Pundit and Media Watch on Aston Villa 24/25

[Somniloquism]

Can this one go here?

I'm assuming he got in on a tour but it is a serious lack of security to be able to do that.

[Footy-Vill]

Who are the top summer signings thus far?
Let's not mention Aston Villa players.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/who-scored-blog/2024/oct/12/best-signings-summer-transfer-window-premier-league-football

In this top 10 best summer signings article , it excludes our key summer signing, who I believe has had as much, if not more, influence than some of individuals featured!

This appears to be a ratings-based top 10, but how do they rank a player?
Though Onana hasn't been fantastic every minute of every game, he has been a positive and effective player having scored a few goals!

Of course, there is a Manchester United player, a Chelsea player, and even a recently promoted Ipswich player, Dara O'Shea! I can't agree with Sancho being the finest summer signing! And the fact that several of those signings aren't considered first choice or starting every game!

I can't believe what I read sometimes.

[edgysatsuma89]

WhoScored is just based on raw analytical data, I believe, so it's not this blokes' opinion.

[Footy-Vill]

Tom Ross the voice of midlands sport providing insights in a Q&A
Date: Tuesday Oct 15th

Time: 19:30 - 21:30
Location: Temper and Brown

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/tom-ross-tickets-1041159394777?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Didn't anyone here attend or have any insights from this evening ?

[Dave]

F365 occasionally fill the space in the empty vacant international breaks by writing long, 5,000 word pieces ranking the broad mood of all the clubs in the league. It's  here if you're interested and can cope with the tedious adverts. The hammerings they give Man Utd and Wolves in 19th and 20th are pleasant reading.

Anyway, they have us in first place.

1) Aston Villa

It really is only two years since Stevie ‘Steven Gerrard’ G was leading them into the grim inevitability of another tooth-and-nail fight for their very Premier League survival. The quiet revolution under Unai Emery remains an utterly extraordinary achievement and one that probably remains underacknowledged and underappreciated in the wider Barclays sphere because of the more showy nonsense indulged in by noisier clubs and flashier managers.

But there is no such lack of appreciation among Villa supporters themselves who now find themselves once again supporting the kind of team that beats Bayern Munich in the Big Cup rather than the kind of team that loses 3-0 to Fulham.

For what is at this stage a frankly unnecessary additional layer of joy, Villa also possess in Jhon Duran the season’s breakout cult hero for his now near perfectly crafted bit of coming off the bench and scoring sh*tpingers for fun.

Just a lovely, lovely time to be a Villa fan and with almost no reason to fear it’s all about to come crashing down. Marvellous.

[PeterWithe]

Nice, and additional accolades for use of the word 'shitpinger' which I like. A lot.

[Nev]

The Guardian 10 things really setting the standard when it comes to WTF? match previews.

This week for our game, ignoring us and indeed the decent start from the hosts it's "when will Traore turn into a footballer?"

[Rigadon]

The Guardian 10 things really setting the standard when it comes to WTF? match previews.

This week for our game, ignoring us and indeed the decent start from the hosts it's "when will Traore turn into a footballer?"

The anti-shitpinger of previews. 

But I think the answer is, this weekend, and then never again. 

[eamonn]

Did F365 or The Fiver first coin the term "Big Cup"? Or is it the same bunch of funny fellas with big bellies?

[Sexual Ealing]

I don't know for sure, but I'd bet heavily on it being the Fiver.

[Footy-Vill]

Fulham V Villa pundit predictions:
Win 2-1 Jamie Carragher
Draw 1-1 Chris Sutton, Mark Lawrenson, Paul Merson

[Footy-Vill]

The Guardian 10 things really setting the standard when it comes to WTF? match previews.

This week for our game, ignoring us and indeed the decent start from the hosts it's "when will Traore turn into a footballer?"

Yes every week the focus is always on the side playing against it's a very odd narrative they have.

[Border villan]

 ITV News in hyperdrive over the Red Filth coming from behind to win 2-1 then joyous over Tottenham coming from behind to beat Spam 4-1. I then waited for a similar ecstatic mention of us ……. they moved swiftly on to the Americas Cup.

[Tayls_7]

ITV News in hyperdrive over the Red Filth coming from behind to win 2-1 then joyous over Tottenham coming from behind to beat Spam 4-1. I then waited for a similar ecstatic mention of us ……. they moved swiftly on to the Americas Cup.

Ooh, how's it going? My friends Tobias and Aloycius want to know.

[Sexual Ealing]

MORE PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN MANCHESTER UNITED THAN ASTON VILLA. Once you accept this, a peace descends.