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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...
Revealed: Randy Lerner’s Real Plans for Aston Villa
The shocking truth of what Randy Lerner has in store for Villa and why he brought the club in the first place.Considering the amount...
What We Learnt as Villa Fans After Cardiff Win Joy
Leo the Lion, Kozák Moments and Lambert Grumbles
Villa fans could afford themselves the luxury of kicking back and watching Match of the Day this...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan after Blue Birds/Red Dragons/Cardiff win.
Goals, Villa Park clean sheets and dodgy penalties
Not a vintage performance by any means, with Villa even losing out in possession to an unimpressive...
The Good, Bad and Ugly – The Aston Villa attack and defence’s reversal in fortunes
Role reversal for the Aston Villa attack and defence as pressure mounts
Aston Villa have mustered one point from two games since the last Good,...
Media Muppets: Benteke to Pay the Penalty or be Sold in January & McLeish’s Glowing Reference
Benteke to step down or be sold and Alex McLeish is apparently really good
Rob Brennan @ Daily Mail
Headline: Yorke says Benteke needs to step...
What We Learnt as Villa Fans This Week After Dour West Ham Draw
The concrete sets, Benteke needs help and the regression of Villa's tacticsAston Villa's dour 0 - 0 bore draw at Upton Park instigated...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as a Villa Fan after Hammer Point
Unbeaten run starts, another clean sheet and at least we're not Norwich
West Ham 0 Aston Villa 0. There was an air of predictably about...
What We Learnt as Villa Fans This Week after Coming Unstuck vs Toffees
Ball watching, can't shoot for toffee and the axes are sharpening
*Shelley is away in Spain and drinking too much in order to write. So...
Exclusive: Brad Guzan’s Risky and Dubious Plan to be Number One
Brad Guzan will do anything to be number one for the USA...
Aston Villa vs Everton was billed as the battle of the Belgians between...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan Despite Everton Defeat Blues
Four home losses out of five, no goals in three games, but hey, life ain't all bad!
A 2-0 defeat by Everton pretty much felt...
What We Learnt as Villa Fans After Firing Blanks Against Hull and Spurs
Villa Park blues, one-dimensional counter-attacks and is it time for fresh blood?
It seems Andres Villas-Boas worked out Aston Villa in very much the same...
Aston Villa’s Week: The Good, Bad and Ugly – Clean Sheets, Firing Blanks & Mixed Home Form
The Tale of City Joy to Spurs Frustration for Aston Villa Four points from a home tie with Manchester City and a potential banana skin...