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Villa Building Squad Capable of Immediate Premier League Return

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Villa Building Squad Capable of Immediate Premier League Return If there were a word to describe Aston Villa’s relegation season, disastrous springs to mind. Any synonym associated would also be applicable here, however. The Villans were beyond poor. They gained 17 points from the 38 games, scored just 27 goals and conceded 76. Tim Sherwood, Kevin MacDonal...

Return of Former Championship Stars a Theme Ahead of 2016/17

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Return of Former Championship Stars a Theme Ahead of 2016/17 The Championship makes its return on Friday night and its once again shaping up to be an intriguing season, fittingly kicked off by the team that is widely expected to dominate proceedings. Indeed, Newcastle are the outstanding favourites with the bookies to make an immediate return to the top-fligh...

How the relegated trio are preparing for the Championship

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How the relegated trio are preparing for the Championship For Newcastle, Norwich and Aston Villa relegation from the Premier League last season came at the worst possible time. Next season marks the start of the £5.1bn television rights deal where each club is guaranteed at least £100m in prize money – the same sum Leicester earned this y...

Time to go but Villa Guilty of Letting Garde Down

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Time to go but Villa Guilty of Letting Garde Down While most Aston Villa fans seem to have come to the consensus that it may well be best for all parties involved if Remi Garde leaves the club, they are divided on whether the Frenchman could really have done much more.A meagre two league wins since his arrival have failed to lift the club off of bo...

Player Focus: Gana Offering Villa a Resilience Teammates Cannot Match

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Player Focus: Gana Offering Villa a Resilience Teammates Cannot Match When Idrissa Gana signed for Aston Villa last summer, it's fair to say he didn't exactly endear himself to the fans following his comments upon arrival in the Midlands. “The most important thing was to come to England to improve and aim for a big club later.” The Senegal international wa...

Match Focus: Ayew Petulance Leaves Villa Dead and Buried at Upton Park

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Match Focus: Ayew Petulance Leaves Villa Dead and Buried at Upton Park It had all started so encouragingly for Villa at Upton Park on Tuesday night. Remi Garde had named an attacking line-up and seemed to catch West Ham off guard by fielding a front two of Ayew and Agbonlahor. The Frenchman's plans would be foiled - not for the first time this season - before long.If t...

League Focus: Winners and Losers of the January Transfer Window

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League Focus: Winners and Losers of the January Transfer Window It goes without saying that this transfer window has been one of the dullest in recent memory, but despite there being little action from any of the elite clubs in the Premier League, spending still managed to finish at a five-year high of £175m.Here, WhoScored.com looks at the teams that can ...

Team Focus: What Hope of a Great Escape from Sorry Villa?

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Team Focus: What Hope of a Great Escape from Sorry Villa? What used to be impossible isn’t so any more. After Sunderland had taken 13 points from five games – including wins at Chelsea and Manchester United – to avoid relegation the season before last, their manager Gus Poyet spoke of how in future people would remember their great escape...

League Focus: Five Premier League Musings this Christmas

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League Focus: Five Premier League Musings this Christmas Can Leicester win the league?No doubt the shock of the season so far is that of Leicester City, with a success story greater than any demise in our books. Having spent last Christmas drowning their sorrows at the bottom of the league Foxes fans have reason for cheer and then some this time around.Le...

Match Focus: Baptism of Fire for Garde as Man City Travel to Villa

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Match Focus: Baptism of Fire for Garde as Man City Travel to Villa Aston Villa vs Manchester CityHaving parted ways with Tom Sherwood a fortnight ago Aston Villa finally announced the appointment of Remi Garde ahead of their game at Tottenham on Monday, with the Frenchman in the stands to run the rule over his new team. It was the perfect example of the task at han...