Hodge in Lions Club!

[Damo70]

I'm surprised he goes back to any of his former clubs except maybe Leeds. He bailed out on us, Spurs and twice on his boyhood club.

[OzVilla]

Jesus wept. That is absolutely, staggeringly unbelievable.

They really have no fecking idea do they, none whatsoever.  McGrath save us from these numpties.

I'm also equally amazed he accepted. 

[Duncan Shaw]

Jesus wept. That is absolutely, staggeringly unbelievable.

They really have no fecking idea do they, none whatsoever.  McGrath save us from these numpties.

I'm also equally amazed he accepted. 

I'm sure his fee made it an easy decision!
Beggars belief really - fair play to all in there for not chinning him!

[rob_bridge]

In case anyone missed it yesterday

Steve Hodge FUCK OFF!!!!!!

[OzVilla]

Jesus wept. That is absolutely, staggeringly unbelievable.

They really have no fecking idea do they, none whatsoever.  McGrath save us from these numpties.

I'm also equally amazed he accepted. 

I'm sure his fee made it an easy decision!
Beggars belief really - fair play to all in there for not chinning him!

How much do you think they get paid to go then, surely it can't be that much?

Hodge would need to be very hard up, stupid, brave or a piss taker extrordinaire to have taken the gig.

Wonder which?

[peter w]

Two things.

Steve hodge can fuck off.

Secondly, when he was doing punditry on Star Sports (Asian ESPN) Steve Mcmahon always spoke highly of us.

As for Yorke, i agree that it rankles when i see him doing punditry about us. I can't forgive him for something which i can't put my finger on. No badge kissing baiting which I really don't give a frig about, but just something about hinm now just gets under my skin.

[JUAN PABLO]

Im pretty shocked at this decision by the club , its as bad as having TSM as manager.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

Two things.

Steve hodge can fuck off.

Secondly, when he was doing punditry on Star Sports (Asian ESPN) Steve Mcmahon always spoke highly of us.

As for Yorke, i agree that it rankles when i see him doing punditry about us. I can't forgive him for something which i can't put my finger on. No badge kissing baiting which I really don't give a frig about, but just something about hinm now just gets under my skin.

Could it be the fact that when Yorke joined Small Heath, he stated that he'd always thought of them as the biggest club in Brum..?

[KevinGage]

Secondly, when he was doing punditry on Star Sports (Asian ESPN) Steve Mcmahon always spoke highly of us.

When I lived out in Australia, and he was doing punditry for FOX Sports (or maybe ESPN) he mentioned Villa a few times.  More than Bosnich anyway, and he always seemed to be complimentary. 

Think he was going for one of the managerial posts over there and he said something along the lines of "I've played for three of the biggest clubs in England: Everton, Villa and Liverpool, so I know what pressure is all about."

Plus, he spared us the misfortune of having to endure Alan Brazil trotting around VP in a Villa shirt, the useless old bloater:

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"I turned down Manchester United to join Liverpool, that's how much I wanted to sign for the club.

Villa were playing at Southampton. Manager Tony Barton named the team at midday, then pulled me to one side to explain why I wasn't playing that night. It was the last few matches of the season and I was leaving. I had made it clear that I wanted to move back to the north. The manager said: 'I think you might like this move.' He informed me that Manchester United manager Ron Atkinson had made a satisfactory offer that had been accepted by Villa. I believe it involved a swap deal with Alan Brazil.

I think I shocked Tony Barton when I replied: 'Thanks but no thanks.' There had been a great deal of press speculation that Liverpool would move in, and I was prepared to bide my time for that chance."