Birmingham Mail and Villa coverage

[cdbearsfan]

I am not sure whether I find it pathetic or respect the clear cut editorial policy of anti Villa. It is genuinely surprising though, I just don't know of other local papers that hate their biggest club so much.

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/joey-barton-aston-villa-v-9819388#rlabs=1

That's not a genuine article surely

Our good friend Steve -Villa fans should be grateful to Delph and Benteke for leaving- Wallaston.

As far as I can tell he is not being ironic, nor mentions the obvious fact that Barton is not good enough to get into Bournemouths side let alone ours.

The thing is, Joey Barton is easily good enough to get into our team or Bournemouth's. Had he not acted a twat throughout his career he could and should have been playing at a very high level.

He now seems to have decided to adopt Robbie Savage's modus operandi: say something controversial to generate interest and keep yourself in the public eye.

[KevinGage]

I'm not a huge fan of Westwood, but I wouldn't have Barton in the side over him.

[Damo70]

Joey Barton having a medical today at West Ham apparently.

[old man villa fan]

Joey Barton having a medical today at West Ham apparently.

Are they looking for a brain!

[The Laughing Policeman]

Has Greg Evans ever attended a competitive football match?
I ask because someone in the pub gave me a copy of today's Mail and when I looked at his match stats and he gave MOM to Gestede and only a seven to
Amavi.
I don't believe he was there and he was looking at the results coming in on Final Score and thought "he scored so he must have been the best player."

[LeeB]

Has Greg Evans ever attended a competitive football match?
I ask because someone in the pub gave me a copy of today's Mail and when I looked at his match stats and he gave MOM to Gestede and only a seven to
Amavi.
I don't believe he was there and he was looking at the results coming in on Final Score and thought "he scored so he must have been the best player."

Maybe, like his namesake, he thinks you can judge football better from watching on a laptop.

[amfy]

It has also been noted that our Mail reporter gave Richards a 6 in his player ratings, stating that he lost concentration for the goal but improved as the game went on.


.....errrrm - what goal?

[cheltenhamlion]

Must be on about losing the race with Gestede to score ours!

[dave.woodhall]

The barrel's finally been scraped. http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/71-aston-villa-fans-hate-9832267

[saunders_heroes]

Pathetic.

[OzVilla]

Another pointless piece of guff from an increasingly pointless publication.

[Toronto Villa]

Joey Barton having a medical today at West Ham apparently.

apparently Gold's son who's on the board tweeted that they aren't going to sign him.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Joey Barton having a medical today at West Ham apparently.

apparently Gold's son who's on the board tweeted that they aren't going to sign him.

Smarter than they look.

[GarTomas]

The barrel's finally been scraped. http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/71-aston-villa-fans-hate-9832267

Dave I feel like you click and read these items for the same reason as me; some strange sight you know is wrong to look and stare but can't help it.  Like a car crash.

[tomd2103]

The barrel's finally been scraped. http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/71-aston-villa-fans-hate-9832267

I saw that.  Our mate Gregg was at it again yesterday in the paper saying that Sherwood had waited three months for a win after Villa were "humiliated in the FA Cup Final and had lost the two previous games convincingly".  Not sure the 1-0 loss to Burnley where we dominated possession can be called a 'convincing' defeat, but he seems to get more bitter by the day.