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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...
Emile Heskey’s Latest Howler Perfectly Timed for Villa Anniversary (Video)
Emile Heskey rolls back the years with latest miss
This week marked the fifth anniversary of Emile William Ivanhoe Heskey signing for Aston Villa in...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans After Villa Cheated Out of Anfield Win By Suarez
Où est le hoof?
Impressive. It was like watching a team we haven't seen in the Villa colours for a while. One that you...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans – After Another Home Defeat Against Arsenal
Benteke's fact, Holt's here and Baker is still alive!
After Arsenal left Villa Park with a 2-1 win, Villa's home record makes Aston Villa fans...
Media Muppets: Birmingham Mail’s Story of Robert De Niro Being a Villa Fan is Raging Bull
Supposed Aston Villa Fan Robert De Niro is not even football fan and Ron Vlaar doesn't have a brother called Rob
An example of just...
Media Muppets: The Wes Hoolahan Transfer Media Circus – Somebody Has Been Lying!
Wes Hoolahan Transfer to Aston Villa - Fact or Fiction?'The Hoolahan transfer saga seems to be a media circus without an obvious ringmaster of...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans – After Another Embarrassment Under Lambert
Villa fans see Helenius rise, Baker drop and season end
Out the FA Cup again without a whimper against a lower league team. Fine, if...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa Fans – After Perfect New Year Start Against Black Cats
Vlaar steps up, the search for experience and flawless in 2014
At last three points to cheer about. Will 2014 bring many, many more? Lets...
What Aston Villa Will Actually Do in the January 2014 Transfer Window
January 2014 transfer window, incoming: Milner, Defoe, Lescott and more BS players
Venglos View reveals all of Paul Lambert's January 2014 transfer window plans and...
The Good, Bad and Ugly – A Time for Aston Villa to Stand up After Christmas Woe
Will the real Aston Villa please stand up
After Villa scraped a single point from two home games which should have yielded a minimum of...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa fans after Swansea Stalemate.
Lambert's realisation, tough master plan and the return of the AWOL duo?
Aston Villa have 14 dropped points out of the last available 15, and...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan, After ‘We Go Again’ and Lose Again
Crystal Palace - 'We Go Again' and lose again.
Well, could Villa's home record get any worse? Er. Yes. Four loses on the trot and...
Aston Villa Pre-Sign Attacking Midfielder Under the Radar!
Aston Villa pre-sign attacking midfielder Thomas-Jay
If there's one player we've been crying out for at Aston Villa to sort out the lack of creativity...