Like any good obituary, this post has been planned and rewritten many times over the last few months. A Villa victory in our first match of the season appeared a false dawn because as Autumn turned into Winter it was quite apparent that Aston Villa would be starting next season in the Championship. Of course, along the way,… Read More »
Football is a game of momentum, and that can be both positive and negative. So let’s go back to Sunday 13th September 2015 at around 5pm. Aston Villa are leading Leicester City 2-0 at The King Power Stadium heading for the top half of the table with Leicester falling seven points behind leaders Manchester City. Scorer of the… Read More »
Going into the game today against Liverpool, a lot has been said about it being the return of Christian Benteke to Villa Park. He was, probably, the one player that kept Aston Villa in the Premier League over the last two seasons but it’s strange that the other former Villa player due to appear seems to have been… Read More »
Well how many times this season have we said that the next game is ‘make or break’ for Aston Villa? Whatever the result against Norwich tomorrow we have all known for a few weeks that the club will be in the Championship next season. Yet… Embed from Getty Images An improbable victory would close the gap to… Read More »
Villa need to win ten of their remaining games to have a realistic chance of avoiding relegation. In the whole of 2015 we only won five league games so even I, a renowned optimist, has conceded that we will be playing our football in the Championship next season I still remember standing at the back of the Holte… Read More »
A few years ago we had another Aston Villa fan site called Deadly Doug – it contained the usual stuff about the club, players and fans that you would normally find on a fan based site. It had a little bit of success – sections being published in a book along with a mention in Karren Brady’s column… Read More »