ManYoo vs Aston Villa Post Match Thread.

[silhillvilla]

Pat Murphy has said we are being sold this summer and he's pretty well informed.

[Monty]

Pat Murphy has said we are being sold this summer and he's pretty well informed.

Missed this, did he say it depends on staying in the division?

[silhillvilla]

Pat Murphy has said we are being sold this summer and he's pretty well informed.

Missed this, did he say it depends on staying in the division?

He didn't say either way.

[dave.woodhall]

You seem to be assuming that because you haven't been told what's going on, that neither have the manager or the players.

I think it's likely that they know a bit more than you & I.

I'm not sure whether or not the players do get told about the club's business affairs, but one thing I am certain about is that to get to their level in the game they have to be massively focussed and not pay attention to what's being written about them.

[Clampy]

Leaks. Gossip.   The media treat it all the same. 

Just because the media treat it the same, it dosen'nt mean we have to.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Pat Murphy has said we are being sold this summer and he's pretty well informed.

Not having a pop at you mate but Pat Murphy is certainly not well informed.

[saunders_heroes]

Well is anyone well informed at Villa?

[Clampy]

You are absolutely correct Sil.  Villa Park has been run like the Kremlin for five years or more. Now we need a period of silence and focus on helping the new manager save us there are leaks gushing out of B6 which do serious damage to frail morale.

We're having a few bad season's and we're being compared to the russian government. Not the best analogy in the world really.

[Monty]

He's not some amazing insider, but he is that cautious type of Beeb reporter who values not being wrong above getting the scoop.

[dave.woodhall]

Well is anyone well informed at Villa?

If you mean in the media, I don't think they particularly are. A lot of the old press boxer inhabitants have moved on and their replacements seem to be about fourteen.

[AlexAlexCropley]

A propos about nothing, my nephew bumped into Tim  at the Belfry today and asked him how things were going down the Villa.A barely hidden grunt was how he described Tim's reply.Not a happy chappy.

[saunders_heroes]

Well is anyone well informed at Villa?

If you mean in the media, I don't think they particularly are. A lot of the old press boxer inhabitants have moved on and their replacements seem to be about fourteen.

Yeah I've noticed that. Everyone seems to be not long out of school. The Bham Mail's reporter looks about 18.

[OzVilla]

If Sherwood's got the hump then we are in more serious trouble than I thought.

We need everyone pulling together in this.

[dave.woodhall]

Well is anyone well informed at Villa?

If you mean in the media, I don't think they particularly are. A lot of the old press boxer inhabitants have moved on and their replacements seem to be about fourteen.

Yeah I've noticed that. Everyone seems to be not long out of school. The Bham Mail's reporter looks about 18.

And a Stripey. That's the trouble with the local media - they all support da villu.

[ciggiesnbeer]

I think the BBC football reporters are are very low quality these days, with Murphy being near the bottom. Indeed the gap of integrity/quality between the main BBC news and the tabloid football department is stark.

I would believe the Mirror, the Telegraph, the Guardian before the BBC when it comes to football or Villa specifically.

When the BBC cleans house and then hires some decent journalists then I will happily take them seriously again, but right now they rate about the level of The Sun when it comes to credibility on Villa. That takes some doing but the likes of Murphy have managed it.