It seems the rumour mongering has now begun in earnest and Martin O'Neill's search for new blood is evident all over the web and newspaper back pages.

Foremost amongst these speculative moves are those that appear to entertwine Aston Villa with fellow top six chasers Tottenham. The following information was lo...

Scouring the headlines for Villa news is always a hit and miss affair,
but whilst delving through mostly reheated and dead links that have
been cooked up during the week that has just passed - I stumbled
across a particularly bitter O'Leary interview with The Daily Mail.
Dreary clearly states that MON did no better than him and he should
...

Expectations are ultimately the rope that hangs every football manager: expectations from the fans, the players, the chairman and the overall footballing community. Why do Newcastle currently find themselves facing up to life in the Championship? Because they had a chairman and a group of fans who had a ridiculously unrealistic set of aspirations that led to them sacking capable managers (Allardyce) and replacing t...

So, the mythical beast that is the Premier (absolute best, best, bestest) League in the worlds computer has drawn us against Wigan Athletic at home on the opening day of the 2009/2010 season.

Firstly, I must say that the 2009/2010 bit makes me feel very...