Birmingham Mail and Villa coverage

[cdbearsfan]

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

Well done to him. I always fancied a job as a football journalist.

[Villa in Denmark]

To be honest I can't even remember that Grant was even at our club and I doubt if many others fans remember who he is. So what reason would the Mail have digging him up to interview him?

My thoughts entirely.  Why would any Villa fan want to know what Peter Grant has to say about our current situation, unless it was a "hands up, me and my pal Big Eck played a role in where the club finds itself now". 

I think anyone willing to stick the boot in is welcome at that rag at the moment.

And then you remember that he was part of the brains trust that brought us "that" line up at WHL.  To put it politely, f##k off back to north of Hadrian's wall and don't bother coming south again.

[tomd2103]

To be honest I can't even remember that Grant was even at our club and I doubt if many others fans remember who he is. So what reason would the Mail have digging him up to interview him?

My thoughts entirely.  Why would any Villa fan want to know what Peter Grant has to say about our current situation, unless it was a "hands up, me and my pal Big Eck played a role in where the club finds itself now". 

I think anyone willing to stick the boot in is welcome at that rag at the moment.

And then you remember that he was part of the brains trust that brought us "that" line up at WHL.  To put it politely, f##k off back to north of Hadrian's wall and don't bother coming south again.

Why now though?  I could understand if it was a secondary story online, but it was the lead Villa story on the back page.  Surely an FA Cup game against Manchester City in a couple of days is enough of a story?

Coming to think of it though, Grant has worked at Albion and Blues, so I suppose they couldn't miss the chance to enforce the old "Albion and Blues fans = proper fans, Villa fans = fickle and delusional" myth.

[pauliewalnuts]

Does anyone really care what the Mail prints these days (if in fact they still bother actually 'printing' stuff rather than shitting it out all over a web page decorated by at least 30 different ads)?

Local journalism is slowly dying, in a depressing hell of horrible pointless clickbait non-content and awful , lowest common denominator "look at me! look at me!" headlines.

[Villa in Denmark]

Why now?  Well from what I've picked up from over here it's been going on for a couple of years or more, but ramped up over the last 12 months.

It's now because us failing is big news, whereas for that lot in B9, the truck stoppers in stripes or Wolves, it's a so f¤¤king what type story.

The kicking has intensified as we've come closer and closer to the drop. It's intensifies because by sticking the boot in they're more likely to get supporters of any of the other 3 phoning in to take the piss, or reading on line to soak it all up and leave some pithy(read mostly puerile) comments, whilst getting irate Villa fans phoning in trying to hit back and reading on line to try and follow what the f##k is going on. 

This board has what, about 4-500 live users and an active community of about 150? I don't know about the other boards other than TBAR has about 0,5 on average (big wave to Troy). A vanishingly small proportion of those who attend week in and week out let alone the Villa fanbase at large. For those who aren't part of the discussion board communities mainstream media I would guess is still their primary source of info, so anything that provokes or entices people to ring in or click on line, or even strangely enough actually buy hard copy helps justify their existence.

Just think, our current situation is helping keep twats like Franks and Evans in a job!

[Dave Cooper please]

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

Well done to him. I always fancied a job as a football journalist.

Just work experience at the moment as he's halfway through his degree, but it's all good for the portfolio.

[PeterWithe]

Is Peter Grant working in football at the moment?

Its hardly the best advert for him that he thinks fans of any team rooted to the bottom and nearly relegated by Xmas should just accept that.

[AVH87]

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.

Gregg Evans is a bitter bitter, but in the Mail's slight defence on this one, it was Grant's interview with WM where he said Villa fans are 'delusional'.

[Nev]

More shit today, Warnock talking about life in the bomb squad.

Utterly irrelevant for a "newspaper" and blatant clik-bait.

I look forward to articles on some shit that happened at Small Heath and Sandwell in the past.

[Clampy]

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.

Gregg Evans is a bitter bitter, but in the Mail's slight defence on this one, it was Grant's interview with WM where he said Villa fans are 'delusional'.

It make you wonder why WM were interviewing Grant then, even it if doesn't come as a total surprise.

[Mister E]

More shit today, Warnock talking about life in the bomb squad.

Utterly irrelevant for a "newspaper" and blatant clik-bait.

I look forward to articles on some shit that happened at Small Heath and Sandwell in the past.

Warnock played well for Derby against Yanited last night.
Just sayin', like.

[The Laughing Policeman]

More shit today, Warnock talking about life in the bomb squad.

Utterly irrelevant for a "newspaper" and blatant clik-bait.

I look forward to articles on some shit that happened at Small Heath and Sandwell in the past.

Warnock played well for Derby against Yanited last night.
Just sayin', like.

Can we be sure it's the same Warnock, because the one we had played as if he'd never seen a football before.

[fredm]

Just shows what you can get out of a player if he has a manager/coach who believes in him and gives him faith in his own ability.  Oh and also has fans who do not get on his back as soon as he makes a mistake.

[dave.woodhall]

Just shows what you can get out of a player if he has a manager/coach who believes in him and gives him faith in his own ability.  Oh and also has fans who do not get on his back as soon as he makes a mistake.

I k now it's been said before but it also highlights the difference between our current league and the one we'll soon be in.

[seanthevillan]

Just shows what you can get out of a player if he has a manager/coach who believes in him and gives him faith in his own ability.  Oh and also has fans who do not get on his back as soon as he makes a mistake.

I k now it's been said before but it also highlights the difference between our current league and the one we'll soon be in.

Warnock needed to be taken out of the firing line long before he was - I'm glad he's playing well now though.