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Aston Villa have missed two glorious chances of returning to the top four. Starting with the 2-2 draw at newly-promoted Ipswich Town a fortnight ago to Aston Villa’s goalless draw against Manchester United on Sunday. Win those two, as expected, then Aston Villa are second, in fact, just win one of them and they are in the top four. It remains to be seen how that will affect the team down the line because those sides were there for the taking. But still, those in the Midlands have made a healthy start, they are sitting fifth in the table after seven matches and have lost only one game in all co…

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