Ahead of Villa's trip to the Emirates, we have a chat with Ted of SB Nation's Arsenal blog the Short Fuse.

A three-week break has put this club into perspective.

Favorable results elsewhere have left the window open just a crack for Aston Villa, but seizing opportunity has not been one of this team's strong points this season. Can that trend change against a tough West Ham side?

Aston Villa once again gave away a two-goal lead to Everton at Goodison Park, dampening what was potentially one of the season's best performances and a possible springboard to a turn in fortunes.

Roughly one week after declaring what amounted to a brief cold war on local media, Paul Lambert has now decided to mount an offensive against popular former players. This is a very bad idea.

Despite a horrid run of results, Villa has shown recent flashes of quality. Against one of the better Everton teams of the past few years, it's going to require them to put together a complete game at that level if they hope to earn any points.

To the majority of Aston Villa fans, new signing Simon Dawkins is very much an unknown quantity. These are some thoughts on the former San Jose Earthquakes winger from an MLS obsessive.

Aston Villa's newest signing scored some pretty excellent goals in his two seasons with the San Jose Earthquakes. Here are five of the best.

The club has confirmed that they are working on a loan deal for an MLS player, and it has been suggested that said player is Tottenham Hotspur product Simon Dawkins, currently on loan to the San Jose Earthquakes.

With Alan Hutton gone, Stephen Warnock remained as Aston Villa's last major player that would never see the pitch. It seems that he too may be headed away from Birmingham.