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Heroes & Villains => Villa Memories => Topic started by: Barca 2011 on December 02, 2012, 10:57:01 PM

Title: Olof Mellberg
Post by: Barca 2011 on December 02, 2012, 10:57:01 PM
Last few weeks have been to watch my local team here in Alicante province - Elche. cf
Doing well in the Spanish equivalent of our Championship. Top at the moment so could make La Liga next season
Just got back from the game tonight - beat Villareal who were relegated from La Liga last year.
Great surprise when they announced the teams and Olof Mellberg was in the Villareal team.
Had a good game , Maybe I'm a bit biased. Had the Elche centre forward well under control
but  nothing he could do to about the Elche winning goal.
Great to see him still playing well - Legend
Title: Re: Olof mellberg
Post by: Toronto Villa on June 03, 2024, 12:22:29 AM
Has a great playing career. Making a decent fist of it as a manager. Fucks to give about his appearance…zero.


(https://i.ibb.co/2hvdJ1Q/IMG-3190.jpg) (https://ibb.co/2hvdJ1Q)
Title: Re: Olof mellberg
Post by: Rory on June 03, 2024, 01:29:03 AM
Has a great playing career. Making a decent fist of it as a manager. Fucks to give about his appearance…zero.


(https://i.ibb.co/2hvdJ1Q/IMG-3190.jpg) (https://ibb.co/2hvdJ1Q)

I would...
Title: Re: Olof mellberg
Post by: troygraham on June 09, 2024, 05:49:36 PM
Quote
Last few weeks have been to watch my local team here in Alicante province - Elche. cf
Doing well in the Spanish equivalent of our Championship. Top at the moment so could make La Liga next season
Just got back from the game tonight - beat Villareal who were relegated from La Liga last year.
Great surprise when they announced the teams and Olof Mellberg was in the Villareal team.
Had a good game geometry dash scratch (https://geometrydash-scratch.com), Maybe I'm a bit biased. Had the Elche centre forward well under control
but  nothing he could do to about the Elche winning goal.
Great to see him still playing well - Legend
Yes, he is a legend.
Title: Re: Olof mellberg
Post by: sid1964 on June 10, 2024, 07:53:44 AM
Looks as though he has just been woken up from a very long sleep.
Title: Re: Olof mellberg
Post by: Dogtanian on June 10, 2024, 08:49:15 AM
Looks as though he has just been woken up from a very long sleep.

He reminded me of Maximilian Schell in the second greatest film ever made - The Black Hole.

(https://i.ibb.co/Y0W24jJ/tbh.jpg)
Title: Re: Olof Mellberg
Post by: Risso on June 10, 2024, 03:39:59 PM
He looks like Nick Nolte in Down and Out in Beverley Hills, pre-haircut/shower.
Title: Re: Olof Mellberg
Post by: Toronto Villa on November 26, 2024, 05:00:50 PM
About to be names new head coach of St Louis City in MLS. Now two former Villa managing in the league with Deano in Charlotte.
Title: Re: Olof Mellberg
Post by: cdbearsfan on December 21, 2024, 03:21:23 AM
St Louis City. Another imaginative job with the team naming, well done MLS...
Title: Re: Olof Mellberg
Post by: Tuscans on May 11, 2026, 04:53:43 PM
Olof Mellberg splashed £40,000 on 3,100 Villa kits, given to every one of the fans who travelled to see Villa at West Ham in his final game for Villa #OnThisDay.

This would cost £372,000 if done today.
Title: Re: Olof Mellberg
Post by: Somniloquism on May 11, 2026, 05:17:57 PM
Not sure your maths are correct. Weren't they £60 quid RRP back then and are now £85/£110 depending on fan/pro. So £100k or so. Not that he paid full price then or would now as neither time was under Doug.
Title: Re: Olof Mellberg
Post by: Tuscans on May 11, 2026, 05:26:27 PM
Not sure your maths are correct. Weren't they £60 quid RRP back then and are now £85/£110 depending on fan/pro. So £100k or so. Not that he paid full price then or would now as neither time was under Doug.
Bigger numbers, bigger headlines.

I pinched it from someone else but he he did "reportedly" splash out 40k for just over 3000...didn't he?
Title: Re: Olof Mellberg
Post by: Somniloquism on May 11, 2026, 05:38:36 PM
No idea how much he spent but it would have worked out around £12 per shirt at those numbers which we definitely were not selling them for in the shop, even for end of season lines.
Title: Re: Olof Mellberg
Post by: Tuscans on May 11, 2026, 05:47:12 PM
No idea how much he spent but it would have worked out around £12 per shirt at those numbers which we definitely were not selling them for in the shop, even for end of season lines.
I dunno I think they would of been around the £12-£15 mark at the end of the season 18 odd years ago. You can buy a shirt now from the OS for £25, inflation, materials cost etc and all that I reckon those numbers add up.
Title: Re: Olof Mellberg
Post by: Somniloquism on May 11, 2026, 05:51:33 PM
Still only doubles the price but call it £100k* to add extras. The figure quoted in the original post seems to be at the RRP for the shirt as new.

*And tbh it would still have been about 1 weeks wages for him now as it was then.
Title: Re: Olof Mellberg
Post by: Sexual Ealing on May 11, 2026, 06:16:44 PM
I'm glad this is finally being tackled.
Title: Re: Olof Mellberg
Post by: Somniloquism on May 11, 2026, 06:20:07 PM
And I'm glad to make you glad.
Title: Re: Olof Mellberg
Post by: PeterWithesShin on May 11, 2026, 06:20:49 PM
Pretty telling he didn't do it for a home game the tight fecker.
Title: Re: Olof Mellberg
Post by: CT Villan on May 11, 2026, 06:30:13 PM
Pretty telling he didn't do it for a home game the tight fecker.

Say that to his face...he'd smash you with his hammer.
Title: Re: Olof Mellberg
Post by: Beard82 on May 11, 2026, 06:31:14 PM
Imagine the poor buggers stuck behind him at the club shop while he get the names printed
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