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Offline West Derby Villan

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #885 on: January 23, 2018, 07:48:03 PM »
Lucky guy. Antwerp is brilliant.

I went to Antwerp once, we lost 4-1
Lucky guy. Antwerp is brilliant.

I went to Antwerp once, we lost 4-1
I too was there and remember on the ferry back the optimism that we would pull the tie back - we lost 1-0 at Villa Park!
I also remember the escort from the ferry ( no not that type of escort Drummond!) Through the City centre to the stadium during rush hour - we brought the City to a standstill
That was our first foray into Europe wasn't it?

Yeah, got there because we beat Norwich in the League Cup final.

We stayed in Ostend the night before and travelled to the match by train the following day, stayed over in a b&b p before travelling back the next day. By chance stumbled into a bar and discovered all the playersdrowning their sorrows after the match to top it all off. Great adventure for a seventeen year old Villa fan.

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #886 on: January 23, 2018, 09:46:03 PM »
Twatter saying that Leeds linked with a double £7.5m swoop for McCormack and Elphick.??

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #887 on: January 23, 2018, 09:49:01 PM »
That would be great if it happens.

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #888 on: January 23, 2018, 10:42:36 PM »
Signing Cascarino when we were in form is one of the great urban myths of Aston Villa. The reality is that we'd lost three of our previous four league games and hadn't scored in any of them.

I wonder what would have happened if we'd signed Sheringham instead.

Or, if McInally hadn't gone to Bayern

McInally's another player who history has served well. In reality he had four good months with us in two seasons and in 1988-89 scored twice after Christmas.

I don't have to recount Sir Graham's tale of the Cascarino signing again do I?

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #889 on: January 23, 2018, 11:21:36 PM »
My recollection of McInally was that he went right off the boil in the second half of his last season, whether his head had been turned or he had already been through his purple patch and was returning to his natural level, I don’t know. I can’t actually remember if he did any good at Bayern.

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #890 on: January 23, 2018, 11:26:43 PM »
I think the whole team went off after Christmas, as often happens to newly-promoted teams. I don't put any of the blame on McInally. He was my hero, was gutted when he left. Then we signed Paul McGrath and I soon had a new hero.

As I recall, he did pretty well at Bayern, after having switched from centre-forward to playing on the wing, then he got injured and was never the same player.

As a Scotland fan, I still have nightmares about his performance against Costa sodding Rica, mind.

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #891 on: January 23, 2018, 11:29:07 PM »
I see rumours of us signing the Liverpool player Lazar Markovic on loan. He was at Hull last season. Don't know much about him, but he cost Liverpool £20m 3 years ago.

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #892 on: January 24, 2018, 02:11:26 AM »
Signing Cascarino when we were in form is one of the great urban myths of Aston Villa. The reality is that we'd lost three of our previous four league games and hadn't scored in any of them.

I wonder what would have happened if we'd signed Sheringham instead.

Or, if McInally hadn't gone to Bayern

McInally's another player who history has served well. In reality he had four good months with us in two seasons and in 1988-89 scored twice after Christmas.

I don't have to recount Sir Graham's tale of the Cascarino signing again do I?
I remember Mcinally always being injured and yes Cascarino signing tale please.

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #893 on: January 24, 2018, 05:26:21 AM »
Twatter saying that Leeds linked with a double £7.5m swoop for McCormack and Elphick.??

Swoop me baby! Swoop me! Have I mentioned Leeds has great support? :)

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #894 on: January 24, 2018, 10:07:35 AM »

I remember Mcinally always being injured and yes Cascarino signing tale please.

Bracketed stuff is mine, everything else is Sir Graham's own words.

"Doug suddenly tells me I've got £1 million to spend (which would otherwise have gone in corporation tax). This is what annoyed me; it was three weeks before the transfer deadline and now I've got this money. I'd got this settled group of lads and one or two were starting to show a bit of nerves and I had no forward cover so I went for Teddy Sheringham. I spoke to John Doherty (Millwall manager) and he didn't want to sell Sheringham but he said he might sell Cascarino. I wasn't sure about Tony but we needed forward so I told Doug what the situation was. He spoke to Reg Burr (Millwall chairman), and told me that there was now £1.4 million to spend. There's twelve days left to the deadline, we've got an FA Cup quarter final coming up and now we've got this money to spend.

"Doug goes to Reg Burr, fails to get Sheringham, and asked me what I valued Cascarino at. I said about £750,000 and Doug promptly pays Millwall £1.4 million.... Since then it's always been me who signed Cascarino for that amount. But of course it's him who signed Dwight Yorke."

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #895 on: January 24, 2018, 10:17:28 AM »

I remember Mcinally always being injured and yes Cascarino signing tale please.

Bracketed stuff is mine, everything else is Sir Graham's own words.

"Doug suddenly tells me I've got £1 million to spend (which would otherwise have gone in corporation tax). This is what annoyed me; it was three weeks before the transfer deadline and now I've got this money. I'd got this settled group of lads and one or two were starting to show a bit of nerves and I had no forward cover so I went for Teddy Sheringham. I spoke to John Doherty (Millwall manager) and he didn't want to sell Sheringham but he said he might sell Cascarino. I wasn't sure about Tony but we needed forward so I told Doug what the situation was. He spoke to Reg Burr (Millwall chairman), and told me that there was now £1.4 million to spend. There's twelve days left to the deadline, we've got an FA Cup quarter final coming up and now we've got this money to spend.

"Doug goes to Reg Burr, fails to get Sheringham, and asked me what I valued Cascarino at. I said about £750,000 and Doug promptly pays Millwall £1.4 million.... Since then it's always been me who signed Cascarino for that amount. But of course it's him who signed Dwight Yorke."

the last line makes me laugh, you can just imagine SGT saying that

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #896 on: January 24, 2018, 11:02:46 AM »

I remember Mcinally always being injured and yes Cascarino signing tale please.

Bracketed stuff is mine, everything else is Sir Graham's own words.

"Doug suddenly tells me I've got £1 million to spend (which would otherwise have gone in corporation tax). This is what annoyed me; it was three weeks before the transfer deadline and now I've got this money. I'd got this settled group of lads and one or two were starting to show a bit of nerves and I had no forward cover so I went for Teddy Sheringham. I spoke to John Doherty (Millwall manager) and he didn't want to sell Sheringham but he said he might sell Cascarino. I wasn't sure about Tony but we needed forward so I told Doug what the situation was. He spoke to Reg Burr (Millwall chairman), and told me that there was now £1.4 million to spend. There's twelve days left to the deadline, we've got an FA Cup quarter final coming up and now we've got this money to spend.

"Doug goes to Reg Burr, fails to get Sheringham, and asked me what I valued Cascarino at. I said about £750,000 and Doug promptly pays Millwall £1.4 million.... Since then it's always been me who signed Cascarino for that amount. But of course it's him who signed Dwight Yorke."

Not read that before. Thanks for that.

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #897 on: January 24, 2018, 11:37:43 AM »

I remember Mcinally always being injured and yes Cascarino signing tale please.

Bracketed stuff is mine, everything else is Sir Graham's own words.

"Doug suddenly tells me I've got £1 million to spend (which would otherwise have gone in corporation tax). This is what annoyed me; it was three weeks before the transfer deadline and now I've got this money. I'd got this settled group of lads and one or two were starting to show a bit of nerves and I had no forward cover so I went for Teddy Sheringham. I spoke to John Doherty (Millwall manager) and he didn't want to sell Sheringham but he said he might sell Cascarino. I wasn't sure about Tony but we needed forward so I told Doug what the situation was. He spoke to Reg Burr (Millwall chairman), and told me that there was now £1.4 million to spend. There's twelve days left to the deadline, we've got an FA Cup quarter final coming up and now we've got this money to spend.

"Doug goes to Reg Burr, fails to get Sheringham, and asked me what I valued Cascarino at. I said about £750,000 and Doug promptly pays Millwall £1.4 million.... Since then it's always been me who signed Cascarino for that amount. But of course it's him who signed Dwight Yorke."

Not read that before. Thanks for that.


and this is why Doug will always be held fondly in Villa fans hearts. (sarcasm doesn't lend itself to text to well)

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #898 on: January 24, 2018, 11:51:24 AM »
Add that to the list of reasons to change the name of his stand.

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Re: January Transfer Window
« Reply #899 on: January 24, 2018, 01:03:04 PM »
I was a betting man my money would go on us signing Nahki Wells,  he´s a far more mobile and versatile ( than Ulloa) attacking option, IMHO.....Godzvilla!

 


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