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It’s crunch time, Tim Sherwood’s first two games weren’t a success but Villa was up against two solid mid-table sides. Villa should’ve gotten a point against Stoke and Newcastle, but it just wasn’t meant to be. With 3 teams on…
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Newcastle 1 – 0 Villa; This is exactly why we’re going down
I got to watch the game in the same bar as last week, but even the owner recognised that the Man Utd fans that turned up were only interested in the score and not the actual game, hence he put…
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Newcastle V Villa; My optimism has gone again.
Last week, I was fully confident that we had enough about us to beat a Stoke team that had been in poor form and had a decent amount of injuries. While I never thought we were good enough to have…
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Youth Squad Training With First Team
Tim Sherwood’s latest move on the training ground has been to join the training sessions of Villa’s youth side and first team. Sherwood is keen having a better look at Aston Villa youth players and is analysing whether or not…
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Lerner Selling Villa to Phoenix Group? Don’t Buy Into It
The ‘secret footballer’ had sent out a Tweet claiming that Randy Lerner has sold Aston Villa to the ‘American Pheonix Group’. Now this is a rumour which holds little validity for several reasons. Firstly, the secret footballer had spelt the…
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Latest Accounts in; we lost £4 million
I haven’t seen them for myself, but the link is here; http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-still-made-loss-8711554 Apparently, we lost £4 million and I quite frankly don’t believe a word of it. I’ve previously suggested that the previous losses have been over exaggerated and now…
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Can new Goal Keeper Coach Inspire A Change of Number 1?
A new goal keeper coach has been brought into Aston Villa, Tony Parks has been appointed as the new goal keeper coach at Aston Villa. He had previously worked at Tottenham and knows Sherwood well. He will be responsible for…
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I’m ready to go down now
Tom has sent the following, which I suspect will chime with many of us; Well I’m not admitting defeat just yet but it’s looking more and more likely to me that we will go down. It will be down to…
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Paul Lambert Top 5 Most Expensive Signings
Paul Lambert was recently sacked but that doesn’t mean that we should ignore that fact that Lambert had over seen 6 transfer markets. With that Villa brought in an astounding 25 players during that period of time, not all players…
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What Went Wrong Against Stoke
There was lots of excitement during the build up for the game against Stoke City. Tim Sherwood has come in, given some excellent interviews lifting fans and giving us confidence. Hiring Kevin McDonald was a great move, a popular move. However,…
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Villa 1 – 2 Stoke; We’re in serious trouble.
The only place I could get to see the game today was in a bar that showed all the Prem games at the same time, which was dominated by the Man Utd game’s commentary being blasted in our ears. Still,…
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Villa v Stoke; Feeling positive
There’s no doubt that Tim Sherwood’s appointment, like him or loathe him, has caused a stir and even an air of excitement down the Villa. That said, after the mediocrity of Paul Lambert, where I think we were pretty much…
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Why is Rugby so much better than Football in certain areas?
I’ve been watching the six nations over the weekend and wanted to post this then, but of course Tim Sherwood’s appointment and the Leicester game were far more important, hence it’s had to go on the back burner. I’ll hold…
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Villa 2 – 1 Leicester; Two goals!
I said that before Sherwood’s appointment, I wasn’t too bothered about this game, but after his appointment, I thought we should go for it and do everything to win the game. We got the result, but I don’t think we…
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It’s confirmed then, Sherwood it is.
For once, I actually called something correctly and Tim Sherwood has been confirmed as our next manager. I gave my reasons as to why I thought he might be the choice in the previous post, so I won’t go over…
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Next manager; some laughable suggestions and my total guess.
This one is mostly for fun, as guessing the next manager is nearly always wrong, but there is some logic in my final answer, so bear with me. Let’s look at some of those suggested; Moyes? Ha, no chance. Why…
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Lambert’s gone, so what’s next?
Quite frankly, my head’s in a spin, as I was really convinced that the club would not sack Paul Lambert under any circumstances during this season. But now that Lambert has been sacked, I want to be amongst the first…
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LAMBERT SACKED: REJOICE!
Well, blow me down, it’s actually happened! Paul Lambert has been sacked by Aston Villa; http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~4480131,00.html More to follow
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Sad times at AVFC
DISCLAIMER: The following is a post written by one of our authors, Jay Dee. The owners of the site do not necessarily agree with all of the comments. But the truth is we probably agree with 99.9% of them. Sad…
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Hull Tigers V Villa Lions; a preview. Oh, Cleverley too.
I’m sure I don’t need to tell anyone how big a game this is. But the fact is a lot rides on it, as it really could be a season defining game. It’s quite simple for me. If we can…