Setting the Table: AVFC News You Need Now as Club Looks to Norwich

I didn't get to watch the match this weekend, but I've read all about it! Not that I enjoyed that very much. Good grief, Aston Villa. At least make me regret missing you.

Regardless, I would have felt badly if I hadn't given you all the AVFC news you can use in one place. Let's get on with it!

Just The Facts, Please

Form (Last 5): W L D L L

Results Last Week: Fulham 1-0 Aston Villa (EPL)

Upcoming Fixtures:

• First Team:
  Norwich City - Saturday, October 27, 1245 GMT, 745 Eastern
• Reserves:
  at Celtic (NextGen Series) - Wednesday, October 24

Injuries

New Injuries Last Week:

• Ciaran Clark - ?

Returned from Injury

• Stephen Ireland - wrist

The Week That Was

• Stephen Ireland returned from injury this week. Hopefully he will return from his season-long malaise soon.
• Aston Villa hired Simone Farina, the whistleblower in an Italian cheating scandal, to be a community coach.
• Paul Lambert reminded us that, yes, Christian Benteke is young and that, yes, he is really really talented. Nevertheless, it's a bit disconcerting to see a manager saying that he is "uneasy" about the price he paid for his signature signing.
• Watching Aston Villa is a better value than watching some League Two clubs! And yes, that even counts the part where you watch Villa play.

Match Notes

Fulham 1-0 Aston Villa (EPL)
Chris Baird (84')

• As I said above, I can't say much about this match, aside from the fact that Villa really desperately need another win. Remember when watching football was fun?
• The Birmingham Mail have their recap here.
• You can find our recap here.
• SB Nation's Cottagers Confidential wrote about the match as well.
• The WhoScored recap is here.

Looking Ahead

• Paul Lambert gets the first chance to face off against his former club this week, as Norwich City travel to Villa Park.
• It's not must-win time yet, but Lambert desperately needs a win to give himself some breathing room with numerous fans.