Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Smirker on May 24, 2026, 06:07:41 PM
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A+ for me.
Unai 8)
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B+, we didn't win the league or FA Cup.
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11/10
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Shit start. Brilliant majority. Bit dodgy at the latter end. Phenomenal finish.
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Best ever. A ++++
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10/10. Best since the early 1980s.
Ollie Watkins A++
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A very good B+. A great finish and some sublime football at times. However, some truly terrible performances too.
A good summer transfer window and we'll be challenging for the title bext year.
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11/10
Same.
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82 out of 26
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12/10.
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82 out of 26
Is the right answer.
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Best ever. A ++++
That's a quadruple winning season for me.
A+ is about right.
We wanted CL qualification.
We got that and a major honour.
It's A+.
CL only would have made it a B.
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The most cohesive season I can remember. Nearly everything seemed to be part of the greater plan which then came to fruition. Very, very impressive! UTV!
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We had a thread before the season and I had us pushing for qualification to the small cups. We exceeded that and won a trophy. The best in my 30+ years supporting the team.
93%
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11/10
82/26
MARCO BIZOT!
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8 out of 10
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It's not how you start, it's how you finish and we have finished the season superbly, particularly the last week. If we can add some quality to the edges of the squad, with a couple of definite first team starters, we will be up there again. One thing is for sure, Aston Villa are a top 6 side, thanks to King Unai. It has to be a 9 out of 10 for me. 4th, won a trophy, what more can we ask.
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11/10
82/26
MARCO BIZOT, BIZOT, BIZOT!
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Compared to the last 30 A++
Compared to what I hope we go on to do, B+
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Even though I was living in my Villa kit from around 4 years old, I never understood or realised the importance of the league and being European champions and I didn’t really watch any of the games being so young, so this is by far the best season I’ve had, surpassing second place 89/90, the cup wins in 94 and 96.
Incredible season, cup win, fourth, the double over Man City, completely outplaying the champions for the best part of two matches. Beating Man Utd and Liverpool.
I think the game against Forest was the most complete and perfect performance I’ve ever seen and the noise at Villa Park sounded unreal. I’m so jealous of those who attended that game!
We’ve so many heroes in our team and the best manager in the world. Amazing season.
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9/10 best since 1982
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I just hope this is the start of something rather than the peak before beginning of the end as has tended to be our way in my time.
77 that great attacking side
81 Super Ron
82 Tony
94 Atkinson
96 Sir Brian
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It gets an Encona Hot Pepper on the sauceometer.
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Won a trophy. 10/10.
I've never seen that before.
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Cathartic
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Solid A+
Very solid
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Up there with 1995/96 as one of my favourite ever.
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Best season we’ve had since 1996 at least and probably better than that because 4th gets CL football these days.
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At times euphoric, at times woeful but ultimately magnificent. Best of all it really feels that we are only part way to what we can achieve and realistically can get stronger. After nearly six decades of following the Villa, I'm more optimistic than ever!
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Outrageously good.
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I'll just say that as a fan and attendee since 1988, when you consider the competition these days, when you consider what we're battling against with these bullshit rules and when you consider how last season ended, this is the best season I've seen. Also factor in the bad luck with injuries mid season. A major trophy, 4th in the league after finishing in style today, no doubt about it. Emery is the best manager we've had in that time and the owners are in a total different league to any we've had in those near 40 years. Well done to all involved, some of those players are all time legends of the club.
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Tremendous season.
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Just found out we have the longest winning run of any team this season - 8 matches
Probably got the best goal of the season shortlist as well.
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I'll just say that as a fan and attendee since 1988, when you consider the competition these days, when you consider what we're battling against with these bullshit rules and when you consider how last season ended, this is the best season I've seen. Also factor in the bad luck with injuries mid season. A major trophy, 4th in the league after finishing in style today, no doubt about it. Emery is the best manager we've had in that time and the owners are in a total different league to any we've had in those near 40 years. Well done to all involved, some of those players are all time legends of the club.
Sums it all up for me, been a fan since 1988 too.
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I think it was a shit season. Chance of winning the league and we bottled it.
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I think it was a shit season. Chance of winning the league and we bottled it.
We did have a chance yes. Wasn't a bottle though.
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I think it was a shit season. Chance of winning the league and we bottled it.
We did have a chance yes. Wasn't a bottle though.
I was joking. It was a fucking brilliant season.
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Hopefully we'll find out next season what we can do if we don't start the season like we've never trained together before and then lose our midfielders for yonks.
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A magical,historic but weird season.Up there with 77,81 and 82.
Watkins' form mirrored the season.
Ollie's poor start and then not fully fit but produced his best in a Villa shirt in a final flourish.
Dreadful start,fantastic recovery where we were possibly the best team in the league.Then the midfield got decimated and Fortress Villa fell to Brentford and Everton and only a point v Leeds.
Balancing the demands of the League and the Europa meant a few mediocre performances towards the end.
But look at what they achieved,17 goals v 2 in the Europa knockout stages and beat at least once the other top 8 finishers.
A seriously,talented,underrated team coached by the great Unai Emery.
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I think it was a shit season. Chance of winning the league and we bottled it.
We did have a chance yes. Wasn't a bottle though.
I was joking. It was a fucking brilliant season.
Well the chance to win the league thing is definitely true.
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10/10
Won European trophy, looked like title contenders for long chunks of the season, qualified for the CL twice over.
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As fun as it was at the time I don't think we were. Losing the midfielders at the same was horrendous but I still don't think we had enough depth to win it even if we'd had a more normal injury run.
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Rating: FUCKING BRILLIANT.