My Old Man Said - An Aston Villa Podcast
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My Old Man Said - An Aston Villa Podcast
My Old Man Said is the independent Aston Villa podcast for supporters who want more than fan media hype, influencers and algorithms. Villa supporters have been at the centre of every conversation. That hasn't changed.For listeners who like their football analysis intelligent, their opinions consider...
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Do or Die: Villa's Season at the Crossroads After Old Trafford
A third consecutive Premier League defeat. Eight league games left. And a set of questions about structure, recruitment and ambition that will not wai...
Job Half Done in Lille. Now for Old Trafford.
France Has Fallen. Now for Old Trafford.
Villa win 1-0 in Lille to take control of the Europa League tie — but the harder test arrives Sunday.
Aston Villa's Lille Preview: The Europa League Jump Start the Season Needs
Aston Villa's Europa League last sixteen first leg against Lille on Thursday arrives at a critical moment in the season. With Villa sitting seventeent...
Momentum Snapped as Chelsea Compound Villa’s Fragile Run
For a while, it looked like Villa might just make a fight of it against Chelsea at Villa Park.
The opening goal was exactly what the team needed...
Rain, Rage and Regress: Villa Implode at Molineux
This wasn’t just a bad night.
It was a warning.
Villa went to Molineux knowing exactly what was at stake. A six-point cushion. Chelsea nex...
Aston Villa's Fear Factor and Opportunity
Aston Villa are third.
Six points clear of the Champions League trapdoor and yet it doesn’t feel comfortable.
This episode digs into the s...
Momentum or Meltdown? The Weeks That Define Villa’s Season
This is not about one result. It is about direction.
Aston Villa remain in a strong league position, but the performances beneath it are raising...
A Very Belated Villa Calendar Year Review
After a quick look ahead to the game against an improving Leeds United team, the MOMS team takes a belated look back on the solid year of progress tha...
The FA Cup After the Red: What Villa Did and Didn’t Do
The narrative to the FA Cup 4th round clash between Aston Villa and Newcastle United writes itself.
Goalkeeper sent off. Game swings. Villa lose...
Ugly at Villa Park, But Winning Is What Matters
It was flat. It was tense. It was not one for the purists or season highlights.
But it was three points.
Aston Villa laboured past Brighto...
Villa Bend but Don’t Break Against the Cherries
This game depends on context.
On the surface, a draw after taking the lead feels frustrating. Dig deeper, and it looks very different.
Ast...
Holding the Line: Transfers, Injuries, and a Gritty Point at Bournemouth
With Aston Villa dealing with a mounting midfield injury list and a January window shaped more by constraint than ambition, this main show takes stock...
Midfield Absences Bite as Ten Men and VAR Foil Villa
The 1-0 home loss wasn't about a lack of effort, it was about what was missing.
Aston Villa had the ball, the territory, and eventually a numeri...
Villa Switch On Late Against Salzburg to Secure Europa League Home Advantage
This should not have been complicated. Villa allowed it to be.
Knowing a win would guarantee a top-two finish and second-leg home advantage in t...
Transfer Reflections - A Look At the Trio of Villa Old Boys Returning
This was never going to be a glamorous window, but certainly few would have expected such a twist.
With Aston Villa hit by a cluster of midfield...
Villa Prove They’re the Real Deal at St James’ Park
This was the kind of away win that changes perception.
Aston Villa went to St James’ Park, absorbed the noise, managed the pressure, and left wi...
Everton Expose Villa’s Current Midfield Problem
THIS MATCH IS CRUCIAL wrote Unai Emery in the match programme notes for the Everton game. The players it seems didn't get the memo.
Everton came...
Efficiency Over Chaos: Why Villa Are Built for Games Like Everton
Some games are not about flair. They are about control.
As Everton arrive at Villa Park, this main show looks past form lines and reputations to...
A Proper Cup Tie, Properly Won
This one had everything a cup tie should.
Noise, needle, moments of quality, moments of chaos, and a sense that one team understood the occasion...
Palace, the FA Cup, and How Aston Villa Really Play
What does Aston Villa actually play like?
It’s a question people keep trying to answer with labels. Possession-based. Pragmatic. Ruthless. Trans...
Back to Business at Villa Park
A new year, the same authority.
After the winning run ended at Arsenal, Aston Villa returned to Villa Park and did exactly what mature sides do....
The Run May Have Ended, Villa Are Still in Good Shape
The winning run had to end somewhere. Unfortunately, it ended at the hardest place in the league to do anything at all.
Villa went to the Emirat...
Dead at Half-Time, Relentless by Full-Time: How Emery Broke Chelsea
Aston Villa were bullied, outplayed, and offered nothing for an hour at Stamford Bridge. Twenty-nine percent possession. No shots. One goal down. Seas...
Christmas Saved: Resurrection at Villa Park as Rodgers Buries United
The Manchester United post-mortem usually involves burying Villa’s latest trauma and promising not to speak of it again until the next time. Not this...
An Emery Christmas or the Return of Ghosts of United Past
Aston Villa arrive at Christmas in form, winning ugly, and climbing quietly. The league table looks healthy. The mood should be festive. And yet Manch...
The Questionable Reality of Aston Villa's Winning Ways Isn't a Concern
Villa go behind. Again. Villa wobble. Again. Villa win. Again.
This post-mortem from the London Stadium digs into a game that should have been a...
Bedlam in the Holte: Villa Linear Unofficial World Club Champions Again
Villa Park erupted. What looked like a hard-earned point turned into a afternoon of strangers hugging, tears in the Holte, and a goalmouth scramble th...
Brighton Bedlam, Arsenal Judgment Day and Emery’s Long-Range Gospel
This week’s My Old Man Said podcast opens with the Lovers Walk Unlimited Orchestra summing up the Villa week in song, before the show dives straight i...
Sleepwalking to Screamer: Villa Wake Up Just in Time to Beat Wolves
Aston Villa’s derby win over Wolves was a tale of two halves. The first was everything you expect in this fixture. Wolves flying into tackles, Larsen...
Emery’s Long Range Lions: xG Wars, Young Boys and Wolves European Hangover Test
Aston Villa return from a Europa League win against Young Boys with plenty to argue about. The xG police have spent the week sounding alarms, but MOMS...
Grit in Yorkshire: Villa Survive VAR Madness and Find a Matchwinner
Aston Villa went to Elland Road expecting a fight, and that is exactly what they got. Leeds were physical and up for it, and the game swung on two lon...
Buendia’s Back, Martinez Saves the Day: Villa Batter Bournemouth
Aston Villa entered the latest international break in style, smashing Bournemouth 4-0 at Villa Park.
In this week’s My Old Man Said podcast, Dav...
Unai Emery Attempts Final Boss Mission After Player Reboot Miracles
After a wild week that swung from European frustration to domestic delight, Aston Villa head to Anfield to face Liverpool in what feels like the “fina...
No Fear Football: How Unai Emery Outsmarted Pep Guardiola
Villa Park witnessed another Unai Emery masterclass as Aston Villa produced a performance of tactical brilliance to beat Manchester City for the third...
Villa Half-Arsed in Holland, Fired-Up for City
After five straight wins, Aston Villa’s European dream hit turbulence in Deventer - as Go Ahead Eagles clipped the Villans’ wings.
In this Somet...
Emery’s Harlem Globetrotters: Buendía’s Redemption to Mr Plan B
After a fifth straight win, the My Old Man Said crew bask in the glory of Villa’s gritty away triumph at Spurs - or as one listener put it, “Stoke Cit...
Emery’s Reset and Villa’s Best European Away Days
From Warsaw to Rotterdam, and every airport bar in between - Aston Villa’s European adventures have reignited something special among the fanbase. Una...
Being Unai Emery: Guillem Balagué on Villa’s Spanish Revolution
When journalist and author Guillem Balagué arrived in England in 1991, there were only 13 foreign players in the Premier League. Three decades later,...
Villa Back on Track: Rotterdam Highs and Burnley Business
After a winning week that took Aston Villa from the chaos of Rotterdam to the comfort of Villa Park, My Old Man Said returns to make sense of it all.<...
Villa Crisis Over? Watkins Strikes and Buendia Breaks Record
Aston Villa finally got their first league win of the season with a 3-1 victory over Fulham at Villa Park - but is this the turning point or just a te...