Category: Opinion

It’s all a bit of a rush, this. I’m coming home from work and discovered that we’re actually playing tonight, when I thought the game was tomorrow. Premier league footy on a Tuesday? I didn’t know there was such a thing. Anyway, the story here is that there are apparently two players who have tested…

I wasn’t sure what to say about this game, so decided to take my time and think about it beforehand. My impression was that while we were seriously outclassed by a team that are frighteningly good when they’re attacking, we did very well in managing to subdue them for most of the game. It made…

Well, we all know what this game’s about don’t we? Steven Gerrard going back to his home club etc etc. Sky have already annoyed me in calling us “Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa” and his association with Liverpool will no doubt be all that gets mentioned. I find it all quite annoying. Still, I expect the…

I’m never normally critical of referees. It’s a job where you have to make instant decisions and it’s easy to make mistakes. Put it this way, would you fancy the job? Indeed, I’m often told that I’m too biased towards the opposition. Yet I feel it would be totally remiss of me to let today’s…

I really shouldn’t say it, as we all know that when it comes to the Villa, getting confident usually leads to us not getting the result we expect. But I can’t go into every game feeling pessimistic can I? It’s not in my nature, as much as I try to keep my enthusiasm down when…