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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: Holte End Steals Show as Aston Villa Takeover Looms
Impressive Holte, Bowery Magic and Takeover Gets Closer?
If only Villa scored a goal in the first minute of games more often, life would have...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans, as Aston Villa Takeover Rumours Offer Hope
Aston Villa takeover rumours help turn negatives into positives
I remember actor Michael Caine once say the secret to life was turning negatives into positives....
The Good, Bad and the Ugly – Are Aston Villa Relegation Fodder?
PR embarrassments and the stench of relegation
So, did you ever think you’d see the day that Swansea City put four goals past Villa? I...
Aston Villa Supporters Growing Concern that Players Think Training is a Joke
Aston Villa Laughing StockAfter one point from six games and a growing sense that Aston Villa football club is spiralling into uncertainty. After the...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans as Villa Park Soap Opera Begins
Wind of change, clean sheets and buffers
I skipped the Five Reasons column last week after the Palace defeat as things were just too...
#AskBennett Answers that the Villa PR Team Censored
#askbennett uncensored!
Trolls Trial
Today, against the backdrop of supporter discontentment, Aston Villa's PR team had the dubious brainwave of doing a Twitter questions session with...
The Good, Bad and Ugly – Aston Villa Problems in Need of Answers
Aston Villa limp on as the progress myth is shattered
Ten goals have been conceded in three demoralising defeats since the 1-0 win over Chelsea...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Record 10th Home Defeat
Destiny, Targets and Fulham's Potential Relegation
Some how last week I knew I would be writing this after another Villa loss. The fact that such...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Another 4-1 Loss
Planes, Performance and set pieces
Two 4-1 beatings in a week, not much sign of improvement there. In fact, it's just like Christmas last year...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Stoke Shambles
Savings, Unpredictability and Lobster
It was embarrassing. Aston Villa 1 Stoke City 4 - such scorelines should simply not happen at Villa Park. If Lambert...
The Good, Bad and Ugly – Aston Villa Don’t Get Credit For Class Display
Aston Villa improvement finally gives rise to optimism
Villa secured back-to-back home league wins in the same season for the first time since August 2010...
Media Muppets: Nicklas Bendtner to Aston Villa? LOL
Some transfer rumours just deserve a Media Muppet column all to themselves and one linking Nicklas Bendtner to Aston Villa is a case in...