Stan Collymore

[montague]

has been tweeting very eloquently from the depths of a very bad bout of depression, his worst for years. A terrible debilitating illness that can strike at any time, regardless of how much a week you earn. John Gregory is an ignorant cock. Properly managed we might still have got the best out of Stan for a few years. Hope he gets well soon.

[UsualSuspect]

Depression or no depression he is still a cock in my opinion.

professes now how much he loves the Villa, pity he never showed us that commitment when he was here

[Hookeysmith]

If you are not aware of this illness and the severe damaging effects it can have on you and those around you i suggest you stop calling him names because of it

Reference his footballing ability / radio work etc is fair game - but for his illness its way out of line

[Clampy]

He's one of the very few presenters on Talksport worth listening to. Hope he gets well soon.

[pauliewalnuts]

Depression or no depression he is still a cock in my opinion.

professes now how much he loves the Villa, pity he never showed us that commitment when he was here

If you understood how depression works, you'd see that that probably had a lot to do with it.

[UsualSuspect]

I did say depression or no depression meaning that his illnesses aside the bloke is a first class wanker who liked to slap women

For all of his loving of the Villa, he said last week that one of our stands was a listed building ?!?!

[Ger Regan]

Depression or no depression he is still a cock in my opinion.

professes now how much he loves the Villa, pity he never showed us that commitment when he was here

Should he have just "snapped out of it" when he was with us, then?

There's plenty of things in his past that he should (and I'd imagine does) feel genuinely ashamed about (beating up UJ for instance), but being unable to perform his job due to depression is not one of them.

[Ger Regan]

I did say depression or no depression meaning that his illnesses aside the bloke is a first class wanker who liked to slap women

And then went on to slag him over one of the symptoms of depression.

[Clampy]

I did say depression or no depression meaning that his illnesses aside the bloke is a first class wanker who liked to slap women

Oh dear.........

[Neil Hawkes]

I did say depression or no depression meaning that his illnesses aside the bloke is a first class wanker who liked to slap women

What you have failed to understand is the illness is the cause of many of your complaints - hitting anyone is inexcusable behaviour, but believe me when I say it takes a considerable amount of constraint to not lash out, when you're in that dark place and being goaded by what normal people would consider 'throw away' remarks.

[UsualSuspect]

So because of his "Illness" Collymore is able to physical assault women, go dogging on a regular basis whilst leaving his wife and kids at home and generally just do whatever he wants.

Bit convenient that.

[montague]

Depression or no depression he is still a cock in my opinion.

professes now how much he loves the Villa, pity he never showed us that commitment when he was here

Oh dear. Having witnessed my own wife, a very driven and successful professional, lie in bed for days on end unable to funtion on any level, then I would suggest that our problems with Stan were not down to his lack of committment but a deeper illness that he couldnt control. As I said in the first post, properly managed he could still have been a good player for us. 

[Ger Regan]

Please do not feed the troll.

[philthebar]

Thankfully I've not suffered from depression however I have a very close friend who has - It's not a nice place and sufferers are not responsible for their actions.  It's an illness that can hit anyone regadless of money, lifestyle, privilege, etc..

Most people who claim to be depressed are just a little down - no comparison.

Hope Stan gets through it.

[Shrek]

He is a fellow Villa Fan, a genuine Villa fan, he has an illness and has made mistakes, but you sound more of a cock than Stan does UsualSuspect