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Five Reasons To Be Cheerful As Seagulls Drop One on Depleted Villa
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans after Brighton LossIt's hard to remember a more dramatic pre-season at Villa Park, and after today's heavy defeat to Brighton, Unai Emery could be forgiven for wishing he had a few more weeks of it. Unfortunately, the season is already up and running and Villa have made just about the worst start imaginable with the core of...
Are Aston Villa Going Into the New Season Without a Spine?
The Good, Bad and Ugly as The Winds of Change BlowThere we are then. Aston Villa are about to embark upon another season under Unai Emery, all preseason games are done, and everyone is set and ready to go, aren’t they?The GoodThe European Super Cup Final against new nemesis Paris Saint-Germain was a genuinely enjoyable game.Despite Aston Villa entering the game as heavy underdogs,...
Five Reasons To Be Cheerful as Villa Approach 2023 Finale
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villans After Poor Christmas WeekUnai Emery will have an important week ahead to regroup and prepare the team...
Aston Villa Lose Control as Old Trafford Opens Up Old Wounds
The Good Bad and Ugly of Sheffield and Manchester UnitedIt's cliche time this week on GBU, after a 2023 that exceeded all Villa fans'...
Five Reasons To Be Cheerful as Villans After A Christmas Robbery
Despite weeks of cheer and positivity, Villa fans will feel aggrieved with the manner of the 1-1 draw at home to Sheffield United. The...
Aston Villa Cap off Pivotal Fortnight as Arsenal Keep Being Arsenal
The Good Bad and Ugly of Villa's Last FortnightWith the matches coming thick and fast GBU has to wait until there's something bad to...
Five Reasons To Be Cheerful as Villa Lay Waste to Champions League Rivals
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as VillansCity WinThe performance against City was one of the most complete performances that fans would have witnessed in...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as Aston Villa Face Title Gauntlet
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as VillansEuro SuccessAston Villa were few millimetres of white paint away from Bailey’s chip securing top spot in their...
Aston Villa Outlast Angeball as Legia Warsaw Throw a Tantrum
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Spurs and LegiaAnother week in the headlines for Villa, first as the villains against Spurs and then as...
Five Reasons to Be Cheerful as Owners Set Sights on January Window
Before reading this, I would like to ask that you spare a moment to pause and spare a thought for Bentancur and his bruised...
Aston Villa Get Back on Track as The Gates of Hell Open in the Loan Market
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Fulham and the International BreakIs it safe to come out yet? Is the water torture that is watching...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Aston Villa Enter Crunch Month
Five Reasons to be Cheerful as VillansAnother week and two more notches to add to Unai Emery’s bedpost with wins against AZ Alkmaar and...
After their Failings at Forest, Aston Villa Go Double Dutch
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Nottingham Forest and AZ AlkmaarVariety is the spice of life, or so they say. In a week where...
Five Reasons to be Cheerful After Aston Villa Suffer Champions League Setback
While Aston Villa clearly cannot and will not win every game, the limp manner in which Nottingham Forest shrugged off an in-form Villa side...