Tag: statistics
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Delph’s Departure Marks the End of Martin O’Neill’s Era
Fabian Delph’s recent departure to Manchester City confirmed the end of Martin O’Neill’s era. Delph was the last player that was signed by Martin O’Neill to leave the club. Delph arrived to Aston Villa from Leeds United for the 2009-10 season for an undisclosed fee. In the same transfer window, Aston Villa brought in Stewart…
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Left-back of the 2014-15 Season
This is a very interesting formation to analyse, mostly because we have 3 left-backs who have played the majority of their time in that position. Also, two of them played in a different position at the beginning of the season. Mathew Lowton who is historically a right-back, actually had more game time on the left…
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Aston Villa Bid For Amavi
Reports from France indicate that Aston Villa have made a bid for Nice left-back Jordan Amavi. Other reports have indicated that Tim Sherwood doesn’t rate Cissokho and is looking to sell the left-back that arrived from Valencia last summer transfer window. The reports from France claim that Nice are interested in discussing a deal with Aston…
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Right Back of the 2014-15 Season
The right-back slot has been dominated by come-back players. Alan Hutton who has famously been exiled by Lambert did make a return this season, even securing a new three year deal! What a turn around by Hutton. He was labelled as a liability in his first season at Aston Villa under McLeish but he was…
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Swansea Vs Aston Villa – Preview
The end of another disappointing season is on the horizon. One more win for Aston Villa will most likely mean another season in the Premier League. Aston Villa improved with a 0-0 draw last weekend against Southampton, previously Aston Villa lost 4 on the trot. Swansea also improved last weekend by beating Newcastle 2-1 at…