The Villa Podcast

In the End of Season awards we discuss the sad news of Ashley Young leaving the club, we do a Fantasy Draft of The Villa Podcast before choosing the Weimann Meter champion of 2022/23. There's also time for Ten Hag's speech and the worst managerial appointment of the season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We did it!!!! Unai Emery has brought Aston Villa in its entirety together. But Questions We Can't Answer (47:47) threatened to tear us apart again as Conán and Liam disagree on the players' fashion choices for the End of Season Awards and we bring back Sliding Doors to ask What If Gerrard was given the full season. Loads of praise thrown out in our penultimate podcast of the season against a hungo...

A battle at Anfield puts Aston Villa's Conference League destiny in their own hands but Liverpool weren't all happy by what they seen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A lot to talk about today! The feel-good vibe is back after an Unai Emery performance comes back in time for the return to Villa Park and maybe one last kick for Europe. McGinn gets all the praise for basically doing everything, Mings is highlighted and Peter Bankes and Jared Gillet's performances are dissected. We even have time to talk Glenn Whelan and Jason Tindal and Bruno Fernandes - the trif...

Looks like the fun is over as Wolves spoil Villa again. A lot to discuss including Villa's press, their set pieces and their subs. But Big Sam's loss to the podcasting world isn't all bad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

United win at Old Trafford and Erik Ten Hag deserves some credit for doing a job on Villa. Bruno Fernandes doesn't deserve as much credit as he's giving himself though and Villa did still miss some big chances to discuss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

8 wins out of 10. That's nice enough, isn't it? A tired Villa ripped through Fulham in the first half and saw it out in the second with Mings and Dougie running the show. Buendia argues with Watkins, McGinn is becoming Mr Reliable and Bertie T makes a tackle, of sorts. An old friend Daniel James is back on Liam's radar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

19 games in a row Aston Villa have now scored - some lost faith a lot more during this one and wanted the team to resort to desperation tactics. Brentford are a good side, and Unai Emery's team still could've stole it at the end. We discuss missed chances, the worst commentary team ever, Maguire v De Gea, Konsa v Dendoncker and Arsenal blowing the league. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

The most complete Aston Villa performance in a long time. Jason Tindall’s high-flying Newcastle United are humbled at Villa Park as yet another Unai Emery masterclass puts Villa firmly in the European hunt.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aston Villa win. That’s what they do. Forest are the latest victims of The Bertie Burger. A tough slog of a match but Villa are into the top 6 and Ollie Watkins keeps on scoring. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

5 wins from 6 undefeated games! How did Aston Villa steal a march on world football to hire Unai Emery? His greatest feat? Recalling Bertrand Traore and by God we have all eaten well tonight. What a hero Bertie T has turned out to be. What a time to be a Villa fan. And what clutch from Watkins - not just his goalscoring, his saving at the other end. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

9 wins from 15 for that man Unai Emery. These Aston Villa boys are on fire. Douglas Luiz gets the highest praised possible bestowed on him, Alex Moreno sets the tone and John McGinn, man. Tim Sherwood is back and the podcast takes an artificial intelligence turn at WhatsApp Whinges but not all of the co-presenters are happy about it... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Douglas Luiz, Jacob Ramsey and Emi Buendia cap a beautiful day at Villa Park as Unai Emery rocks up to what some Bournemouth fans were calling their “playground” and he toyed with them. Matt Cash was brilliant, Leon Bailey even got an assist and Villa got a sight of the top 10 of the Premier League. Some days are good. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emi Buendia v Danny Ings had nothing to do with football but it was symptomatic of Villa's approach to defending corners. Emi Martinez had an un-Martinez like game and Callum Chambers was thrown into midfield again. A lot of fun in today's podcast, even from that game! Matt Cash has another insightful interview on Emery and we imagine what Match of the Day could have done if we were producers and...

Results Man Emery makes it two in a row again for Aston Villa and two clean sheets. Patrick Vieira's poor Crystal Palace side were put away at Villa Park as Doucoure does everything he can to get sent off. Bad news on Boubacar Kamara but McGinn and Buendia and Cash have really stepped up but JJ's form is off. We also discuss the new Anti-Martinez Rule, Wilfried Zaha and the Villa players arriving...

Away win at Everton as Ollie Watkins makes it five from five and John McGinn's Unai Emery rise continues. Conán and Liam are in a good mood and Emi Buendia feels it. Time too for some Man United and Saudi Arabia chat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aston Villa can make goals happen. They can also give them away like there nobody's business. Arsenal let off the hook today as Unai Emery's side show their best and their very, very worst in a gradually fading performance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well... that was hard to stomach, Jack Grealish is on top of the menu today as Aston Villa go down to Man City. Gary Neville's demise continues as he tries to speak about the dive, about Haaland's challenge on Martinez, about the 115 charges the Premier League have brought on City. In WhatsApp Whinges (17:41), we discuss the City fans feeling sorry for themselves, their protests against the PL and...

Four goals, four mistakes, Villa gift Brendan Rodgers' Leicester an away win at Villa Park and all that's left to do is figure out which was the worst... of a lot of things. An emergency WTF summit is called for the top of the show as we sift through the goals. WhatsApp Whinges (19:16) doles out the fines and anticipates the return of Bertrand Traore. Liam's Jacob Ramsey is pitted against Conán's...

Another away win! Unai Emery makes it five wins in his first seven Premier League games as manager of Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins' header from a Douglas Luiz free kick settled this but Villa had their luck which Liam and Conán discuss. Also, the very real possibility of a European challenge - how on earth do we ready ourselves for this? Danny Ings departs for West Ham and the timing confuses everyo...

Aston Villa win again and it's not just Unai Emery's coat that catches attention, his beautiful Instagram message too. Leon Bailey The Enigma Part XXVI gives us more food for thought but there are some disagreements about where Ashley Young and Alex Moreno belong on The Weimann Meter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Liam returns and there's a lot to talk about. Villa beat Spurs, Bailey beats the keeper against Wolves and misses, everyone is off the boil against Stevenage - except John McGinn. Harry Maguire is f**king linked to Aston Villa, David De Gea is still being paid and Villa are out of all cup competitions. Happy new year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aston Villa and Liverpool play out a ding dong encounter and this podcast revolves mostly around one question: Are Aston Villa good? They're good and bad, it seems. Both teams miss loads of chances with Darwin Nunez leading the way for Liverpool but Watkins, McGinn and Bailey play out an exciting Rosenthal Award category. With tactics talk, the lack of subs and even Dean Smith on the menu too, the...

Merry Christmas! Conán is back with a list of Aston Villa items we've missed since the Premier League took a break, Liam isn't impressed with some of the items on the list. The World Cup ended with a cracker final and we dissect it, some questions falling out from the tournament in general and from England's progress and we manage to fit some time (a lot of time) into Emi Martinez's antics. This w...

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