Sir Alex Ferguson knows full well that his team can’t afford many more slip-ups, especially as the Red Devils trail Chelsea and Liverpool by eight points right now. However, there are some big injury worries ahead of Saturday’s trip to Villa Park.

A 2-1 win over Manchester United had supposedly silenced the critics, although there was always a danger it would be ‘after the Lord Mayor’s show’ when Aston Villa came to town. Martin O’Neill’s team may have lost their previous two matches, although they were always capable of springing a surprise, especially if the Gunners were […]

Although he was swift to retract the comment made about Rafael Benitez’s team, in light of the fact that they’re tied first for the Premier League at the moment! Nevertheless, many players would agree with this Aston Villa midfielder that visiting the Emirates seems to hold little fear for visiting teams at the moment, something […]

Saturday brings a massive slate of tasty Premier League matches for one and all! We’re looking for the COS commentariat to give us their thoughts and predictions on today’s critical match between Arsenal and Aston Villa.

With a third of the season almost in the books, we here at COS thought it was best if we let the commentariat loose to grade their mangers performance through the first 12 weeks of the Premier League season. We tend to put a grading mark on the players every week, so why not let […]

This long-running saga took up most of the back pages during the summer, and it appears to be back on again. Only this time, this England international could be available for a hell of a lot less than a few months back!

It appears that Martin O’Neill is now the favourite to land this experienced front man from Wigan Athletic.

Many people regarded the Magpies performance on Monday night as the best of the season, with Obafemi Martins scoring a brace to help Newcastle United to a 2-0 victory. Conversely, it was one of Aston Villa’s worst displays of the season, although it can be easily explained according to this football agent!

Joey Barton can return to thinking about football for the time being after Aston Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor refused to file a formal complaint with the league for the Newcastle midfielder’s antics during Monday’s match. While Villa was kind to Newcastle, will the FA play nice as well?

While Joey Barton has tried his best to defuse the spat that took place between him and Gabriel Agbonlahor during the Newcastle v Aston Villa match on Monday night, this one doesn’t appear to be going away in a hurry. The pair clashed after referee Steve Bennett awarded a free-kick against the Newcastle midfielder during […]