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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...
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...
Media Muppets: The Fabian Delph West Ham Transfer
Fabian Delph off to the Hammers?
After Christian Benteke transfer rumours (he's still at Aston Villa last time we checked), Fabian Delph rumours are the...
Exclusive: Aston Villa Pioneer New Style of Contract to Attract Joe Cole
Joe Cole's unreal Aston Villa contract
It's arguable that Aston Villa's new signing Joe Cole would have earned millions in the American MLS league and...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa’s Limbo Begins with Keane and Lerner Issues
Keane, Lerner and kit issues
Having been crushed by a wave of apathy after Aston Villa's final day loss at Spurs, which elicited similar feelings...
Media Muppets: What? Villa Fans Should be Thanking Paul Lambert?
It doesn't take long to re-write history nowadays. A manager can gain one win in his final nine games and finish on 38 points,...
Media Muppets – Aston Villa Transfer Embargo and Newcastle to Steal Villa’s Best Players
Poetic license taken with Aston Villa takeover situation already
With Christian Benteke injured we're thankfully spared the usual transfer rumours surrounding the Belgian forward, but...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Etihad Tonking
Last 90 minutes, Aston Villa fancy dress away day, another statement, the future is bright!
1. 90 minutes of this sorry season left. Next week...
The Most Disturbing Thing About Villa’s Trip to the Etihad
The Twisted Humour of Villa's Trip to the Etihad
4-0 was kind of the score most Aston Villa supporters were expecting a weaken Villa team...