Birmingham Mail and Villa coverage

[amfy]

Someone tweeted to Bacuna that they hoped his daughter wasn't as useless as him, to which he responded that people could say what they liked but should leave his daughter out of it. That was the end of it as far as I can see.

Uncalled for, definitely. Vile? Hardly.

[Villa in Denmark]

Someone somewhere hasn't done their research properly. The photo accompanying this story is of Villa in 1887 not Smethwick in 1888. as tagged.

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/west-brom-data-how-baggies-10705388

Correct. The badge visible on some of the shirts is the Birmingham coat of arms that was only used in 1887-88 according to historicalfootballkits.com. The collar and neck don't match the Smethwick kit for the period either, but do match that shown for the 1887/88 Villa kit.

Yep.  Looked at Albion's kit at that time and it was their traditional blue and white stripes.  Although the photo is in black and white, you can quite clearly see that those shirts are not that colour. 

I think that at that time we would have been pale blue and "chocolate". It would be a couple of years before the chocolate would morph into claret.

[dave.woodhall]

I see they've got another Stripey on the football desk.

[peter w]

Plus to the left of the cup(s) - there's another clue) is I  think Archie Hunter and definitely Dennis Hodgetts.

[Dave Cooper please]

He's on about this spot the surname of the writer. 

[peter w]

Plus the black country bugle seemed to know it was the Villa team...

[Steve R]

That article is about some contrived table supposedly measuring FA Cup success. So why choose Smethwick as the point of reference? Surely the logical choice would be the local club with the highest standing.

The picture is correct, it is the article that is wrong.

[dave.woodhall]

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-analysis-boos-guzan-10760986

Boos continued for Guzan

Everytime the goalkeeper touched the ball the Holte End responded with boos.

Really ?

[Bad English]

Every time Guzan touches the ball I don't have time to boo as I'm too busy shitting myself.

[oldhill_avfc]

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-analysis-boos-guzan-10760986

Boos continued for Guzan

Everytime the goalkeeper touched the ball the Holte End responded with boos.

Really ?

There were a few, but I sensed it was more to do with perceived negative play of passing back to the keeper.

[DeKuip]

Typical case of a reporter at the game not understanding what's going on around him.  The boos were clearly for the constant back-passing to the goalkeeper.

[Bad English]

Why am I not surprised that we indulged in/resorted to back-passing to the keeper against Div 4 opposition?

[MarkM]

Why am I not surprised that we indulged in/resorted to back-passing to the keeper against Div 4 opposition?

Its the 'new football' don't ya know

[PeterWithesShin]

Yep, the boos were definitely for the negative play not for Guzan.

[tomd2103]

Been mentioned elsewhere, but our mate Gregg has been at it again.  He obviously feels that two days before a big FA Cup game is just the right time to dig up Peter Grant from Villa's very own Room 101 and give him the platform to have a go at our fans.  I'm sorry, but there is no way they would run an article with someone calling Blues, Albion, Wolves or Walsall fans 'delusional', yet they can't help themselves when it comes to us.

As for the article itself, well there is some first class revisionism from Grant in there.  He said that they had to sell senior players (which senior players are those then?) and that the wage bill was cut.  Remind me who signed N'Zogbia, Given and Hutton on big and lengthy deals again?  Of course, our Gregg didn't rectify any of this drivel, just happy yo go along with it and have another dig.