Birmingham Mail and Villa coverage

[kippaxvilla2]

Actually I agree with McCormack and Marshall.

[aj2k77]

I had a run in with one of the mail lot on twitter earlier this week and they wonder why they get stick when they come out with this sort of crap.

I saw that Risso (presuming it's the same one from here) pulled Wollaston up on Twitter earlier in the week. 

Guilty as charged.

What was it about? Mine was with Mat Kendrick. He had a bit of a pop back.

I spoke to Kendrick at the protest before Newcastle match. I said that our coverage was abysmal and he countered that the club deserved it because of the performances this season. I questioned the bias against us and the snide remarks from his colleagues and he refused to comment

That makes no sense. Why does being abysmal on the pitch mean the quality of coverage should be abysmal too?

[aj2k77]

Marshall and McCormack, good players at that level, you're talking £20m though aren't you? Surely better value elsewhere?

[paul_e]

Actually I agree with McCormack and Marshall.

Mccormack maybe, Marshall no for me, I'm not sure he's much of an upgrade on Bunn and Guzan so what's the point?

[aj2k77]

I think Marshall is a much more solid keeper than Guzan or Bunn, from the little I've seen of him, he doesn't look like he's confronting a timebomb when the ball comes towards him.

[ciggiesnbeer]

I would be spending my money at a bit higher level than a 29 year old striker who plays the for 20th placed team in the Championship.

We already have a far younger 20 goal a season Championship striker. We need someone of a higher class and style to round us out for next season.

[West Derby Villan]

I had a run in with one of the mail lot on twitter earlier this week and they wonder why they get stick when they come out with this sort of crap.

I saw that Risso (presuming it's the same one from here) pulled Wollaston up on Twitter earlier in the week. 

Guilty as charged.

What was it about? Mine was with Mat Kendrick. He had a bit of a pop back.

I spoke to Kendrick at the protest before Newcastle match. I said that our coverage was abysmal and he countered that the club deserved it because of the performances this season. I questioned the bias against us and the snide remarks from his colleagues and he refused to comment

That makes no sense. Why does being abysmal on the pitch mean the quality of coverage should be abysmal too?

Agree, he seemed very defensive, as if he was just following orders, imo

[paul_e]

I think Marshall is a much more solid keeper than Guzan or Bunn, from the little I've seen of him, he doesn't look like he's confronting a timebomb when the ball comes towards him.

Nor did Guzan until the last 12-18 months. If you asked if we'd swap him and Guzan a year ago you'd have been laughed at.  I'm not saying a shit season should be forgotten or that we should stick with Guzan, I'm just saying we should elavate other teams players to a higher standard than they are because we've had a shit season.  I'd rather give Steer a couple of months as first choice than go for someone who i don't think is much of an upgrade.  If I think back on Cardiff being in the Prem I don't remember him as a goalkeeper who was worth keeping an eye and nor does anyone else which is why he's still at Cardiff a few years later.

Even before the takeover I wanted us to be signing players who were too good for the championship but no one in the premier league was ready to gamble on them.  Now that we may well have substantial funds that becomes a necessity.

[aj2k77]

I'd honestly have swapped Guzan for Marshall a year ago, I rate him. We need a really solid keeper, not sure I'd take the risk of Steer, what's the general consensus from Hudds fans of him?

[Duncan Shaw]

The first thing he could do is sit down with Ayew and Amavi and convince them to give us a year.

[paul_e]

The first thing he could do is sit down with Ayew and Amavi and convince them to give us a year.

And Veretout, Gana and Traore.  All 5 are far too good for the championship.

[peter w]

I'd actually let them gush all over us when we come back up and become top dogs again. Not just 15th place top dogs but pushing up the table again. Just pat them on the back and stroke their hair as they court us. It will wind the others right up that as soon as Villa pay any attention they will drop that lot like a ton of hot bricks and be all over Villa again.

Good or bad, snidy or not, their editorial message is that it's all about Villa.

[ciggiesnbeer]

I don't think they will be around to report on us if we are in the Premier League in 2017. The Mail has been run worse than Aston Villa in recent years and their staff are worse at their jobs than our players are at theirs.

The difference is nobody is interested in buying local newspapers to make them great again.

[Stu]

They're as much use as the fucking Beano.

If it were a serious paper they'd have someone trying to dig deeper in to the story of the new owner. All they will be doing is sitting on the internet waiting to copy links from various sources like twatter rumours and gossip.

They couldn't/wouldn't do it when Carson Yeung was going to gaol in Hong Kong, and it was down to a fan with a blog to investigate.

They don't do investigation, they don't do reporting, and when it come to Villa all they do is trolling.

[phantom limb]

To be fair if you want to "spot your face in the crowd", they're the guys to turn to.