Unai Emery Attempts Final Boss Mission After Player Reboot Miracles
After a wild week that swung from European frustration to domestic delight, Aston Villa head to Anfield to face Liverpool in what feels like the “final boss” test, after beating Spurs and Manchester C...
1 Nov 202519min
No Fear Football: How Unai Emery Outsmarted Pep Guardiola
Villa Park witnessed another Unai Emery masterclass as Aston Villa produced a performance of tactical brilliance to beat Manchester City for the third consecutive time at Villa Park.In this week’s My ...
28 Okt 202539min
Villa Half-Arsed in Holland, Fired-Up for City
After five straight wins, Aston Villa’s European dream hit turbulence in Deventer - as Go Ahead Eagles clipped the Villans’ wings.In this Something for the Weekend edition of My Old Man Said, David Mi...
24 Okt 202524min
Emery’s Harlem Globetrotters: Buendía’s Redemption to Mr Plan B
After a fifth straight win, the My Old Man Said crew bask in the glory of Villa’s gritty away triumph at Spurs - or as one listener put it, “Stoke City in a spaceship.”We dissect the new blue-collar S...
23 Okt 202534min
Emery’s Reset and Villa’s Best European Away Days
From Warsaw to Rotterdam, and every airport bar in between - Aston Villa’s European adventures have reignited something special among the fanbase. Unai Emery is currently enjoying his eighteenth conse...
18 Okt 202552min
Being Unai Emery: Guillem Balagué on Villa’s Spanish Revolution
When journalist and author Guillem Balagué arrived in England in 1991, there were only 13 foreign players in the Premier League. Three decades later, Spanish minds are shaping its future — and none mo...
13 Okt 20251h 15min
Villa Back on Track: Rotterdam Highs and Burnley Business
After a winning week that took Aston Villa from the chaos of Rotterdam to the comfort of Villa Park, My Old Man Said returns to make sense of it all.From the surreal experience of being herded behind ...
9 Okt 202541min
Villa Crisis Over? Watkins Strikes and Buendia Breaks Record
Aston Villa finally got their first league win of the season with a 3-1 victory over Fulham at Villa Park - but is this the turning point or just a temporary lift?In this week’s My Old Man Said podcas...
30 Sep 202545min
