Keyblade Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 What are they thinking? He's an opposition player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted December 1, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 1, 2021 i hope they do the same for lowton and westwood in a couple of weeks. **** embarrassing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 I imagine Gerrard won’t be happy with that to be honest, will be having a word with Purslow and the socials department Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phil Silvers Posted December 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 1, 2021 Hahaha 3 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 6 minutes ago, nick76 said: This is such poor judgment by the club! The only reasonable explanation is that we are already in negotiations to resign him in Jan, otherwise its all a bit sloppy cheap tack crap 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 (edited) Remember the good times - The only thing it was missing was a "please don't boo him" at the end Edited December 1, 2021 by villa4europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 14 minutes ago, WallisFrizz said: Oh my god, they haven’t?!!! To be fair… If he is stupid enough to believe that, he is in for a shock… He’s going to get a fair bit of stick… I wonder who his dear dad will be cheering for… After all, Citeh are basically his sponsors for helping smooth the deal over 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 This is a yikes from the club, not sure what they are playing at. I wouldn't boo him, I don't think he did anything wrong. The release clause and all that PR about it being his club etc won't have much to do with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinRichardsonsMoustache Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 (edited) What an odd thing for admins to post on the club's Twitter account. Two possibilities: This may be a bit of preemptive arse covering: 'we told them not to kick off against the guy, the fact that someone ran on the pitch and shaved his head really isn't our responsibility'. Or two: a simple opportunity to up Twitter engagement that the marketing team can then use to increase the value of the brand to advertisers. Either way, I'd have preferred them to not single out a player on an opposing team. Edited December 1, 2021 by KevinRichardsonsMoustache Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Well firstly, I imagine they're trying to do whatever they can - which isn't much, and obviously isn't going to work - to reduce the booing tonight, which is going to play to the rest of the league as a small-time embarrassment. Secondly, it's obvious that he's not just 'an opposition player' but a person that people working at the club have a multi-year history with and in many cases close emotional connections to. Maybe people in this thread have 'moved on' faster than those working at the club who know or knew him personally. On the other hand, maybe people in this thread haven't moved on at all 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 (edited) Shows how small and shite citeh are, this match Gerrards Aston Villa v Grealish ex Villa player. Edited December 1, 2021 by Phil Silvers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 30 minutes ago, PieFacE said: What are the club doing? Delete this shit. Last thing we want is to turn this game into the Grealish show. Would rather everyone (including fans) would just ignore him tbh. how sad, are we trying to come across as the insecure and desperate ex girlfriend who is always super nice to the ex, even when he has f***** her over? How sad and desperate, urgh, needs deleting, would prefer we just ignored the fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Keyblade said: What are they thinking? He's an opposition player. He's a club legend (despite what the bitter folk on here would have you believe), grew up a villa fan, joined the academy, broke through to the first team, got us promoted singlehandedly and brought £100m into the club by signing a new contract when he didn't really have to. The vitriol he gets on here continues to baffle me. Best of luck to him and I hope he gets a great reception back at VP. Good to see the club acknowledge his huge contribution. Edited December 1, 2021 by villa89 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallisFrizz Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Judging by the Twitter reaction, I think it may have had the exact opposite effect to what they intended. Seems to have united the fanbase though…both the booers and the non booers think it’s weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa87 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Wow the club have misread the mood big time. What are they doing?! Embarrassing is an understatement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted December 1, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, WallisFrizz said: Judging by the Twitter reaction, I think it may have had the exact opposite effect to what they intended. Seems to have united the fanbase though…both the booers and the non booers think it’s weird. exactly this. i dont think they expected the backlash they got. whether you were planning on booing, clapping, or neither, think everyone agrees it's a small time thing to do. the sort of thing a league 2 side would do if they drew a PL team in the cup that a former player plays for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 That tweet is so small time. What happened to moving beyond Jack? Embarrassing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 29 minutes ago, AndyM3000 said: This is a yikes from the club, not sure what they are playing at. I wouldn't boo him, I don't think he did anything wrong. The release clause and all that PR about it being his club etc won't have much to do with him. The release clause is entirely down to him and is agent. I doubt Villa would have mentioned it. Lets face it he saw us a stepping stone in his career which is fair enough but don't give me all that Villa til I die cheese nonsense. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wict01 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 It's the sort of thing I'd expect from the shower down the road at Stan Drew's. Swing and a miss for me, big style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Just now, wict01 said: It's the sort of thing I'd expect from the shower down the road at Stan Drew's. Swing and a miss for me, big style. It’s a big reactionary panic. I think the club is anticipating boos and hostility from some and trying to pre-empt it. It just will encourage it and makes the club look so embarrassing. Like a desperate former ex. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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