Alex McLeish – Profile on the New Boss
With Alex McLeish now firmly in the hot seat at Villa Park, AVL’s Eamon McElwee takes a retrospective look over his career to date.
One eye on Europe – Previewing the Euro 2012 Qualifiers
With the managerial changes unlikely to provide a definitive answer this week, AVL’s Eamon McElwee, aka Bosnich13, looks forward to this weekend’s European qualifiers.
How Do You Solve a Problem like Gabby?
Ahhh sweet irony – I was penning this article last week and in a moment’s serendipity Gabby gets a goal – fate, why do you mock me so? However I must have the courage of my convictions and post, knowing that for me at least, we still have a question to answer regard Gabby Agbonlahor’s […]
West Ham at The Boleyn
So can we remain unbeaten until the season’s end as our manager asks? We’ve a big test – Saturday in the capital, with West Ham, like ourselves, fighting for their Premier League lives. If home points only counted West Ham would be 18th, as would we if away points only were considered. So they are […]
The Curious Case of the Unloved Mister Houllier
Maybe it’s just me. Maybe I want Gerard Houllier to succeed so much as it also means my football club succeeds. Maybe it’s because he looks like my granddad (only French), and I can’t just hate my French granddad, or maybe I am still lost in a fog of young love – after all he’s […]