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The Good, Bad and Ugly: Aston Villa’s Summer Transfer Window So Far
The Good, Bad and Ugly Summer Transfer UpdateNew faces in, old faces going or gone, minutes in the tank and a new great hope, just the standard Villa preseason so far.The Good and Bad?Like everything at this point, the proof of any preseason groundwork won't be felt until the first ball is kicked or later; like a boxing match, the plan only lasts until...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as Aston Villa’s Preseason Begins
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans - Preseason BeginsAfter arguably the best season Aston Villa have enjoyed in a generation, Unai Emery's squad has returned to Bodymoor Heath after a well-earned summer break. They've barely had time to unpack the sun cream before the squad has already undergone some serious surgery, and there's every chance more arrivals and departures are still to come.With...
What We Learnt As Aston Villa Fans This Week After Three Point Hammers’ Haul
Three vital points in the bag against the Hammers. It's been so long since we've won in the league, that Aston Villa fans had...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as a Aston Villa Fan after Three Points vs the Hammers
Wow, finally a genuine reason to be cheerful after Villa didn't surrender a two-goal lead this time. We'll settle for the three points, but...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as a Aston Villa Fan After Everton Point Should Have Been Three
Life is getting frustrating for Villa fans now. We're not playing poorly like last season, in fact, some of the goals in the Everton...
What We Learnt As Aston Villa Fans This Week After Twice Dropping Vital League Points
Another key home game against relegation rivals lost and yet another two-goal lead squandered due to the curse of our incompetence at defending corners....
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as a Villa Fan After Newcastle Loss Means Bottom Three
Well, the month of January, which was to set the tone of the season for every Villa fan, couldn't have gone much worse. The...
Randy Lerner & Paul Faulkner Send Paul Lambert a Message From the Holte End
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After Randy Lerner gave Paul Lambert a public vote of confidence after Aston Villa twice slipped-up against lower league opposition...
What We Learnt As Aston Villa Fans This Week After Double Cup Disaster
It's a midweek period that must go down as the most embarrassing in Aston Villa's history. Knocked out by Division Two Bradford City in...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan After Millwall Den Disaster
Double whammy of lower league knockout stress within less than a week. This time at The Den vs Millwall. The worst thing though it...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan After an Embarrassing Performance vs Bradford City
The column was created to both provide Villa fans with a few laughs to cheer them up after disappointing results and also to highlight...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan after You Let a Two-goal Lead Slip to the Baggies
1. Charles N'Zogbia has finally signed for Aston Villa! Yeah, I know he put pen to paper last season, but Villa fans could be...
What We Learnt As Villa Fans This Week After West Brom Draw
The calm before the storm of the forthcoming midweek cup madness for Villa. So calm in fact, there wasn't a sniff of transfer activity....
Aston Villa vs Bradford City Gets the Hitler Downfall Parody Treatment
You've probably seen the Hitler Downfall parody already in one shape or form. It's a youtube favourite and a meme that just doesn't die....