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The Good, Bad and Ugly: Aston Villa’s Summer Transfer Window So Far
The Good, Bad and Ugly Summer Transfer UpdateNew faces in, old faces going or gone, minutes in the tank and a new great hope, just the standard Villa preseason so far.The Good and Bad?Like everything at this point, the proof of any preseason groundwork won't be felt until the first ball is kicked or later; like a boxing match, the plan only lasts until...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as Aston Villa’s Preseason Begins
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans - Preseason BeginsAfter arguably the best season Aston Villa have enjoyed in a generation, Unai Emery's squad has returned to Bodymoor Heath after a well-earned summer break. They've barely had time to unpack the sun cream before the squad has already undergone some serious surgery, and there's every chance more arrivals and departures are still to come.With...
FIve Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Orient Shame
The Leyton Orient 1-0 loss in front of 17,000-odd unfortunate souls was no surprise, but still a shock, if that oxymoron makes sense? It's...
The Short-term Solution to Aston Villa’s Attacking Problems?
Shot and Goal DroughtWhen you support a team that has scored one goal in its five games and has only conjured up three shots...
The Good, the Bad and Ugly of Aston Villa’s First Two Games
Four points and two clean sheets from the first two matches undoubtedly represents a decent start to the 2014-15 season. Some aspects of Villa’s...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Newcastle Stalemate
There's a couple of stats from Saturday's game that were a cause for concern. Only 30,267 turned up to see Villa's opening game of...
What We Learnt as Villa Fans at Stoke After Decent Win
It had been a pretty gloomy summer in which the fallout from last season and the dragging ownership situation had bred cynicism and indifference...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Fans After Stoke Three Points
If this season is Paul Lambert's last stand in terms of proving himself to Aston Villa fans, he certainly seems to have his feet...
Potential New Aston Villa Owner Has Chinese Royalty and Diamond Trade Connections
Another week and another Aston Villa forum is boasting about being ITK about the Villa ownership situation and having news on Villa's new buyer....
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Aston Villa Season Preview
Preseason review and season previewAs we approach the end of a mixed bag of a summer for the club, Villa fans could be forgiven...
The Sun Newspaper Reaches New Low with Aston Villa Report
Graham Hill @ The Sun
Graham Hill and the Sun's picture editor commit possibly the greatest hack job of football journalism in print history.
Headline:
You've Gone...
Aston Villa Make Inspired Choice for Villa Park Entrance Song
Awesome Aston Villa Entrance SongThere's always been a bit of an issue to what song the team should come out to at Villa Park,...
What We Learnt As Villa Fans During Preseason
With the beginning of the season days away, it's probably a fitting time to reflect on Villa's build-up thus far with the first 'What...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful As Aston Villa Fans After Texas Tour.
While the hangover of having no World Cup to watch begins to fade, matters of an Aston Villa variety begin to come sharply into...