In around a month’s time Steve Bruce will have been Aston Villa manager for two years – for many of us that is far too long. Personally I would have liked him to step down as manager after the Play Off final whether we won or lost (especially though as we lost!). The football we have played has… Read More »
Football is all about opinions – you can have one and I can have one as well, they don’t need to be the same. For example, during Big Fat Ron’s reign I was a consistent critic of Steve Staunton. Not sure why now as, on reflection, he’s probably one of the better left backs we’ve had over the… Read More »
Well, it’s certainly been an eventful Summer for Aston Villa and as the weather starts to cool and the kids go back to school its worth looking at what has happened since May. Back then the team was awful, getting relegated from the Premier League and the Chairman, Randy Lerner, was about as popular as the bubonic plague.… Read More »
After the Liverpool defeat, the Lescott affair(s), fans being throw out and their season tickets being removed (then given back) and directors resigning it looked like Aston Villa had hit rock bottom. It really couldn’t get any worse. But it did – two gutless defeats against Stoke City and Everton followed, the latter game seeing fans leaving the… Read More »
After losing 6-0 to Liverpool last week you wouldn’t have thought it could possibly get any worse. The club was already a laughing stock in England and was now being shown to be a total joke across the World thanks to the live TV coverage. Poor performances, no signings in the January transfer window, very little information or… Read More »
As he walked down the room shaking hands with supporters at Thursday’s Villa Trust AGM, I wondered how many people realised they were shaking hands with new chairman Steve Hollis. Appointed only the week before, not a great deal was known about him then and, after listening to him speak, I’m not sure we know that much more… Read More »
January 3rd 1924 was a very special day in the Ellis household as a son was born (there were no wise men, but he would later preside over the acquisition of various donkeys). Embed from Getty Images The boy was named Herbert Douglas Ellis and after a short (very) career with Tranmere Rovers and service in the… Read More »
Is it me, or does Remi Garde show absolutely no expression on his face during a game? He makes his so called mentor Arsene Wenger look positively animated sitting on the bench. Embed from Getty Images So far we have only seen the odd smile, fist pump or hands raised in the sky by our man in… Read More »