Aston Villa News and Views

  • Aston Villa left-back Enda Stevens has joined League 1 side Notts County on a short-term loan deal. Stevens is one of the players that Paul Lambert has been looking to ship out, Stevens move was confirmed before the League Cup…

  • Aston Villa kick-off their League Cup campaign with a home game against Rotherham. Aston Villa suffered an embarrassing elimination last season losing to Bradford City in the semi-final of the League Cup. This year, Lambert believes that the team is…

  • No, not Demba Ba but Porto’s defender Abdoulaye Ba is a target for both Aston Villa and Southampton. Porto would be willing to let the 22-year old defender leave on loan but are requesting a loan fee of £400,000. However, this…

  • Aston Villa have already played 3 games of the Premier League season and won’t play again in the Premier League until September 14th, that’s a long time! So, I’m going to ask you guys the question, what are your expectations…

  • What to say about this one? I can probably sum it up in while I thought we were worth a draw, we were probably the cause of our own undoing. The first half for me, was pretty poor and I…

  • Matchday 3 facts and figures, for Lunat Fruit and beyond….. YELLOW GOLD Disquiet has been trouncing defensive units daffy about the resolute energy that Christian Benteke, Gabriel Agbonlahor and Andreas Weimann thrive off of. Those two yellow cards forced by…

  • Aston Villa host Liverpool in their first home game of the season. Aston Villa have had to play 3 games in the past week and so far Villa have defeated Arsenal 3-1 but lost 2-1 at Stamford Bridge. Liverpool got…

  • Aston Villa host Liverpool this weekend so let’s do a small analysis of how Liverpool play, which players to watch out and their weaknesses. Overall: Liverpool have a very strong team this season, not only have they added to their…

  • Aston Villa have had a tough opening few fixtures, yet we’ve managed to beat Arsenal and put on a great display in a 2-1 defeat to Chelsea. Behind these performances is a midfield trio of El Ahmadi, Westwood and Delph…

  • I have to apologise from the off. There was no way I was going to pay fifty quid to sit in with home fans even though I’m working in London. So I struggled to get a stream until about 40…

  • Chelsea host Aston Villa on Wednesday, this game has been moved forward due to Chelsea’s game in the Uefa Super Cup against Champion League winners Bayern Munich. Nevertheless, both teams won their opening games, Villa beat Arsenal 3-1 and Chelsea…

  • Chelsea host Aston Villa on Wednesday night, so what better way to prepare for the game than analysing Chelsea’s play and looking at their strengths and weaknesses. Overall: In general Chelsea were very creative against Hull, especially in the first…

  • During pre-season I did blame the miscommunication between Clark and Vlaar as one of the main reasons why Villa kept conceding goals in pre-season. I also thought that Clark had to be put on the bench, I believed that Baker…

  • Blimey, a positive post from Oohaah. Relish the moment; As someone who gets slated for always being negative, I have always said “give me something positive and I will run with it”. Well today is that day. What can I…

  • Wow, what a game! I’m exhausted just watching it. It’s no wonder people all over the world love the Premier league, as this encounter typified what it’s all about. It really did have the lot in debatable penalty decisions, injuries,…

  • Well the above explains it all really. Except there is a bit more to explain. The absolute truth is that neither Oohaah or myself are into gambling much, but we realise that some of you are, hence we’re trying to…

  • Nathan Delfouneso is the latest loan departure, joining Championship side Blackpool on a 6-month loan. Delfouneso spent last season on loan at Bloomfield Road scoring 7 goals in 40 league appearances. Delfouneso was one of the many players that have been put…

  • It’s finally official, Darren Bent has joined Fulham on a season long loan. He reunites with former Spurs manager Martin Jol. Bent has had a torrid time under the management of Paul Lambert. Bent joined Aston Villa in a fee…

  • The Premier League season is among us and Aston Villa kick off their campaign against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. These teams have endured very contrasting summers, Arsenal have endured a very frustrating summer, missing out on many key transfer…

  • The news has been dominated by Bent’s medical at Fulham but there have been some other interesting articles posted today. First of all Aston Villa have rejected the chance to take former midfielder Gareth Barry on loan. The 32-year old…