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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...
Media Muppets – Press Nonsense on Ron Vlaar, Gareth Barry and Paul Lambert
It's over for Ron Vlaar, Lambert doesn't buy players aged over 24-years-old & Gareth Barry is news
“If you tell a lie big enough and...
What Aston Villa Supporters Learnt From Paul Faulkner This Week
What Aston Villa Supporters Learnt From Paul Faulkner
After Paul Lambert's meet-and-greet with season ticket holders last week, it was the turn of Aston Villa...
Aston Villa Fans Emergency Plans for When a Season Turns Sour
Update: With the direction the 2015/16 season is taking, it maybe time to dig up these plans that were in place for a second...
Media Muppets – Benteke Off Again and the Myths of Hiroshi Kiyotake
More Benteke Bull and the New Villa Clickbait Poster Boy Hiroshi Kiyotake"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will...
How Teenage Villa Supporters Showed up the Press Over Benteke
How Villa Supporters Trump the National Press Over Benteke
As soon as Christian Benteke had handed his transfer request in, to Villa supporters' dismay,...
Benteke Staying at Aston Villa & eBay Pull Plug on Benteke eBay Listing
Dear eBay - Christian Benteke is not an 'Escort', nor does he 'Offer Services of a Sexual Nature'
Benteke eBay Listing Aftermath
As some of you...
Christian Benteke Being Sold On Ebay to Ensure £25 Million Reserve
Aston Villa Find a Way to Spell Out to Spurs, it's £25 Million for Benteke
We've known for a while that a figure of £25...
Media Muppets – Journalists Making up Rubbish about Benteke Transfer
Why are journalists making up rubbish about the Christian Benteke transfer?
How do football journalists get away with it? When it comes to reporting on...
Exposed – Prince William’s Aston Villa Influence is Growing
How Aston Villa are increasingly under the control of Prince WilliamFootball clubs have increasingly become the play things of rich Russian oligarchs and Arabian oil...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan About Preseason After Benteke Transfer Request
Injuries, a Benteke transfer request, but we can still be cheerful can't we?
The potential savior of Aston Villa's defence Okore is already injured, the...
Aston Villa Consider Cheaper Option than a Director of Football to Help Lambert With Transfers
'He came across three or four Villa transfers that he had no idea were taking place.'
Belgian Problems in Germany
With Benteke causing a fuss about...
Exclusive: Paul Lambert Plans Unusual Special Guest Spot at Villa Park Concert
With Bon Jovi rolling into Villa Park this weekend, any Villa supporter with a ticket could be in for an unexpected special surprise.Rumours have...