Picks and Clicks – March 31st

Here’s what has been catching my eye in the last couple of days.
Little Impressed
One of our better managers during the Premiership years, an ex-player himself, Brian Little says that he’s impressed at Villa resurgence over the last few years and happy that we’re back in the mix among the top teams in the table. [Sporting [...]

There’s Only One Martin O’Neill

News Picks and Clicks – Mar 30th

Here’s the news that’s caught my eye in the last couple of days.
Martin O’Neill Rumour
I didn’t plan on touching this as it’s just some silliness from a forum. However, it was repeated by a couple of blogs for reasons best known to the bloggers in question and now the bastion of journalism that is [...]

QuickStat – The Scores On The Board

I know I should let it go, but inspired by the rarity of the recent 7-1 scoreline, I found myself wondering what scorelines we Villa fans have been treated to most frequently. Here’s a couple of highlights among the findings:-
Our five most popular scorelines:-

Premiership to Date
Under MON

1-1
13.93%
1-1
15.04%

0-0
10.89%
0-0
11.28%

1-0
9.72%
2-1
9.77%

2-1
9.00%
2-0
8.27%

0-1
8.71%
1-0
8.27%

Maybe the increase in scoreless and 1-1 draws [...]

Looking Back – March 29th 2008

There’s one period in our recent history that I refer to frequently, so I thought I’d recount it in more detail and then I can put it to bed. Or just link to it!
So if you’re sitting comfortably, I shall begin…
Our tale begins in late March 2008, it had been an extremely poor month [...]

The Longest Week

It’s not easy to simply forget about that horrendous result at the weekend and move on, especially as a fresh wave of headlines roll in this Monday, but that’s pretty much what we have to do. Conceding 7 goals for the first time in 46 years during a season in which we were able [...]

A Little Perspective

7-1. Seven – One. Wow, that’s the worst beating I’ve ever seen Aston Villa take. We conceded 5 in the Premiership just 5 times before. If you go back to the pre-Premiership days, there were a couple of games in which we conceded 6 in the last few decades, but the last [...]

Statshack – Chelsea 7 Aston Villa 1

No narrative from me this time, what can you really say to provide any kind of worthwhile analysis? It was a freak result that doesn’t reflect our part in proceedings? Don’t believe me? Compare the numbers below with the statistics from the 2-1 victory over Chelsea at Villa Park back in October.
I guess sometimes [...]