Category: News
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Newcastle – Villa; If we’re talking attack, we win. If we’re talking defence we lose.
I didn’t expect to be home to watch this one, but here we are. I finished early and it’s happy days. It just so happens the chap I’m now working for is a Newcastle fan and he was a season ticket holder until last season, where the travel had made following them prohibitive. So there’s…
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Villa – Leeds; I really hope we win this.
There’s something about Leeds that I really, really don’t like. It’s only a recent thing, as they’ve never even been a threat to us in the vast majority of my time supporting the Villa. Yes, they’ve won trophies and some even more recent than us, but otherwise I’ve always found them to be meh. Until…
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Weighing up Villa’s winter window business
Well, the final day might well end up as a bit of an anti-climax, but it’s difficult to argue that we’ve done very good deals and the vast majority of fans are very happy. I’m inclined to say the board have done a superb job in backing Steven Gerrard, but the reality is we haven’t…
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Everton 0-1 Villa; Not pretty, but very gritty.
I’m in two minds what to think about this game. I thought we were shocking in the first half, so much so that I find it somewhat concerning that I don’t think we’ve played well for a good few games now. We got better in the second half, but not by much and there was…
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Everton – Villa; Should I dare suggest another win?
My predictions haven’t been going very well lately, which just goes to show, you can’t take any game for granted. I think if Duncan Ferguson hadn’t taken temporary control over Everton after Rafa the Gaffa’s sacking, us beating them would have been a universal prediction amongst Villa fans. Even so, I’m not convinced Ferguson is…