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John Carew says Aston Villa were right to sell Zat Knight

ROBERTO Di Matteo has been encouraged by Simon Cox’s progress but reckons there is still a lot more improvement to come from the Albion striker.Read

Villa will be fired up after midweek defeat, warns Bolton boss

BOLTON boss Gary Megson has warned his players they face a Villa side “as strong as you can come across” at Villa Park tomorrow.Read

Stiliyan Petrov refuses to dwell on ref's decisions in Aston Villa defeat to West Ham

STILIYAN Petrov insists Villa should not dwell too much on the decisions that went with them and those which didn’t in the midweek defeat at Upton Park, insisting: “We will get decisions go our way too.”Read

Villa gaffer plants an oak for Acorns children's hospice

VILLA manager Martin O’Neill has been digging deep again – but this time not into his transfer pot.Read

Stephen Warnock: Aston Villa are fearless away from home

STEPHEN Warnock’s family may be “True Blue” Evertonians but that did not stop them celebrating with him and his new team-mates as Villa clawed a point back at Goodison.Read

Points are the real prize for Brad Friedel after making his 200th consecutive Premier League appearance

BRAD Friedel was modest in the extreme despite notching up a record 200th consecutive Premier League appearance in the clash with Everton, insisting it was points not prizes that mattered.Read

Carling Cup draw with Pompey puts Friedel on a high

BRAD Friedel believes Villa have been given the best of a bad lot when it comes to the Carling Cup draw and a trip to Portsmouth, with all of the remaining sides in the competition coming from the Premier League.Read

Why Stiliyan Petrov is backing rotation policy at Aston Villa

STILIYAN Petrov believes manager Martin O’Neill will use a rotation policy more and more this season as the way forward with the club pursuing both league and cup success.Read

Revealed: What lured Stephen Warnock to Aston Villa

NEW fans’ favourite Stephen Warnock has revealed how the desire to work with Martin O’Neill was the ultimate deciding factor in his move from Ewood Park to Villa Park.Read

Aston Villa fans flock to Villa Park for open day

MORE than 12,000 fans packed into Villa Park for a rare chance to get up close and personal with their Aston Villa heroes.Read

James Collins warns Everton not to expect a jaded Aston Villa side at Goodison

JAMES Collins has warned Everton not to expected a jaded Villa side at Goodison on Saturday insisting any tiredness from their gruelling 120 minutes of Carling Cup football will be “shaken out of the legs come Saturday”.Read

Stephen Warnock

Aston Villa: Warnock in doubt for Toffees clash

MARTIN O’Neill admits Stephen Warnock could be a doubt for Saturday’s Premier League trip to Everton after getting a knock in Villa’s heroic Carling Cup victory over Sunderland.Read

Bradley Guzan

Aston Villa boss hails Guzan heroics

MARTIN O’Neill is delighted to have something of a selection headache when it comes to choosing his Villa No.1 after American shot-stopper Brad Guzan’s “immense” heroics in goal ensured the side’s place in the Carling Cup quarter-final draw.Read

We strike fear into other teams, says Aston Villa's Stephen Warnock

STEPHEN Warnock believes Aston Vila are striking fear into every club they play against now in the Premier League, but admits it will take all the team’s resolve and stamina to cope with the next four weeks and four away games on the bounce.Read

Aston Villa: Martin O'Neill reveals his big gamble

But now that the gamble appears to have paid off, he is delighted with his risky strategy in this season’s Premier League campaign.Read

Stewart Downing says James Milner has stood out for England ahead of the World Cup finals

STEWART Downing has backed his Aston Villa team-mate James Milner to be among the first on Fabio Capello’s team sheet for the World Cup finals next summer.Read

Martin O'Neil says ‘You ain’t seen Aston Villa's best yet!’

MARTIN O’Neill has launched a broadside at other sides in the Barclays Premier League, insisting: “You ain’t seen the best of us yet.”Read

Wolves winger Kightly “one to watch” at white hot Molineux – Warnock

STEPHEN Warnock has warned that Wolves winger Michael Kightly will be the “one to watch” in the white hot atmosphere of Molineux this afternoon.Read

James Milner with team-mate Ashley Young.

Ashley Young gets style marks for being best winger in Europe according to Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill

ASHLEY Young might be forgiven for having his head in the clouds this week. First his manager comes out and says he is the best winger in Europe and then he wins a style award for being Birmingham’s best dressed sportsman.Read

‘Old man’ Young happy to advise Villa’s youthful talent

WING wonder Ashley Young admits he feels the “old man of the dressing room” these days at Villa with so much young talent coming through.Read

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