AVCW: Guzan Departs, Gana’s On His Way, Cambridge and Boro
Week commencing Monday 25th July 2016.
Brad Guzan joins Boro, Gana’s on his way to Everton. Academy plans in India. Final preseason games against Cambridge and Middlesbrough.
AVCW: No Petrov, Gil’s Loan, Bristol Rovers and Nantes Friendlies
Week commencing Monday 18th July 2016.
Stan won’t be getting a playing contract, but perhaps a coaching role is on the cards. Carles Gil goes out on loan. The reserves join a new competition and their league gets a rebrand. Two more friendlies: still unbeaten.
AVCW: Release Clauses, Dr X On Twitter, Two Games One Day
Week commencing Monday 11th July 2016.
Idrissa Gueye, like everyone else apparently, has a release clause. Dr X gets the Twitter reveals his appreciation of David Cameron. Villa win at Telford and Worcester… in the same day!!
AVCW: Stan’s Back, Gollini & Tshibola Join, Austrian Training Camp
Week commencing Monday 4th July 2016.
Pictures from preseason training at Bodymoor. Stan’s back in claret & blue. Austrian training camp & a win against GAK Graz. Pierluigi Gollini & Aaron Tshibola sign, Callum Robinson heads to Preston.
It’s Done
According to Netflix I watched Drive in July 2012 and rated it three stars. I may have underrated it; there’s one particular scene that’s stayed with me and it seems especially relevant right now:
Don’t worry. Don’t… don’t worry. That’s it. It’s done. There’s no pain, it’s over, it’s over.
I’m sure others have already compared watching Aston Villa over the last several years to watching a loved one suffering with a terminal illness. As tragic as it is, when they finally
Some Changes
The Villawire’s days are numbered, AVC’s home page gets a facelift, new squad & contracts pages, and the blog gets moved; but don’t call it a comeback.
Alex McLeish is an ex-Aston Villa manager
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 be. Expired and gone to meet its maker. A stiff, bereft of life. It rests in peace. Its metabolic processes are now history. Kicked the bucket. Shuffled off its mortal coil. Run down the curtain and joined the bleeding choir invisible.
This is an ex-Aston Villa manager.
Today is a very good
It’s all gone quiet over here
If you’ve been stopping by Aston Villa Central for a while now you would have noticed something amiss this past weekend and may have assumed that I had joined Darren Bent on a quick shopping jaunt.
I had no such luck I’m afraid. I did indeed watch the 2-0 loss at the hands of Liverpool, but for the first time in a few years I hadn’t done any preparation before the game. I didn’t relay the teamsheets before kick off. I
Bolton 1 Aston Villa 2: Albrighton and Petrov grab the goals in first away win of season
Marc Albrighton and Stiliyan Petrov produced the vital goals to deliver Villa’s first away win of the season, but Ivan Klasnic was able to prevent Brad Guzan earning a clean sheet on his first Premiership start.
It was a much improved performance during the first half, and fans crying out for a 4-4-2 system will be quick to point out that was the case today with Marc Albrighton on the right and Charles N’Zogbia on the left. However, it has to