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Holtecast 105: Villa’s emoji use, Steve Bruce and a Brighton preview
November 17, 2016 20:30 - 40 minutes - 35.7 MBAs the international break comes to a close, Aston Villa are getting back to football. But first, they were getting back to Snapchat with heavy emoji usage on Thursday. That prompted James and I to do a Holtecast Special!We started out with James doing a hilarious narration of the official account’s Snapchat story, which was followed up by a comprehensive discussion of Villa’s emoji usage on social media as a whole.Next up was a review of Steve Bruce’s time at Villa so far, before moving on t...
On The Pod My Lord Episode 8: Villa Ladies, My Lord
November 04, 2016 04:00 - 41 minutes - 37.1 MBJames, Adam and Elis are back!They discuss Villa Ladies and their marquee match to round off the season at Villa Park before moving onto recent Villa events.Was Di Matteo's dismissal fair?Is Steve Bruce a boring potato?Is Gabby Villa's best striking option?Find out, ON THE POD. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 104: Aston Villa Ladies with Katie Wilkinson and Carrie Dunn
November 04, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBThis is a podcast that I've been wanting to do for ages! As part of Aston Villa Ladies week on 7500 to Holte, I got the chance to chat with freelance football journalist Carrie Dunn and AVLFC forward Katie Wilkinson. Carrie writes for numerous outlets, and routinely covers women's football for Shoot magazine. We got the chance to talk about the history of women's football in England, how the game is structured now, and how the Aston Villa Ladies stack up against their competition. Then I get ...
Episode 103: Two wins ahead of the Second City Derby
October 27, 2016 01:00 - 32 minutes - 29.2 MBTwo weeks ago, we were ready to throw in the towel. Find something else to podcast about and just get use to nothing but endless draws. Boring draws. Draws that we couldn't even see. Because, you see, Aston Villa were bad. They were trash. And it was TERRIBLE to talk about. But then something happened. Aston Villa beat Reading and then they beat Fulham. That's two wins in a row. That is something that we haven't had since May 2015. And now Steve Bruce might be making Aston Villa fun again. Ju...
Episode 102: Aston Villa have a case of "New manager, who dis?"
October 18, 2016 03:00 - 25 minutes - 22 MBWe’re back! Just like Roberto Di Matteo isn’t! (Look at that, we’ve got jokes right out of the chute.) But the dominating piece of conversation is the sacking of Di Matteo and the entrance of our (//counts on fingers) fifth manager with a significant tenure in the last 365 days. FIVE. FIVE IN A YEAR.Everything is terrible. Except Villa. Including Villa. So we break it all down while it continues to break us down. There is talk of the draw against Wolves. There is talk about today’s match agai...
Episode 101: Aston Villa can literally do nothing but draw
September 29, 2016 16:00 - 37 minutes - 33.8 MBHave you seen Aston Villa’s form chart lately? LWDDLDDDDD. It’s as if the club are some perverse remix of a DJ Khaled song. All they do is draw, no matter what. And we don’t like that. Worse yet is the fact that if Villa had taken advantage of winning positions, they’d be sitting in an automatic promotion spot. So what gives?Jack and Robert sit down and try to figure out the major keys to “fixing” Aston Villa right now. Is it luck? A need for management change? Bad tactics? We consider all th...
Episode 100: Villa return from the international break looking for a winning str
September 08, 2016 22:30 - 39 minutes - 35.4 MBAfter a one-week hiatus for international football, Aston Villa are back! Since we’ve last talked there’s been a terrible loss to Bristol City, a busy transfer window SLAMMING shut, and uh... not much else. I mean, those first two are plenty to talk about, but the past week has actually been sort of blissfully quiet for Aston Villa. After a wild and crazy summer, I think we all needed that.But that means we’re back to the business of trying to win promotion. 16th doesn’t seem like a very insp...
Episode 99: Aston Villa on the rebound after terrible start
August 25, 2016 02:00 - 53 minutes - 48.1 MBAfter two straight losses to open the season and send everyone into panic mode, Aston Villa have rebounded quite nicely. The wins aren’t coming yet, but three matches in a row unbeaten is something we probably couldn’t even imagine last season. And a 1-2-1 record in league play puts the club at nearly 30% of last season’s points total in just 13% of the matches. This is improvement!But it can keep getting better, too. So for this week’s episode of the Holtecast we take on everything that’s ha...
Episode 98: Aston Villa begin the season as badly as they could
August 11, 2016 01:00 - 31 minutes - 28.3 MBWell this certainly could have gone better. No one expected trascendence from Aston Villa this year but with the optimism that came with new ownership neither did anyone expect two straights losses to open the season. Jack and Robert return with a look at a tough but acceptable loss to Sheffield Wednesday in the season opener. It wasn't great, but it was understandable, at least. But then, on Wednesday, they traveled to League Two Luton Town for the first round of the EFL League Cup and absol...
Episode 97: The 2016-17 Championship season begins, and Aston Villa are busy
August 04, 2016 01:00 - 53 minutes - 48.1 MBAfter a long, tumultuous, and quite frankly confusing summer, Aston Villa are ready to start playing football again. And this time, it's in the Championship. The season kicks off on Sunday at Sheffield Wednesday, and Jack and Robert are back with the Holtecast to take stock of the club in the leadup to the match. We open with just an absolute bevy of transfers in the last couple of weeks (really? We couldn't do them earlier?) and then move on to trying to figure out what to make of the squad ...
On The Pod My Lord Episode 7: Season Preview, My Lord
August 03, 2016 07:00 - 51 minutes - 46.7 MBHello and welcome back to On The Pod.James Rushton, Adam Clark and Elis Sandford return to talk Villa, and are taking upon themselves the mighty task of a season preview.We left off with Villa being relegated from the Premier League with just 17 points, not even enough to buy a drink in the UK! The Championship is a league which brings new difficulties and is a forty-two game slog. Yay.Aside from that, James, Adam and Elis speak about those who have left Villa, those who are coming in and wha...
Holtecast Episode 96: Looking ahead to the NA Villans Meet Up with Simon Leach
August 02, 2016 01:00 - 16 minutes - 14.5 MBWelcome back to another episode of the Holtecast! This week, Jack talks to Simon Leach, chairman of the Chicago Aston Villa Lions Club, about the upcoming fourth annual North American Villans Meet Up in Chicago. Next month, Villa play Newcastle, and around a hundred Aston Villa fans will watch the match together in Chicago. You should join us! Learn more about it in Episode 96, and in another preview to come on 7500 to Holte! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On The Pod My Lord Episode 6: Stan Petrov, My Lord
July 12, 2016 15:00 - 39 minutes - 35.7 MBHello and welcome back to On The Pod.James Rushton, Adam Clark and Elis Sandford return to talk Villa, but with a difference.That's right, a difference. Wales earned a place at the head table this summer and Stan Petrov returned to first team football following a pretty traumatic battle with leukemia. Amazing.Enjoy!Thank you for listening, we're trying (as are the Holtecast) to improve audio quality and Zencastr does seem to be the way forward. It enables us to get rid of coughs and clicks al...
Episode 95: In which an 8-0 win for Aston Villa gets blown WAY out of proportion
July 11, 2016 22:30 - 38 minutes - 34.4 MBJack and Robert are reunited and it feels so good! We’ve got plenty to cover in episode 95 of the Holtecast, but we kick things off by talking about something that just feels warm and familiar. An 8-0 match.Wait, what? Villa won it? AMAZING. So yeah, we go all in on this. We’re pretty sure that it tells us everything we need to know about the upcoming season, and it makes us wonder if Tony Xia’s timetable for becoming the best team in the world is perhaps a bit too slow.We also make sure to b...
Episode 94: Tony Xia is official, transfer season starts and summer tournaments
June 24, 2016 05:00 - 42 minutes - 38.4 MBWe're back! Did you miss us? Jack and James are here to bring a little Aston Villa into this summer of soccer. Starting off was Tony Xia talk, as the new owner has passed the required test and the sale is official.We discussed the international tournaments that are capturing the minds of fans not only in the Americas and Europe, but across the globe as well. Jack talked to Carlos Sánchez on Wednesday night after Colombia's Copa America semifinal loss, and we have the audio of that inside the ...
On The Pod My Lord Episode 5: Summer of Football, My Lord
June 09, 2016 20:30 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBHello and welcome back to On The Pod.James and Adam Clark return to talk Villa, but with a difference.That's right, a difference. This summer brings a feast of football with the European Championship and the Copa America and the THREE entire Villa players performing at these tournaments.Enjoy!Thank you for listening, we're trying (as are the Holtecast) to improve audio quality and Zencastr does seem to be the way forward. It enables us to get rid of coughs and clicks also! That being said, th...
Episode 93: Tony Xia, Roberto Di Matteo, and the Aston Villa waiting game
June 02, 2016 00:30 - 35 minutes - 31.7 MBIt's June, the transfer window is open, summer is upon us, and Aston Villa are still without a new owner or a manger. Sure sure, we expect both of those to happen shortly but until then we're all just sort of sitting around speculating, aren't we? Well, what is the Holtecast good at if not speculation?Jack and Robert are reunited for the first time as podcasters for a Championship club (technically, Villa are still under the auspices of the Premier League, but what's a technicality between fr...
Holtecast Episode 92: New owner Tony Xia dominates discussion
May 27, 2016 00:30 - 54 minutes - 49.3 MBAston Villa's season from Hell is finally over, and there's finally some good news too! Tony Xia has purchased Aston Villa Football Club from Randy Lerner, and it sounds like a new manager will be in B6 shortly. 7500toHolte's Jack Grimse and James Rushton talk about everything Villa to start the summer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 91: And thus ends the Premier League run of Aston Villa
May 12, 2016 23:00 - 36 minutes - 32.9 MBWell, here it is. The last Holtecast of the Premier League. For now, at least. Maybe we'll be back before this podcast is dead. Who knows? All we know for certain is that this is the last Premier League podcast until the end of next season at least.So let's go out with a bang, no? After basically dooming Newcastle United to relegation with the world's most boring draw at Villa Park, we get to travel to London to face Arsenal this week. As always, we've got a look at those two matches and your...
On The Pod My Lord Episode 4: Season Review, My Lord, Season Review
May 11, 2016 19:00 - 1 hour - 79.4 MBHello and welcome back to On The Pod.That's right, a regular episode! We're back when WE SAID WE WOULD BE BACK! And this time, there's more. Another whole new person.Adam Clark joins the On The Pod squad to talk Villa, and boy - was Villa talked. This episode features 1 hour and 26 minutes dedicated to wrapping up Villa's season. A whole game early, we're just that done. Collymore, Sherwood, Garde, Lerner - they all get it in this one and frankly, there's some intelligent discussion about the...
Episode 90: Aston Villa Crumble at Watford, limp into the season's final stretch
May 06, 2016 00:00 - 39 minutes - 35.3 MBToday is officially the day. It has been three months since Aston Villa defeated Norwich City on February 6. Three months since the club's last win. Three months that could have been ended last weekend with a trip to Watford. And they looked sure to be over, too, as Villa headed into the 90th minute with a 1-2 lead. But then Troy Deeney scored. Twice.So it's been three months. And yet we're still here podcasting. This week we cover the debacle at Watford, look into the possibility of Moneybal...
Episode 89: After relegation, it all falls apart for Aston Villa
April 28, 2016 23:00 - 36 minutes - 32.2 MBWell that was a week that happened. Jores Okore rebelled, Ashley Westwood scored, Villa lost, Gabby Agbonlahor stepped down (or was pushed out) as club captain, Libor Kozak underwent surgery, and Stiliyan Petrov wants to come back and play again. I count one good thing, one uplifting thing, and a whole lot of bad in that list. So yeah, it was the whole season in one week. Good work, Villa!And we're back to talk about it! It's another rapid-fire episode of the Holtecast since spending too much...
Episode 88: Aston Villa takeover talk in the wake of a tumultuous week
April 21, 2016 22:30 - 34 minutes - 30.8 MBSince we last spoke, we've had a lot happen at our beloved Aston Villa. The club lost. The club were relegated. Joleon Lescott said stupid things. Board members resigned. Stan Collymore threw fits. Fans threw fits. Takeover talk re-emerged. And everything looks to be suitably insane. So why is it that everything feels so... boring right now? Jack and Robert dive into the week and focus on the big issues. With relegation guaranteed and no actual concrete takeover news, it's tough to really car...
On The Pod, My Lord Episode 3: Rebranding, My Lord, Rebranding
April 19, 2016 13:30 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBWe're back!After a short hiatus, On The Pod is back with a new look! That's right, a whole new person who looks different to James will be co-hosting from now on.That new person is our own Elis Sandford, who kindly planned this episode out. Thanks Elis!In this new episode, James and Elis ignore relegation and speak about Jamie Vardy, rebranding, dream managers and of course, the protests at Villa Park.We hope you enjoy this and we'll be back in two/three weeks to talk about the latest fan iss...
Episode 87: Relegation awaits Aston Villa with trip to Manchester United
April 15, 2016 00:30 - 40 minutes - 36 MBWell, this might be it. This might actually be the last podcast we do in which Aston Villa have any hope of being a Premier League team next year. I mean, the hope isn't all that real to begin with, seeing as Aston Villa need to win out and Norwich City need to lose out and... and... yeah. Probably not happening. So we tackle the impending certainty of the drop, mostly sealed in last weekend's woeful showing against Bournemouth. We also dig in to your twitter questions, Gabby Agbonlahor's imp...
Episode 86: The Holtecast gets a redesign, now 100% less "Prepared"
April 07, 2016 23:00 - 20 minutes - 18 MBWith the help of a swanky London design firm, we've retooled the podcast this week. Our lyin' is bigger and we're not even vaguely "PREPARED." And the good news is that the effort cost us neither £2 million nor £80,000. In fact, it was entirely free, and we're passing the savings on to you, dear listeners!And really, that's the big news of the week. A badge re-design. We're about to be relegated from the Premier League and the most exciting thing we have is a new badge. Good heavens. So in re...
Episode 85: There's a changing of the Garde at Aston Villa
March 31, 2016 23:00 - 41 minutes - 37.5 MBHello and welcome to Aston Villa. Please have a seat. We'd like you to be here for four years, so we've made this contract. Please sign this contract. Alright, now please stand up. Turn around. Walk out the door. And be sure to get the party favor! We're handing you a few million quid just for being here today! Ta ta!And just like that Jack and Robert are back talking about yet another sacked manager. Er, mutually consented manager. Whatever. Rémi Garde is gone, the options to take over are.....
UPDATED Episode 84: Aston Villa are super busy, but also super boring
March 25, 2016 22:30 - 40 minutes - 36.3 MBNOTE: Due to some sort of problem, the last version of this episode was truncated. This SHOULD be the full thing, now. Apologies!So that was a rather eventful week, no? We've seen Hendrik Almstadt and Tom Fox fired. New board members added. Oh, and losing. Because Aston Villa. That's what they do. We also have swirling rumours of an impending sacking of Rémi Garde. Will he stay? Will he go? Should he stay or should he go? We look into possible trouble and see if a change could make it double....
Episode 84: Aston Villa are super busy, but also super boring
March 24, 2016 22:30 - 17 minutes - 15.3 MBSo that was a rather eventful week, no? We've seen Hendrik Almstadt and Tom Fox fired. New board members added. Oh, and losing. Because Aston Villa. That's what they do. We also have swirling rumours of an impending sacking of Rémi Garde. Will he stay? Will he go? Should he stay or should he go? We look into possible trouble and see if a change could make it double. Aside from that? Well, there's not much else happening. We, as always, delve into your twitter questions, and we'll take a look ...
Aston Villa aren't worth spending much time on, so we're not going to
March 11, 2016 00:00 - 21 minutes - 18.6 MBI spent my day enjoying some utterly bizarre early-spring warmth by walking around Washington, DC. It was glorious. But in the back of my head all day was one thought: "What are we going to talk about on the Holtecast this week?" You see, Aston Villa are bad. But we've said that before. Numerous times. And repeating it at length and ad nauseam seems like a bad choice for everyone.But then it hit me. And I texted Jack. And we're happy to present you the (first? last?) Lightning Holtecast! Five...
Villa lose to Stoke and Everton, we discuss how they'll lose to Manchester City
March 04, 2016 00:00 - 39 minutes - 35 MBDid you know that Holtecast anagrams to Lose Chatt. This week on Lose Chatt Jack and Robert are tackling the important questions. Questions like: Why? When? How? What? If you'd like those expanded, we examine when the misery will end, how our eventual fate will befall us, what Rémi Garde can do while Rome burns and why, God, why?We do this, of course, by looking at losses to Stoke and Everton. We also preview this weekend's upcoming loss to Manchester City. In between, we talk protests, schis...
Where do Aston Villa go after drowning in the Liverpool?
February 26, 2016 00:00 - 41 minutes - 36.7 MBSix to nil. 6-0. A lot to none. The last time we saw Aston Villa on the pitch they spent more time picking the ball out of the net than they did actually doing anything useful. And then they compounded the misery by admitting they didn't try, tweeting out pictures of cars, and trying to lie to us. HOORAY FOR FOOTBALL!So of course the fans are angry, and we're on board. They've got every right to be angry. But Jack and Robert delve into the Out the Door on 74 movement. Is it the right thing to...
On the Pod, My Lord Episode 2: Entitlement, my Lord, Entitlement
February 14, 2016 05:00 - 28 minutes - 25.3 MBBorderline racial slurs, negative support. There's a few things that buying a ticket doesn't entitle you to do.Welcome back to On The Pod My Lord! I'm so pleased to be back with a new microphone and hopefully some better production values. Join me on this crazy audio journey (now in stereo) to a world after Villa were hammered by Liverpool. I got to enjoy it. It wasn't fun. Hopefully this podcast is more fun. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The liver bird is next after Villa dump Canaries down the coal mine
February 11, 2016 00:00 - 43 minutes - 38.5 MBWe're back and winning-er than ever! It's episode 80 of the Holtecast and we're riding the high that can only come from beating a team by multiple goals. I'm sorry you had to be the punching bags, Norwich City, but I'm actually not sorry.So yeah, Jack and Robert spend a bit of time on that this week. Talking about winning is fun, it turns out. We've also got the news of the day. News like Rémi Garde's commitment to the club so long as the club shows a commitment to (spending) money. And news ...
Nightmare week puts an end to Aston Villa's unbeaten run
February 05, 2016 00:00 - 33 minutes - 29.4 MBJack and Robert are back, and it's safe to say that neither of them are too happy after what Aston Villa have done in the past week. After a glorious five-match unbeaten run that saw hope revived, Villa managed to get curb-stomped by Manchester City in the FA Cup and rode some Jordan Ayew anger to a two-goal loss against West Ham United.Goodbye hope, it was nice knowing you.We get to those matches, of course, as well as this weekend's tilt against Norwich City. Plus, your twitter questions, t...
Too little, too late for Villa
January 28, 2016 01:00 - 50 minutes - 45 MBFive games unbeaten! Can you believe it? Jack and James are back with this week's episode of the Holtecast discussing Aston Villa's best run of form in... far too long.In addition to the normal recap of the last match and preview of the next fixture as well as Twitter questions, we got caught up in a few other recent Villa happenings.Some of the topics we lingered on were the terrible decisions that have doomed Villa prior to the arrival of Tom Fox and Steve Hollis, a lack of business in the ...
Aston Villa riding a streak into West Bromwich Albion clash
January 21, 2016 01:30 - 43 minutes - 38.8 MBDoes something feel different around here? Is it the air? Maybe the water is different. Or maybe it's the fact that we're getting to do our second podcast in a row that doesn't talk about losing. That's the most likely answer.Jack and Robert return to delve into all of the important issues. Issues like, "How bad WAS that ref against Leicester City?" and "Does a 2-0 win over Wycombe Wanderers in the FA Cup count if no one was able to watch it?"We also get to your twitter questions on this, the...
Breaking down Aston Villa's win over Palace and previewing the Leicester clash
January 14, 2016 00:00 - 48 minutes - 43.8 MBAston Villa have won again! It happened! No, really, it did! And to celebrate, we're having all three Holtecast hosts on this week for episode 76 of the podcast. Jack and Robert are reunited and it feels so good and James joins us to tell us what it's like being at Villa Park for an honest-to-goodness win.After reveling in the glory of three points for a while, we take a look at what Villa might have in store for January, this weekend's match against tied for points at the top of the table Le...
On the Pod, My Lord Episode 1: Collymore,my Lord, Collymore
January 10, 2016 15:30 - 32 minutes - 28.7 MBHi guys, James here.I've only went and done a podcast! Inspired by our own Holtecast and the Aston Villa Review, I've decided to take up the mic and delve into the issues and ethics surrounding Aston Villa Football Club. I've piggybacked onto the Holtecast account, meaning you'll get this if you've subscribed to the Holtecast on iTunes and BlogTalkRadio.Basically, I set out to make a timeless anthology. I didn't want the issues laid out on this podcast to be dictated by results, fixtures and ...
Next year will be better for Villa
December 31, 2015 20:30 - 57 minutes - 52.1 MBOver the Christmas period, Aston Villa were presented with a chance to dig themselves out of trouble. After reviewing the last two matches, we discussed possible transfer targets that could be heading to Birmingham in the coming month. To conclude transfer talk for the week we speculated on which players could leave the club. Things haven't exactly gone to plan, and it's starting to look pretty bleak. We got a lot of Twitter questions, like one asking the best and worst matches of the year. W...
We wish you a Merry Holtecast
December 24, 2015 00:00 - 42 minutes - 38 MBWell, we've made it to the turning point of the season. A busy festive period with three very winnable fixtures within the span of a week gives Aston Villa an opportunity to more than double their current total. Or, they could just lose all three and confirm our fears of relegation! This is gonna be fun!Speaking of fun, Robert is in Hawaii so James was back in the lineup for a second straight week joining Jack on the show. We also got a lot of great Twitter questions, so thanks to everyone th...
Villa head to Newcastle in hopes of a win
December 18, 2015 00:30 - 49 minutes - 44.6 MBAnother demoralising loss to Arsenal last week means Aston Villa are still at the basement of the Premier League, and time is starting to run out. But, the toughest part of the schedule is past us and a busy holiday period of fixtures offers a chance for Villa to start to climb. This week, James joins Jack to talk about the matches, as well as a few transfer rumours and of couse the hilarious quesitons posed by our readers and listeners via Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...
No, we're not scared by Arsenal, why do you ask?
December 10, 2015 16:00 - 39 minutes - 35.3 MBWell, it was a point, right? And we should all be thankful that it wasn't (yet another) loss, right? But it is hard to be too excited by Aston Villa 1-1 draw at Southampton last weekend. It doesn't help that the team didn't look all that good doing it. But, it's a point. We'll take what we can, especially with Arsenal on the docket this weekend. You may remember the Gunners as the team who ripped apart our dreams of FA Cup glory in 4-0 fashion at Wembley back in May. Or you may not remember, ...
Villa continue search for the elusive second win
December 04, 2015 17:00 - 52 minutes - 47.4 MBIt's been months. Literally. Months since Aston Villa traveled to Bournemouth on the season's opening day and got their first (and last!) win. And yet, we go again. After a pretty poor defeat at the hands of Watford, Villa will travel to St. Mary's to face Southampton for the second time this season. The first, of course, resulted in a 2-1 loss that saw Villa dropped from the League Cup. With Robert out this week, Jack was joined by James and the two of them delved into everything we need to ...
From one point to three: Villa try to build on pre-break success against Everton
November 19, 2015 23:00 - 43 minutes - 39.2 MBWell let's see, what's happened since our last podcast? Rémi Garde managed his first match at Villa. And in one match he did 25% of the point total that Tim Sherwood and Kevin MacDonald had gotten in eleven. That's not bad! And then you remember that the point came against league-leading Manchester City and that becomes downright great!Then we had the international break, and of course with that comes injury. Usually it's not to bad, but this time it cost us left-back Jordan Amavi for the res...
Aston Villa try something new as Garde takes over just after Spurs loss
November 05, 2015 14:00 - 36 minutes - 32.9 MBThere's a new sheriff in town at Aston Villa. Or whatever it is that they call sheriffs in France. That's right, just as expected, Rémi Garde has taken over as the club's new manager to replace the recently-discarded Tim Sherwood. And the look on his face as he sat in the stands and watched Villa get trounced by Spurs was one that does not bode well for the players. I hope they enjoy strenuous workouts!And oh yeah, there was that loss to Spurs. If you focus on the 15 minutes of good, tough pl...
Sherwood sacking means something to talk about other than Aston Villa losing!
October 29, 2015 13:30 - 46 minutes - 41.6 MBListen. We know it's not good news, per se, but we've got something very exciting in this week's Holtecast: talk of something other than a loss! Sure, it's the sacking of Tim Sherwood, and sure that sacking came as the result of another loss, but it's something different! Sometimes it's all about the little things in life. We sit down to try and figure out who might be the next man in charge in B6, and we do so even while speculation is swirling about Remi Garde, formerly of Lyon, canceling h...
Swansea look like Villa's last chance at a win for a long time
October 22, 2015 14:00 - 36 minutes - 32.6 MBWell then, last weekend didn't go as well as we had hoped. The first half hour, wasn't bad, but then Brad Guzan did Brad Guzan things and it all fell apart. At this point in the season, any loss is bad, but at least losing to Chelsea is something that we expect and can deal with.But those excuses don't exist this weekend. Swansea are a very good club, but they've hit a rough patch and if Villa want to survive this year, they need to take advantage of teams like this. There's a win to be had h...
Aston Villa ease back into the Premier League with a visit to 16th-place Chelsea
October 15, 2015 14:00 - 36 minutes - 32.7 MBThat may have been the most refreshing week ever. We're back and ready to talk about Aston Villa again. That's not to say that the club have become any better, but we're recharged!And what a match to come back for. With speculation swirling that Tim Sherwood may only have two matches to save his tenure at Villa Park, he must lead his club to Stamford Bridge for a tilt against Chelsea. Sure Jose Mourinho's squad aren't as good as we've come to expect this year, but that doesn't mean this won't...
How can Aston Villa get their second league win against Stoke?
October 01, 2015 15:00 - 38 minutes - 33.9 MBIt's been nearly two months since Aston Villa last won a match in the Premier League, and aside from a late-August draw against Sunderland, it's been all losing in the meantime. And if you're Tim Sherwood, you might be starting to worry about your job at least a little bit. This weekend Villa host Stoke in their last match before a brutal run through October and November.So what can the club do to right the ship? Does a win this weekend against Stoke before the international break allow us al...