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It’s only a brief one, as I’ll be on my way to the airport soon for the trip home, but I couldn’t resist spending a few minutes to post about the game. In my opinion, we’d have easily lost this…
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Villa – Everton; another six pointer
I’m sure none of us need to be told how important this game is. Quite simply, if Leicester beat Newcastle (very likely), Sunderland beat Southampton (not very likely, but you never know) and we lose, we’re back in the bottom…
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Bit of a news update.
After the seemingly rubbish stories about Benteke being a target for Liverpool, things have dried up a bit, to be honest. Still there are some things worth talking about and the first is Ron Vlaar, where the Daily Mirror suggest…
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Benteke to Liverpool? You’re having a laugh, int ya?
Cor blimey govner and all that. Hmm, enough of the Tim Sherwood impressions I think. Well, it had to come didn’t it? Christian Benteke’s gone on a scoring run that makes him currently amongst the best strikers in Europe and…
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Richards and Andone Linked with Sako Set to Sign?
There has been a little bit of transfer rumours and speculation regarding Aston Villa in tabloids throughout the week. Starting with a surprising article by the Metro claiming that Aston Villa are set to sign Wolves winger Bakary Sako. It’s said…
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Man city 3 -2 Villa; I’m absolutely Gutted
What’s to say? We were the better side overall in my assessment and I was sat with a (genuine, long time) Citeh fan who actually agreed with that opinion. That’s quite simply one of the most unjust results I can…
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Man City – Villa: Expecting a thrashing ? I’m not.
Some of you may know that I’m currently on holiday. I always try and make it a rule so that work goes out of the window when I’m away and I’ve actually got quite good at it now; so much…
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The difference a manager makes
What a difference a new manager makes ay. Sherwood has been in charge for 10 games and out of those 10 games, we have won 5, drawn 1 and lost 4 with a total of 16 goals being scored 8…
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FA Cup Semi final. Villa 2 – 1 Liverpool; The longest day.
Quite simply, what a brilliant win that was! But it was a bit of an up and down game for me for reasons I’ll go into below. This is more of a personal post, just for posterity, just in case…
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Wembley photo request
Good morning all you Villians. No doubt a lot of you will be making your way to London ready for tomorrow semi final! Can I request for photos to be taken and sent into the site for the Gallery. It’s…
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Tim Sherwood Keen on Keeping Cleverly and Sinclair
Tim Sherwood is poised to open contract talks with Tom Cleverly after identifying him as a key player in his rebuilding plans. Cleverly’s contract with Manchester United expires at the end of the season and it’s understood that Man. Utd…
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Latest Rumours and Speculation: 15th April 2015
The media has linked a fair amount of players to Aston Villa in the last few days. Instead of making separate articles for each I will compile all the links and recent news all in this article. Firstly, young Australian…
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Tim Sherwood’s 2 Months Analysed
It’s been 10 games into Sherwood’s tenure and there have been positives and negatives. Win’s against West Brom (League and FA Cup), Tottenham, Sunderland and Leicester has seen Aston Villa climb to 15th in the League table and into the…
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Spurs 0 -1 Villa; What a brilliant 3 points!
Well, that was unexpected, wasn’t it? Well, it was from me anyway. That is the first game Spurs have lost at home since November, let’s not forget that. While it might be easy to say that Spurs didn’t play to…
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Spurs – Villa Preview; Can Sherwood turn the spuds over?
So it’s another big game, with it all being about Sherwood meeting his old club, Spurs. Fortunately, it’s not a six pointer in the way the QPR game was and let’s face it, I’ll bet most of us are fairly…
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Random predictions for the season close… too early?
Beekay has submitted the following and I hope he’s right; I’m worried. I’m sure I’m not the only one, but I wonder if my worries are unsubstantiated. To check I thought I’d put together the remaining games for us and…
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Villa 3 – 3 QPR; Indifferent result, but what a game!
My nerves are quite simply shot to pieces. What a game that was and even for the neutrals it must have been a fantastic game to watch; a game that was played in the way footy is meant to be…
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Aston Villa VS QPR Preview
This honestly feels like the most important preview i’ve written to date. The magnitude of this game can not be played down as it certainly will define our relegation status, i’m just grateful it’s on our turf under our terms. Going into…
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Albion up for sale for £150-200 mill; How does that work?
I was reading the Sunday People in a cafe this morning and came across this story, which quite frankly amazed me. It’s not the fact that the club’s up for sale, but more the eye-watering amount. I mean, if you…
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Man Utd 3 – 1 Villa; Not sure what to think
While my immediate reaction of any defeat is always disappointment, I really don’t know what to think about this one. As we all expected, Utd came out and pressured us from the off. But I can’t help thinking that we…