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2022-23


Unai Emery joins Villa
Welcome Villa Unai , you're going to love it. Hats off to NSWE for pulling it off. The blog's gonna take a break and enjoy the ride for a...

James
Oct 24, 20221 min read


Danks, lad.
What a day, what a performance. Although it took many far too long to realise, and some bizarrely still don't, today was proof positive...

James
Oct 23, 20222 min read


First Team Review
Given where the club is at we thought it would be useful and interesting to pool opinions on who and who should not remain with Villa...

James
Oct 22, 202210 min read


News Round Up
How the worm turns One of the most depressing features under the former manager was the media, especially the local media, spinelessly...

James
Oct 21, 20222 min read


At long last the owners have acted.
But the sacking of Gerrard, as welcome as it is, has come 61 days too late. It was clear after Palace that Gerrard was not just a poor...

James
Oct 20, 20222 min read


Club Statement
“Aston Villa Football Club can confirm that Head Coach Steven Gerrard has left the club with immediate effect. A club spokesman said: “We...

James
Oct 20, 20221 min read


Fulham Preview
Setting aside the back-drop of the first half of 180 minutes to save his job here is our prediction for tonight's match at Fulham....

James
Oct 20, 20221 min read


Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
To be fair, if he was alive today, in all probability Shakespeare would have been a Villa fan, after all we’re blessed with a celebrity...

James
Oct 19, 20223 min read


Complete Lies
h/t to Football Insider, it may not be the go-to destination for journalistic integrity but it sure is good for a laugh, not least when...

James
Oct 18, 20221 min read


Too Poch for Purslow
Despite Gerrard's shocking performance throughout his time with Villa, whether it be communication, motivation, tactics, player...

James
Oct 17, 20223 min read


Chelsea review - Gerrard culpable once again
Villa’s best performance of the season for 60 minutes is punctuated by two mistakes from Tyrone Mings and a goalkeeping misjudgement. A...

James
Oct 16, 20223 min read


Chelsea Preview
For the second week running there is little point in producing a match preview for the weekend given the disarray into which Gerrard has...

James
Oct 15, 20222 min read


Spot the difference.
We’ve been banging on about one of the major issues with Gerrard seemingly since the day he arrived. Firstly as suspicion, then as...

James
Oct 12, 20222 min read


Michael Beale? More like Jeremy Beadle.
Game for a laugh? You’d have to be to swallow this nonsense: “I’ve seen a statistic that he’s [Gerrard’s] won 10 in 30 or nine in 30, and...

James
Oct 10, 20223 min read


AVFC History interviews Gerrard
There’s very little point in a Forest preview, two clubs in difficult positions, both for entirely different reasons. We could implore...

James
Oct 7, 20228 min read


Patience is not a virtue. Gerrard should be sacked NOW.
0-0 away from home isn't the worst result in the world. Place it into context however and it is alarming. Villa under Gerrard were...

James
Oct 2, 20221 min read


Leeds Preview
Our next five games are Leeds, Forest, Chelsea, Fulham and Brentford. Starting at Elland Road, if Steven Gerrard expects to be taken...

James
Oct 1, 20221 min read


Play with matches and you're gonna get burnt
We've more than touched on the insanity of Steven Gerrard's squad management on numerous occasions, going so far as to call it "squad...

James
Sep 24, 20223 min read


Three points as Villa win for the 2,000th time in the League
It speaks volumes that 36 games into Gerrard's torturous tenure as Villa boss and we are already talking about three points, and not the...

James
Sep 16, 20222 min read
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