The Villa Podcast

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Good boy Dougie Luiz, honest boy Ollie Watkins and Meat Grinder Matt Cash all in for love on today's show. Van De Beek, Lisandro Martinez and David De Gea all in for the opposite. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Unai Emery arrives at Aston Villa training and he arrives in a tracksuit! We go straight over to get Liam's thoughts. Big cull at Bodymoor Heath too as Neil Cutler is the latest coach to leave. Harry Kane tries dancing, Antonio Conte struggles for the spark. Is Miguel Almiron capable of keeping this up? His career suggests not but... Lionel Messi and Phil Neville are finally about to get together...

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Up the Villa!! The Aaron Danks Good Craic Meter (15:35) Good tactics means the Tim Sherwood award is back! (35:00) Questions We Can't Answer featuring Roy Keane, Ronaldo and an awkward Villa bus home on Thursday (1:01:56) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tonight's podcast is a journey! It starts before Gerrard got sacked - but obviously the mood is agitating for him to be put out of his misery. But at (30:09) the news comes in that Aston Villa have parted ways with the Steven Gerrard. So enjoy the real-time freshness of this journey. And of course we finish with awards - out of respect to Stevie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

A defeat at Villa Park as Chelsea come through an impressive first half from Steven Gerrard's side. A lot of weird tactical decisions during the game are discussed in the award categories (23:29). And we have time for Jurgen Klopp's comments on State-owned football clubs and Pep Guardiola's latest Anfield meltdown (45:02). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A draw at Nottingham Forest for Steven Gerrard and Aston Villa. Stacked show tonight. WhatsApp Whinges including Coutinho's form and a Steve Bruce special (17:37). An award specifically for John McGinn (32:37) and Questions We Can't Answer touches on Arsenal and Ireland's Euro 2024 qualifying draw (56:35). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the general football podcast, we delve back into some Aston Villa fallout missed from Steven Gerrard's press conference. Antonio Conte has given Matt Doherty a tough gauntlet for his Spurs comeback whilst Rangers take criticism for their performance at Liverpool, strangely. Manchester United have a new leadership group, again. And some World Cup chat begins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

Steven Gerrard is looking more and more agitated as Aston Villa look more and more unconvincing. The latest bore-fest sees Villa unable to break down 10-man Leeds United at Elland Road. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can England still win the World Cup? Even with the Maguire/Southgate combo? Can Stephen Kenny see through his Ireland project? Even with hiccups, most recently against Armenia. And we have to talk about the Scottish McGinn and Austin McPhee. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Aston Villa win 1-0 at home to Southampton but it wasn't a convincing performance from Steven Gerrard's team. A goal from Jacob Ramsey is enough for all three points but there are some issues with the players and the tactical decisions. And we talk about an All-Star game and Liverpool's woes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here we go! Something to smile about. Something to cheer about. Something to be proud of! Aston Villa deliver a heartening performance at Villa Park to draw 1-1 with Man City. Leon Bailey cancelled out Erling Haaland's goal but Steven Gerrard and his team should've had all three points after a perfectly legitimate Philippe Coutinho goal was chalked off because the Premier League referees don't kno...

Another night, another defeat. Nobody was surprised by the result at the Emirates as Arsenal are the latest to roll Aston Villa over. Mikel Arteta's team have more backbone this season but the pressure mounts on Steven Gerrard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

3 losses from 4 games for Aston Villa to start the 2022/23 Premier League campaign. Manager Steven Gerrard promised things would be different after a pre-season with the group... they're worse. Villa Park boos rang out as West Ham were the latest team to benefit from a confidence booster at Villa and Christian Purslow is coming under increasing scrutiny as Arsenal and Man City await Gerrard's team...

What a mad week of Premier League football it has been (and Douglas Luiz scoring corners!) and The Villa Podcast is back with TVP Thursday, United v Liverpool from Monday Night Football is on the menu as Liam takes James Milner's side and Conán puts up a defence for Virgil Van Dijk after their argument because of the Sancho goal. Jesse Marsch's popularity keeps going up as Leeds move on up and his...

Another bad day to support Aston Villa as Steven Gerrard sends his side out to be dominated by Crystal Palace. Patrick Vieira's men are better drilled, better motivated and bullied Villa off the park. John McGinn and the full backs weren't at it, Villa were done over the top like clockwork and once again we're asking what is the game plan and what is our identity? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

Conán mounts a surprise defence of Mikel Arteta's white board. Liam isn't so keen. Cristiano Ronaldo is compiling a notebook of news articles about himself as the Glazer drama twists and turns as quickly as the transfer links at Old Trafford. Chelsea compete with themselves for the worst chant ever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What a difference a win makes! Aston Villa bounce back with a win at home to Everton at Villa Park and it's enough to take them to the top half of the table. Danny Ings was in super form, Matt Cash was back to himself, Jacob Ramsey responded and then some, Kamara was class and Frank Lampard went with a bold choice of clothing. Anthony Gordon took a dive again, Mings answered some critics again and...

TVP Thursday is here! (Please help with the name) In the first of our general football shows, the media spin of Jurgen Klopp's "dry pitch" interview is on the menu as well as Pep Guardiola, Erling Haaland and Jack Grealish. Manchester United and their potential transfers are up for discussion as well as another look at the Ronaldo situation. And a brand new award category section especially for TV...

Aston Villa lose the 2022/23 Premier League season opener away to Bournemouth with a terrible display. Steven Gerrard comes under fire for a limp display and a devoid of ideas as the players underperform badly too. The Villa Podcast reviews the 2-0 defeat. WhatsApp Whinges (14:28)Award categories (23:55)Questions We Can't Answer But Probably Will (56:28) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

The Villa Podcast is back for season 3 and this time we'll have an episode drop every Thursday! Ahead of the new Premier League season, Conán and Liam discuss the AVFC captaincy, Chukwuemeka's impending move to Chelsea, Villa's new signings, Leon Bailey and we get down to business about Mikel Arteta, New United and Haaland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was a long ol' season from Dean Smith and Axel Tuanzebe and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to Steven Gerrard and Philippe Coutinho. Little bonus episode here if you want to journey back through the 2021/22 campaign, get a laugh at some of the best bits or, even better, use this as a sample to anyone not bothered to give the full show a first listen! Thanks for all the support Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...