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My Old Man Said - An Aston Villa Podcast
MOMS #49: Aston Villa's Search for Style, Snap, Crackle & Pop
In the second show of the week, David Michael is joined by Chris Budd, for an impromptu show discussing a wide range of matters from, Villa kits and Lego Villa Parks to a full assessment of the current Aston Villa squad and a look at the shortfall in Bruce's tactics.
Into the third Championship season for Villa and Steve Bruce still seems to be going game-to-game relying on player's quality to pull them through, rather than having any team style or identity. Is he in the progress of changing that? Is he learning from his mistakes Is new boy John McGinn a key cog in his plan?
We look at Bruce's frustrations despite his 100% start to the season.
Show highlights
- Villa's start to the season and historical context
- Legoland Discovery Centre in Birmingham's Villa Park
- Villa kits x 3
- Axel Tuanzebe's Centre Back Cup Trial
- Villa D-fence
- Striker issues and Bruce's struggles to unlock them
- John McGinn's snap and pop
- Celtic's disco lights
- Goalkeeper sleepless nights
- MOMS three top boys
- Loan situation
- Tammy Abraham ruse
- Championship threat teams
- Leeds stories
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Credits:
Host: David Michael - @oldmansaid
Guest: Chris Budd - @BUDD_music
Producer/Editor - David Michael
My Old Man Said - https://www.myoldmansaid.com
The show also features audio clips from Villa on Tour (intro) and Rice Krispies TV spot (1950's).
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