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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...
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...
Is Emile Heskey One Step Away From His Own Reality TV Show?
A Venglos View
The Australian Media's embracing of Emile Heskey down under is a resurrection that only Jesus has perhaps matched. Heskey was nailed to...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as a Villa Fan…after Citeh
We all know a Villa fan tends to love a good moan and are pessimists by nature (a pessimist is never disappointed), but here's...
What We Learned as Villa Fans After Etihad Cup Tonic
"We are a young group of players, we have all got fire in our bellies." - Fabian Delph
As the bells of doom rang once...
Paris Statue Provides Inspiration for Villa Park
A Venglos View
If you're going to Paris in the near future, a trip to the Pompidou Centre to see the five- foot high bronze statue...
Exclusive – Unlikely Villa Park Crime Boss Exposed.
Below are the first shocking pictures to uncover the kingpin who's behind the supposed new Villa Park crime of blocking supporter's view of the...
The Help Aston Villa Sell Alan Hutton Campaign
Help Villa Sell Alan (Hutton) It's time for Villa fans to quit moaning about buying lower-league players and help your club Aston Villa sell Alan...
Four Fantastic Sure-Fire Ways to Get the Villa Park Atmosphere Back
We know that once they ripped the seats out of the Holte End, back in the day, that the atmosphere at Villa Park might...
The Red Stain on Tom Hanks’ Claret and Blue Blood
It seems that in following in his father's footsteps, actor Colin Hanks (tallest chap in the middle of above shot) only managed to do...