Dan Bardell brings you the latest episode of The Athletic's podcast all about Aston Villa with club correspondent Gregg Evans and data specialist Mark Carey.

A strong West Ham side came to Villa Park and made it four defeats in a row for the Villans; Dean Smith's future as manager will come into question if they can't get a result at Southampton on Friday.

Mark joins us to look at the Ings Watkins strike partnership, one that's struggling to take shape, and to talk about how Smith can best deploy his new attacking players. The top three returns with a look back at some dodgy red card decisions.

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