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Five Reasons to Be Cheerful After a Week of Mixed Emotions for Emery
Five Reasons to be Cheerful After Brugge Win and Forest LossA mixed week has seen Villa finally pick up their first win of the new campaign, after getting their Champions League season off to a winning start with a hard-fought victory in Bruges. The positive momentum proved short-lived, however, as Villa slumped to a late home defeat against Nottingham Forest in a game that...
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...
Five Reasons To Be Cheerful as Villans in the Champions League
The past eighteen months have been joyous by comparison to the fifteen years that preceded them. Nonetheless, the stresses of actually having something to...
Aston Villa Inch Closer to the Promised Land Despite Momentum Shifts
The Good Bad and Ugly of The Villa WeekWith games coming as thick and fast as injuries to key players, the 'Good, Bad and...
Five Reasons To Be Cheerful for Villa Fans After Season Defining Week
Approaching the Arsenal game saw many Aston Villa fans were nervous about their team's chances in both Europe and domestically, but fast forward one...
Nine Minute Nightmare Self-Harms Aston Villa’s Potential
The Good, Bad and Ugly of the Business EndA wise old man green man once said, 'Do or do not, there is no try…'...
Five Reasons To Be Cheerful As Villa Confront Angry Bees
Sitting fourth in the table in April and with a European quarter-final in sight; the season finale promises to be an exciting one with...
The VTID: Unai Emery Gets Unpredictable
Unai Emery: Focused on the End GameBy Adam SzreterOne thing you can’t accuse Unai Emery of is being predictable. Maybe in his answers to...
The VTID: Chris Nicholl – a Player Who Laid the Foundations for Greatness
Chris Nicholl's Pivotal Role in Transforming Aston VillaIn the latest VTID column, Adam Szreter looks back to his youth and pays tribute to the...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as Villa’s Season Enters Final Stretch
Seven months on from the start of the new season, the Villa players find themselves in a position that they would have dreamed about,...
The VTID: Emery Needs to add some Magic to his Method
The VTID ReturnsBack in 2017, My Old Man Said had a monthly column called 'The VTID', written by a national newspaper journalist, who was...
Has Aston Villa’s Sinister Seven Results Shaken Unai Emery’s Confidence?
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Tottenham HotspurSumming up how most Villa fans feel after the Spurs performance, or lack of performance is no...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as Toothless Lions Regain Bite
On the whole, it had been a frustrating few weeks for Villa fans as Manchester United completed the double over Emery’s men, making it...
Aston Villa Have Bounced Back Well Since Red Devil Disappointment
The Good, Bad and Ugly of United and Double RedemptionWhy oh why is it always Manchester United? Bogey team isn't even a phrase you...