Pundit and Media Watch on Aston Villa 24/25

[Dick Edwards]

I’ve not found Pete Schaad’s Holy Trinity podcast on YouTube this week reviewing the Tottenham FA Cup game. Anybody know the reason why he wouldn’t have produced one?

[Somniloquism]

Ill at the moment. Big flu type thing hitting Canada.

[Dick Edwards]

Aah, cheers pal

[Whiney MacWhineface]

Stephen Warnock is good and, as I always say, so is Lucy Ward.

Lucy knows her football, but for goodness' sake talking at great length over the play is awful and makes me reach for the mute button.

As Richie Benaud was taught by the BBC, you're talking to people who are watching on TV. Tell them something interesting then shut up.

[German James]

But more and more, commentators seem to be describing the action for visually impaired people.
"It's hit the bar! The rebound falls to X! He can only hit the side netting! etc.". Yes, I know! I just watched it!

[Drummond]

And radio commentary these days gives you less information rather than more.

[Hookeysmith]

Ill at the moment. Big flu type thing hitting Canada.

Thank fuck for that I was fearing the worst. Love his shows and met him and his wife when he was last over. Was looking  forward to his window and Spurs analysis. I have already forgotten the Wolves fuck up.

Get well soon Mr Schaad

[Astral Weeks]

I've just seen that the football journalist Patrick Barclay has died.
Sad news, I always enjoyed his writing.

[Footy-Vill]

I've just seen that the football journalist Patrick Barclay has died.
Sad news, I always enjoyed his writing.

Was sad to hear his passing

You may have probably read this but, will share for others too

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/feb/16/patrick-barclay-obituary

[Border villan]

Good to see that in the interest of fairness and balance the Times report on the Liverpool match was written by their Northern Football Correspondent.

[cdbearsfan]

In fairness, the Times almost certainly consider Birmingham to be "Northern".

[Rory]

In fairness, the Times almost certainly consider Birmingham to be "Northern".

Anything north of Watford, isn't it?

[AV82EC]

In fairness, the Times almost certainly consider Birmingham to be "Northern".

If there's one thing I'd put in Room 101 and have a massive fucking rant on the telly about it would be the North/South divide. Its as if the East and West Midlands and the 12 million people who fucking live there don't bloody exist. And northerners are just about as annoying about this as fucking southerners.

Free Mercia!

[Rory]

In fairness, the Times almost certainly consider Birmingham to be "Northern".

If there's one thing I'd put in Room 101 and have a massive fucking rant on the telly about it would be the North/South divide. Its as if the East and West Midlands and the 12 million people who fucking live there don't bloody exist. And northerners are just about as annoying about this as fucking southerners.

Free Mercia!

As CD alludes to, I genuinely do think it's because each side (Northern/Southern) considers us part of the other.

[paul_e]

In fairness, the Times almost certainly consider Birmingham to be "Northern".

If there's one thing I'd put in Room 101 and have a massive fucking rant on the telly about it would be the North/South divide. Its as if the East and West Midlands and the 12 million people who fucking live there don't bloody exist. And northerners are just about as annoying about this as fucking southerners.

Free Mercia!

Agreed, and to be even more specific, I hate how often funding for things gets divided between the north and south and the midlands falls through the gaps.