MaVilla Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 i think we need to split staff/managers/owners in to a separate category to players, select one of each maybe. For a player, for pure longevity of poison, i will go for Gabby. For a Manager, Gerrard. For ownership, got to be Xia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatecrasha Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Interesting question and there are so many Worst for me Dr Tony ( complete blagger) by a mile Gerrard for being a complete fraud of a manager others for a notable mention Hodge as I adored him at the time Delph Boston Balaban Doug holding us back Lerner for being a silent muppet Collymore Tactics Tim for being useless Platt - just a clearing in the woods of a bloke since leaving Graham Turner for being shite / Billy Mcneil relegation first time round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Off the pitch Dr Fraud Football side is easily Gerrard for bringing shame on the club from offering gangsters Liverpool to insulting Villa heroes in the media so his Sky and Talksport buddies could use Mings as a punching bag. Never mind his attempt at football management Honourable Mention: Gabby, Richards and Lescott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 I don't think Xia should be on the list if I'm honest. He was a complete fraud, and the money probably wasn't real. But the (Monopoly) money made available to the club after relegation, following Lerner starving Net investment into the side, allowed us to buy up a lot of Championship talent. It was misspent and a bit wasted, but I truly worry what would have happened had Lerner not found a buyer. Similarly, when it all came crashing down, Xia, or whoever he was a front for, sold up quickly and did a better job of finding a new custodian than Lerner ever did. It may have been D-day on our finances but he could've held on longer, look at SHA Don't get me wrong. I do not like the guy. But transfer windows became exciting again, he sold us effectively and we'd never have gotten NSWE without Xia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Owners: Ellis (Narcissist who held the club back and tried to erase our most successful period) & Xia (who nearly wiped the club out altogether) Managers: Gerrard & Sherwood (Both clueless) Players: Lescott, Richards, Platt, McAvenie & Hodge stand out the most (Mostly a combination of useless wage thieves and idiots) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Xia but I always think it’s scandalous that such a chancer could pass a ‘fit and proper’ test. All turned out ok in the end but was 2 weeks away from disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 As we were asked for a player, I won't mention a certain chairman, owner and the person that the Scottish Stand was for some reason, named after by name, instead I give you a "player": Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted June 9, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 9, 2023 Joleon Lescott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nick76 Posted June 9, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 9, 2023 Grealish, supposedly a Villa fan but always looking to leave every season… 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rjw63 Posted June 9, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: Alpay? Certainly not. What did he do wrong? If it was the "getting in Wanka Beckham's face" incident I'd give him a medal. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy7211 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Tony and his fat mate, Keith Wyness. Absolutely the worst people involved in the business side of the club. Doug was bad, but he wasn't inept. On the playing side, Charles N'Zogbia ranks high on the worst list, with notable mentions of Lescott, Richards, and The Snake in recent years. Then before that it's Dwight. I totally and utterly agreed with John Gregory. He did us dirty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 23 minutes ago, AvfcRigo82 said: McAvenie What? Frank McAvenie? He wasn't even our player, he was only on trial or maybe loan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 1 minute ago, rjw63 said: What? Frank McAvenie? He wasn't even our player, he was only on trial or maybe loan. That's him. He had a brief spell for us when we signed him in 1992, he lasted around 6 months and did absolutely piss all in the 3 games he played before he went back to Celtic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Ellis. Just, Ellis. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheVilla26 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Xia, Gerrard, Unsworth. Bell ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 I don't really know if this is true but Xia took us out of the hands of Lerner not saying Lerner bad just lost interest so we needed new owner, spent millions on the team, buying some players who became heroes, was sending £5m a month from China just to keep the club going until he no longer could because of Chinese government stopped him, when he couldn't support the club no longer instead of hanging on to it - as many predicted for the idea was that as a Chinese man he would be too proud to sell unless to one of his fellow country men but that didn't happen, he sought out our current owners and agreed to sell to them for a cut price deal, stayed with them to keep his promise of getting us back to the Premier League, once he kept his promise he gave the rest of his shares to NSWE so they could use that money to give to Randy who was owed an agreed fee upon promotion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted June 9, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted June 9, 2023 I've still not forgiven Yorke for breaking my 15 year old heart....so him! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyvilla Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 nigel callaghan , i'm sure i remember a steward having handbags with him as he left the pitch one game 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 36 minutes ago, rjw63 said: Certainly not. What did he do wrong? If it was the "getting in Wanka Beckham's face" incident I'd give him a medal. True, I kinda liked him... He was hounded out and made a Villain by the Media for sure. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 (edited) In my time and still the most bizarre, David Unsworth and his wife. Signs for £4m from West Ham on a Friday, takes him 3 hours to get home that day. Comes in next day and states he’s made a mistake, and now wants to move to Everton. His wife flatly refused to consider a move to the West Midlands area and within six days, he’s gone. Utter madness. Something like that anyway and remember quotes from Gregory, where he felt totally insulted and letdown by Unsworth. Edited June 9, 2023 by ferguson1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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