Petrov has Leukaemia

[Fergal]

I really don't know what to say, this has brought a tear to my eye.

[ozzjim]

I think tomorrows game has suddenly become very significant, and the teamtalk is extremely easy.

[b671]

Sad,shocking news.Fight it stan all our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

[ozzjim]

I really don't know what to say, this has brought a tear to my eye.

Same here. Strange, never thought something like this would, but feel a bit numb and shocked. Hope he and his family are in the best possible hands.

[alteavilla]

give it 100% stan like you captain villa we are all with you

[Summers]

I'm absolutely shell shocked. This is horrible.

[woody4866]

Just heard the news on Talksport

my heart goes out to him and his familly

[N'ZMAV]

I feel really sad and hurt. He loves this club. I'll give him a big cheer tomorrow.

[rjp]

Oh no, I've never met him but everyone I've spoken to who has reckons he's a top bloke.  I hope we can rouse ourselves to sing his name tomorrow.

[David_Nab]

This has been a shocking season but this is just something else ..completely numb.Just hope he can pull through.

[Des Little]

Let's go out there tomorrow and get behind the lads and get the win we need  for our captain.

[D.boy]

Bloody Hell, Best wishes and good luck for the fight against it Stan. Thoughts go out to his family and associates at the club. I'm stunned.

[Fergal]

Let's go out there tomorrow and get behind the lads and get the win we need  for our captain.

This

[nick harper]

Has always given 100% for the Villa and we are 100% with him.

Shaking as I write this... truly awful.

[Chicago_Villa]

There are a few different types of acute Leukemia but here is an extract from Wikipedia.

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a form of leukemia, or cancer of the white blood cells characterized by excess lymphoblasts.

Malignant, immature white blood cells continuously multiply and are overproduced in the bone marrow. ALL causes damage and death by crowding out normal cells in the bone marrow, and by spreading (infiltrating) to other organs. ALL is most common in childhood with a peak incidence at 2–5 years of age, and another peak in old age. The overall cure rate in children is about 80%, and about 45%-60% of adults have long-term disease-free survival.[1]

Acute refers to the relatively short time course of the disease (being fatal in as little as a few weeks if left untreated) to differentiate it from the very different disease of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, which has a potential time course of many years. It is interchangeably referred to as Lymphocytic or Lymphoblastic. This refers to the cells that are involved, which if they were normal would be referred to as lymphocytes but are seen in this disease in a relatively immature (also termed 'blast') state.