VillaChris Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 5 hours ago, sne said: Emre (Belözoğlu) was also pretty good for a couple of seasons. Apparently he's still playing. 39 y.o and at Fenerbahce Apparently he made his debut at 16.....likes of Cantona and Maradona were still playing that season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 9 hours ago, VillaChris said: Turkey had some really good players around that time, Yildary Basturk and Hasan Sas are two I remember from that period. Nihat was world class the season Sociedad were doped by Eufemiano Fuentes and finished second in La Liga. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted January 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2020 9 hours ago, sne said: Emre (Belözoğlu) was also pretty good for a couple of seasons. Apparently he's still playing. 39 y.o and at Fenerbahce Reminded me of good old Zokora 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 No idea why, but Alpay popped into my head! I remember at the time he was released hating him. Looking back, seems we actually just treated him like shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 On 13/01/2020 at 09:32, Jimzk5 said: Rustü, and not forgetting our old mate Alpay Oh wow not the only one then! I only popped into this thread because randomly I remember Alpay and seems it’s on topic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 On 11/04/2015 at 14:13, lapal_fan said: I always forget about "the next big things" like nani, pato, quersema (sp) etc. Pato is only 30! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 On 08/09/2019 at 05:46, Xela said: Danny Drinkwater. Now spends his time boozing. Got battered outside a Manchester club the other week On 08/09/2019 at 15:10, penguin said: Ultimate flash in the pan / one season wonder. Made the most of his time in the limelight by getting a DUI and getting battered trying to shag another footballers GF what a waste of oxygen. This aged well... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 3 hours ago, Spoony said: Pato is only 30! That post is 5! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 5 hours ago, Spoony said: No idea why, but Alpay popped into my head! I remember at the time he was released hating him. Looking back, seems we actually just treated him like shit. He was brilliant for us, him and mellberg complimented each other, he had a storming world cup in 2002 and got in the team of the tournament iirc and when he come back he wanted to leave, Taylor didn't play him and a club never come in for him, when he started playing for us again he was given dogs abuse, he scored against Charlton in the following season and got booed when he celebrated, he got released not long after when he played for Turkey against England and spent the game kicking lumps out of Beckham iirc, when he come back to villa there was an effigy of him hanging off the gates by the holte end Ended up in Japan after that, waste of a career really for both him and us 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) Its forgotten about as he had a great 1st spell but GT2 broke up a good team and created the initial bomb squad. Merson, Alpay, Angel, Schmeichel, Hadji, Kachloul were not wanted the moment he entered It started the rot. Except a season under DOL and few under MON we have been consistently bottom half or relegation battlers since 2002 Edited January 15, 2020 by Zatman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 52 minutes ago, Zatman said: Its forgotten about as he had a great 1st spell but GT2 broke up a good team and created the initial bomb squad. Merson, Alpay, Angel, Schmeichel, Hadji, Kachloul were not wanted the moment he entered If you get a chance read mersons book how not to be a footballer, he touches on GT returning and how hes methods were out of touch, merson questioned them, GT asked merson how much he wanted to leave the club and Doug paid him off early, obviously thats mersons side of the story though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, Jimzk5 said: If you get a chance read mersons book how not to be a footballer, he touches on GT returning and how hes methods were out of touch, merson questioned them, GT asked merson how much he wanted to leave the club and Doug paid him off early, obviously thats mersons side of the story though I remember Merson at the time warning a player off trying to sign for us because of GT management. It might have been Matt Holland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 12 hours ago, Spoony said: This aged well... I still hold exactly the same opinion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 6 hours ago, penguin said: I still hold exactly the same opinion. Yeah that’s fair. It’s more the fact that he is now “one of our own” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 19 hours ago, Jimzk5 said: If you get a chance read mersons book how not to be a footballer, he touches on GT returning and how hes methods were out of touch, merson questioned them, GT asked merson how much he wanted to leave the club and Doug paid him off early, obviously thats mersons side of the story though Well Merse did say he had a year left on his contract, GT said how much to leave, he asked for a month's salary and GT can back with the cheque almost immediately. I don't think anyone would lie about being that stupid but it is Merse. Chucked a mil or two away maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 On 13/01/2020 at 14:32, Jimzk5 said: Rustü, and not forgetting our old mate Alpay Never forget when he decapitated Kieron Dyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 (edited) On 15/01/2020 at 11:34, Jimzk5 said: He was brilliant for us, him and mellberg complimented each other, he had a storming world cup in 2002 and got in the team of the tournament iirc and when he come back he wanted to leave, Taylor didn't play him and a club never come in for him, when he started playing for us again he was given dogs abuse, he scored against Charlton in the following season and got booed when he celebrated, he got released not long after when he played for Turkey against England and spent the game kicking lumps out of Beckham iirc, when he come back to villa there was an effigy of him hanging off the gates by the holte end Ended up in Japan after that, waste of a career really for both him and us Didn’t he spit on fans and that’s why he got dogs abuse? Edited January 16, 2020 by mikeyp102 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 44 minutes ago, mikeyp102 said: Didn’t he spit on fans and that’s why he got dogs abuse? He did the keep quiet pose when he scored but was getting booed long before that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 4 hours ago, Zatman said: He did the keep quiet pose when he scored but was getting booed long before that Ah ok, I’ve just looked it up, he accused Beckham of spitting. I knew it was something to do with spitting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Kyle Lafferty just joined Sunderland. Think its his 12th club and been shit at them all 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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