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The season from hell is finally over and Alex McLeish’s Aston Villa career has, as expected, been terminated. His tenure has passed on. It’s no more. It has ceased to [...]
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HOOF! Long ball statistics over the last three seasons
At the onset of his tenure, it wouldn’t have taken much effort to find predictions about the brand of football Alex McLeish’s Aston Villa side were destined to serve up. [...]
Darren Bent and Kasabian demonstrate when the manager should take all the blame
This is not an attempt to absolve anyone of any blame for the unacceptable performance at White Hart Lane last night, but it’s become painfully obvious to me in the [...]
Richard Dunne: I would have left Villa had Houllier stayed
Richard Dunne has confirmed what we already knew; he was heading for the exit door under Gerard Houllier. He’s yet another player to lift the lid on a testing atmosphere [...]
30-mile rule should receive the plaudits
One of the more interesting pieces of Aston Villa news to emerge during the international break was the club’s intention to include a clause in future contracts that would oblige [...]
Take Hart: Aston Villa are the draw specialists
As you’re probably all too aware, the 1-1 draw at QPR on Sunday was our 5th draw of the season. And we’ve only played six games. And we remain unbeaten. [...]
Assessing the difficulty of the fixture list: When the sun shines you must make hay
We all know that Alex McLeish has a tough task ahead of him. We all know that he’s arrived with about as little goodwill as a new manager could possibly [...]
Boys back in training, clean slates all round and squad numbers up for grabs
It’s been a while since anything surfaced here at Aston Villa Central, I know. The last post confirmed Ashley Young’s somewhat low key move to Man Utd and since then [...]
Alex McLeish officially unveiled as manager
I don’t know if a player or manager has ever literally been ‘unveiled’, but I’d love to see it happen once and, given the odd nature of this whole appointment, [...]
