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Offline Diablo

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Ugo Interview
« on: January 09, 2013, 10:28:09 AM »
Not sure if people have seen this already? Some interesting things raised. Thought it might be a welcome distraction from the horrible after taste of last night...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20274388


Offline eamonn

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Re: Ugo Interview
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2013, 01:58:39 PM »
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Any regrets?

I should have left Villa a bit earlier. I'd gone stale there. I had a few talks with Manchester City, Spurs and Manchester United about moving, just before they won the treble in 1999.
It came off the back of Dwight Yorke and Mark Bosnich going there. There was some interest but Villa made it difficult for me. I was held to ransom a bit. I'd signed a new contract and they were going to decide which club I could join. They wanted me to go to Middlesbrough so that's how it went.

Would you have joined United?

I'd have hitched a lift there.

He could have joined Yorkie and Jordan in the jacuzzi.

Great defender though. What we'd give to have him in his prime now.

Offline Risso

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Re: Ugo Interview
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2013, 02:03:11 PM »
Bloody hell Ugo, that last bit about Man U was NOT what I wanted to read.  I can understand it, but still don't want to see one of my favourite Villa players saying it.  Fuck sake!

Offline rutski

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Re: Ugo Interview
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2013, 02:07:53 PM »
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Any regrets?

I should have left Villa a bit earlier. I'd gone stale there. I had a few talks with Manchester City, Spurs and Manchester United about moving, just before they won the treble in 1999.
It came off the back of Dwight Yorke and Mark Bosnich going there. There was some interest but Villa made it difficult for me. I was held to ransom a bit. I'd signed a new contract and they were going to decide which club I could join. They wanted me to go to Middlesbrough so that's how it went.

Would you have joined United?

I'd have hitched a lift there.

He could have joined Yorkie and Jordan in the jacuzzi.

Great defender though. What we'd give to have him in his prime now.
good point eamonn. ugo is a good comparison to clark and baker to me at present as i can remember him making his debut v norwich and having a mare and his first 20-30 games were not much better but had a steady hand under mcgrath to help him through. it is what both our rookies at the moment need!

Offline PaulWinch again

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Re: Ugo Interview
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2013, 02:20:16 PM »
That extract wasn't exactly great reading. 'I was held to ransom a bit', my heart bleeds.

Offline Pete3206

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Re: Ugo Interview
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2013, 02:22:19 PM »
His debut wasn't against Norwich. OK?

Offline SO Villa

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Re: Ugo Interview
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2013, 03:04:44 PM »
I find the Spurs and Man City thing hard to believe - wouldn't City have been in the Championship at that time?

Offline Risso

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Re: Ugo Interview
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2013, 03:06:10 PM »
I find the Spurs and Man City thing hard to believe - wouldn't City have been in the Championship at that time?

Or league 1......I forget

Offline Chico Hamilton III

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Re: Ugo Interview
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2013, 03:15:49 PM »
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I was held to ransom a bit. I'd signed a new contract and they were going to decide which club I could join. They wanted me to go to Middlesbrough so that's how it went

Not sure I understand this. He's saying that he had to sign a new contract and that enabled us to decide which club we should sell him to?

He didn't want to join Boro - who just happened to be paying stupid wages at the time - but he went because Villa were forcing him there

Offline django

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Re: Ugo Interview
« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2013, 03:31:48 PM »
I thought he was loads better than Sol Campbell and that Campbell was only getting in the England team ahead of Ugo because of London Press bias. I also thought that Savage made the most of it when Dion head butted him and that Marc Albrighton was a future England player. It's funny what a bit of bias can do to your judgement.

Ugo was a really good player though, how far we've fallen.... yadda yadda.

Offline Phil from the upper holte

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Re: Ugo Interview
« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2013, 03:33:35 PM »
So he's saying we forced him to go to Boro? If so why?

Offline Phil from the upper holte

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Re: Ugo Interview
« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2013, 03:37:48 PM »
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I made my debut in China which didn't make Villa chairman Doug Ellis happy because he had to pay me extra wages! I missed out in the end but it was a superb experience

Sounds about right

Offline Darlo Dave

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Re: Ugo Interview
« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2013, 03:38:37 PM »
I can not express enough, how much it gets on my nerves, when he's described in the media as a 'Villa legend', or a 'fan's favourite'. Once he went to Boro (for the money, and you can't tell me otherwise), he was dead to me.

Offline Nev

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Re: Ugo Interview
« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2013, 03:52:17 PM »
In my current mood, given recent events, I rather feel that Ugo can go and royally fuck himself.

Offline usav

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Re: Ugo Interview
« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2013, 03:53:10 PM »
In my current mood, given recent events, I rather feel that Ugo can go and royally fuck himself.

With bells on.  Twat.

 


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