Radio WM

[Damo70]

I'm pretty sure that good old Dave Whelan was the only owner to record a personal happy new year message to Sky Sports News viewers. Alongside the FA cup, just in case anyone had forgotten who he was.

[Jimbo]

When a club is in a mess it needs strong leadership. That's the root of our problem. It's not wrong for local journalists to dig for answers and keep on digging. In fact, that's exactly what they're supposed to do.

[eastie]

When a club is in a mess it needs strong leadership. That's the root of our problem. It's not wrong for local journalists to dig for answers and keep on digging. In fact, that's exactly what they're supposed to do.

Once a club falls out with local press or media then things are wrong - for all their faults a good relationship is important .

[Ads]

Why is a good relationship wih a parachocial outfit like WM necessary? Especially when you consider the utter contempt they hold us in and we as supporters, likewise feel about their output?

Maybe "Reego" might not get an absolute bollocking off our press officer if he next time doesn't spin a lie?

Lambert wanted to win the game yesterday and picked a strong enough side to do so.

If I were the Villa's press officer, I wouldn't renew WM's contract to cover our games and I would deny them any access to BMH and Villa Park. They don't like the Villa, so they can whistle.

[Clampy]

When a club is in a mess it needs strong leadership. That's the root of our problem. It's not wrong for local journalists to dig for answers and keep on digging. In fact, that's exactly what they're supposed to do.

Once a club falls out with local press or media then things are wrong - for all their faults a good relationship is important .

I agree. However, a week before the Albion game when we were level on points, you get the head of their sports dept asking ridiculous questions like 'how many villa players would get into the Albion side'. They're wasn't asking that last week when we were three points in front of them. They shouldn't have hidden agenda's just because they can't get interviews from our directors.

[eastie]

Why is a good relationship wih a parachocial outfit like WM necessary? Especially when you consider the utter contempt they hold us in and we as supporters, likewise feel about their output?

Maybe "Reego" might not get an absolute bollocking off our press officer if he next time doesn't spin a lie?

Lambert wanted to win the game yesterday and picked a strong enough side to do so.

If I were the Villa's press officer, I wouldn't renew WM's contract to cover our games and I would deny them any access to BMH and Villa Park. They don't like the Villa, so they can whistle.

The headlines tweeted by Tom Ross were worse yet people seem to think only WM broke this story - the interview is there to be listened to - to deny your local radio station access to villa park would be ridiculous in the extreme.

[Jimbo]

That would be an extremely stupid thing for a struggling club to do. There's no better way to pile even more pressure on a flailing club than by picking fights with the local media, because then it goes national.

What we need is to employ personnel that understand how to communicate and deal with the media properly in the first place.

[Ads]

Why? They need Aston Villa, what on earth do we need that shower for?

In any event, they won't exist in 10 years.

[eastie]

When a club is in a mess it needs strong leadership. That's the root of our problem. It's not wrong for local journalists to dig for answers and keep on digging. In fact, that's exactly what they're supposed to do.

Once a club falls out with local press or media then things are wrong - for all their faults a good relationship is important .

I agree. However, a week before the Albion game when we were level on points, you get the head of their sports dept asking ridiculous questions like 'how many villa players would get into the Albion side'. They're wasn't asking that last week when we were three points in front of them. They shouldn't have hidden agenda's just because they can't get interviews from our directors.

The thing with these kind of phone ins is that they like to be controversial to provoke a response - they can be good at times but I have long steered clear from the franksy ones - its in the main time filling drivel designed to wind up people .

[pauliewalnuts]

Why is a good relationship wih a parachocial outfit like WM necessary? Especially when you consider the utter contempt they hold us in and we as supporters, likewise feel about their output?

Maybe "Reego" might not get an absolute bollocking off our press officer if he next time doesn't spin a lie?

Lambert wanted to win the game yesterday and picked a strong enough side to do so.

If I were the Villa's press officer, I wouldn't renew WM's contract to cover our games and I would deny them any access to BMH and Villa Park. They don't like the Villa, so they can whistle.

WM are wankers but banning the local media is the sort of small time shit Blues would do.

I don't want Villa doing that.

[barrysleftfoot]

 Point is though Clampy , the press want to maximise their audience, Villa are the biggest team in the Midlands, when things are going bad, a bit like this forum, there is more interest in opinions and news.I think the question about Villa vs albion is pertinent, at most there should be 2 or 3 of them in a combined team, the fact that this is not the case now, is a sad indictment on our once great club.

[Jimbo]

Why? They need Aston Villa, what on earth do we need that shower for?

In any event, they won't exist in 10 years.

Because even if the club had a spat with the cub reporter from the Sutton Coldfield News, it becomes a story that the vultures in the national press feed off. A 'big' club like Villa dying on its arse is a story, let's not create more angles to spin in the national media, because all that does is heap more pressure onto a an already failing organisation. It's why anybody in the public eye in this day and age has everything orchestrated by PR teams. It stinks but it's a reality of modern life.

[Clampy]

Why is a good relationship wih a parachocial outfit like WM necessary? Especially when you consider the utter contempt they hold us in and we as supporters, likewise feel about their output?

Maybe "Reego" might not get an absolute bollocking off our press officer if he next time doesn't spin a lie?

Lambert wanted to win the game yesterday and picked a strong enough side to do so.

If I were the Villa's press officer, I wouldn't renew WM's contract to cover our games and I would deny them any access to BMH and Villa Park. They don't like the Villa, so they can whistle.

The headlines tweeted by Tom Ross were worse yet people seem to think only WM broke this story - the interview is there to be listened to - to deny your local radio station access to villa park would be ridiculous in the extreme.

No, Tom Ross said it was the saddest interview he has done in terms of football and like Lambert he was being honest. It was Mark Regan who asked him the question just afterwards which prompted Lambert to say what he did, then went on twitter with his '7 times cup winners could do without the f.a cup' tweets. It was unnecessary sniping by a local journalist who should know better.

[dave.woodhall]

It also followed Regan's post-Swansea tweet about a five year old seeing his father being attacked which hadn't been confirmed and turned out to be false. Reporters in his position shouldn't spread such potentially dangerous stories.

[eastie]

I have no idea who Regan supports or his feelings on villa , but I do know that rob gurney hates villa with a passion - he is a coventry fan who used to be in the chair at cwr and  often used to celebrate villa defeats on air with listeners - he openly delighted in every goal villa conceded and always put the boot in.