Pundit and Media Watch on Aston Villa 24/25

[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!

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

Oh yes, and they can both fuck off with it as well. As you can sense this really does boil my piss.

[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.

Oh yes, and they can both fuck off with it as well. As you can sense this really does boil my piss.

I agree, mate.

My like/dislike of cities tends to align with their relative proximity to Birmingham.

Excepting Wolverhampton and Coventry, both of which are shit.

[Simon Page]

When it comes to funding, Powerhouses and the like, the "North" is usually classed as, in descending order of kind words, Manchester, Leeds, rest of Yorkshire, Liverpool. If you sit higher than the end of the M1 you may as well be Midlands for all the help/attention you'll get.

We should twin with Newcastle and create a worraboutus zone.

[IFWaters]

I'm all for independence for the midlands. Birmingham the capital city and Villa Park rebuilt as a 100k national stadium.

[Hookeysmith]

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

Has this been confirmed - must be a pretty bad dose to keep him away

[Somniloquism]

He did a small video on his Twitter or somewhere stating it. But I can't find it now so maybe it has turned more serious.

[kippaxvilla2]

In other news, no Villa players made it to Troy's team of the week.

[Somniloquism]

In other news, no Villa players made it to Troy's team of the week.

None of them were Monsters. He also forgot that Konate played twice in the week so ignored that he conceded two goals.

[PaulTheVillan]

In other news, no Villa players made it to Troy's team of the week.

Good.

[Brend'Watkins]

In other news, no Villa players made it to Troy's team of the week.

Good.

Troy's team of the week. Who in their right mind gives any credence to this? 

[Tony Daleys Shorts]

He’s making Garth Crooks look intelligent , which takes some doing.

[eamonn]

Come on, he'll say we're obsessed. Let's not. And in fairness, he cheered the Villa goal when it went in although that might have been to wind up the Chelsea fan he was co-hosting with on Talksport.

[Drummond]

Asensio was the Player of the Week and therefore in the team of the week on FotMob based on his rating.

[saunders_heroes]

He needs to invest in a decongestion nasal spray. He's had a blocked nose for about 10 years 

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

Talking of Talksport:

"Has aaannnyyyyyone seen Jason Cundy...?" and any other of the Chelsea fans on that station?