Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with Junior Editor Holly Percival and North-East football journalist Dan Wales.

Losing is never a good thing but the podcast team are in good spirits after Villa showed there isn't much difference in quality between themselves and Champions League hopefuls West Ham.

Hannah Hampton almost earned the women's side a point against Chelsea, will she be courted by the league's bigger teams in the Summer? And with 18 year-old Filip Marschall doing well on loan at Gateshead, we speak to local journalist Dan Wales.

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Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with club correspondent Gregg Evans and tactics writer Mark Carey.

Philippe Coutinho has really hit his stride with Villa now and he pulled the strings as Southampton were put to the sword.

We talk about a potential permanent deal for the Brazilian and consider how his performance compares to some of Villa's greatest individual displays.

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Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with regular contributors, club correspondent Gregg Evans and Junior Editor Holly Percival.

Everyone's feeling much better about things after a win away on the south coast. It may not have been the most fluent performance, but Steven Gerrard's decision to refresh the squad this week looks to have had the desired effect.

Southampton are next and, while we are having nightmares about James Ward-Prowse, at least Danny Ings won't be trying to put the ball in the Villa net.

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Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with club correspondent Gregg Evans. Holly Percival couldn't make it this week, but don't worry she's not feeling ruff...

Boos echoed around Villa Park at the final whistle on Saturday, but how badly are the team doing now that Steven Gerrard's honeymoon period has well and truly come to a close, and what's to be done to right the ship?

We take a closer look at some of the bigger problems using your questions and comments, and try to cheer ourselves up with more positive news courtesy of Hannah Hampton and Cameron Archer.

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Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with club correspondent Gregg Evans and Junior Editor Holly Percival.

Villa's dismal run in Newcastle continued and Steven Gerrard looked at a loss for the first time since taking charge. We're expecting changes to the line-up for the Watford match, but we have very little idea of where they can come from.

Carla Ward spoke to Flo Lloyd-Hughes about the stresses of a hectic life as a football manager and we get a quick update on the fall-out from the abandoned FIFA World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina.

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Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with club correspondent Gregg Evans and Newcastle writer Chris Waugh.

There's no getting away from the disappointment of last night's draw with Leeds, but it was a great game to watch and Jacob Ramsey is now being talked about as a potential player of the season.

Of course, he'll have some competition from Philippe Coutinho for that title, but they will both be a handful for Newcastle this Sunday, and they'll need to be if Villa are to put an end to an awful streak at St. James's Park.

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Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with regular contributors, club correspondent Gregg Evans and Junior Editor Holly Percival.

With Emi Martinez extending his contract and Callum Chambers added to the signings of Philippe Coutinho, Lucas Digne, and Robin Olsen, we're feeling pretty chirpy about the club's business in January.

We also take a closer look at Matt Targett's departure and the future of Douglas Luiz; will it be in claret and blue?

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Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with regular contributors, club correspondent Gregg Evans and Junior Editor Holly Percival.

Steven Gerrard and Carla Ward led their teams to crucial victories this weekend as Villa's men and women both effectively ended any relegation fears. We look at the form of the match-winners, Lucas Digne and Alisha Lehmann.

The women were also celebrating a transfer coup in the shape of midfielder Jill Scott, could the men repeat the trick with Juventus's Rodrigo Betancur?

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Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with regular contributors, club correspondent Gregg Evans and Junior Editor Holly Percival.

Debutants with links to both halves of Merseyside played significant roles in the club's creditable draw with Manchester Utd at the weekend. With a trip to Goodison Park next, we welcome Greg O'Keeffe to the show to give us the inside track on the turmoil at Everton.

Both clubs should be OK with regards to relegation from the Premier League, although nerves are jangling a bit more when it comes to Villa's Women who face a crucial trip to Leicester in the WSL, and there's a quick update on the U23s and what might happen next in the transfer market.

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Dan Bardell hosts The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with regular contributors, club correspondent Gregg Evans and Junior Editor Holly Percival.

We're still celebrating the signing of Philippe Coutinho from Barcelona, with Lucas Digne poised to follow him through the door, as Steven Gerrard looks to bring in high-calibre players.

It hasn't totally taken the edge off things, but VAR did spoil our weekend (especially Dan). The FA Cup defeat at Old Trafford was in spite of a very positive performance and Villa could well be favourites going into the reverse fixture in the league this Saturday.

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