The Villa Podcast

Aston Villa are back! And so is the podcast.Philippe Coutinho runs the show, Watkins and Ings link up gloriously, Chambers wants the number 10 spot and even Douglas Luiz is having fun. What a performance against Southampton. Let's go!

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We move! Good win for Aston Villa away to Brighton. A brilliant Matty Cash goal followed by a Watkins finish (from a Mings long ball!) sees Steven Gerrard and his men take a deserved three points. Another intern gets to referee a Premier League game though and Cash gets a yellow card for a message of support to a Polish team mate in Ukraine.

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Aston Villa finally find consistency by backing up the worst performance in a long time with the worst result in a while. Struggling Watford - Roy Hodgson’s Watford - are the latest in a long line of beaten down Premier League teams to roll up and pull Steven Gerrard’s side’s pants down. The Villa Podcast goes through the big talking points at the top before WhatsApp Whinges (15:12) and a discussion of the manager's decisions (40:18) and into Questions We Can't Answer (1:00:55).

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Was this the worst Aston Villa performance in recent memory? Newcastle United steamroll Steven Gerrard’s side who were a mess from start to finish. Ollie Watkins had a goal disallowed by VAR by Villa didn’t deserve a point and it’s one win in seven for Gerrard.WhatsApp Whinges are hotter than usual (16:50) whilst there are plenty of awards to hand out today (30:00) before another United players' revolt in Questions We Can’t Answer (50:45).

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Aston Villa squander a 3-1 lead at home to Leeds and proceed to waste time to see out the draw. Conán and Liam dissect all the goals and the red card at the top of the show before WhatsApp Whinges (18:51) features some Douglas Luiz talk, listener-inspired whinges and a conversation about Villa's make-or-break attacks.The awards categories are at 30:42 and Questions We Can't Answer with Kurt Zouma and Harry Maguire at 57:02.

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Three points on the road for Steven Gerrard's men with a 1-0 win over Everton at Goodison Park. Some Toffees fans cover themselves in shame by throwing missiles at Villa players for celebrating the Emiliano Buendia goal. Emi Martinez has competition for the shithousery award this week whilst Frank Lampard and Thomas Partey are on the menu too.

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2-0 and you f**ked it up!Aston Villa claw Manchester United back at Villa Park to deliver a point and a feel-good finish to a carnage-filled second half. Philippe Coutinho takes 14 minutes to register an assist and a goal, Jacob Ramsey brings his big boy boots and Emi Buendia sprinkles some magic throughout. A positive night at Villa Park despite the disappointment of failing to beat a poor United side again - in which Bruno Fernandes has emerged as the frustrating face.Conán records from Spain again so please forgive the audio - back with the proper equipment on Saturday.

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VAR keeps the magic of the FA Cup alive but keeping Manchester United in the competition. A strange non-offside, non-handball, non foul on Cavani by Jacob Ramsey sees Danny Ings' equaliser at Old Trafford ruled out. Liam and Conán talk about the game, Douglas Luiz (14:44), Villa's new shape (33:05), Ralf Rangnick (43:30), Marcus Rashford (44:48) and, of course, the signing of Coutinho (47:59).

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Four losses from eight for Gerrard as Villa throw away the lead at Brentford in another drab affair. Trezeguet treats us to the worst moment of the season and the January transfer and all its bullshit is in full swing already (44:04).

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Aston Villa go down to Chelsea 3-1 at home courtesy of two Jorginho penalties. Matt Cash gives the first away and Matt Targett is mostly at fault for the second penalty and Villa Twitter is on fire. Conán says everyone needs to relax and enjoy themselves and Liam is at hand to dissect Villa's mistakes and Pep Guardiola's latest edition of freaking out.

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