MOTD

[PaulWinch again]

As I say listen to the Totally Football show their analysis was spot on and gave all the credit to Villa.

[Smithy]

Talksport stands apart in terms of low quality programming. They are always dreadful and not worth listening to.

Disagree, some of their programmes are quite good, it depends entirely on the presenters. Laura Woods used to be really good in the morning, and I like Hawksbee and Jacobs in the afternoon. I can listen to White and Jordan, but most of the rest of it is pretty bad, especially Jamie O'Hara and Jason Cundy, who are a pair of absolute bellends.

A couple of Thursday's ago I played five-a-side in the evening, and had to take my missus' fifteen-year-old Audi A3 with a crap radio.  On the way home, I let the radio scan to find whatever it could, and it found TalkSport - the first time I've listened in, well, I've no idea, but MANY years. It was these two talking about Brighton losing to AEK Athens earlier in the evening, and it was abysmal.  The sort of stuff you'd hear in the playground.  Bellends is being VERY kind to them.  They were absolutely REVELLING in Brighton's defeat, clearly designed to rile up the Brighton fans - I'm assuming to get them to call in? Maybe one of them has a big anti-Brighton bias, I've no idea, but you wouldn't ever listen to something like that if you wanted to listen to a genuine footballing discussion, or, god-forbid, to actually "learn" something.  It made Soccer AM sound like a Mensa meeting.

I listened for about five minutes and then turned it off.  I have no plans to ever listen again.  The only time I see any Talksport content is when the odd clip goes viral on social media.

[TaxDodger]

Not sure if anyone has seen Garth Crook's 'team of the week' but his entry for Watkins is pretty funny. Basically thinks the hattrick was rubbish and it was all because of luck and Brighton being awful but he scored three goals so he feels obligated to put him in his team. He obviously ignored the fact that Watkins was completely unplayable and also set up two of our other goals.

He also describes what's happening at Villa as being 'mildly exciting'.

[SoccerHQ]

Talksport stands apart in terms of low quality programming. They are always dreadful and not worth listening to.

Disagree, some of their programmes are quite good, it depends entirely on the presenters. Laura Woods used to be really good in the morning, and I like Hawksbee and Jacobs in the afternoon. I can listen to White and Jordan, but most of the rest of it is pretty bad, especially Jamie O'Hara and Jason Cundy, who are a pair of absolute bellends.

10 YEARS of Rushden and Glendenning on a Sunday attempting to build up the games that day. Max Rushden dosen't even hide how inane the drivel he's putting out is. Barry Glendenning a sports journalist at the Guardian who dosen't even know half the fixtures that day, guess some find it hilarious.

I do like the new programme though with Shaun Custis and Henry Winter. It's a shame they don't swop it and put that on at 11am instead but guess Henry Winter covers the big Sunday games so needs time to get to them if they're outside London.

Have to say I don't really care if the mainstream media aren't hyping us up too much. In last 20 years when we have started to be bigged up that's when it usually starts to fall apart e.g. all the praise we were getting before the FA cup final. And also how well we'd signed after Grealish left.

I also think it's a bit of a hangover from pretty much everyone in the press slaughtering Emery after he left Arsenal so some don't want to lose face on that.

[Sexual Ealing]

Max Rushden is one of the few people in football media who refuses to play the game that insists football is IMPORTANT and HUGE and results are DEVASTATING. He knows it's all just a bit of a lark and treats it accordingly. I like him a lot.

[SoccerHQ]

Max Rushden is one of the few people in football media who refuses to play the game that insists football is IMPORTANT and HUGE and results are DEVASTATING. He knows it's all just a bit of a lark and treats it accordingly. I like him a lot.

Never had you down as a jester hat wearing Villa fan on Soccer AM Sexual...(wink).

[Sexual Ealing]

I've neer seen that, to be fair! I meant his radio and podcasting work.

[olaftab]

I see our so loved Garth has been at it again. Basically dissing Ollie's 3 goals as pure luck.

[Risso]

Crooks is a 24 carat imbecile. Ignore him.

[Bully2345]

Without wishing to give Garth more credit that he's due, the second goal dribbled in and the third was a deflection. But yes, it's a bit heavy on the "lucky" angle

[dave shelley]

I wonder if that know-nothing twat Crooks ever wonders himself why he never gets asked his opinion on any other footballing platform.  If he is, I've never seen, read or heard it.

[eamonn]

There were a fair amount of  Villa "fake news" howlers by yer' man Fletcher on BT/"TNT- Explosive" commentary on Saturday:

- Claimed that our success under Emery was based on a tight defence and Brighton's was built on goalscoring
- Twice said that our next game is away in Bosnia this week (despite a helpful graphic popping-up on screen advertising their coverage of the game live from VP)
- That it was JJ Ramsey's first appearance of the season
- Inferring that Ollie Watkins was in the form of his life

They're all easy/unimportant things for a broadcaster to forget, and in fairness they have to remember a lot of stats. But it was interesting, seeing how we're viewed in a neutral and professional capacity. 

[paul_e]

There were a fair amount of  Villa "fake news" howlers by yer' man Fletcher on BT/"TNT- Explosive" commentary on Saturday:

- Claimed that our success under Emery was based on a tight defence and Brighton's was built on goalscoring
- Twice said that our next game is away in Bosnia this week (despite a helpful graphic popping-up on screen advertising their coverage of the game live from VP)
- That it was JJ Ramsey's first appearance of the season
- Inferring that Ollie Watkins was in the form of his life

They're all easy/unimportant things for a broadcaster to forget, and in fairness they have to remember a lot of stats. But it was interesting, seeing how we're viewed in a neutral and professional capacity. 

I don't think that last line (well the start of it) reflects how poor that second error is guiven he was commentating on TNT and talking about a game to be aired on TNT later in the week, I could forgive all the rest but that one is just incompetence.

[lovejoy]

I wonder if that know-nothing twat Crooks ever wonders himself why he never gets asked his opinion on any other footballing platform.  If he is, I've never seen, read or heard it.

i wonder if he is more self aware than we give him credit for and actually plays up to the Ron Pundit persona. His chat about villa may be going places is at best a lift from the pre season previews.

[LeeB]

I wonder if that know-nothing twat Crooks ever wonders himself why he never gets asked his opinion on any other footballing platform.  If he is, I've never seen, read or heard it.

i wonder if he is more self aware than we give him credit for and actually plays up to the Ron Pundit persona. His chat about villa may be going places is at best a lift from the pre season previews.

Maybe, but I've never seen an appearance on TV where he hasn't given off exactly the same vibe. I don't think the Stoke accent helps.