After indifferent home form this calendar year, Aston Villa's Champions League charge had gone off the rails a little. Conceding cheap goals was undermining a lot of good work. The recent 3-3 draw against Brentford in the league and then conceding a late goal in the 2-1 Europa Conference League win over Lille, was testament to that. With poor results for English teams in Europe last week, the prospect of fifth being enough in the Premier League to qualify for the Champions League was under threat, as the English team coefficient rating suffered. The stench of Europa League was in the air for ..read more

How will Unai Emery approach the difficult trip to the Emirates? With a big second leg quarter-final away at Lille to come and Douglas Luiz suspended for the trip to Arsenal, will Emery take a similar approach to the recent Manchester City away game? Will Newcastle United's 4-0 win over Spurs influence his decision in any way? UTV Check out and follow the Greene King Sports Instagram page here GET THE EXCLUSIVE MOMS PATRON PODCAST CHANNEL and JOIN MATCH CLUB If you want ad-free advance versions of the shows and extra exclusive shows during the month and to join My Old Man Said's 24/7 ..read more

In a week of underperforming English teams in Europe, Aston Villa were the only one to earn a win. Beating Lille 2-1 at Villa Park was a good result, but will they rue conceding a poor goal in the final 10 minutes of the game, when it comes to the second leg in France? It was certainly a game that resulted in mixed emotions. Lille, now have the weekend off, while Villa have a trip to the Emirates to contend with. It's going to be tough in Lille next week for Villa, but at least Unai Emery's boys have given themselves a fighting chance. UTV Special VPN Offer with Four Months Free This epi ..read more

It's 26 years since Aston Villa's last European quarter-final, but this time there's more on the line than a semi-final. Villa need positive results in the two legged affair to help with English team's UEFA coefficient rating, which will open up fifth place in the Premier League to qualify for the Champions' League next season. A win against Villa's main threat to lift the Europa Conference League will certainly mean the Unai Emery revolution is about to enter a defining stage. UTV Special VPN Offer with Four Months Free This episode of the My Old Man Said podcast is sponsored by Nord ..read more

After being 2-0 up and cruising against Brentford at Villa Park, a nine-minute capitulation saw Aston Villa let three points slip, as they handed fourth place and pole position for the Champions League to Spurs. Should we be worried about this Villa defence and will it undermine our season in Europe too? UTV VERY SPECIAL NORDVPN OFFER with Four Months Free This episode of the My Old Man Said podcast is sponsored by NordVPN, which was named as one of TIME’s 2022 Best Inventions (Apps and Software section). As well as protecting your privacy and online data, NordVPN allows you the o ..read more

After a clinical display against Ajax in the last round, Aston Villa now enter the business end of the Europa Conference League with a quarter-final tie with Lille. We look back at the Ajax game and the draw. Lille preview to come in the week. UTV Special VPN Offer with Four Months Free This episode of the My Old Man Said podcast is sponsored by NordVPN, which was named as one of TIME’s 2022 Best Inventions (Apps and Software section). As well as protecting your privacy and online data, NordVPN allows you the opportunity to help get access to those 3pm Saturday or 2pm Sunday game ..read more

Aston Villa's recent record against Wolves at Villa Park in the Premier League is terrible. With the race for fourth hotting up though, Unai Emery's men can ill-afford to slip into bad habits. Even without John McGinn, they must win. UTV Check out and follow the Greene King Sports Instagram page here GET THE EXCLUSIVE MOMS PATRON PODCAST CHANNEL and JOIN MATCH CLUB If you want ad-free advance versions of the shows and extra exclusive shows during the month and to join My Old Man Said's 24/7 Villa community, Match Club, please do support the show by becoming a MOMS Member. For more de ..read more

The MOMS crew take stock of Aston Villa's situation, while the team is on the international break. What needs to happen to meet-on-the pitch expectation and what's the big picture off it? UTV VERY SPECIAL NORDVPN OFFER with Four Months Free This episode of the My Old Man Said podcast is sponsored by NordVPN, which was named as one of TIME’s 2022 Best Inventions (Apps and Software section). As well as protecting your privacy and online data, NordVPN allows you the opportunity to help get access to those 3pm Saturday or 2pm Sunday games which aren't available in your region by switc ..read more

It's the time of the month when Villa's Mad Few want to know things... the MOMS team answers questions from the Mad Few vault that are still relevant. UTV VERY SPECIAL NORDVPN OFFER with Four Months Free This episode of the My Old Man Said podcast is sponsored by NordVPN, which was named as one of TIME’s 2022 Best Inventions (Apps and Software section). As well as protecting your privacy and online data, NordVPN allows you the opportunity to help get access to those 3pm Saturday or 2pm Sunday games which aren't available in your region by switching your virtual location to a coun ..read more

It wasn't looking good after Aston Villa lost 4-0 at home to Spurs and faced three games without suspended captain John McGinn. Villa didn't let the loss disrupt their European campaign though, with an impressive 4-0 win over Ajax, before tackling their first game without their captain against West Ham. We look back at a week that showcased that Villa look to have the bottle to fulfil their ambitions this season. UTV VERY SPECIAL NORDVPN OFFER with Four Months Free This episode of the My Old Man Said podcast is sponsored by NordVPN, which was named as one of TIME’s 2022 Best Invention ..read more