Transfer Targets..
The great thing about football is everyone sees things a little differently, and I’m sure whilst we will all agree to back Lambert’s judgement this summer, I also have no doubt that every Villan will...
View ArticleWill Stephen Ireland Be Missed If He Leaves?
It is probably going to be one of the bigger talking points over the next week or so for Villans as to whether or not Paul Lambert should allow Stephen Ireland to leave the club and, if so, for how...
View ArticleIn or out? The future of the Aston Villa academy and its players
So we enter a new season, with a new manager and a new sense of hope, and all feels much better than it did last year. Paul Lambert has had the purse strings loosened (by all accounts) and there is now...
View ArticleThe Balanced Villa Team—For All Occasions
So the season is drawing closer. Once we get the Olympics out of the way, which, for some people will mean an over-patriotic obsession, for others an instant expertise in any event we do well at, and...
View ArticleWho Succeeds Stan as Villa Captain?
It’s something that has gone under the radar so far. With Paul Lambert busily bringing in players and instilling them with the belief to play a brand of football to be proud of, the question of the...
View ArticleVilla: Expectation, Aspiration, Realism and Negativity
It’s a funny old game, so I’ll start with the truest of clichés… A week in football can change the views of the media, fans, and players, and it remains as volatile throughout the season and...
View ArticlePanic Stations? Calm Down, Dear
“At first sign of crisis, the ignorant don’t panic because they don’t know what’s going on, and then later they panic precisely because they don’t know what’s going on. ” So we’ve had the bumpy start...
View ArticleA Top Team Means More Than Just Top Talent
As I like to, I’ll start with a quote: Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character. – John Wooden Character is something that often gets forgotten about in football. Many people talk about the...
View ArticleNo More Heroes
Whatever happened to all the heroes? All the Shakespearoes? They watched their Rome burn Whatever happened to the heroes? Whatever happened to the heroes? Says it all really. There was a time you...
View ArticleGet Bent or Get Bent!!!
Well, it’s officially our worst ever start to a Premier League season. A few people warned of bumpy starts and posed a few questions at the start of the season of “What if”. Is it panic time at Villa...
View ArticleTechnically Brilliant, But Does That Win Matches?
Earlier in the week, the FA released information pertaining to the EPPP (Elite Player Performance Plan). As I am sure many of you will know our club did rather well in the independent audit of Bodymoor...
View ArticleAre You Not Entertained?
Some of you are never happy unless you’re moaning. It’s an odd paradox that I’m sure is not only a problem for Aston Villa, but it really doesn’t seem matter about the result or the performance—a large...
View ArticleYou Can’t Build A Legacy In A Day, So Why Expect To?
“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” “Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.” “Every day you may make...
View ArticleChristian Benteke: You Heard It First
What happens in the future is derived from the now; real time actions affect the future, and much can be said of Aston Villa. Benteke’s future has often been discussed by Villans; and, more recently,...
View ArticleUnnoticed But Not Unloved
I’ve not had a good Villa ramble in a while. The problem with this site is that people are too literate. Usually by the time an issue I’d write about comes up, it’s been covered, talked out and a...
View ArticleNextGen Domination
Well here I am, trying to fill Ryan’s smoking jacket and slippers until he comes back; Ryan had his young and funky E-Fags, I’ve gone back to a trusty pipe. Villa’s NextGen Triumph I’ve decided to...
View ArticleFuture European Glory: Constructing Top-Notch Players
When praising our kids’ European glory, everyone has a different opinion about how to develop young potential into first team quality. Players can be – and are – products of coaching. You can coach...
View ArticleVilla Out of Relegation Zone Before Old Trafford?
Another week and another positive performance from the team. Coming away with a 1-1, but slightly disheartened, felt odd. How dear a win would have been; we played well and deserved three points, but...
View ArticleTaking A Bite Out Of The FA, Suarez-Style
I’m sat awaiting the verdict of the FA panel’s inquest into Luis Suarez’s latest indiscretion. I am wondering what would actually make players realise that actions on the pitch – which have nothing to...
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Aston Villa On High As We Make The Climb
After the abuse I took from some Sunderland fans a couple of weeks ago for my tongue-in-cheek “Fascist Mackems” comment, I was delighted to see the beauty that is the Beast smash them. The big Belgian...
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