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My Old Man Said is one of the original Aston Villa podcasts — started before ‘content creator’ was a job title and stubbornly refusing to rebrand since. We make shows, not content landfill. Shows that entertain as much as they inform, recorded for supporters rather than algorithms. Unlike most Villa media, MOMS has been in the room with the club’s decision-makers and represented supporters at consultations. A strong ethical code runs through everything — no influencers, no fanboyism, no PR access trade-offs. Independent Aston Villa news and podcasts, with the supporter’s perspective at the centre of everything.
Villa’s Champions League Draw Breakdown: From Barcelona to Viking
Aston Villa's Champions League Draw DiscussedAston Villa's Champions League league-phase opponents are confirmed: Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund, Fenerbahçe and Viking all visit Villa Park, while Villa face trips to Barcelona, Club Brugge (again), Galatasaray and Slavia Prague.We assess what lies ahead for the rebuilt Villa team, fixture by fixture: from the reality of an away day at a two-thirds-rebuilt Camp Nou to the banana...
Aston Villa’s Brighton Post-Mortem: The Watkins Fallout and a Striker-less Team
Brighton 4-0 Aston Villa Post-Mortem: No Striker, No Watkins, No AnswersVilla didn't lose to Brighton 4-0 because of a bad afternoon at the office; they lost because they were as far from the club motto of prepared as you can probably get for the start of a Premier League season.The defence and midfield resembled a heavily rotated early-stage Europa League line-up, but that...
79: ‘Aston Villa Fans Are Going to Love This’, Squad Building and Quality Concerns
Thankfully the new season is only two weeks away, as Aston Villa gear up to take on Spurs at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium....
78.5 The Mad Few’s Many Questions of Aston Villa’s Upcoming Season
While the recent Villa Fans Consultation Group meeting with Villa CEO Christian Purslow answered many Aston Villa supporter questions (and created some new ones),...
78: Premier League July Plans and the Merciless Quest for Tyrone Mings
Have you noticed how despite hundreds of transfer rumour 'clickbait' articles and ITK tweets, bar making a couple of loan players permanent, Aston Villa...
#77 The Concerns of Aston Villa’s Premier League Transformation Process
Aston Villa's Premier League rebuild is up and running in earnest. Through the past few months Villa's scouting team have been keeping tabs on...
#76 From Promotion Glory to Rebuilding From Ground Zero
B6 CiaoAfter confirming there would be no renewals for eight Aston Villa players whose contracts had expired - Mile Jedinak, Alan Hutton, Tommy Elphick,...
#75 Wembley Ramifications – The Team Aston Villa Have to Beat
ComplacencyIf there's one thing Aston Villa and its supporters must guard against at Wembley, it's complacency based on earlier successes this season against Derby...
#74 The Dark Arts Behind Aston Villa’s Trip to Wembley
The two-legged play-off final against West Brom wasn’t exactly a football classic. In fact, you can file it alongside last season’s semi-final two legs...
#73 We Are Villa and They’re Missing Dwight Gayle
You'd fancy this Aston Villa team to win home or away.During Villa's recent 10-game winning run, where the game was being played became...
#72 Aston Villa’s Play-off Destiny
Is the two-legged tie against West Brom ultimately Aston Villa's toughest test in their play-off campaign? Does Dean Smith have a first XI for...
#71 The Rise of Villa, the Major Championship Play-off Issues and the Leeds Threat
In another catch-up on My Old Man Said podcast episode notes, episode 71 looks at some of the key questions that have been on...
#70 Recent Returning Players Give Aston Villa a Mental Freshness for Play-offs
Real Belated ChanceIf there's one thing that Aston Villa struggled with all season, it was winning when Jack Grealish had his spell injured on...
#69 The Games That Demonstrated Aston Villa’s New Found Will to Win for the Play-offs
Again, MOMS is catching up on some episode notes for recent podcast episodes and here's an episode that highlighted this Aston Villa team's will...