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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 Scouse Misery
If Media Muppets has taught you anything, it's that the press like to get excited, they built up a big protest from what was...
What We Learnt as Aston Villa Fans as Lambert Buys Gil After Foxes Horror
By Adam Keeble As faith in Lambert slips to a very vocal low point, a new player arrives, but a run of tough games lies...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans as Carles Gil and Sinclair May Join Soon
1. Creative LadsHang on a minute, didn't we need a creative midfielder and winger seasons ago? At MOMS we even got bored about writing...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Late Blackpool Escape
While some Villa fans are happy with 12th in the Premier League, for others it just doesn't cover the cracks. Currently Paul Lambert's Aston...
What We Learnt as Aston Villa Fans After Villa Scrape Through FA Cup
By Adam KeebleThree games, one goal scored (and it was another beauty), but even three clean sheets and a ticket to the 4th round...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Palace Bore
Here's a new grim reaper stat for you...Villa have now failed to score in 11 of their 20 games this season (21 if you...
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Aston Villa’s Underachiever Christmas Period
Most Villa fans will probably be feeling at least slightly aggrieved to have not left Swansea with a point after what developed into a...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Sunderland Snooze Draw
Neil Warnock was fired after one win in 12, yet Paul Lambert enjoys the board's full backing after only two wins in 15 games....
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Swansea City Defeat
in the last few months Villa's runs of results have been reaching schizophrenic proportions. There was a run of six losses on a trot,...
What We Learnt as Aston Villa Fans After Welsh Drenching Against Swans
By Chris Kemps The first two games of the Christmas period played, one point, one Villa goal scored (but it was a flipping beauty), but...
Roy Keane’s Dark Secret Discovered on Tom Cleverley’s Front Lawn
Roy Keane's secret exposed
For a few months the Ireland assistant manager Roy Keane was an entertaining sideshow for Aston Villa fans.There was the amusing...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Stand Against Red Devils
A decent performance and a decent point. Could have been three and perhaps should have been, but after Gabby's bizarre sending off, it'll do....