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Title: Gavin McCann retires
Post by: eric woolban woolban on May 25, 2011, 09:17:02 PM
Injuries have caught up with stripey:

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/football/bolton_wanderers/s/1421740_gavin-mccann-steps-into-bolton-coaching-role

Did DOL sign him?

I always liked him as a Villa player.

ALways looked like he was going to burst out crying.
Title: Re: Gavin McCann retires
Post by: Ian. on May 25, 2011, 09:21:04 PM
I'll never forget the great trick he did cheekily wiping chalk on the ref while pretending to pat his back.

I liked him too, he was good, not a great, but good.
Title: Re: Gavin McCann retires
Post by: luke25 on May 25, 2011, 09:33:08 PM
The white Reo-Coker.
Title: Re: Gavin McCann retires
Post by: cdbearsfan on May 25, 2011, 09:36:50 PM
Shame. Not the greatest player we ever had but he always tried. Wish him all the best.
Title: Re: Gavin McCann retires
Post by: Tom_Mc9? on May 25, 2011, 09:50:59 PM
A likable, yet limited, player.
Title: Re: Gavin McCann retires
Post by: The Left Side on May 25, 2011, 10:18:05 PM
A solid, unexciting player but he came at the right time for us, all the best Gavin
Title: Re: Gavin McCann retires
Post by: Risso on May 25, 2011, 10:45:05 PM
Arteta effectively ended his Villa career in 45 minutes by making him look like the cart horse he was.
Title: Re: Gavin McCann retires
Post by: Pete3206 on May 25, 2011, 10:45:27 PM
He tackles and he passes,
He wrestles and harasses,
He gets up peoples asses,
He's better than zidane,
Gavin McCann (Clap, Clap)
Gavin McCann (Clap, Clap)
Gavin McCann,
Gavin McCann,
Gavin McCann...
Title: Re: Gavin McCann retires
Post by: Deano's Mullet on May 26, 2011, 04:27:49 AM
If anyone can its Gavin McCann i used to say. Always liked him, he was decent in his first two seasons and brilliant in the first half season of MON's reign. Never let the side down and scored the odd long range goal or two. Remember his debut at Pompey when he ended up with a bandaged head - here was a man not afraid to take a beating for the team.
Title: Re: Gavin McCann retires
Post by: pooligan on May 26, 2011, 07:10:35 AM
I liked Gavin, a good hard working pro who always gave 100 per cent
Title: Re: Gavin McCann retires
Post by: darren woolley on May 26, 2011, 09:10:40 AM
I also liked Gavin McCann good battler on the football pitch I wish him all the best for the future.
Title: Re: Gavin McCann retires
Post by: Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air on May 26, 2011, 09:14:28 AM
Always liked Gavin McCann. If all players had his attitude, managers would have it easy.

But what the hell was going on with his hair ?

Title: Re: Gavin McCann retires
Post by: Damo70 on May 26, 2011, 09:29:02 AM
I thought when DOL arrived he realised what our priorities were in the transfer market on a limited budget and did well to get McCann and Sorensen. I think they were his only two summer signings in taking us from the previous seasons 16th to 6th. Shame it all went tits up after that.
Title: Re: Gavin McCann retires
Post by: *shellac* on May 26, 2011, 09:42:56 AM
I also liked Gavin McCann good battler on the football pitch I wish him all the best for the future.
2nded.
Title: Re: Gavin McCann retires
Post by: Concrete John on May 26, 2011, 09:44:40 AM
Arteta effectively ended his Villa career in 45 minutes by making him look like the cart horse he was.

A tad harsh.

He wasn't a world beater, or anything like one, but was a decent signing for a modest fee at a time when that ws all we could realistically hope for.  Although I hate to give him any credit, he was one of DOL's better signings and proved as close to value for money at £2m as you get these days.

Hope coaching goes well for him. 
Title: Re: Gavin McCann retires
Post by: Rudy Can't Fail on May 26, 2011, 03:57:18 PM
I thought his best spell for us was when MON first joined. He really looked comfortable on the ball, kept things moving, basically a completely different player. Never hid and always put in a shift. Good luck to him.
Title: Re: Gavin McCann retires
Post by: The Left Side on May 26, 2011, 08:30:08 PM
He loved a tackle as well
Title: Re: Gavin McCann retires
Post by: TheTimVilla on May 26, 2011, 09:06:49 PM
He loved a tackle as well
What better time to tell the world that we once had a wee together? Fulham away, he was injured and he came in to our pub for a whizz. Sad (& dull), but true.
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