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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 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....
What We Learnt This Week as Villa Fans…After Bradford City & Southampton
With Steven Green
Was the week gone with a 3-1 defeat by Division Two Bradford City and the Saints completing the double over Villa, more...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan After Southampton Loss & Dodgy Penalty
"The crowd are right behind it. We couldn't do anymore than stick it in." - Paul Lambert
Lets get this straight, home losses against teams...
10 Reasons to Be Cheerful as a Villa Fan About the Annus Horribilis that was 2012
1.#19 Petrov Tributes
There's no doubt what the worst news for Aston Villa FC was in 2012, with the Villa captain being diagnosed with acute...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan After Bradford City Debacle
"We're in a game now, that's for sure" - Paul Lambert
With David Michael
Defenders who don't go to meet crossed balls and are constantly out...
What We Learned As Villa Fans This Week after Unbeaten in 2013 vs Swansea & Ipswich
With Steven Green
After a Christmas nightmare, the first week of 2013 was an important week for Villa. With a League Cup semi-final on the...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan…As Rot Is Stopped vs Swansea
"We have to build the football club as well as get results. I have a lot of faith in what I'm doing and I...
What We Learnt As Villa Fans This Year: 2012
With Steven Green
2012 - Villa's annus horribilis, enough said, but what did we learn?
1. Robbie Keane has still got it
Hard to believe that was...