The League Paper

VILLA EMERGING INTO BRIGHTER FUTURE

by
The LeaguePaper Team
15 October 2017

Match Verdict

STAR MAN
DIOGO JOTA Wolves
THE good news for Villa after losing their eightgame unbeaten league record is that they are a lot further on than they were a year ago.
After they drew 1-1 with Wolves at Villa Park in his first game as manager, Steve Bruce has admitted he thought Villa might go down.
It was shut the door and make sure that didn’t happen first of all, and now he is trying to get them to blossom into a Championship promotion team.
Villa should still be in the mix, probably as a play-off team, come the end of the season but they don’t have the exciting ...

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