Wasn't his first, Geronimo, born just after he moved to Brum? And we had no welfare officer to help the family.Fair play to him. After Collymore he's arguably our biggest ex-player champion on twitta.
Well, pampering expensive assets is arguably a justified business cost in the world of top level football. If we'd had someone like Lorna McClleland (current Player Liaison & Welfare Officer) working for us at the time then we might just have got some decent performances out of JPA in his first few months rather than the embarrassing lost-at-sea displays. Wages for an employee like that seem worthwhile if you've spent over £10m on fees and wages on a player who doesn't speak the language, is from a completely different culture and has come from the other side of the world with a heavily-pregnant wife, who was quite ill for a while post-birth if I remember.
Quote from: eamonn on September 07, 2013, 01:22:55 PMWell, pampering expensive assets is arguably a justified business cost in the world of top level football. If we'd had someone like Lorna McClleland (current Player Liaison & Welfare Officer) working for us at the time then we might just have got some decent performances out of JPA in his first few months rather than the embarrassing lost-at-sea displays. Wages for an employee like that seem worthwhile if you've spent over £10m on fees and wages on a player who doesn't speak the language, is from a completely different culture and has come from the other side of the world with a heavily-pregnant wife, who was quite ill for a while post-birth if I remember. He always had an excuse, or rather, there was always an excuse made for him. First his wife, then his family, then the language, then he was too good for the rest of the team, then the manager.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on September 07, 2013, 01:24:48 PMQuote from: eamonn on September 07, 2013, 01:22:55 PMWell, pampering expensive assets is arguably a justified business cost in the world of top level football. If we'd had someone like Lorna McClleland (current Player Liaison & Welfare Officer) working for us at the time then we might just have got some decent performances out of JPA in his first few months rather than the embarrassing lost-at-sea displays. Wages for an employee like that seem worthwhile if you've spent over £10m on fees and wages on a player who doesn't speak the language, is from a completely different culture and has come from the other side of the world with a heavily-pregnant wife, who was quite ill for a while post-birth if I remember. He always had an excuse, or rather, there was always an excuse made for him. First his wife, then his family, then the language, then he was too good for the rest of the team, then the manager. I have to admit, although I liked the guy, this used to piss me off about him.
Quote from: LeeB on September 07, 2013, 01:27:10 PMQuote from: dave.woodhall on September 07, 2013, 01:24:48 PMQuote from: eamonn on September 07, 2013, 01:22:55 PMWell, pampering expensive assets is arguably a justified business cost in the world of top level football. If we'd had someone like Lorna McClleland (current Player Liaison & Welfare Officer) working for us at the time then we might just have got some decent performances out of JPA in his first few months rather than the embarrassing lost-at-sea displays. Wages for an employee like that seem worthwhile if you've spent over £10m on fees and wages on a player who doesn't speak the language, is from a completely different culture and has come from the other side of the world with a heavily-pregnant wife, who was quite ill for a while post-birth if I remember. He always had an excuse, or rather, there was always an excuse made for him. First his wife, then his family, then the language, then he was too good for the rest of the team, then the manager. I have to admit, although I liked the guy, this used to piss me off about him.It wasn't him that did it, though. He always came across as a nice enough bloke but there were always some self-important morons who seemed to support him more than the Villa.
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