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Aston Villa - The Revival of the Giants

Started on 28 January 2014 by K-98
Latest Reply on 30 January 2014 by K-98
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K-98's avatar Group K-98
11 years
First, I have to apologize as my old story didn't work great. Now I am looking for a new challenge in the Premier League. I will try to bring Aston Villa back to the top. It will be hard as they struggle at the bottom of the league, but I am confident. I still hope you will read my story and I'm looking to not disappoint you. Thank you!
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K-98's avatar Group K-98
11 years • Edited

Paul Lambert leaves Aston Villa!





Aston Villa board announced that the manager Paul Lambert is leaving the club due some medical problems. Instead of him, the English manager John Smith has been appointed. The chairman believes he was the right choice as he knows well the British clubs policy and is considered a very talented young coach. In an interview for Sky Sports, Smith said his first words as the new Aston Villa manager:

"Well, I'm here and I'm proud to manage a great club with a great history. The things don't work great now, so I am determined to bring back the old performances here, at Birmingham. There is no pressure on me and the squad and that lets us to work in safety. The fans are also great here, and I hope they will support us in this journey."

John Smith signed a one - year contract with the English club.
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No1VillaFan's avatar Group No1VillaFan
11 years
good luck i am looking forward to reading this
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K-98's avatar Group K-98
11 years

Pre-Season Report
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Aston Villa 3-1 Aston Villa U21
x2 Libor Kozak
Christian Benteke
Nathan Baker
Gary Gardner
Fabian Delph

Braintree 0-3 Aston Villa
x2 Libor Kozak
Marc Albrighton

Southend 0-3 Aston Villa
x2 Libor Kozak
Christian Benteke
Ciaran Clark

Welling 0-5 Aston Villa
x2 Ron Vlaar
x3 Christian Benteke

Aston Villa 1-2 Montpellier HSC
Libor Kozak
Ashley Westwood

Aston Villa 3-1 Aris
x2 Libor Kozak
Fabian Delph

Aston Villa 2-0 Kayserispor
Marc Albrighton
Christian Benteke

Player Of the Pre-Season


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"A very good pre-season as we won 6 matches with a 20-4 goal difference. Libor Kozak was a magnificent goalscorer and our defence worked great. Now the competitive matches are ahead and I hope we can maintain our form."
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Slid3Tackle's avatar Group Slid3Tackle
11 years
A good preseason mate!
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K-98's avatar Group K-98
11 years
Thanks mate!
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11 years

First competitive matches


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Swansea 1-1 Aston Villa
Christian Benteke
Christian Benteke
Matt Lowton
Karim El Ahmadi
Chris Herd

Aston Villa 2-1 Southampton
Christian Benteke
Libor Kozak
Alan Hutton
Ron Vlaar
Ashley Westwood

Aston Villa 2-0 Barnsley
x2 Nicklas Helenius
Andi Weimann
Jores Okore
Gary Gardner

Player of the Month


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"A good month as we haven't lost any official match. What I think we need to improve is the efficiency in the front of the goal. We had plenty of chances in all matches, but we haven't manage to score more than 5 goals. Also, a good defensive work that provided us a good goal difference."
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TylerK's avatar Group TylerK
11 years
Started great!
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captainbrickarms's avatar Group captainbrickarms
11 years
Good start and good luck :)
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K-98's avatar Group K-98
11 years

September 2013 review: Tough matches
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Tottenham 1-1 Aston Villa
Nicklas Helenius
Nathan Baker
Ashley Westwood
Nicklas Helenius
Fabian Delph

Aston Villa 2-0 Norwich
Nicklas Helenius
Marc Albrighton
Allan Hutton

Aston Villa 0-2 Chelsea
Brad Guzan
Andi Weimann

Sunderland 0-1 Aston Villa
Gabby Agbonlahor
Ashley Westwood

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Liverpool 1-2 Aston Villa
Nicklas Helenius
Marc Albrighton
Ashley Westwood
Fabian Delph

Player of the Month


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Nicklas Helenius

"A good month as we managed to lose only one match, against Chelsea. We won against Liverpool in Capital One Cup and we qualified for the next round where we'll face Blackburn. In the Premier League, our club is seating on the 6th place. The same and the only problem we face is our unfortune in front of the goal. We need to improve our goalscoring percentage."
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K-98's avatar Group K-98
11 years

Rodgers praises Smith


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Brendan Rodgers took several questions about his future chances from Sky Sports in the build up to Liverpool's match against Aston Villa. Sky Sports chose the main focus point for the conference with journalist Gbenga Hall asking:

"John Smith is winning a lot of plaudits for what many perceive to be his overachievment with Aston Villa this season, would you agree that he is performing at an unexpectedly high level at the moment?"

Rodgers responded calmly, saying:

"I think it's fair to say that they're performing better than many expected them to, ultimately the results don't lie though and they have to be treated as a very good side at this point."

Also, in the pre-match press conference, Aston Villa manager John Smith said:

"I respect Brendan Rodgers and his words make me feel great. We won against Liverpool last time, in the Capital One Cup match, but now it's gonna be a hard match because they need points to fullfil they're expectations for this season."
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K-98's avatar Group K-98
11 years

October 2013 review: Bad luck


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Aston Villa 0-2 Manchester City
Brad Guzan
Nathan Baker
Karim El Ahmadi
Chris Herd

Liverpool 1-2 Aston Villa
Christian Benteke
Nicklas Helenius
Gary Gardner
Chris Herd

Aston Villa 3-0 Crystal Palace
x3 Andi Weimann
Ciaran Clark

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Blackburn 2-1 Aston Villa
Nicklas Helenius
Ciaran Clark

Player of the Month


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Nicklas Helenius

"Good wins against Liverpool and Crystal Palace in the Premier League, but a defeat against Blackburn that ended our journey in the Capital One Cup. Again, a lot of chances but the poor finishing cost us."
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K-98's avatar Group K-98
11 years

Smith signs new contract


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Aston Villa's head coach John Smith has put pen to paper on a 1 year contract extension. The twenty-six old is now set to extend his stay at the club unitl June 2015. Smith had 7 months to run on his existing contract before agreeing the new deal.

"I'm very happy that the board gave me a contract extension so I can work longer on this project. The chairman said that he has confidence and this first months were great for the club. Now we have a good morale and we can focus on the upcoming fixtures."
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Verdinho's avatar Group Verdinho
11 years
Great start to the season :)
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K-98's avatar Group K-98
11 years
Thank you! :)
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