DaveAV1 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Worse thing is he may when day gets remembered as a City legend. They cast him a statue in pure plastic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eholm Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Smith's first interview post-Grealish should be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 4, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 4, 2021 16 minutes ago, Okonokos said: It might galvanise the lads though. I can't help but feel this might have been a dig... This might actually be the incentive they needed to start the season well. I wonder if playing with Gresford was one of the attractions for him so he feels a bit let down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 No room for sentimentality. He’s not earned anything, he made the decision to walk away. So be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 He won't care about us booing him at all when he sleeps on his pile of money and emptily acquired trophies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 7 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: But how people can begrudge him the move is beyond me. Because for some of us, the club takes priority every time and in his shoes, we wouldn't have gone to City. It all really depends on your perspective and what you value in life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, KevinRichardsonsMoustache said: I'm sure this is a measure of his lack of charisma in the interview, but I was struck at the time by his complete lack of enthusiasm in the interview. Very true. Compare it to how he talks about England. Loves the glamour does Jack. Edited August 4, 2021 by Tom13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jareth Posted August 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2021 I'm in the final stages I think, annoyance, Jack's done what all footballers should never do, pretend that it's more than a game and a pay packet. We all fell for it, when we needn't have. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickjacobjr Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 He will probably try and worm his way back here when City don’t want him anymore all ties with Jack should be cut after today 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Just now, Pissflaps said: He won't care about us booing him at all when he sleeps on his pile of money and emptily acquired trophies. I think he will. A lot more than he realises right now. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 4, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, KevinRichardsonsMoustache said: {the video I have posted here is from last year, please don't think it's from this year and we're seeing a massive U-turn} A year is a long time in football, I suppose. Watching the video from last year is quite the experience today: 'My future lies at Aston Villa'. What he meant to say was: 'the next 11 months of my future'. He didn't 'believe in the project': he believed in them paying you however many tens of thousands of pounds more per week. I'm sure this is a measure of his lack of charisma in the interview, but I was struck at the time by his complete lack of enthusiasm in the interview. He should have saved us some time: 'I signed the deal because the other clubs wouldn't meet Villa's asking price. But I'll be waiting for my agent to get a call from Pep as soon as possible'. And here we are. Can people not change their mind? Is it not possible that in an interview when he's just signed a new contract that he did think his future was at Villa? 12 months later after he's had a great season, a good Euros, become THE superstar of English football, and has one of the best clubs and managers in the world wanting to sign him for a record transfer on huge wages to play with some of the best players in the world, including his idol in KDB... is it not possible that that could change somebody's mind? I'll never cease to be amazed at the narrow mindedness of Villa fans. As if we have a gods given right to keep every player we want to keep just because we're villa. We're a midtable club. Our best players get sold. It happens. Get over it 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Shat all over Bailey welcoming to boot. Snake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Looking like he's off, then. If he does go, I honestly hope he does well for them. I'll still enjoy watching him play because he's a fascinating player. But if he rotates in and out of the starting 11 and is played out of position and struggles to maintain his form and finds himself under pressure from the Plastico fans, I will **** LOL at him and ridicule him for walking away from Villa for easy "glory" with the Plasticos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, Okonokos said: But my point is, he knew full well he wanted to leave last summer and yet he allowed all that tripe to be posted, hence getting the fans hopes up etc. Just shows how much he cares really. Shows how Villa through and through he is. you disassociate the football fan from the football player, being villa through and through doesn't mean you'll stay here for your whole career, especially when he's so far ahead of where we as a team are discount the playoff win and say thats not a proper cup victory, he's lost 2 finals with us, im not sure what else you can say as a little boy and villa fan what else is there for him to do here? win the league? win the champions league? even qualify for the champions league? realistically will any of those things happen? because i dont think they will i don fully see this need to hate him and hope that he doesn't succeed or not understand why he would choose the career city will give him over the career that we will, they are 2 very different things, i've got no bitterness towards him - all my bitterness and anger is aimed firmly at football and the premier league, its a complete load of bollocks, this has pissed me off and will make me more disinterested in football than any of the european super league stuff, its a futile sport that is in the gutter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 4, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 4, 2021 Just now, lexicon said: Because for some of us, the club takes priority every time and in his shoes, we wouldn't have gone to City. It all really depends on your perspective and what you value in life. But none of us have ever been in his shoes and never will. None of us can say in his position we wouldn't go to City because we have no idea what it feels like. It's nonsense 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted August 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2021 I know some don't want to hear it. However as i've said, you could see the billy big bollox attitude growing in him over the years. His body language in some of our games, his constant digs about set piece takers at the Euros. The unlimited smoke blowing up his ass and declarations that he can do no wrong won't have helped. Frankly, I've been saying that for a while. I don't care how it's spun, this is betrayal, and the manner of it. No one player is bigger than the club, and it will be refreshing to not have to deal with this non stop. If it doesn't work out for him, for any reason, I don't want any of this bollox Zaha style heros return either. Bond is broken, no abuse, but no happy clapping from me. I look forward to a TEAM fighting for each other, and I would absolutely LOVE it, if we somehow pulled off greater success without him. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, lexicon said: I think he will. A lot more than he realises right now. Couldn't give a flip at that point what he thinks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GarethRDR Posted August 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2021 2 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: It's Optimus Prime joining the Decepticons. That only happened because Megatron snuck a personality destabilizer device into the Autobot recharging chambers. C'mon guys, get it right. Yeesh. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Just now, villa4europe said: you disassociate the football fan from the football player, being villa through and through doesn't mean you'll stay here for your whole career, especially when he's so far ahead of where we as a team are We're progressing well though and have made ambitious signings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicVillan Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 The only way to achieve legendary status now is to pass the medical and then tell them to f##k off and stick their £100m up their arse ...sideways. That would be top trolling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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