The Aston Villa Courier
Squad21 Sep 2026
Victor Lindelöf damages knee ligaments — 99 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 99 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Tammy Abraham could have had three
12 attempts, none of them in. He got into the right places all afternoon, which is the hard part, and did the easy part badly — and that is the version of a bad day a manager can live with.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Aston Villa
Boubacar Kamara was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Elijah Briscoe is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 18 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Words at Aston Villa training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Emiliano Martínez is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match19 Sep 2026
Crystal Palace take the points off Aston Villa
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Ollie Watkins
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The terraces21 Sep 2026
Everybody has an opinion about Tammy Abraham
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Pau Torres could have had three
4 attempts, none of them in. He got into the right places all afternoon, which is the hard part, and did the easy part badly — and that is the version of a bad day a manager can live with.
In brief
- Player ratings Morgan Rogers keeps on missing
- Market The Yeimar Mosquera story refuses to die
- Loan watch Andrés García has made Rotherham United’s shirt his own