The Aston Villa Courier
Squad14 Dec 2026
Zion Suzuki stands alone
7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Match12 Dec 2026
6 matches without a win for Aston Villa
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Aston Villa are no longer polite ones.
Squad14 Dec 2026
A falling-out at Aston Villa
Boubacar Kamara and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad14 Dec 2026
A row about effort at Aston Villa
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and John McGinn was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match12 Dec 2026
Aston Villa come up short against Brighton
Brighton left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Harry James faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Harry James after 1‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
No hiding place for Ibrahim Mbaye
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ibrahim Mbaye, and the manager let it.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Leon Goretzka has to sit this one out
A booking nobody needed, on a night the game was already won. Aston Villa lose a player for the most avoidable reason there is.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Nobody could get near Lucas Ocampos
Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- The dugout Tyrone Mings dropped after a run of poor form
- Market Amadou Onana linked with a move away
- Looking ahead Tyrone Mings faces his old club