Aston Villa 2 Chelsea 2 By Rob Carter In a Word Puzzling ?Difficult to explain or understand‘ – Cambridge Dictionary The Carter Report As the home faithful poured into Aston and its environs, anticipation was high; a win would surely leave Villa...

Aston Villa vs Bournemouth By Rob Carter In a Word Rampant ‘Happening a lot‘ – Cambridge Dictionary The Carter Report While the point against Chelsea at Villa Park proved a useful point, after Spurs lost at home to Arsenal the following day, a...

The Good Bad and Ugly of The Villa Week With games coming as thick and fast as injuries to key players, the ‘Good, Bad and Ugly’ column has had to pause to capture the bigger picture. Now let’s buckle in for the final furlong; you can almost...

Approaching the Arsenal game saw many Aston Villa fans were nervous about their team’s chances in both Europe and domestically, but fast forward one week and the mood has transformed at Villa Park. Here are Five Reasons to be Cheerful as Villa...

Ollie Watkins’ England Race As the Premier League season edges towards its finish, the media is already discussing which players will be on the plane to Germany this summer as part of Gareth Southgate?s Euro 2024 squad. As far as out-and-out...

As expected Aston Villa?s Premier League trip to the Amex to play Brighton & Hove Albion will now take place on Sunday, May 5 (ko 2pm).  The match is pushed back a day due to Villa’s UEFA Europa Conference League semi-final against Olympiacos the...

French Ligue 1 Trump Premier League in Helping Their Clubs In-form Lille seems to have all the luck when it comes to the Europa Conference League quarter-final against Aston Villa. First of all, they play the first leg away from home, with the...

Aston Villa vs Liverpool Date Change The final home game of the 2023/24 season for Aston Villa was poised to be a joyous weekend event. By the time Aston Villa faced Liverpool at Villa Park on the weekend of May 11, there might have been an extended...

Aston Villa vs Brentford & Lille By Rob Carter In Two Words Pessimistic: ?Thinking that bad things are more likely to happen.? Optimistic: ?Hoping or believing that good things will happen.? Cambridge Dictionary  The Carter Report In some ways how...

Emery Must Fix Defensive Concerns for Run-in After being 2-0 up and cruising against Brentford at Villa Park, a nine-minute capitulation saw Aston Villa let three points slip, as they handed fourth place and pole position for Champions’ League...

The Good, Bad and Ugly of the Business End A wise old man green man once said, ‘Do or do not, there is no try?’ After the capitulation against Brentford, the time for mitigating factors is over. This run-in is going to be Good, bad and Ugly. The...

Arsenal Away Date Limbo For those wondering why Aston Villa’s trip to Arsenal on Saturday 5.30pm hasn’t been put back to the Sunday yet, due to Villa’s involvement in the Europa Conference League, the Premier League has delayed the...

Seven months on from the start of the new season, the Villa players find themselves in a position that they would have dreamed about, back in August. Yet over recent weeks the team’s form has faded as has the excellent home record of 2023....

The VTID Returns Back in 2017, My Old Man Said had a monthly column called ‘The VTID’, written by a national newspaper journalist, who was a Villa supporter. Unfortunately, the writer’s employer got antsy after MOMS Media Muppets busted the...

Aston Villa Face Lille in Quarter-finals If there’s one team that most of the remaining teams in this season’s Europa Conference League didn’t want to face, it would be Aston Villa. The favourite for the tournament from the get-go and their...

Spurs & Ajax at Villa Park in March 2024 By Rob Carter In a Word Emotional  ?Characterised by intense feeling.? Oxford Dictionary The Carter Report In a pivotal week for Aston Villa football club, rarely can two matches have seen such contrasting...

Aston Villa Face Defining Ajax Test in Second Leg Following the recent 4-0 loss at Villa Park to Spurs, Aston Villa’s Europa Conference League second leg has something of a sliding doors aura about it. Getting knocked out of the tournament now,...

The Good, Bad and Ugly of Tottenham Hotspur Summing up how most Villa fans feel after the Spurs performance, or lack of performance is no easy task. It’s like the first stages of a break-up, the big red flags are waving in your face and before...

A Beginner?s Guide to Joe Gauci An Australian international Goalkeeper with his best years ahead of him" The last Aussie Goalkeeper at Villa Park wasn’t bad at all. Here?s the brass tacks skinny guide on Villa?s latest signing? Joe Gauci ? The 5...

Below are the summarised ‘official’ notes from the club of the latest Fan Advisory Board meeting that took place this week. A wide range of topics were covered – from updates on the North Stand to FFP logistics. While we appreciate the clarity...

On the whole, it had been a frustrating few weeks for Villa fans as Manchester United completed the double over Emery?s men, making it the third defeat on the bounce at Villa Park. Despite the squad’s mounting injury list though, Unai Emery and...

Aston Villa’s Big April Games Face Change Two of Aston Villa?s toughest games of the season, their away trips in April to Manchester City and Arsenal will get the live TV broadcast treatment in the UK. Villa?s trip to the Etihad Stadium to face...

The Good, Bad and Ugly of United and Double Redemption Why oh why is it always Manchester United" Bogey team isn’t even a phrase you can use, it’s an old-fashioned curse that should have been exorcised. After throwing away a 2-0 lead at Old...

The State of Aston Villa’s Away Form Throughout this season, there has been an assumption that Villa have been decidedly average away from home. The truth of the matter is, there haven’t been any truly outstanding teams in the Premier League on...

Gary McAllister Interview Last week the Betway website ran an interview with two-time Aston Villa assistant manager Gary McAllister, which MOMS has been granted permission to use the Villa-related section of. The interview was done before the last...