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Why Nobody Linking Morgan Rogers to a Move Has Done the Maths
Those Morgan Rogers Transfer LinksAre you bored of the Morgan Rogers transfer rumours yet?How many times have we seen this situation before?Over the years, the press have seemingly tried to will away from Villa the likes of James Milner, Gareth Barry, Christian Benteke and Jack Grealish, only for each of these players to stay on at least a season after the media's initial hard...
The Curse of the Claret Sleeves — Aston Villa’s New Kit Has a History Problem
The Curse of the Claret SleevesAston Villa and Adidas have unveiled the new 2026-27 home kit, describing it as inspired by 'the club's designs from the 1960s', although failing to mention that it specifically takes it lead from the ill-fated 1969-70 season strip that was abandoned mid-season.There is a pattern in Aston Villa's kit history that the marketing department would prefer you did not...
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...
What We Learned As Villa Fans This Week…After City
Done by Citeh...and the ref
Every game is a learning curve...but what do you take from a 5-0 drubbing apart from the need for a...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan…after City Horror
"This won't hamper our progress" - Paul Lambert
With David Michael
5-0 and even with Villa nemesis Mario Balotelli nowhere to be seen. But who needs...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan…vs Manchester United
"Villa did fantastic today" - Sir Alex Ferguson
Well, lets know dwell too much on throwing another 2-0 lead away against Manchester United...there was probably...
What We Learned As Villa Fans This Week…After United
The Troublesome Manchester United
With Steven Green
Every game is a learning curve, but Villa seemed to have learned little from previous meetings with Manchester United. ...
Paul Lambert Set to Follow in Sir Alex’s Footsteps?
A Venglos View
Question. What's the three essential ingredients a club needs to then go on to dominate the English Premier League for a couple...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan…after Sunderland
A Villa Win Against Sunderland
The initial idea for this column was to run every time Villa don't pick up three points, but seeing that...
What We Learned As Villa Fans This Week (after Swindon & Sunderland)
Every game is a learning curve. This week Villa achieved back-to-back wins across all competitions for the first time since August 2011, when Villa...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as a Villa Fan…After Norwich
Every time Villa don't pick up a maximum three points or get called 'embarrassing' by Alan Hansen, in what is the second new regular...
What We Learned As Villa Fans This Week
Every game is a learning curve. Marking the start of this new column 'What We Learned As Villa Fans This Week', here's what we...