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What We Learnt From the Villa’s Immediate Post-Season
Aston Villa are Europa League winners, Champions League returnees, and already three weeks into the summer transfer rumour cycle. Here are the three observations that cut through.The Rogers Sell-on Clause Changes the ConversationThe transfer fee figure most commonly attached to Morgan Rogers in the press is £80 million. What the press consistently omits is the 20% sell-on clause Middlesbrough reportedly hold on any future...
Why Nobody Linking Morgan Rogers to a Move Has Done the Maths
Those Morgan Rogers Transfer LinksAre you bored of the Morgan Rogers transfer rumours yet?How many times have we seen this situation before?Over the years, the press have seemingly tried to will away from Villa the likes of James Milner, Gareth Barry, Christian Benteke and Jack Grealish, only for each of these players to stay on at least a season after the media's initial hard...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as Villans as Big Kickoff Looms
As the summer draws to an end and days begin to shorten, it can only mean that another season of Emery-ball is upon us....
VTID: Aston Villa’s Preseason Struggles: Lessons Learned and Hopes for Upcoming Season
The VTID Column ReturnsFormer Aston Villa shareholder and long-term season ticket holder Jonathan Northall takes over the reins of the VTID weekly column, ahead...
GBU: Aston Villa Deal Apparently Kills Football
The Good Bad and Ugly PSR Limbo SpecialWelcome back Villa fans. After another objectively successful end to the season, Crystal Palace embarrassment apart, the...
Five Reasons To Be Cheerful as Villans in the Champions League
The past eighteen months have been joyous by comparison to the fifteen years that preceded them. Nonetheless, the stresses of actually having something to...
Aston Villa Inch Closer to the Promised Land Despite Momentum Shifts
The Good Bad and Ugly of The Villa WeekWith games coming as thick and fast as injuries to key players, the 'Good, Bad and...
Five Reasons To Be Cheerful for Villa Fans After Season Defining Week
Approaching the Arsenal game saw many Aston Villa fans were nervous about their team's chances in both Europe and domestically, but fast forward one...
Nine Minute Nightmare Self-Harms Aston Villa’s Potential
The Good, Bad and Ugly of the Business EndA wise old man green man once said, 'Do or do not, there is no try…'...
Five Reasons To Be Cheerful As Villa Confront Angry Bees
Sitting fourth in the table in April and with a European quarter-final in sight; the season finale promises to be an exciting one with...
The VTID: Unai Emery Gets Unpredictable
Unai Emery: Focused on the End GameBy Adam SzreterOne thing you can’t accuse Unai Emery of is being predictable. Maybe in his answers to...
The VTID: Chris Nicholl – a Player Who Laid the Foundations for Greatness
Chris Nicholl's Pivotal Role in Transforming Aston VillaIn the latest VTID column, Adam Szreter looks back to his youth and pays tribute to the...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as Villa’s Season Enters Final Stretch
Seven months on from the start of the new season, the Villa players find themselves in a position that they would have dreamed about,...
The VTID: Emery Needs to add some Magic to his Method
The VTID ReturnsBack in 2017, My Old Man Said had a monthly column called 'The VTID', written by a national newspaper journalist, who was...