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The Villa Podcast
John McGinn is back, auntie Margaret is back and Aston Villa are back
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Sympathetic Sancho is top of the Weimann Meter. Youri Tielemans' return has us feeling better. But the hero that is John McGinn drags the team and club forward again. Great performances over West Ham and Lille, big victories and our striker is even scoring too. The vibes are good, we had to recall Drury's Corner as well.
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Konsa roars, Bailey ignores and Watkins bores Harry Maguire
43:22|Old Trafford brings out the worst in Aston Villa but it brings out the best in Liam. From an Austin MacPhee WTF nomination, to Leon Bailey not turning to Unai Emery and Ollie Watkins' alarming form, we pick the bones of the Man United loss, a bit on the Lille win and ponder what life could look like with Youri Tielemans back.
The Huddle, the VAR animation, the blame
33:59|The Villa Park crowd nailed it... the team didn't, did they? For the first time, it feels like there's a fracture in the relationship between this group and the fans and with nine games remaining, it's difficult to see how things turn around from this Chelsea defeat.
Not Arsed Barkley, whinging Buendia and Emery's blind faith
42:25|Arguably the worst night in Unai Emery's reign. Villa were bad at Mollineux again. They lost to Wolves, again. Dropped points against a lower half of the table team. Again. And now it's a dogfight for Champions League and we're left hoping that Liam Rosenior is David Brent - but is that even good?
Villa's heritage, Emery's priorities and Watkins' feet
47:15|Out of the FA Cup but marching on in the league, Unai Emery fields a weakened team against Saudi Arabia... but they were actually good, until you know what. Lucas Digne disappoints again and Leon Bailey doesn't inspire much confidence and should Tammy Abraham be the main striker now?
Luc who's walking, Sancho promise and Ollie payoff
34:28|The big question to ask from the Bournemouth game... would a punch in the face to Lucas Digne, a red card and suspension to one of our players and zero points from the match been better in the long run?
Phase of play, Damian's backlash and Dougie's return
41:50|A third loss of the season to Brentford and two bad home defeats in January to burst the title challenge. Lots to discuss including the disallowed goal, the red card and an argument over Matt Cash and Conán's run-in with Damian Vidagany.
Howe forgets, Bailey remembers and expecting goals
37:01|What a result in Newcastle. What a result in Turkey. Two strong performances and this group earn even more of our admiration as Leon Bailey returns.
Distracted Emi, protracted Watkins and Hemmings jib
43:17|One of those bad days that has you questioning everything again so come join us to wallow together. Outside the obvious annoyances, we're also looking at Tielemans not running the show like he can, Villa not making Roma wait two weeks and the boy George Hemmings.