Tag: Villa Park
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Emery back in England
Aston Villa have turned to Unai Emery to replace the defenestrated Steven Gerrard as they seek to extricate themselves from the relegation dogfight near the foot of the Premier League table. It marks a return to English football for Emery who previously had an underwhelming stint in charge of Arsenal, having been serially successful in…
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Gerrard playing the long game with percentage call
Bastions of the bandwagon are one of the few sporting phenomena yours truly cannot stomach. Fair weather followers is another acronym attributed to the same lot. It usually is followers, you see. There’s usually obvious telltale signs, they’ll be over the top if the need arises to decorate, will become expert ‘analysts’ overnight and everything…