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I’ve often espoused the theory that Gabby should be dropped and Benteke pulled off, to be replaced by Gabby if things aren’t working, so we can use Gabby’s pace against a tiring defence. Lambert tried it today, but got it…
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Villa – Chelsea Preview; I’m scared!
Or am I? Let’s face it, after the shoeing we got from Arsenal last week, we’re not exactly favourites to win this one are we? Many of us have predicted another hammering, with some even predicting double figure goals on…
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Who Will Stick Around If We Go Down?
Bencey83 has submitted the following and I think it’s an interesting question; Judging by the recent poll, it appears that the majority of us think that this may be the season that our luck runs out and we make the…
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January sum up and a POLL
Quite simply, I thought I might take a look at the month of January. And although I could hardly believe it myself, it’s actually not that bad, when it comes to games played. Yes, we drew at home to Palace,…
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Arsenal 5 – 0 Villa; A gulf in class and an utter shambles
They say the bookies are usually right and so it proved today. With 20-20 hindsight, we didn’t even deserve that 13-1 that was quoted, in my opinion. So what went wrong? I don’t know where to start, but I guess…
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Arsenal – Villa Preview; Tough one, this
If you look at this game on paper, it looks like it’s all over for us even before we kick off, doesn’t it? And to be honest, I suspect that’s about right, as in my heart of hearts, I don’t…
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Sinclair on loan and Villa in for Ba? *UPDATE* 29.01.2015 17:26
It seems that Lamberts hardball has paid off and Sinclair has conceded to a loan deal with an option to buy at the end of the season. This is possibly the best scenario for us as we get the player…
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Villa’s PR machine in overdrive?
Hmm, I was going to write a post about how the Villa PR machine seems to have gone into overdrive today, but fair play, you lot have pre-empted me 🙂 I do have a few thoughts though; 1) I’m interested…
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FA cup; Villa drawn at home to Leicester.
Well, it could have been worse couldn’t it? It’s a home draw and although that would normally be a good thing, I don’t know how to view it given our home form over the last couple of seasons. On second…
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Midfield Rumour – Vladimir Jovovic
Today, TalkSport are claiming that Aston Villa are interested in signing 20 year old Vladimir Jovovic who’s contract runs out at the end of the season. Vladimir currently plays for Montenegrin first league side FK Sutjeska Nikšić. TalkSport “Aston Villa are…
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Villa 2-1 Bournemouth; Que sera, sera?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30971031Gil’s strike (click the link to view, it’s worth it!). Contrary to the odd suggestion that this was an easy home tie, I always thought this was going to be a difficult game. I did manage to predict the score,…
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Bent; The manager is taking the club the wrong way.
The posts are coming thick and fast on here lately, but I couldn’t resist looking at this particular comment from Darren Bent. Why? Because I believe it’s somewhat indicative of what’s really going on down the Villa. Things don’t smell…
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Grealish Fined Over Tweet
Jack Grealish has been fined by Paul Lambert for sending a tweet that reflected his discontent in the amount of playing time he has seen this season. The tweet in question: Lambert wasn’t pleased with Grealish’s tweet and has since held…
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Daniel Johnson Signs for Preston
Daniel Johnson is the latest academy player to leave Aston Villa. Johnson has joined Preston on a two-and-a-half year deal for an undisclosed fee. Johnson was part of the Villa youth team that won the NextGen cup, and was hailed…
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Sinclair deal “dead”, lied to again and Bournemouth thoughts
At the press interview today, Paul Lambert was quoted as saying about Scott Sinclair that; “That’s dead, that’s not going to go anywhere,” he told reporters. “As far as I am led to believe it’s dead. We just couldn’t really…
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Microsoft co-founder interested in the Villa; It can’t be true can it?
Here’s a good news story for us, even if it’s the usual load of baloney that comes out of the papers. Basically one of Microsoft’s co-founders is interested in buying the club; http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-gossip-microsoft-billionaire-8482194 Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft along with Bill…
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Villa 0 – 2 Liverpool; A fair result, but some plus points.
Well, I don’t know how the protest went as I unwillingly took part in it myself, because I missed the first ten minutes of the game due to me being collared to look at something on the way out of…
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Mat Kendrick; An apology
Many of you will know that I’ve often slated Mat Kendrick as having been a gutless Evening Mail reporter for never having really reported things as he genuinely believed. His reasoning was pretty obvious, in that he probably didn’t want…
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Carles Gil Signs for Villa (Officially)
Carles Gil has finally signed for Aston Villa with agent fee’s finally being sorted after an initial issue early Tuesday morning. Gil arrives from Valencia for a fee of £3.4 million. The 22 year old midfielder can play either behind…
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Villa’s Net spend under Lambert compared to the rest of the Prem.
I was mooching around the various Villa related sites this evening, exactly the same as I always do and came across a comment that Villa were in the bottom five when it came to Premier League club’s spending during Paul…