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We were promised an announcement confirming Alex McLeish’s appointment by now*, but that’s about as timely as everything else connected to the search for a manager, so I thought I’d [...]
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A statistical and personal reflection on Gerard Houllier’s term at the helm
The headline I went with when Martin O’Neill walked out on Aston Villa was something along the lines of “They think he’s taken us as far as he can… he [...]
30th Anniversary Infographic: 1980/81: The Fourteen
It was 30 years ago today that Aston Villa last won a league title when we were crowned English Champions despite losing our final game in a season that went [...]
Infographic: Bent vs Carroll vs Suarez vs Torres vs Dzeko
I was one of a number of people to Re-Tweet this little gem before the kick off at Upton Park last weekend: I noticed one or two people copy & [...]
What’s the difference between Houllier’s and O’Neill’s first 25 league games?
There’s a lot of emotion, anger and fear floating around the Villasphere at the moment so I’m going to tread carefully here. I’m not looking to make any particular point, [...]
This Season vs Last Season #12
I was planning on running this series every five games, but for one reason or another I didn’t get to it after the 25th game of the season; the 3-1 [...]
Passing Wheel Analysis: Makoun & Petrov vs Murphy & Sidwell
Jean Makoun picked up the Man of the Match award against Fulham and has rightly won the plaudits from most quarters. But not everyone is impressed. It’s true that his [...]
Meet Jean Makoun, the new ticking heartbeat of Aston Villa
You may or may not have noticed that I haven’t been following Premier League games up with Statshacks for a little while. There are numerous reasons for that which I [...]
Factfile: Darren Bent’s goal scoring stats
With Darren Bent looking like a racing certainty at this stage, I figured it was safe to take a look at his career stats in the same format as Jean [...]
