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...
Aston Villa’s Main Players Linked to Moves Away for European Football
Getting up to Speed on Outgoing Transfer RumoursIn recent years, My Old Man Said's Media Muppets column migrated to audio form on the My...
Terrible Hot Take on Aston Villa, With Club Accused of Being ‘Strategic Rule Breakers’
Aston Villa 'strategic rule breaking'...really?The Media Muppets department has unearthed another cracker from the cringeworthy Football Insider, with the clickbait website blatantly trying to...
The Case of John McGinn’s Tackle – Faux Outrage for Clicks
The Outrage Clickbait FormulaIs it that time already? Two sets of tribal supporters at each other’s throats? Old scars reopened and the ceasefire broken?...
John McGinn Bad Attitude and Insider Transfer Links
Early Business Media HeadachesAs we all know, Aston Villa addressed the core of their transfer activity before the actual summer transfer window opened. Ahead...
Ollie Watkins to Ditch Aston Villa Transfer Rumours
Debunking the Continuous Ollie Watkins Transfer LinksOkay. Enough is enough. It's time to fire up Media Muppets again.Media Muppets was always one of...
Ollie Watkins Link to Spurs Sticks, as Aston Villa Fans Rave About…Everything
Media Muppets ReturnsIt's been over a year since we've rolled out a Media Muppets column, although it is now a regular segment on the...
Manchester City to Trigger Douglas Luiz Clause, Lazio Wesley & Spurs Grealish Fantasy
The season of the disingenuous transfer headline has been in full swing for a few weeks now, yet Aston Villa have yet to announce...
The Agenda of Jack Grealish to Manchester United
The 'Grealish to United' narrative is kept simmering away like George Orwell's perpetual war.Exclusive MuppetsIt's been a good six months since MOMS has done...
Confirmed: John McGinn is off to Manchester United via Magaluf
MOMS was going to crank the Media Muppets column up into action once again as a reaction to all these stories about Aston Villa...
Toxic Aston Villa Player Hate Articles Become an Unfortunate Trend
Hate Mongers Perhaps the most annoying thing about going to a football match is that supporter who sits nearby you, who seemingly goes...
Sky Sports Needs an Aston Villa History Lesson and Villa ‘Guaranteed Play-offs With These Transfers’
I've just realised I've never mentioned the old 'Villa will guarantee promotion if they buy this player' clickbait story tactic in Media Muppets...It's...
Jack Grealish Hints, Tony Xia Message and Abraham Announcement
When it comes to transfer windows, there is one old clickbait trick that always rears its head. The rehashing of stories from the previous...