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Sports journalist who is an avid football fan, enjoys debunking transfer rumours, loves to write pieces on players out in the cold and takes a large amount of pride getting a predicted XI 100% correct.
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Ludwig Augustinsson missed Aston Villa’s EFL Cup win over Bolton Wanderers due to a knee injury, which was a massive blow as he’d likely have featured in the game. The 28-year-old has yet to make an appearance for Villa in any competition since his loan move from Sevilla in July. Read Aston Villa was critical […]
Aston Villa welcome West Ham United to Villa Park on Sunday afternoon and Steven Gerrard has a difficult decision to make in attack – drop Danny Ings or Ollie Watkins? Leon Bailey and Emiliano Buendia are expected to start on opposing flanks after impressing in Tuesday’s EFL Cup win over Bolton Wanderers, but that would […]
Aston Villa welcome West Ham United to Villa Park on Sunday afternoon and Steven Gerrard has a difficult decision to make in midfield – start Philippe Coutinho or Emiliano Buendia? Coutinho has been a regular under Gerrard this season, starting two of Villa’s three Premier League games. But the 30-year-old has failed to score or […]
Leon Bailey was named on the bench in Aston Villa’s EFL Cup win over Bolton Wanderers but was introduced in the second half and wrapped up the scoring with a well-taken solo goal. The 25-year-old picked up the ball on the right flank, ran at his marker and cut inside to work an opening before […]
Calum Chambers was given his first appearance of the season by Steven Gerrard in Aston Villa’s 4-1 win over Bolton Wanderers on Tuesday but had a mixed evening and was exposed defensively on two occasions which may worry his manager. The 27-year-old started at centre-back alongside Tyrone Mings but didn’t get tight enough when Elias […]
Aston Villa came from behind to beat Bolton Wanderers 4-1 in Tuesday night’s EFL Cup second-round clash and Emiliano Buendia was one of many players who impressed. The 25-year-old didn’t start the game but made a big impact from the bench and managed to create as many chances as the player he replaced in the […]
Ashley Young has been short of playing time this season, being an unused substitute in two of Aston Villa’s three Premier League games while having a one-minute cameo in the other, but the 37-year-old showed no signs of rust in Villa’s 4-1 win over Bolton Wanderers on Tuesday. The Midlands outfit booked their place in […]
Steven Gerrard gave an update on Kortney Hause ahead of Aston Villa’s Premier League clash with Everton, revealing the 27-year-old has started training on grass again after his knee injury, so it’s likely to be a month or two before he’s in a position to work on his match fitness. Hause would need to be […]
Aston Villa welcome Everton to Villa Park on Saturday afternoon and Steven Gerrard has a difficult decision to make in attack. Danny Ings underwhelmed in Villa’s 2-0 defeat to Bournemouth on August 6 and was replaced by Ollie Watkins in the second half, so Gerrard might consider starting the latter against Everton. Ings had one […]
Steven Gerrard caused controversial ahead of the new season by stripping Tyrone Mings of his captaincy and subsequently dropping him for Aston Villa’s opening Premier League defeat to Bournemouth, but Gabriel Agbonlahor says he ‘understands’ why Gerrard made the decision. John McGinn was confirmed as Villa’s captain for the new season in late-July and Gerrard […]
Anwar El Ghazi is surplus to requirements at Aston Villa and Ashley Preece of Birmingham Live says Steven Gerrard wants to offload the 27-year-old before the transfer window shuts, but the Villa boss has so far failed to find a suitor willing to pay. El Ghazi bagged himself a loan move to another Premier League […]
Tyrone Mings peaked for Aston Villa in 2020/21, putting in top performances at club level that resulted in him representing the England national team. The 29-year-old was part of a defence that conceded 46 goals from 38 Premier League and kept 15 clean sheets to boot. Mings was inconsistent the following season, however, and Simon […]