My Old Man Said — An Aston Villa Podcast

My Old Man Said's David Michael interviews Richard Sydenham, author of Ticket to the Moon: Aston Villa - The Rise and Fall of a European Champion , to discuss the book which charts Villa's golden period and rise to the pinnacle of European football and then why it went so wrong, so quickly. The interview includes Sydenham's experiences of talking to many of Villa's players from the period, a trip...

Aston Villa are now on an impressive six-games unbeaten run, yet they've actually lost ground on the automatic places during that period. My Old Man Said's David Michael, Dan Rodgers and Chris Budd take a look back at recent events in the Villaverse. There's the injustice of the Baggies handball-winning point, with Dan returning from going deep undercover at the Hawthorns. We focus on El Ghazi and...

After a week of goal crazy madness, where Aston Villa hit 12 goals in three games, we reflect on what's making Dean Smith's goal machine tick and are there any weaknesses in the team that could trip up a promotion push. David Michael and Dan Rodgers are joined by Max Stokes from the Youtube channel 'Villa on Tour' to discuss the Nottingham Forest 5-5 madness and the controlled 3-0 win at the River...

A somewhat alternative take on the latest Second City Derby. From Rio to Moseley, from shadowing the police to discovering away fan cabbages, and viewing Villa's glory on the pitch from an iron balcony overlooking the Holte End, we look back at an eventful Second City derby. My Old Man Said's David Michael is joined by Dan Rodgers and Chris Budd to discuss a true turning point in Aston Villa's sea...

The Second City derby marks the start of a long hard winter for Dean Smith's Aston Villa team, that has showed real evidence of potential before the international break. The My Old Man Said podcast looks ahead to the derby and beyond. Also, the main points from the recent Aston Villa Fan Consultation Group meeting with Aston Villa CEO Christian Purslow are discussed - everything from FFP, naming r...

My Old Man Said's David Michael and Chris Budd bring the podcast up to date by looking back at the Derby game as the potential catalyst for the season, while also tackling listener questions in MOMS Question Time. As well as answering a bunch of questions on Orjan Nyland, we look at the potential impact of Yannick Bolasie, question whether James Bree has a role to play this season, look at Neil Ta...

After maintaining his 100% record at Villa Park with a 2-0 victory against Bolton, the fixtures now get serious up until Christmas for Aston Villa Head Coach Dean Smith. In order to get his team on the promotion path, he must overcome the main Championship promotion contenders in back-to-back games. My Old Man Said's David Michael and Chris Budd look at the progress so far under the Villa boss and...

The My Old Man Said podcast team of David Michael, Dan Rodgers and Chris Budd discuss 'Dean Smith's claret and blue army', as it begins to take shape. As well as spotlighting the Head Coach and his two assistants, John Terry and Richard O'Kelly, we look at Villa's new sporting Director and discuss a host of subjects such as the UEFA League of Nations, the manager that got away and his new job, plu...

My Old Man Said goes back in the archives for our newer listeners to put together a special on former Aston Villa boss Ron Atkinson, who played a brand of football, present Villa boss Dean Smith will be looking to emulate. As well as discussion on Big Ron between David Michael and Chris Budd, we revisit an improvised 'Big Fat Ron Claret & Blue Army' podcast segment set in 1991 and also rerun t...

A bonus two-part episode first of all reacts to Aston VIlla's appointment of Dean Smith as Head Coach. David Michael and Chris Budd give their first impressions and play the devil advocate at times to make sure it's not just a hype job. Brentford fans, as well as being happy with Smith's style of play, have often raised concerns about their gaffer not being able to kill teams off, so can he add a...

After one win in his last 10 games, the Aston Villa boss, Steve Bruce, has been given the Villa Park guillotine. My Old Man Said's David Michael, Dan Rodgers and Chris Budd discuss the reality of the situation, considering all the mitigating factors and whether it was the right decision and why. Also, as well as looking at what went wrong for Bruce, we also digress to look at the issue of Jack Gre...

After the Rotherham win bought an end to a five-game winless run, Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce got bullish calling out Villa fans for voicing criticism about his management. Labelling them "the mad few", he went on to say that intelligent people understood what he was doing. According to a MOMS Twitter poll of over 1500 Villa fans, 77% considered themselves the mad few, as opposed to being the 'in...

Despite only one league loss, so far this season, only three wins out of eight in fairly soft fixtures has made many Aston Villa supporters question whether it's fools gold continuing with Steve Bruce as Villa boss. My Old Man Said's David Michael, Dan Rodgers and Chris Budd return to discuss the 'Bruce Out?' debate and the major issues that have triggered the growing impatience with the Villa man...

In a bonus show recorded in the early hours straight after Episode 50, David, Dan and Chris tackle MOMS podcast listener questions sent in via Instagram. There's questions from Blues fans to all the current concerns of the Villa faithful. A guillotine pops up for some reason and at least one of us is drinking gin and tonic from a non-Birmingham post code... Show highlights Blues fans questions Cho...

Within barely the space of a week, Aston Villa go from 100% to unbeaten to winless, despite improving their overall footballing style. Once again, last minute goals determine their results. While it's been three draws in a row, help is at hand, with two new recruits in Yannick Bolasie and Anwar El Ghazi, who hopefully will bring more cutting edge to the team to aid its the promotion goal. My Old M...

In the second show of the week, David Michael is joined by Chris Budd, for an impromptu show discussing a wide range of matters from, Villa kits and Lego Villa Parks to a full assessment of the current Aston Villa squad and a look at the shortfall in Bruce's tactics. Into the third Championship season for Villa and Steve Bruce still seems to be going game-to-game relying on player's quality to pul...

It's been a busy couple of weeks or so in the Villa-verse, as the new Aston Villa owners have started to prove their worth. They've took Financial Fair Play by the horns, got in some unexpected signings before the transfer window shut and also fended off Spurs and their attempt to get a cut price Jack Grealish. Flying solo on the podcast for the first time (normal service will be resumed on the ne...

Recorded shortly after the Bass Vase pre-season victory vs Burton , My Old Man Said's David and Dan discuss the new Aston Villa owners Wes Edens and Nassef Sawiris, Jack Grealish's situation and a bunch of other issues going into the 2018/19 season...a dreaded third in the row in the Championship. Listener questions sent in via Instagram are tackled from the serious to the dubious. Stay listening...

The play-off final is lost and Aston Villa FC go into financial meltdown. What happened to the big promises to Villa supporters of Dr Tony Xia? The Chinese chairman sacks the CEO Keith Wyness and tries to organise a rudderless club for a third season in the Championship via conference calls from Bejjing. My Old Man Said's David and Dan pick through the bones of Villa's fiscal woe and farce, while...

Aston Villa are now 90 minutes (and maybe some extra-time and penalties) away from a return to the Premier League. My Old Man Said's David and Dan take the podcast into the great outdoors and enjoy a pre-Wembley detox in a Birmingham park, where the park life literally takes over the show in dramatic effect. Warning: there is strong language! In a more casual than usual setting, we discuss the fal...

Were you underwhelmed by Gabby Agbonlahor's short on-pitch farewell speech (in opening credits) to Aston Villa supporters after the last regular game of the season at Villa Park? If so, here's the alternative Churchillian style, heartfelt and inspiring speech, we wish Gabby had delivered to the House of Villans. The sketch originally appeared at the end of Episode 44 of the My Old Man Said podcast...

Silly and sophisicated, My Old Man Said fully opens the fourth dimension of podcast crazy to look ahead to Aston Villa's play-off battle against Middlesbrough. David and Dan, look at how the season ended in the PL and EFL, before focusing on the double-header against Boro. The show is bookended by Gabby Agbonlahor's goodbye speech and the Churchillian farewell he perhaps should have given Villans....

The My Old Man Said podcast goes to Bescot stadium to see England U-17's vs Italy U-17's before sitting down for a casual chat about Aston Villa's upcoming Championship play-off double-header with Middlesbrough. This podcast was recorded on location. Trip to Walsall Who would you have preferred Boro or Derby? Threat of Middlesbrough Advantage of play-off date Scared of Fulham? Who's the dark horse...

After two months off, the My Old Man Said podcast returns to chart Aston Villa's path to the play-offs, after automatic promotion loomed after the last episode. Dan Rodgers of the Villa Underground returns from his exile to join MOMS David Michael in a double-length show, that makes up for lost time, discussing a wide range of topics : Villa's slip from the promotion box seat Mentality issues Post...

A bonus preview show for Fulham vs Aston Villa, in what could be a pivotal game for Villa and the Championship promotion picture, as the division's two top form teams in 2018 go head-to-head. Can Fulham end Villa's long winning run? Also, in the show we discuss the question of which of the current Villa team would be in the first team if Aston Villa were in the Premier League next season. This is...