DaveAV1

Well named then At merely 6’7” lucky we didn’t trip over him!

The apparent Arsenal legend who said when leaving Aston Villa, that we were, “the only club he cried over leaving” the greatest club ever does tend to have that effect on anyone that comes under it’s spell. UTV!!!!

Is A La Merse, the Spanish version of Paul Merson?

Do you recall him going toe to toe with a well known face at the time a Millwall fan, who was said to be the hardest man in football, off the pitch. I believe this coming together was at Millwall I think in their end, I reckon when Ron said, “do you want to bet against us?” He probably had Pete in mind! I hope he had a peaceful and happy last years of his life and can RIP knowing his team are at last heading in the right direction RIP. HEITS UTV!!!!! I never met him and knew him only by reputation but they don’t make ‘em like him anymore. Terrace View on the Holte my arse!!!!!

I remember when trying to get into the away end vs Ipswich for the so called title decider,(it wasn’t!)in 1981 there was a huge crush, which was mainly Villa fans as the Holte was already full and none of us wanted to miss this one, by this point the old bill had already got plenty of horses out and one of them stood on a lads foot, not Pete’s I hasten to ad, however it must of really hurt as the lad let out a blood curdling yell and I remember that must have been the Horses revenge for the time one of his pals had met Pete! I’m not sure how old Pete was? At least he saw us win the league and the European cup. Would be good to put a trophy in the cabinet for him this season. Those were the days UTV!!!

Legendary in his time RIP Pete did the horse live this long? HEITS!!!

It really was a fantastic game highs and lows it was so Villa, it had it all, probably great for neutrals too!so even the noses could enjoy it mate!!

Magnificent!!!

Villa is already a Spanish name. Panic over nothing, a classic VT thread!! Calm down, calm down as our former manager and CEO would say.

I’d agree I’m sure he’d be involved with both attacking and defending set pieces. They’re the opposite sides of the same coin in effect, surely?

Sorry that was meant to be in response to your earlier post on Ollie’s forum and wether we should have him back on penalties in general.

I’d agree and hope that this is the reason that there won’t be a penalty shootout to worry about.

It doesn’t appear that the Spanish gentleman who picks the team agrees with you or at least sees other things that may result in him not being picked at a time when we are short of central defenders?

I’m pretty sure he did yes!!!

At least it wasn’t a picture of your new car or anything else!!

Man management at its best and with the kind of belief from the players that only comes when they are absolutely convinced that who is talking is making complete sense. Something that the previous manager could only dream of. And nobody on the bench felt compelled to look him in the eye but all of them wanted to listen to what the boss said as they knew it was worth listening to! Unai Emery’s claret and blue army!!!! An elite manager and an outstanding person too! Thank you Unai for what you’ve done for our club already and I’m sure what you will do in the future. We’re your club and you’re our manager!!!!!

Similar to this side now but Ollie might not get in the European Championship team or any other of our players knowing what a complete idiot the national manager is and the huge gulf in quality between him and our club’s manager. Ollie will probably come back after a 10 minute cameo when he scores the equaliser and the winner in injury time but doesn’t get picked again. He’ll come on to replace Rice having been 1-0 up but have conceded a couple of goals by playing too deep. Initially Enzri was waiting to come on but Southgate was getting pelters especially when we went behind and Enzri told him he’d be better Off bringing Ollie on who saves the day but hopefully not Southgate’s job who get’s snapped up by BCFC soccer ball club as their 4the manager of the season and despite them sitting 12th the former England manager finds a way to get them relegated on the last day of the season!

Don’t worry Chris we’ll win it in our first season, then win the PL so qualifying won’t be a worry UTV!!!!

I meant 10 goals this season not 19, I’m an optimist not a lunatic!! If he gets 19 then I’ll take the credit for my forward thinking!!

Hopefully he’ll get 19 goals between now and the end of the season just to warm up for next season and our CL win next year, with him and Ollie firing we can make it a double by throwing the PL in too. FA Cup the following year to keep the glory years rolling!!!

My Dad’s car broke down on the way home just to add a bit more gloom to the day, all was well that ended well though. Thanks to Chris and of course Brian who was on top water walking form as usual. How many Englsnd csod did he get? Whatever it was it should have been at least double!!! I remember Bobby Charlton being critical of the decision to not play him against Scotland after he has come on and saved the game for us against Wales. Englsnd managers eh? They’ve always been rubbish, ok the present one is worse than normal but not so unusual to be clueless. aopologies for letting Brian hijack an Irishman’s thread! I’m sure you were used to him grabbing the headlines throughout your career Chris. UTV!!!! RIP big fella!

He didn’t score any for Man U or Liverpool so it has been eradicated from History

Keep the cabinet door open there’s still room for more!!

They weren’t all managers he had some other Scouse mates who still played, well sort of occasionally………..