six weeks of the campaign should provide fans with more than enough entertainment (and a an...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful: Villa’s European Dream & Season-Defining Fixtures
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Survey the Season's Business EndIt has been a long and demanding season for Unai Emery’s Aston Villa, with an expanded...
Aston Villa’s Season: Glory or Gamble? The Good, Bad & Ugly So Far
The Good Bad and Ugly - Quarter Finals CallingIf ever a season was summed up with Good, Bad and Ugly, it's been 2024/25. Now...
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...