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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 Sherwood’s Pre-FA Cup Final Surreal Selection
Villa’s Premier League campaign ended in disappointment with a dour 0-1 home defeat to already-relegated Burnley on Sunday in a game which had a...
What We Learnt as Aston Villa Fans After St Mary’s Mess
By Adam KeebleA shocking (both surprising and awful) game against Southampton thankfully ended - and just a few hours later, Villa secured their place...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Saints Carnage
I didn't make the trip to Southampton. Sorry, BT Sport, Sky etc, but I don't do 12.45. I found myself in Nottingham town centre...
What We Learnt as Aston Villa Fans After Another Home Win vs Hammers
Another nervy second half but three points in the bag and a step closer to safety. What can Aston Villa fans take from a...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans as Villa Just Keep Winning
A week ago, you'd have said back-to-back home wins against Everton and West Ham would have seen Aston Villa safe and sound in terms...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Villa’s Week of Vast Improvement
Tim Sherwood’s win ratio was improved again after last weekend’s minor blip at the Etihad, Christian Benteke continued his remarkable revival, and most importantly...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans as Villa Park Witnesses a Proper Performance
Well, i don't know about you, but the performance against Everton was probably the best I've seen Villa play at Villa Park all season....
What We Learnt as Aston Villa Fans After Home Performance of the Season
A flying start with some scintillating football, ended up a nervy win over Everton, but the performance was typical of the great strides Villa...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Defence Undermine Performance at Etihad
As you would have noticed by Villa's paltry 32 points, they need six points from the remaining games to match the club's worst total...
What We Learnt as Aston Villa Fans After Etihad Dropped Catch
By Adam Keeble
After the glory at Wembley a late winner for Manchester City broke Villa hearts if not their spirits. Fingers are being pointed...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Wembley Wonder
potentially could enjoy three trips to Wembley within five months and also qualify for Europe.It's been five years since Villa's last Wembley visit,...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Aston Villa’s Wembley Triumph
As over 30,000 Villa fans made their way down the M40 on Sunday, all were dreaming of a return trip in six weeks’ time....