Media Muppets

Why Nobody Linking Morgan Rogers to a Move Has Done the Maths

Those Morgan Rogers Transfer LinksAre you bored of the Morgan Rogers transfer rumours yet?How many times have we seen this situation before?Over the years, the press have seemingly tried to will away from Villa the likes of James Milner, Gareth Barry, Christian Benteke and Jack Grealish, only for each of these players to stay on at least a season after the media's initial hard...

Emery Backs Notion That Title Talk at Half-Way Point is Nonsense

Title Talk For EngagementFootball loves a narrative, and modern football media loves one even more. The problem is that narratives are now routinely manufactured long before they are earned. The latest example is the growing insistence on framing Aston Villa’s strong first half of the season as a “title race”. It is lazy, engagement-driven noise, and it ignores both history and basic logic.Emery Cutting...

Proof Media Playing Catch Up on Aston Villa Sale and Randy Lerner’s Plans

It's funny what passes for hard news in this click-bait world. The 'billionaire/consortium buyer for Aston Villa' story has been rehashed for going-on two...

BBC Further their Claim as Media Muppets with Tabloid Approach to Aston Villa Fans

BBC Take Tabloid Approach to FA Cup CelebrationsVilla fans were on the pitch in jubilation, not to open some portal to some previous sinister...

BBC Coverage Cries Hypocrisy and Reinforces Shameful Commentary of Aston Villa Game

Villa fans have long been suspicious of the existence of an agenda by the BBC towards Aston Villa. It starts with an alleged bias...

Media Muppets: Daily Telegraph Disrespect Villa Blues Rivalry

Villa BluesI hold my hand up, when I was a kid supporting Villa, I didn't know much of the magnitude of the Villa vs...

Daily Mail Gets Surreal on Villa and Ron Vlaar Contract Debate Gets Boring

More Vlaar storiesThis week's trend of stories have been about Villa's 'Manchester United and Arsenal target' or if the writer is really dumb, the...

Aston Villa’s New Mystery Striker – The Sun Strikes Again!

Copying the Daily StarLets start off with a crystal clear example of how the football media works. The Daily Star writes a random 'scare...

The Sun Newspaper Reaches New Low with Aston Villa Report

Graham Hill @ The Sun Graham Hill and the Sun's picture editor commit possibly the greatest hack job of football journalism in print history. Headline: You've Gone...

Media Muppets: The Fabian Delph West Ham Transfer

Fabian Delph off to the Hammers?  After Christian Benteke transfer rumours (he's still at Aston Villa last time we checked), Fabian Delph rumours are the...

Media Muppets: What? Villa Fans Should be Thanking Paul Lambert?

It doesn't take long to re-write history nowadays. A manager can gain one win in his final nine games and finish on 38 points,...

Media Muppets – Aston Villa Transfer Embargo and Newcastle to Steal Villa’s Best Players

Poetic license taken with Aston Villa takeover situation already With Christian Benteke injured we're thankfully spared the usual transfer rumours surrounding the Belgian forward, but...

Media Muppets: Nicklas Bendtner to Aston Villa? LOL

Some transfer rumours just deserve a Media Muppet column all to themselves and one linking Nicklas Bendtner to Aston Villa is a case in...

Media Muppets: Lambert’s Striker Overhaul with Quagliarella and Chamakh. Plus, Odjidja-Ofoe Myth

More strikers for Aston Villa? Oh, and a midfielder rumour! When it comes to readers suggesting potential Media Muppet articles, there's one paper that certainly...