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So this is yet another game where I’m not sure to think. The good news is that Jack Grealish will start and as captain, no less. Dean Smith is obviously quite happy to go along with the hype that we’ve…
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Confirmed; Grealish available for Derby game
Well, this is good news for a change. Dean Smith has confirmed that Jack Grealish will be available for the visit of Derby on Saturday, although there is some doubt that he’ll actually start. You’d expect that if he doesn’t…
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Stoke 1-1 Villa; Poor quality all round, but we maybe did enough for the points
Well, there wasn’t much to write home about there, was there? Now that I’ve resigned myself to us not having a hope in hell of getting promoted this season, so the urgency has come off and I find I can…
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Stoke – Villa: I don’t know what to think about this one. Should I predict a win?
I’ve just been looking at the Championship table and it makes for interesting viewing. Only Bristol City have won their last five games and there’s only one club, Brentford, who have won four out of the five. So it’s definitely…
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We’ve had another cash injection; How does FFP work? and I’m looking for positives
It transpires that the club has had a Cash injection of £13 million, courtesy of Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens, our minted owners, buying more shares in the club. Which left me quite perplexed, to be honest. I thought we…
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Villa – Albion; I’ll be amazed if we get anything from this
I’d just got home from work on Wednesday and was about to start writing my thoughts about the Brentford game, when I got called back for an emergency. So I spent an hour driving back, only to find it wasn’t…
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Wanting Smith out is utter madness. The case FOR keeping him.
Okay, results haven’t gone our way for a while. Indeed, I’ve said a few times that we look really poor against even bottom of the table sides. The Ipswich performance was a low for me and the last game against…
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Villa – Sheff Utd; Six goals and I missed all ours!
Bloody typical isn’t it? The missus and myself left the game early, because we were frankly near frozen after being away for a couple of weeks. We were just walking past the Holte when we heard the roar and someone…
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Villa – Sheff Utd; Tough game, this
Some of you might have figured out that I’m the granddad that was mentioned in the replies a while back. So, yes, we’re making a bit of a family occasion of it and we’re going tonight. Even the missus is…
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Reading – Villa: and transfer window thoughts
I’m sorry, but you’ll have to forgive me for not wanting to do cartwheels over our winter window business. Reading around, it seems the word I’ve come across most to describe our dealings is “underwhelmed” and that’s about how I…
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Villa 2-1 Ipswich; further thoughts.
It’s still early in the UK, I know, but I expected to be quite quickly picked up in some way about when I posted how demoralised I am about the Villa. Actually, I’m hoping someone does pull me and remind…
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Villa 2-1 Ipswich; I think I’m at some sort of crisis point
So just as I suspected, we won by the odd one goal. And made it awkward for ourselves, by all accounts. I say that because I deliberately stopped watching the game before half time. No, I wasn’t on a promise,…
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Villa – Ipswich: Must win? Is it even a can win? I don’t have a clue anymore.
The headline says it all doesn’t it? Put it this way. If we can’t beat Ipswich at home we’re in serious trouble. I’ve just been looking at the Championship table and it makes for some very depressing viewing. When I…
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Villa 2 – 2 Hull; Good and bad, but not good enough
Isn’t it strange how views can suddenly change during a game? I was absolutely fuming at half time because of how we cannot stop giving the ball away far too cheaply. Hourihane seemed the main example, but he was far…
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Villa – Hull; I’m almost loathe to post this, but we’ve lost before we kick off
I was reluctant to post before the Wigan game, because I thought we were going to lose. Maybe I shouldn’t really post this, but I really don’t feel any different for this game. In fact I feel even less optimistic.…
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Wigan 3 -0 Villa; Embarrasing and promotion hopes totally gone. It’s really worrying.
To be honest, I just couldn’t get inspired enough to even do a preview for this game. There are only so many times you can say “this is a game we ought to win easily”, while we go on to…
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It looks like Tammy’s staying; I’m glad
The news first came out in the Guardian, but it’s also being reported by Skysports and the Beeb, etc, so you’d expect it’s probably correct. Of course, nothing is certain until it’s certain, is it? It was only yesterday that…
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Villa 0 – Swansea 3: A shambles. What the hell has happened to us?
It’s well and truly “wheels have fallen off” now, isn’t it? I listened to the first half on WM while driving home and then the second half on AVTV. AVTV weren’t so critical, as you’d expect, but WM were pretty…
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Villa 2 – 2 QPR; Qpr are an utter disgrace to the game!
To think when I was a kid, I was in awe of Qpr when they had wonderful players like Stanley Bowles and Gerry Francis etc. They disgusted me today with the way they timewasted, which is bad enough in itself.…
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Villa – Qpr; Not so confident, but hopefully still a win
There’s nothing better than not getting what you thought was a certain win, for denting the confidence, is there? It’s not so much the fact that we drew at Preston that bothers me, but more the fact that we’ve failed…