Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: villajk on February 23, 2011, 05:05:08 PM
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http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2299900,00.html
(http://www.avfc.co.uk/javaImages/3b/2a/0,,10265~9447995,00.jpg)
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i love ian taylor in a non batty boy sort of way....
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Good stuff, it's nice to see ex player around the place, particularly ones who are true Villa fans like Ian Taylor.
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Great news Villa, I have a signed shirt (the black away diadora/ntl) one framed in my office at work, one of my heroes as he is one of us.
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Really chuffed about this. A proper Villa man.
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Good stuff.
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Top bloke and will always be my favourite player.
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he can shag my missus and ill raise his kids.....
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Ian is one of us, I had 7 & Taylor every year he was at the club. I always rate his home game against Chelsea when he scored, I think it was his home debut.
That boy would have played in goal if he'd have been asked!
Congrats to him
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he can shag my missus and ill raise his kids.....
Good job your favourite player isnt Gab.
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I wonder if he'll be asked if he regrets confusing his role as 'Villa Legend' (tm) with his job working for an agent when he appeared on TV saying Villa should let Barry join Liverpool.
From here (http://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=41480)
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Taylor was a fine player for us. But Villa legend? Na, never in a million years.
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I wonder if he'll be asked if he regrets confusing his role as 'Villa Legend' (tm) with his job working for an agent when he appeared on TV saying Villa should let Barry join Liverpool.
From here (http://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=41480)
Perhaps it is possible that he made a mistake, it's not unforgivable. Plenty of Villa heroes have made mistakes in their life, Paul McGrath for example.
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I wonder if he'll be asked if he regrets confusing his role as 'Villa Legend' (tm) with his job working for an agent when he appeared on TV saying Villa should let Barry join Liverpool.
From here (http://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=41480)
Perhaps it is possible that he made a mistake, it's not unforgivable. Plenty of Villa heroes have made mistakes in their life, Paul McGrath for example.
McGrath's made mistakes in his private life which were nothing to do with Villa. Taylor went out of his way to advice the club to let one of a players move to another club. It then turned out his was working for the agent of the said player who was looking for a move.
He certainly lost some brownie points there.
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Taylor was a fine player for us. But Villa legend? Na, never in a million years.
I disagree.
A legend does not have to be about being the best player ever, it can also be about being a local hero, a player who always gave absolutely everything in nearly every game, and a player who was a local lad, a Villa fan and who was truly living the dream.
For me Ian Taylor fulfils those criteria and is, for me, and in my opinion only, a Villa legend.
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For me aswell, Ian Taylor fulfils all those criteria and is, for me, and in my opinion only, a Villa legend.
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For me aswell, Ian Taylor fulfils all those criteria and is, for me, and in my opinion only, a Villa legend.
I wholeheartedly agree. For me he is a legend.
He must be very proud.
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Another vote for legend here.
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He's a good 'un as far as I'm concerned. Clearly most Villa fans feel the same, or the wouldn't have appointed him Ambassador. The Board do their research and they know us pretty well by now.
Another good move from Randy and Pals.
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Another vote for legend here.
And here
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Definite legend
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Taylor was a fine player for us. But Villa legend? Na, never in a million years.
I disagree.
A legend does not have to be about being the best player ever, it can also be about being a local hero, a player who always gave absolutely everything in nearly every game, and a player who was a local lad, a Villa fan and who was truly living the dream.
For me Ian Taylor fulfils those criteria and is, for me, and in my opinion only, a Villa legend.
I am with you Dave. A legend is not necessarily the best player. It's about all of those things you mentioned.
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Over the moon.
An ex player who sits with the fans is most definitely deservig legendary status.
Nice one Villa.
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Legend. Was always a solid and dependable player. You always got 110%.
The Gareth Barry thing? That's in the past, and at the end of the day, fat arse wanted to move, and the proceeded to half arse his way through the following season. We sold him a year too late, and in actuality, Tayl's was probably right, whether working for the agent or not, lard buttocks should have moved on.
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Delighted for him.
And me.
Giant of a player & Legend.
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Another vote for legend here.
Here too.
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Legend.
Might look for a 96 cup final shirt with 7 on the back.
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Great move, Legend
Have we ever had an official Ambassador before ?
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Taylor is the nearest we've had to a fan that has played for the club, but remained a fan.
He couldn't have been more clear about the result of the match on Sunday in last nights E+S column, instead of trotting out the standard lines. That tends to set him apart and makes him so popular.
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Taylor was a fine player for us. But Villa legend? Na, never in a million years.
I disagree.
A legend does not have to be about being the best player ever, it can also be about being a local hero, a player who always gave absolutely everything in nearly every game, and a player who was a local lad, a Villa fan and who was truly living the dream.
For me Ian Taylor fulfils those criteria and is, for me, and in my opinion only, a Villa legend.
I am with you Dave. A legend is not necessarily the best player. It's about all of those things you mentioned.
I am with you guys. And it's not as if we have that many candidates that we can really afford to be too sniffy about it to be honest
My list of Villa legends based on the above criteria doesn't amount to too many over the last 40 years and most of them would come from the league winning side
Narrow it down to the last 20 years and it is an extremely short list...
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What Dave Cooper says
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My favourite ever player
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As all the above have said,theres a difference from being a great player and a legend(and he was a very good player). He gave his all in every game,was one of us,and the fact that when he was at Sheff Wed he stood on terraces with the rest of us sums the guy up,i just wish he came to us earlier in his career.
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Legend is a bit of a wanky word but Ian Taylor is up there with the top Villans because he was one of us and it showed every time he pulled the shirt on.
I'm chuffed that he will now be part of the public face of the club.
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Taylor is the nearest we've had to a fan that has played for the club, but remained a fan.
He couldn't have been more clear about the result of the match on Sunday in last nights E+S column, instead of trotting out the standard lines. That tends to set him apart and makes him so popular.
Spot on, it was so refreshing to read a column where there was no 'fence sitting'.
I particularly liked 'I have lots of blues mates and I hope they have a great day out-and get absoloutly stuffed'.
Top man, as always!
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I don't think of Ian Taylor as a legend, I see him as one of us who made the dream a reality. Good luck to him in his new role.
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I think Ian Taylor is a legend aswell he is one of my favourite players who graced the Villa shirt i'm glad Randy has found a position at the Villa for him.
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Nice one tayls!
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Good stuff.
But may I suggest some other ambassadorial appointments.
Steve Hodge in Libya.
DOL in Bahrain.
MON in Yemen.
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Taylor was a fine player for us. But Villa legend? Na, never in a million years.
I disagree.
A legend does not have to be about being the best player ever, it can also be about being a local hero, a player who always gave absolutely everything in nearly every game, and a player who was a local lad, a Villa fan and who was truly living the dream.
For me Ian Taylor fulfils those criteria and is, for me, and in my opinion only, a Villa legend.
Football Legends in my mind are first and foremost outstanding in their profession, it's a bonus if they are good approachable people in the Taylor mode but the important bit is being outstanding at football. Do you think fans would have stood for McGrath's antics had he not been an outstanding footballer? Does Andy Gray (first time around) lose his legendary status because he's showed the nation what a twat he is? Does Gordon Cowans also lose his because he chose to leave the club to ply his trade in Italy?
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Anyone's who doubts that Ian is a legend can't have stood with him on the away end in the shit house that is small heath. Probably watching at home in the warm criticising us with their 'legend' andy gray ;-)
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Another Vote for legend from me
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Good stuff.
But may I suggest some other ambassadorial appointments.
Steve Hodge in Libya.
DOL in Bahrain.
MON in Yemen.
Beat me to it!
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Good stuff, he's a top bloke. He'd have run thru a brick wall to get onto the pitch for Villa. Always gave everything and never shirked a challenge that I remember. He could teach some of our current team a thing or two about dedication and commitment. Legend ;)
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He'd breeze into the current team, that's for sure
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Good stuff.
But may I suggest some other ambassadorial appointments.
Steve Hodge in Libya.
DOL in Bahrain.
MON in Yemen.
Lee Hendrie is our Peace Envoy to Indonesia. I just hope he doesn't threaten to twat any of the home fans.
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Love him!
genuine question - how is he regarded by Port Vale fans?
Just checked and he scored as many goals for them (28) in 83 games as he did in 234 games for Villa.
And I met him once
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Love him!
genuine question - how is he regarded by Port Vale fans?
Just checked and he scored as many goals for them (28) in 83 games as he did in 234 games for Villa.
And I met him once
http://www.onevalefan.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=1431602
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It's a very good move by the club, he deserves it. Me and a mate had our photo taken with him at The Hawthorns a few years ago, he seemed a bit embarrassed by it all to be honest.
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Anyone's who doubts that Ian is a legend can't have stood with him on the away end in the shit house that is small heath. Probably watching at home in the warm criticising us with their 'legend' andy gray ;-)
I'm surprised at how many away games he gets too. Him and especially Doug get my respect for still following us on our travels.
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Love him!
genuine question - how is he regarded by Port Vale fans?
Just checked and he scored as many goals for them (28) in 83 games as he did in 234 games for Villa.
And I met him once
http://www.onevalefan.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=1431602
Its nice to see that they feel the same as we do about the guy. Not many of his kind around today.