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Started in 2004, its gone too far to stop so I aim to post once a week. All opinions are mine and mine alone.

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Points or games, Telegram and happy Sunday

17 January 2021Aston Villa Opinion

Everyone knows I like numbers. Numbers for me are everything. Numbers tell us what happened and they'll also tell us what will happen. And I like our ...

Aston Villa v Liverpool: FA Cup opportunity or not?

08 January 2021Aston Villa Live

It's a big match tonight. Or is it? Regular readers will know that my views are that football is all about silverware, but you will also know that I'v...

Big match today, some speculation and match facts from the BBC

01 January 2021Aston Villa Live

We picked up a lot of points in December and now find ourselves in fifth place. If and it's a massive win, we were to win our two games in hand on the...

A big opportunity at Chelsea today and a chance

28 December 2020Aston Villa Live

It would be wrong of me to not write that it was a great team performance against Crystal Palace on Boxing Day before diving straight into Chelsea tod...

Back to normal business with Crystal Palace at Villa Park

26 December 2020Aston Villa Live

I hope you all had a nice Christmas and are well fed, but it's now over and normal business returns. I like Boxing Day football because it's how Chris...

Another big match, nightmares before Christmas and El Ghazi

20 December 2020Aston Villa Live

This isn't me having a dig at El Ghazi, but I hope the nightmares have ended and he's willing to walk onto the pitch later. And I write that because h...

With your usual vocal backing and 110 percent effort from each and every one of the players, I am sure we will get the right result.

I don't particularly like Birmingham City after the four games we have played against them in the Premiership.

Villa have amazing support. If you hung 11 Villa shirts on a washing line 20,000 fans would turn up to watch them!