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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...
Agbonlahor Goes into Hiding After Death Threats From Fans of Louis Tomlinson
Gabriel Agbonlahor finds a way to attract girls, in particular, Louis Tomlinson fansLets face it, Gabriel Agbonlahor was never going to get the attention...
What We Learnt As Villa Fans After Lambert Pays Fine & Transfer Window Closes
Premier League bias, ranty Hutton and is Roy Hodgson blind?
It has been a rather dull week for everyone associated with Aston Villa football club....
The Transfer Deadline Day Signing that Made the Most Football Supporters Happy.
An Aston Villa Player is the most welcome signing of deadline day...
Lets face it, transfer deadline day is over-hyped and should be before the...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan after Routine Rotherham Win
Villa 3 Rotherham 0 - Lambert's men march on in League Cup
1. Clean sheet! Yes, it actually happened. Even more impressive was the fact...
What We Learnt As Villa Fans After Liverpool Defeat and Mourinho’s Mind Games
Mourinho's Mind Lies, Rise of Okore and Lambert's Attitude
What an intense week for Lambert's boys! Frustrating, rewarding, encouraging? It’s hard to fault the effort...
The Toon Army Save Aston Villa Supporters Time & Effort with Joe Kinnear Banner
Here's one I prepared earlier...
You'd be hard-pushed to find a football supporter who rates Joe Kinnear in today's football world. He slags off his...
Aston Villa’s Week: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Arsenal to Liverpool
Villa's Week After the Tough Trio of Arsenal, Chelsea & Liverpool
With the nightmare start out of the way for Villa, 3 points is not...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan after Failing to Crack Liverpool
...After firing blanks against the Scousers
1. Three points from 'those' opening three fixtures is fine. Lambert stated in his post-Liverpool interview, that he would...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as a Villa Fan After Stamford Bridge Dubious Decisions
Injustice of Stamford Bridge
1. He maybe looking smarter on the sidelines nowadays, but there's no dimming of Lambert's touchline fire. His dugout battle with...
Media Muppets – Benteke Suffers Broken Leg & Mistaken Identity within a Week
Benteke Broken Leg & Mistaken Identity
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.”
We all...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan vs Arsenal
Benteke is smiling, Tony Moon has a big grin and Villa supporters are pretty darn cheerful
Aston Villa's 3-1 triumph at the Emirates extended their...
What We Learnt as Villa Fans After Emirates Glory
Bent leaves, McLeish returns and Villa land Emirates glory Finally, after weeks of fervent anticipation, the glitz and glamour of the Premier League has exploded into...