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Youth versus Experience

Published on February 6, 2013 By Matt Wooding

As an Australian Aston Villa fan there are two teams very close to my heart, Aston Villa and the Socceroos. The two teams at this point in time have the complete opposite problem, Villa is too young, the Socceroos are too old. Paul Lambert has looked to bring in young, hungry players which he can [...]

Not That Kind of Player

Published on October 27, 2011 By Matt Wooding

Time and time again you hear a manager spring to the defense of one of his players after a bad tackle by stating ‘he’s not that sort of player’. The latest player to have been given this defense is Aston Villa’s Alan Hutton after his tackle on West Brom’s Shane Long. A tackle which has [...]

English Premier League Preview – Part One

Published on August 10, 2011 By Matt Wooding

It’s that time of year again, the Premier League is back and Matt gets to ruin clubs’ season by predicting if they will do well. This year to balance out mispredictions, podcast co-host Pompey Canuck will also chip in with his thoughts on the prospects of the clubs. We will start in part one of our preview with [...]

What’s Wrong With Aston Villa?

Published on March 22, 2011 By Matt Wooding

Of all the teams currently fighting for their Premier League lives, there is one club that stands out, Aston Villa. Villa have not traditionally been a relegation threatened club in the Premier League era and despite a few uncomfortable seasons under David O’Leary and Graeme Taylor, Villa fans have never had to endure this type [...]

Darren Bent a Villain

Published on January 18, 2011 By Matt Wooding

Well it has been a while, but The Subs Bench is coming back to life, and what better news to come back to than Darren Bent signing for Aston Villa. No doubt Sunderland fans will feel betrayed and angered by Bent’s decision to move on, and I don’t think there are too many people in [...]

Sven-Goran Eriksson Interview

Published on September 2, 2010 By Matt Wooding

Sven has interviewed for the Aston Villa job, and as ever The Subs Bench has its finger on the pulse and managed to snare an exclusive talk with the Swede. He talks about his career highlights, how he wants to be remember, his feelings on potentially leading Aston Villa and of course his history with [...]

Martin O’Neill 24 Hours On

Published on August 10, 2010 By Matt Wooding

It has been about 24 hours since I first found out that Martin O’Neill had walked away from Aston Villa. My initial reaction of shock was quickly replaced with anger as to why he would have done this so close to the season starting. After all, it was fairly evident at the end of last [...]