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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...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Aston Villa Fan after dropped Fulham home points
With Fulham failing to register a notable shot on target, yet still managing to get a point, Paul Lambert was still taking the positive...
What We Learnt as Aston Villa Fans This Week After Stoke Glory
If a boost was needed to Aston Villa's season, supporters got it in the final three minutes at Stoke. From looking like Villa had...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as a Aston Villa Fan After Stoke Late Show
1. After constantly witnessing Villa wilt away in the final stages of games and squander points this season (Villa should comfortably be mid-table, if...
Aston Villa Supporters Strike Back Against Liverpool Players in Villa Park Shocker
Aston Villa supporters for months now have been hoping their team's defence would finally stop allowing teams to leave Villa Park with three points....
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan After Liverpool Winning Position is Squandered
For months we've known our own team's weaknesses, yet unfortunately they weren't addressed in the January transfer window. Even Robbie Savage (on MOTD2) could...
What We Learnt as Aston Villa Fans This Week After Liverpool Slip-up
Aston Villa fans already know their team won't win every game until the end of the season, but at least Villa are playing to....
Exclusive: Agent’s Full List of Clubs Chasing Villa’s Andreas Weimann Revealed
Well, we know the rumoured clubs already supposedly interested in Weimann: Norwich City (haha), Dortmund (because he speaks German?), Inter Milan (Weimann's agent is...
What We Learnt As Aston Villa Fans This Week After QPR Joy
Two wins on the trot... while admittedly against the bottom two teams in the Premiership, no two wins have been as important to the...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as an Aston Villa Fan About Relegation Battle & QPR
Villa's response to the do-or-die nature of the last two fixtures is there for all to see. Of course, the team have ridden their...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Aston Villa Fan After Reading Away Comeback Win
You know times are hard when you get relief from just getting three points against a team like Reading. Still, we're not complaining. Next...
What We Learnt As Aston Villa Fans This Week After Vital Reading Victory
Three points. Away win. Finally a 'six-pointer' battle won. Boy did Villa need it. Some old habits haunted us, but we managed to turn...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan After Manchester City Doom
One win in how many games? Villa's run of form is no longer a laughing matter. While performances have improved and aren't the worst...