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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...
What We Learnt As Aston Villa Fans after Firing Blanks Against Manchester City
Close but no cigar again. One lapse in concentration away from a valuable point against Manchester City. One point from the last couple of...
What We Learnt As Aston Villa Fans This Week After Emirates’ Heartbreak
A point would have been a big morale booster and kept Villa out of the bottom three, but we all knew what was going...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan After Last Five Minute Arsenal Loss
Well, the first of 12 cup finals was lost in the first and last five minutes. Apart from that, it was a spirited effort...
Thank God Aston Villa Aren’t in the Capital One Cup Final at Wembley
By David MichaelStanding on the Holte End as the final whistle blew in the second leg of the League Cup semi-final against Bradford City,...
What We Learnt As Aston Villa Fans This Week After a Weekend Off
Due to Aston Villa's cup failings last month, they had the weekend off to contemplate the relegation battle ahead. Looking at Millwall's path since...
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...