Three goals, three points. A clean sheet. Away. Cause for celebration, indeed. Beleaguered Steve Bruce got the result he, and the team, desperately needed as they ultimately cruised to a 3-0 win at Barnsley.
Aston Villa again looked well off the pace and fell 2-1 to Reading for a second straight defeat (5-1 on aggregate, for those of you following along at home), and one point out of the first nine.
Well, is this the season when we will see the Villa Pheonix rise out of what were truly ashes? Will this be the end of nearly 20 years of developing misery for Villa supporters, punctuated only by the false dawn and excitement with the appearance of Randy and his initially welcomed ‘new era’ and the […]
Right, here we go, Terry’s first appearance in claret and blue, Veretout starting, and Johnstone back in goal. Hutton starting as well. Let’s see if Ross and Scott can get on the scoresheet.
Randy Lerner physically departed less than 12 months ago, but he was spiritually absent well before that. Even though he left so recently we appear to be somewhat impatient that the club is not already showing signs of transforming itself back into the kind of force it was in the mid-70s to early 80s. But […]
