People don't notice or appreciate that Aston Villa 2025/26 could be one of the greatest modern sports stories.
Every single neutral should be rooting for them and every journalist should be marvelling.
- Positive NET spend.
- Captain been there from the Championship.
- Best players and spine of team all signed from the Championship.
- Forced to sell every year despite getting better every year.
- Buendia recalled from loan, said his goodbyes, ended up staying and playing a huge part.
- Leon Bailey recalled from loan where he started one game and thrown straight into a Premier League title charge.
- Goalkeeper tried to force a move.
- Kamara out for the season.
- McGinn out.
- Tielemans out.
- Onana out a lot.
- Mings was there in the Championship too and has fought back from having a toothpick leg.
- He needed to come back to cover for Pau Torres who was out.
- Villa hadn't even qualified for UCL in PL era.
- The manager is constantly dismissed by the media, claiming he's not top tier.
- The team he's taking on sacked him and their fans still try to make a joke figure out of him.
- He's taking them on despite all of the above and he's facing a billion pound squad who they praise for having so many quality options outside their first XI.
People are caught up in the 21.5 years Arsenal have waited and they're missing the real story right under their noses.
Arsenal couldn't be further from underdogs. Aston Villa's story, already, is absolutely ridiculous and if they managed to sustain this, it would be nothing short of magic.
@Kloppholic The player is trying to intimidate the ref and it worked. You can't lean into someone like that and not expect the person to get spooked or react to protect themselves. Why do players get away with it? Because it increases the ratings and entertainment factor 💸💸