Stanley Victor Collymore

[PeterWithe]

I see that you can't stand him. With regard to taking Villa for millions, wasn't he suffering from depression at the time?.

only when he got dropped against fulham, when he beat up ulrika and got caught dogging

Two of these would normally preclude someone from being a Board Member.

Not at West Ham, they'd bin your application form if you didn't have at least a couple of those under your belt.

[PeterWithe]

The thought of Stan giving our lot stick for a half arsed lack of effort and fight brings to mind a saying about housebricks and greenhouses. I generally like him nowadays but he's on a very sticky wicket given his time here.

[tomd2103]

I like him.

I listen to some of his shows on the radio, as I think he makes some good points.  He does, however, seem prone to getting into spats on social media that he should just rise above and not take the bait.  Easier said than done I suppose, but we all know exactly what some people out there are like (especially with the anonymity that social media provides), so in a perverse way high profile figures like Stan should know that there are always going to be a minority of idiots and accept it.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

Yeah live and let live, he only hit a woman. Can't think why anyone finds that the actions of a scumbag.

He was punished for it and as far as I know he's never done it again. Perhaps he's been rehabilitated. Has that crossed your mind at all?

I'll stick to thinking that anyone that punches and kicks a woman in the head multiple times and threatens to kill her is a scumbag.

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[Ad@m]

The thought of Stan giving our lot stick for a half arsed lack of effort and fight brings to mind a saying about housebricks and greenhouses. I generally like him nowadays but he's on a very sticky wicket given his time here.

Yeah, but that goal against Atletico Madrid...

My memory's crap and I'd struggle to tell you the results from this season's nightmare but I can remember that goal like it was yesterday.

[avfcdale]

Yeah live and let live, he only hit a woman. Can't think why anyone finds that the actions of a scumbag.

"Rodney I only ever hit your mother in self defence" Reg Trotter 1986

He was punished for it and as far as I know he's never done it again. Perhaps he's been rehabilitated. Has that crossed your mind at all?

I'll stick to thinking that anyone that punches and kicks a woman in the head multiple times and threatens to kill her is a scumbag.

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[SO Villa]

I've been sceptical of Collymore's credibility as a Villa fan since he was interviewed at his unveiling and mentioned "Villa won the European Cup in 1981".
Add that to some of the comments in his autobiography and makes his media persona as a rabid lifelong Villa fan a bit hard to stomach.

[saunders_heroes]

Yeah live and let live, he only hit a woman. Can't think why anyone finds that the actions of a scumbag.

He was punished for it and as far as I know he's never done it again. Perhaps he's been rehabilitated. Has that crossed your mind at all?

I'll stick to thinking that anyone that punches and kicks a woman in the head multiple times and threatens to kill her is a scumbag.

And I'll stick to believing that people can be punished and then rehabilitated which I think has happened to Collymore.

[saunders_heroes]

I've been sceptical of Collymore's credibility as a Villa fan since he was interviewed at his unveiling and mentioned "Villa won the European Cup in 1981".
Add that to some of the comments in his autobiography and makes his media persona as a rabid lifelong Villa fan a bit hard to stomach.

Why would anyone lie about being a Villa fan, really?

[Toronto Villa]

He's a very passionate Villa fan like so many on here. I absolutely don't agree with all that he says and especially about how he has handled his position in the media vs the club/board. He obviously has a huge problem with the current board, but the way he has been public in his condemnation would make anyone who buys the club from Randy equally skeptical of engaging with him or not doing things as he would want.

That said a lot of what he says is right and we are all hurting in different ways. As for his hitting women. It's something that should never be glossed over.

[Ormy Droid]

I've been sceptical of Collymore's credibility as a Villa fan since he was interviewed at his unveiling and mentioned "Villa won the European Cup in 1981".
Add that to some of the comments in his autobiography and makes his media persona as a rabid lifelong Villa fan a bit hard to stomach.

Why would anyone lie about being a Villa fan, really?

Maybe he's looking ahead to one day reaching the higher echelons of political office

[saunders_heroes]

He's a very passionate Villa fan like so many on here. I absolutely don't agree with all that he says and especially about how he has handled his position in the media vs the club/board. He obviously has a huge problem with the current board, but the way he has been public in his condemnation would make anyone who buys the club from Randy equally skeptical of engaging with him or not doing things as he would want.

That said a lot of what he says is right and we are all hurting in different ways. As for his hitting women. It's something that should never be glossed over.

Also it shouldn't be brought up as a tool to discredit everything he says either.

[CT Villan]

..."and end any campaign to highlight Villa in the national media ( good luck in finding someone else by the way)."

This is the bit that gets me most. Surely a real Villa fan would never give up and flounce out like that ?

[passport1]

SVC and social media should be kept apart. I remember Ian Taylor ( I think) saying that he was one of the easiest players to wind up .

Having said that he seems passionate about Villa and his condemnation of the current ownership which doesn't make him all bad in my opinion.

[saunders_heroes]

I've been sceptical of Collymore's credibility as a Villa fan since he was interviewed at his unveiling and mentioned "Villa won the European Cup in 1981".
Add that to some of the comments in his autobiography and makes his media persona as a rabid lifelong Villa fan a bit hard to stomach.

Why would anyone lie about being a Villa fan, really?

Maybe he's looking ahead to one day reaching the higher echelons of political office

Yeah right. He's a Villa fan, let's not pretend otherwise.