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Mike Taylor @miketaylorsport.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you - and yes Villa did seem in the early weeks to be a club collectively in a bad mood, perhaps with a grudge over PSR or something, that seemed to infect everyone. But it feels that has blown away now. There’s a lot they can achieve this season that should be within their capabilities.

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Mike Taylor @miketaylorsport.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks Tony. I fear you may be right, although changing the coach is always a high-risk option. The manager’s position is always the most vulnerable, but replacing him won’t fix all the other obvious weaknesses.

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Mike Taylor @miketaylorsport.bsky.social · 2d

#WBA At Vicarage Road tonight with Tony Brown for Watford v #Albion, commentary on BBC Radio WM from 7.45, on 95.6FM, DAB and Freeview 714 in the West Midlands.

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Mike Taylor @miketaylorsport.bsky.social · 2d

#Wolves New piece for BBC Sport: #wwfc move up, or should that be down, the escalation ladder of troubles.
Read on link below. Call @dazhale.bsky.social now on BBC Radio WM Football Phone-In, for free, on 08081 009956.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Wolves news: Mike Taylor on Wolves' defeat at Sunderland

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Mike Taylor @miketaylorsport.bsky.social · 3d

#Villa New piece for BBC Sport: from the manager's celebration to the team's performance, #avfc have their bounce back. And Matty Cash, as usual, keeps it real.

Read on the link below. Call @dazhale.bsky.social on the BBC Radio WM Football Phone-In, Wednesday 6pm.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Aston Villa news: Opinion - Players show shift in energy and are more competitive

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Mike Taylor @miketaylorsport.bsky.social · 6d

#Wolves Vitor Pereira’s interview with me for BBC Radio WM after the game at Sunderland today is on the link below on BBC Sounds.

I’m in the WM Football Phone-In with David Kelly on Monday 6pm, and it would be good to hear your #wwfc views then.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Wolverhampton Wanderers - Pereira: 'It was a really poor game' - BBC Sounds

Wolves boss Vitor Pereira reacts after loss at Sunderland

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Mike Taylor @miketaylorsport.bsky.social · 8d

#Wolves www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Wolves news: Mike Taylor on finding form after international break

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Mike Taylor @miketaylorsport.bsky.social · 8d

Here are this week's pieces for BBC Sport on #Villa and, in the next post, #Wolves. If there's anything in these that prompts a response, may I invite you to call me (it's free!) on the BBC Radio WM Football Phone-In, tonight with Steve Froggatt, at 6pm on 08081 009956.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Aston Villa news: Mike Taylor on pre-international break form and Donyell Malen

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Mike Taylor @miketaylorsport.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks for reading it and getting in touch. As with all these things, we’ll all find out together in time, but it’s been the Emery method to feed players in gradually. If the player himself buys into that, I don’t see why he shouldn’t prosper in the long run, like Tielemans has done. #avfc

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Mike Taylor @miketaylorsport.bsky.social · 16d

#Wolves This week BBC Sport asked me to field some questions from readers about the travails of #wwfc. They'll post the answers in three parts - the first below, the rest tomorrow.
Tell @dazhale.bsky.social your view on the BBC Radio WM Football Phone-In at 6pm.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Wolves news: Too defensive? And have new assistants helped or hindered? Mike Taylor Q&A

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Mike Taylor @miketaylorsport.bsky.social · 16d

#Villa New piece for BBC Sport on Harvey Elliott, and how the experience of others in the squad suggests his chance will come in time.

Call @dazhale.bsky.social (tonight with Marc Albrighton) to talk #avfc on the BBC Radio WM Football Phone-In at 6pm.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Aston Villa news: Why Harvey Elliott is yet to break through under Unai Emery

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Mike Taylor @miketaylorsport.bsky.social · 19d

I didn’t realise that. I imagine it’ll need redecorating now after the way things turned out. I did think Vitor looked rather more agitated than we’re used to seeing in the 20 minutes he was there before his unfortunate accident.

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Mike Taylor @miketaylorsport.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks Kevin! That’s really kind of you, thanks for listening as always.

Mike Taylor @miketaylorsport.bsky.social · 19d

At #Wolves v Brighton this afternoon for commentary on BBC Radio WM DAB and Freeview, and today on BBC Sounds for listeners in the UK - click below from 1.30pm for coverage. Analysis through the game from David Kelly. Kick-off 2pm. #wwfc

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Mike Taylor @miketaylorsport.bsky.social · 21d

#Villa Final thoughts from Rotterdam on Feyenoord v #avfc last night on the BBC Sport link below.

Tell @dazhale.bsky.social what you think on the BBC Radio WM Football Phone-In at 6pm on all WM frequencies and BBC Sounds.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Aston Villa news: 'Greatest Hits McGinn... He's unsellable'

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Mike Taylor @miketaylorsport.bsky.social · 23d

#Wolves New for BBC Sport, a piece about the lessons to learn from a more positive night at Tottenham. But which lessons exactly?

Call @dazhale.bsky.social on the Radio WM Football Phone-In at 6pm to mull over #wwfc.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Wolves news: Will Vitor Pereira continue to switch formations?

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Mike Taylor @miketaylorsport.bsky.social · 23d

#Villa Some words for BBC Sport about Aston Villa’s return to De Kuip, The Place Where It Happened, all those years ago.

Call @dazhale.bsky.social on the Radio WM Football Phone-In at 6pm to talk #avfc. Especially if you’re on the way to Rotterdam!

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Aston Villa news: Mike Taylor on Villa's Feyenoord Stadium return

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Mike Taylor @miketaylorsport.bsky.social · 27d

#Wolves Saturday night live for Wolves at Tottenham - and another attempt to get off zero in this season’s Premier League. Here for commentary on BBC Radio WM with the former Wolves Women defender Claire Hakeman. On air 7.45pm 95.6FM/DAB/Freeview 714 #wwfc

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Mike Taylor @miketaylorsport.bsky.social · Sep 24

#Villa New piece today for BBC Sport: some thoughts on the merits or otherwise of criticising your players in public.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Call @dazhale.bsky.social on the BBC Radio WM Football Phone-In at 6pm Thursday - before the commentary on Villa v Bologna. #avfc

Aston Villa news: Opinion - Mike Taylor on Unai Emery's reliance

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Mike Taylor @miketaylorsport.bsky.social · Sep 24

#Wolves New piece today for BBC Sport on a more encouraging night for #wwfc at Molineux, and hopefully a first step towards lifting the gloom around the club.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Share your opinion with @dazhale.bsky.social on the Radio WM Football Phone-In, back Thursday 6pm

Wolves news: Opinion - Mike Taylor on lifting of 'misery' around Molineux

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Kevin Howells @kevinhowells.bsky.social · Sep 24

Good morning

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Mike Taylor @miketaylorsport.bsky.social · Sep 20

#Wolves At Molineux for Wolves v Leeds at 3pm on BBC Radio WM - on 95.6FM, DAB and Freeview 714 in the West Midlands - and this afternoon also online anywhere in the UK through BBC Sounds, on this link at 3pm:

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Mike Taylor @miketaylorsport.bsky.social · Sep 16

#cricket A chat with Warwickshire’s Ethan Bamber, who got through another long shift of 21 overs today at Edgbaston. He is, once again, modest about his own performances over the season, but will deservedly finish the year as Warwicks’ leading wicket-taker. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
#bbccricket

BBC Radio WM - The Bears Podblast, Bamber: "it gives you energy, this place"

Edgbaston, day 2: Essex 325-5 (Bamber 2/52, Gilchrist 2/70) v Warwicks

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Mike Taylor @miketaylorsport.bsky.social · Sep 16

#cricket Hardly the glorious weather of midsummer, but better than yesterday, and good enough to get Warwickshire v Essex finally started. Here to lead the BBC commentary which you’ll find on the BBC Sport website at 10.30am: lnkd.in/ebQZ4i2m, and updates on BBC Radio WM and CWR from 11am.

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Mike Taylor @miketaylorsport.bsky.social · Sep 15

#cricket At Edgbaston for the start of Warwickshire’s final home game of the season, against Essex - but there’s no prospect of starting on time. Updates later on BBC Radio WM and CWR, and commentary on BBC Sport website if and when it starts. #bbccricket

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