Meaning Evil. Stirring trouble

[Damo70]

I think this is probably a new low from the Birmingham Mail.

https://www.xxxx.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/aston-villa-transfer-news-mcginn-18172970

If he does leave it won't be for Newcastle.

Although who am I to argue with Noel 'Finger on the pulse of football' Whelan?

[PeterWithe]

All the above are spot on although I reckon the real answer for favourite food = steak and chips, (well done).

I remember Bob Hazells being Curried Goat, which was both exotic and appalling at the same time for 1979.

[Damo70]

All the above are spot on although I reckon the real answer for favourite food = steak and chips, (well done).

I remember Bob Hazells being Curried Goat, which was both exotic and appalling at the same time for 1979.

'Pre match meal' was usually 'beans on toast' or 'chicken'.

[Sexual Ealing]

In my day 'favourite singer/band' was always Luther Vandross.

[Damo70]

In my day 'favourite singer/band' was always Luther Vandross.

Luther Vandross and Phil Collins did seem to be mentioned a lot.

[in exile]

Favourite food always used to be Steak & Chips along with Favourite drink - Milk

[BC Villain]

They’ve taken the piss out of us for years.  Giving us two Smethwick supporters in a row as they men inside Villa Park’ for a start off.  Surprised they didn’t go the whole hog and give us Twattum.  Even before that they had that horrible blue nose twonk Roger someone name escapes me being openly vitriolic about us in The Argus.

Skidmark, sorry Skidmore.

And what a proper bitter, jealous Bluenose he was.

I can remember Roger Skidmore doing a phone in show with Tom Ross.  Seemed like they were close to coming to blows at times, particularly when Skidmore branded our 90s league cup wins as Mickey mouse.

[Rory]

I agree with those who have said the Express & Star is a more reputable, balanced and well-written newspaper. Which is embarrassing in itself.

I know the populations and audiences are different, but I always fancied something like the Evening Standard in Birmingham, minus Osborne, of course.

[Simon Page]

I agree with those who have said the Express & Star is a more reputable, balanced and well-written newspaper. Which is embarrassing in itself.

I know the populations and audiences are different, but I always fancied something like the Evening Standard in Birmingham, minus Osborne, of course.

My memory might be playing tricks, but I have a vague recollection that the Post and Mail used to carry more national news in the 80s. I don't know if they still have it, but there used to be a London office. I had to go there a few times and it was like stepping into a Victorian accountants.

Regardless, in the late 90s, when it seemed to be constantly flipping ownership between Post & Mail and the Mirror, they got rid of all the good writers and started to scale back with the obvious results. What was once required reading and delivered to half the city eventually became a weekly parochial Post and a local Mail. All the regional editions were ditched and they prioritised director salaries over decent journalism. They tried to blame the BBC but the reasons it became a nothing outlet could be found in their own boardroom. Sadly, it's a state of affairs replicated across a lot of the country.

The Express & Star does still value journalism and, having the privilege of working with some of their former graduates, churns out some exceptional writers. There's a couple I work with who are off-the-scale brilliant.

[CT]

Following Noel Whelan"s latest piece of "journalism" (I'm not linking it) , I would really like the club to ban the Mail once the doors at Villa Park reopen.

He, and they, are an absolute disgrace.

[Pete3206]

Just avoid the Evil website altogether. It exists to bombard you with adverts, as soon as you click their links. Also, Noel Whelan isn't a journalist. He's a washed up talking head, spouting cliches for pin money.

[cdbearsfan]

Following Noel Whelan"s latest piece of "journalism" (I'm not linking it) , I would really like the club to ban the Mail once the doors at Villa Park reopen.

He, and they, are an absolute disgrace.

Agree, get them banned.

[Damo70]

I had a very good book about Coventry's survival season around 1999/2000 time. It was called Staying Up and I think the authors name was something like Rick Goretsky. He had access all areas to the club, hotels, coaches to away trips etc. I gave it to the physio who got me walking again as she was a big Coventry fan (and Sandi Toksvig lookalike). In the book Noel Whelan comes across as a complete twat.

[Damo70]

They’ve taken the piss out of us for years.  Giving us two Smethwick supporters in a row as they men inside Villa Park’ for a start off.  Surprised they didn’t go the whole hog and give us Twattum.  Even before that they had that horrible blue nose twonk Roger someone name escapes me being openly vitriolic about us in The Argus.

Skidmark, sorry Skidmore.

And what a proper bitter, jealous Bluenose he was.

I can remember Roger Skidmore doing a phone in show with Tom Ross.  Seemed like they were close to coming to blows at times, particularly when Skidmore branded our 90s league cup wins as Mickey mouse.

It wasn't a Mickey Mouse competition when we won it twice in the seventies, it wasn't a Mickey Mouse competition when Liverpool were happy to win it in the eighties, it wasn't a Mickey Mouse competition when we won it twice in the nineties and stopped Manure doing the domestic treble and Manchester City don't seem to have considered it to be a Mickey Mouse competition in recent years.

[big 1st serve]

  Noel Whelan...didnt he injure himself when he was at Coventry?...by kicking in a Lemington Spa shop window?