# Fulham Frustration, Forest Focus: Villa’s Season Defining Week Begins Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-old-man-said-an-aston-villa-podcast-506484/fulham-frustration-forest-focus-villa-s-season-defining-week-begins Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-old-man-said-an-aston-villa-podcast-506484/fulham-frustration-forest-focus-villa-s-season-defining-week-begins.md Podcast: [My Old Man Said — An Aston Villa Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-old-man-said-an-aston-villa-podcast-506484) Published: 2026-04-28T03:06:37+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/myoldmansaid/episodes/fulham-frustration-forest-focus-villas-season-defining-week Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/myoldmansaid/e/69f0243e26249124d572c9a7/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/my-old-man-said-an-aston-villa-podcast-506484/episodes/fulham-frustration-forest-focus-villa-s-season-defining-week-begins Duration seconds: 1558 ## Resource One Eye on Fulham, Both Eyes on Forest A 1-0 defeat at Craven Cottage that was never really about Fulham. Villa lost to Fulham on Saturday. Ryan Sessegnon, who has made a habit of tormenting Villa over the years, scored the only goal. Rogers and Watkins missed big chances within thirty seconds of each other that, on another day, would have settled the game before half-time. The four substitutions made simultaneously at the seventy-fourth minute told you everything about where Emery's priorities lie this week. In this episode the show dissects a passive, lethargic performance and asks the honest question: was this always going to happen in the lead up to the Europa League semi-final first leg at the City Ground? As well as the usual post-mortem proceedings, it also touches on the clash with Forest as it goes along. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Become a MOMS Member for ad-free & extra shows -  MOMS Membership Join the show’s listener Facebook group  The Mad Few . Credits: David Michael -  @myoldmansaid  | Chris Budd -  @BUDD_music / Phillip Shaw -  @prsgame This Podcast has been created and uploaded by My Old Man Said. The views in this Podcast are not necessarily the views of talkSPORT Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/my-old-man-said-an-aston-villa-podcast-506484/episodes/fulham-frustration-forest-focus-villa-s-season-defining-week-begins/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-old-man-said-an-aston-villa-podcast-506484/fulham-frustration-forest-focus-villa-s-season-defining-week-begins.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.