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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 Wigan Loss Completely Ruins Your Christmas
"I don't want to be in this position, that's for sure. This is a brilliant football club." - Paul Lambert
Hang on a minute...I was...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan….After 12-goal Festive Mauling
With David Michael
How best to follow a 8-0 drubbing? Well, certainly not by getting tonked 4-0 in front of your own fans... Is there...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan….After Eight Reasons to be Depressed
'We got beaten up pretty badly from start to finish. The lads know themselves it wasn’t acceptable' - Paul Lambert after 8-0 defeat
In getting...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan….After Double Villa Away Joy
"We will keep our feet on the ground and keep on going" - Paul LambertTwo big away wins in a week and Aston Villa...
What We Learned As Villa Fans This Week…after Norwich & Liverpool Wins
With Steven Green
Every game is a learning curve for Villa fans, even when it goes oh, so, right! With a Cup quarter-final away win...
What We Learned As Villa Fans This Week…after Stoke point
Every game is a learning curve for Villa fans this season,Villa move to a four-game unbeaten run, yet with three of those games ending...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan…after predictable 0-0 with Stoke
"I know it will come. I have belief that we will create and that we will score" - Paul Lambert
With David Michael
If you bet...
What We Learned As Villa Fans This Week…after Loftus Road point
Every game is a learning curve for Villa fans this season, but was the QPR result a case of glass half-empty or half-full? What...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan…after 1-1 with winless QPR
With David Michael
It was a familiar story to Villa's season, decent first half, not so good second half. With Benteke bossing QPR's defense and...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan…after the slog of Reading
With David Michael
This column was started to be run whenever Villa lost or drew. This seemed to happen all the time, so it's a...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan…after the Arsenal 0-0
"There's a good belief that they can win games" - Paul Lambert
With David Michael
Normally a 0-0 draw at Villa Park wouldn't be much to...
What We Learned As Villa Fans This Week…after Arsenal Stalemate
Aston Villa 0 Arsenal 0
Every game is a learning curve...and while the 0-0 at Villa park may have lacked goals there was plenty of...