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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...
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 as Aston Villa Fans After Swans Nick it
For a change of prematch scene I found myself in the Witton Arms' Away Fan section before the Swansea game. No, Sherwood hasn't made...
BBC Coverage Cries Hypocrisy and Reinforces Shameful Commentary of Aston Villa Game
Villa fans have long been suspicious of the existence of an agenda by the BBC towards Aston Villa. It starts with an alleged bias...
What We Learnt As Aston Villa Fans After Sherwoods Villa Continue to Impress
By Adam KeebleIf Sherwood's coming-out party was the league game against the Albion and his coronation was the knocking them out of the cup...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans as Villa KO Blackcats
Such was the cool calm execution of the goals that made up the 4-0 half-time scoreline, you were left wondering what the hell had...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans as Wembley Beckons
1. The ObviousWembley! Villa's season will be alive in the traditional sense of still being in the hunt for silverware and Europe until at...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Villa Double Bagging the Albion
A second win in the space of five days over local rivals who had previously lost just once under Tony Pulis was a superb...
What We Learnt As Aston Villa Fans After Villa Flip Their Season on it’s Head
By Adam KeebleVilla secured their place in the semi-final of the FA Cup with their second win over WBA in less than a week....
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Dramatic Baggies Win
Just when we thought we'd lost that winning feeling for good, Christian Benteke's coolly taken 93rd minute penalty was met with so much relief...
What We Learnt As Aston Villa Fans After Villa Finally Come Alive
The wait is over: Sherwood has his first win as Villa boss, the Albion were beaten in Round One of the double-header and Gabby...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans after Villa Toon Out Against Newcastle
Meh. Same old, same old. There was a slight improvement in Villa's attacking vigour in the first half but apart from a Benteke overhead...
Tim Sherwood Considers Controversial Steps to Tackle Villa Demons
Cursed?After Tim Sherwood admitted this week he would be open to bringing in a sports psychologist to try to help team morale after a...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Sherwood False Start
It's only one game and Sherwood's men perhaps deserved a draw from a dire game. Of course everyone wanted a honeymoon period for Tim...