There are two ways to look at this season and what's needed. There is the traditional, at the end of the year it's half way so what is half the total number of points we need to stay up and that is
There is little to say today and as such I'm going to keep it short. Three points today will take us to within one point of where we need to be on my win, draw, lose forecast from when the manager
I was having a chat yesterday with someone in the office and then started in on the whiteboard to play with numbers. We've got five games in December and that means 19 games to play in 2016. If we a
A great half of football means nothing if you lose the match. But I have to say that the first half yesterday was the best I've seen from an Aston Villa side for a long time. And this is the part th
It's not easy at the moment and you don't need me to tell you why. The hardest part about it all is that it was avoidable. The even harder part to watch is that we've not seeing any returns from the
I've had time to reflect on the weekend and I've also been inspired by others. I also learnt last night that Leicester were bottom of the table last season after 13 games and look at them now. I als
I'm not saying Aston Villa are going to be relegated but what I am going to say is as an Aston Villa supporter you have to brace for relegation. The chances of it are high. And to know why and it's re
Look, we're in trouble. But Everton are hardly a team that are going to challenge for anything. They'll be lucky to finish in the top half and I wouldn't be surprised if they lost their most promis
Did I read something last night that that is it for international breaks until March? I hope so. I love football and I think I'm proud to be English, but I'm not really that interested in the nationa
I didn't consciously decide to take time off from the blog this week, it just sort of happened, because there was little for me to say that everyone else wasn't thinking. Fortunately too, I've not