Jack Woodward

[Toronto Villa]

He didn’t die. A little piece of me did though as I listened to his drivel.

[Lastfootstamper]

At one point he said "Aston Villa is back where it belongs", which is that dumbed-down American version of Engerlish. Tsk!

I’ll bow to your superior knowledge BE but I thought when dealing with single entities such as Aston Villa that one should you the singular ‘is’ rather tha ‘are’. It has always confused me as it reads as a tad clunky but certainly my company always uses the singular.

Villa are a "we", not an "it".

[exiled on the wirral!]

I'll be honest I really like him, he makes me laugh with his silly puns. He is like a younger version of Tony Blackburn. Fair play if we are re-employing him.

[AsTallAsLions]

At one point he said "Aston Villa is back where it belongs", which is that dumbed-down American version of Engerlish. Tsk!

I’ll bow to your superior knowledge BE but I thought when dealing with single entities such as Aston Villa that one should you the singular ‘is’ rather tha ‘are’. It has always confused me as it reads as a tad clunky but certainly my company always uses the singular.

Villa are a "we", not an "it".

This is definitely a US/British thing, but from a strictly grammatical perspective it would be more appropriate in a majority of cases to use singular i.e. "The club is expected to make its tenth signing of the summer..." as you can't say "The club are...", and in this instance "the club" is the stand-in noun for Aston Villa.

However, people on this side of the pond are more comfortable speaking of a team or a club as a collective, and though it's a bit awkward, "Aston Villa are..." certainly sounds better.

[Billy Walker]

Jack for me is synonymous with the past decade of Lerner horror.  As lovely a fella as he might be, I just can't listen to him without major football-related ptsd kicking in.  Please Villa, bring in fresh blood for the new era.

[Ian.]

At one point during the first half he stated that Villa have not conceded yet in pre-season, which unless I’m mistaken that’s just over 100 minutes of footy!

He’s ok though, he reminds me of an 80’s social club DJ.

[Toronto Villa]

He’s like the awkward bloke who never talked as a kid then was given an inspirational chat by a careers teacher to find himself. He gets involved in the school radio station and the rest is history. He’s making up for years of silence with utter mindless drivel.

[London Villan]

I remember an end of season award ceremony when TSM2’s banter on stage overstepped the mark and sounded more like bullying. I felt sorry for Jack, but he is still like alan partridge.

[AV82EC]

Don’t think he’s on staff as he’s gone freelance judging by his Twatter feed.

[Bad English]

Who thinks the club are right to have Woodward commentating?

[villan from luton]

He is so like Alan Partridge

[Bad English]

At one point he said "Aston Villa is back where it belongs", which is that dumbed-down American version of Engerlish. Tsk!

I’ll bow to your superior knowledge BE but I thought when dealing with single entities such as Aston Villa that one should you the singular ‘is’ rather tha ‘are’. It has always confused me as it reads as a tad clunky but certainly my company always uses the singular.

Villa are a "we", not an "it".

This is definitely a US/British thing, but from a strictly grammatical perspective it would be more appropriate in a majority of cases to use singular i.e. "The club is expected to make its tenth signing of the summer..." as you can't say "The club are...", and in this instance "the club" is the stand-in noun for Aston Villa.

However, people on this side of the pond are more comfortable speaking of a team or a club as a collective, and though it's a bit awkward, "Aston Villa are..." certainly sounds better.

Yes you can. It is a collective noun and can be third person singular or plural. We Brits generally prefer the plural, unlike our less-developed brethren in Gilead.

"The club are expected to make their tenth signing of the summer". There, much better!

[Louzie0]

Who thinks the club are right to have Woodward commentating?

I do /does

[Edvard Remberg]

Who thinks the club are right to have Woodward commentating?

He is horrible and makes my ears bleed. Nooooo

[Flin5tone]

Great Guy, love him