The Aston Villa Courier
Player ratings13 Dec 2027
Tammy Abraham scores twice — 8.80
Two goals and a mark of 8.80 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
The dugout13 Dec 2027
Samuel Iling-Junior keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Aston Villa may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings13 Dec 2027
Ian Maatsen did the work nobody counts — 7.53
19 combined actions and 7.53. The job he did is the one that shows up as other people looking good, and the only reliable way to notice it is to watch what happens on the afternoons he is missing.
Market13 Dec 2027
Nicolas Jackson raises the bar for Aston Villa
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Aston Villa heard it as anything else.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Mile Svilar in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Aston Villa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match11 Dec 2027
The drought breaks for Aston Villa
7 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and Hull City were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.
Player ratings13 Dec 2027
Matteo Ruggeri beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 22. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Match11 Dec 2027
Tammy Abraham sends Aston Villa past Hull City
It finished 2‑1, and it was Tammy Abraham’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Aston Villa.
Loan watch13 Dec 2027
Owen Asemota has seen enough of Oldham Athletic
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Aston Villa, and 4 appearances in 14 say he has earned the hearing.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Aston Villa
- Market One of our own: Jonathan Wood joins the Aston Villa first team
- Market One of our own: Jack Wright joins the Aston Villa first team