Stan Collymore.. Thoughts?

Because the players themselves seem to think they are more than good enough in their own minds.

WTF? Number 1, how do you know this? N0.2 even if they do, doesnt make a difference to how good they actually are.
ridiculous comment tbh.

comment by Paddy (U14157)
posted 2 hours, 7 minutes ago
He's dead right. Flabby Gabby is a disgrace, he is meant to be Villa through and through and we've given him chance after chance to sort himself out. We needed him this season - a lean, pacy, motivated Gabby could have added 10 goals and maybe enough points that we wouldn't humiliate ourselves. But for our club captain to be off getting high in London (again) on the day of our relegation, and unselectable because he's so fat, is a disgrace.

Lescott has just been a disaster. We needed to replace Ron Vlaar and before Lescott turned up we had a decent partnership between Ciaran Clark and Jores Okore (Neither world beaters but both care and put in a good shift). Lescott waltzed into the team and has been absolutely diabolical, not to mention that he claims he is "relieved we're down". The man hasn't been good for 5 years.

Collymore goes over the top to make dramatic points and get angry punters to call in, but he's cleverer than idiots like Durham or Gough. He has the club's best interests at heart and I'd give him some kind of role at the club. People still go on about what happened with him and Ulrika which was disgusting, but it was many years ago and I believe people can change and should be forgiven for their mistakes.

The way things are at the moment with board members resigning, Stan could do no worse job - realistically we are at rock bottom and things cannot possibly get worse.
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I've got news for you mate. It can get a lot worse. Look at City in the late 90s. Leeds more recently. Portsmouth went into free fall and I'm pretty sure Southampton slid down the divisions too.

It's a slippery slope, especially when the club as a whole is in a mess.

comment by Stretty - (U3123)
posted 17 minutes ago
most notably at Liverpool.

he had issues at liverpool but on the pitch was good there tbh
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It's always been his off the pitch behaviour which has let him down.

Law of averages means that if you spray bullets around a few will hit the target. Wouldn't want Colly anywhere near the club. I'm fed up with ex players making a mint by running down those still active in football. Some ex-football commentators are worth listening to; a lot are just filling column inches for money, every bit as mercenary as the players they accuse of being.

Stretty.. Take your blindfold off.Is everybody else wrong?
You really do need to settle down and think your comments through before submitting them to print.

your comment made no sense. and most people have said there players just wernt good neough. You mean to tell me there players have not tried all season? they literally lost all those games because they wernt trying. lol

I’d be more than happy to give Stan a role at the Club. He’s been a complete idiot in the past but he knows it. If ever there was an example of wasted talent, Stan’s the man, and behind his rants at our players there is, what appears to be, a genuine concern over the transgressions of our local boys, in particular. He seems desperate to impart his experience on those who clearly need it. ‘This is where I went wrong. Don’t make the mistakes I made’.

Stan has a platform to make a difference and he uses it. He is a very good commentator - knowledgeable, excitable and surprisingly articulate - but the success of his career always takes a back seat when it comes to the Villa. Our Club is his priority and that has, already, cost him in terms of his media opportunities.

This weekend, he has pleaded with the Club to allow him to speak to our owner. Stan has a sensible suggestion regarding the future of our Club and he has offered to fly to the USA, at his own expense, to discuss this with the owner.

He is a fan, just like the rest of us. He is hurting as much as we are. He is as angry and as upset as the rest of us are. When I hear him on his show, he publicises exactly what most of us are thinking. These players need to know the anger that we feel towards them. They need to know that we recognise their lack of effort and the contempt with which they treat us. There is nobody at our Club controlling these players or voicing the opinions of the supporters. To have somebody like Stan, on board, would be a massive addition.

Everyone has their own opinion but I, for one, am very grateful that he is on our side.

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Stretty. Try submitting your Posts in English please.
Give us half a chance of following them.

What you posted didnt make any sense and no one agreed with you, easy enough to follow?

Even the most stubborn floater of a t u r d will flush eventually,that's my analogy for villa as a club!