The Judas XI

[Damo70]

1979 must have been the chinese year of the judas- Gidman to Everton, Gray to Wolves, Deehan to Albion and didnt Brian Little sign for Blues then fail a medical? You cant count Blake and Hopkins, they were Bluenoses and would you have wanted to have kept them?!

[not3bad]

As opposed to kissing the Villa badge then wanting to leave a few weeks later?  Because of "supposed" interest that never actually materialised?

EDIT: According to Wikipedia Barca were interested.  Where did he end up at?

Doesn't matter where he ended up at. When it became public knowledge that he fancied a move then people turned completely against him for good.

Well yeah, that's how it happens.  May I remind you think is the Judas thread for football fans and not the let's be fucking magnanimous thread.  Alpay's a nice guy but Yorkie is scum.  Right, nothing like a bit of consistency.  What a crock of shit.

[Lucky Eddie]

Andy Gray left us not once - not twice, but THREE FUCKIN TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And one of those to be a tv presenter.

I don't care how big a hero he was in the seventies the blokes verbally shat on us at every opportunity since the day he last walked out.

And so's platt for that matter!

[Damo70]

Mark Walters must be one of the worst because he was supposed to be a Villa fan. Ive never forgot that celebration dance in front of the Holte either - although I saw the funny side when we ended up winning 4-2!

[MarkM]

Mon as manager?

[darren woolley]

MIlner,boateng,southgate,barry,hodge and a.gray these player's make my blood boil.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

McInally's as much a judas as Platt, but doesn't get mentioned because he says nice things about us on TV.

[rutski]

mcinally isnt a judas, we had seen the best he had, which wasnt great and we sold him while we could, loved his commitment, shame his ability side wasnt as good!

[Reality]

You can't quest McNally at all.

[dave.woodhall]

mcinally isnt a judas, we had seen the best he had, which wasnt great and we sold him while we could, loved his commitment, shame his ability side wasnt as good!

Because of the way McInally couldn't stop scoring until Christmas, then couldn't do anything for the rest of the season there will always be a doubt that he gave up once he'd got a move sorted.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

mcinally isnt a judas, we had seen the best he had, which wasnt great and we sold him while we could, loved his commitment, shame his ability side wasnt as good!

McInally left Villa for Bayern Munich.  Hardly the career downturn of someone past his best.  Imagine if we'd have had him instead of Olney or Cascarino when we were challenging for the title in 89/90!

From wikipedia:

McInally – now nicknamed Big Mac by the Bayern fans – began well in the Bundesliga, proving a handful for the defences, but then the referees clamped down on his style and his disciplinary record suffered. He was a regular throughout this season, but halfway through, the Bayern management decided that this strikeforce was not what they wanted and began to look for replacements for McInally and Mihajlović. At the end of his first season, McInally helped Bayern to the league title, and scored ten goals in his 31 league games, a respectable tally in his first season abroad. He also helped Bayern to the semi finals of the European Cup, where they fell to AC Milan, despite McInally's goal in the second leg in Munich.

In the 1990–91 season, McInally was now deemed a reserve at Bayern (Mihailjovic had now been sold), but he was regularly given a run out in Europe, where he scored some goals in the early rounds of the European Cup. Bayern were willing to let him go, and Chelsea came in for him, but McInally turned them down, preferring to fight on in Munich. This season, he only played 7 goalless games in the league, and was unable to help Bayern to get past Red Star Belgrade in the European Cup semi final, despite a battering ram cameo performance in the first leg in Munich. This season was effectively McInally's last as a top level professional, as he began to succumb to injury.

Platt at least went for a decent amount of cash which enabled BFR to build a new team. 

[rutski]

mcinally isnt a judas, we had seen the best he had, which wasnt great and we sold him while we could, loved his commitment, shame his ability side wasnt as good!

McInally left Villa for Bayern Munich.  Hardly the career downturn of someone past his best.  Imagine if we'd have had him instead of Olney or Cascarino when we were challenging for the title in 89/90!

From wikipedia:

McInally – now nicknamed Big Mac by the Bayern fans – began well in the Bundesliga, proving a handful for the defences, but then the referees clamped down on his style and his disciplinary record suffered. He was a regular throughout this season, but halfway through, the Bayern management decided that this strikeforce was not what they wanted and began to look for replacements for McInally and Mihajlović. At the end of his first season, McInally helped Bayern to the league title, and scored ten goals in his 31 league games, a respectable tally in his first season abroad. He also helped Bayern to the semi finals of the European Cup, where they fell to AC Milan, despite McInally's goal in the second leg in Munich.

In the 1990–91 season, McInally was now deemed a reserve at Bayern (Mihailjovic had now been sold), but he was regularly given a run out in Europe, where he scored some goals in the early rounds of the European Cup. Bayern were willing to let him go, and Chelsea came in for him, but McInally turned them down, preferring to fight on in Munich. This season, he only played 7 goalless games in the league, and was unable to help Bayern to get past Red Star Belgrade in the European Cup semi final, despite a battering ram cameo performance in the first leg in Munich. This season was effectively McInally's last as a top level professional, as he began to succumb to injury.

Platt at least went for a decent amount of cash which enabled BFR to build a new team. 

and?

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

And...you'd said that we'd seen the best he had.  We hadn't.  He was still at his peak when we sold him, and did a decent job for Bayern Munich.

He left as soon as an offer from a "bigger" club came in - hence "Judas" - the topic of this thread.

Sorry, was that not clear?

[luke95]

Andy Gray x 3 as  ... #9 , Sub & Coach.

[garyshawsknee]

But that team in 91 was really shit and need completly rebuilding,and Doug wasn't full of cash,so BFR realised he had to cash in on Platt,who at the time was the best player in England.

 I think a real Judas is someone who doesn't give a monkeys when they're wearing the shirt,Platt did pretty much keep us up that season. I agree that he has become a bit of a knob in later years.