Tag: analysis
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Gestede Not the Benteke Replacement
When Rudy Gestede scored his first goal for Aston Villa, in the first game against Bournemouth. It seemed as though we may have found a replacement with Benteke, after scoring a towering header. 5 games and that statement couldn’t be any further away from the truth. Gestede arrived at Aston Villa for a fee of £6…
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Should Kozak Play?
Libor Kozak is making the headlines, not necessarily front page material but his recent goal against Brighton in the U21’s hasn’t gone unnoticed. Whilst Villa’s other strikers aren’t firing, Kozak had a good performance against Brighton, hitting the crossbar with a headed attempt. Before scoring the winning penalty late on in the game. During that game…
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Carles Gil Takes His Chance
Whilst I am absolutely furious in the manner in which Aston Villa threw away the game against Leicester. I think I’ll be better off if I think a little more positively. The thought of positivity made me think about Carles Gil performance during yesterday’s game. Many, many Villa fans were screaming for Sherwood to give…
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Top 5 Players in August
In August Aston Villa played 5 games, won 2, drew 1 and lost 2. But who stood out during the first month of football? I’ll make a short count down of who I think were the top 5 players of the month. 1. Jordan Amavi So far, Amavi has been Aston Villa’s best signing in…
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The New and Old Team Compared
This has been one of Villa’s busiest transfer window in the past 5 years or more. 13 players have arrived to Aston Villa this season costing the club roughly £53.55 million. That is more than the average that was spent per team during the transfer window of roughly £40 million. In fact the 13 arrivals could even…