Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: godzvilla on August 05, 2013, 08:12:49 PM
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There is an quote from Nigel Kennedy in todays Times which I find rather odd and out of character , it seems does,nt have a very favourable view of Villa,s current strategy of buying young players , in fact he seems quite angry about it . Odd, imo , because I,ve always thought him to be almost tunnel visioned when it came to the Villa .
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Its his beloved Aston Villa that's in the line of fire " I,m not going to renew my Season Ticket " he fumes " while they have this policy of grooming young players just to sell them on . And you can f***ing well print that . They are taking the proverbial pee out of us loyal fans " .
I wonder if his views are shared by other fans (?) , its not something I,ve picked up on this site ? ...............Godzvilla !
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Spot on Nigel, we were quick to take the money from Spurs for that Benteke bloke.
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I guess the key point we can't know here is when that interview happened, if it was before Benteke signed his new deal I can see the point.
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I thought he was going to complain about The Great Aston Villa Swindle and not renew his season ticket due to the £2 booking fee.
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I could understand it if our policy IS to groom young players to sell on, but it isn't, so it is a pretty odd thing to say.
We're Aston Villa not Crewe!!
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It seems very out of character and not true. I can only believe that unless it was Damon doing the interview the journalist did not have a clue. Probably the music columnist.
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Well it was in today,s Times ´Arts ´section , Interviewer was Richard Morrison , essentially the interview was based around his Music & upcoming Proms appearances etc , as well a bit re abuse by Music Teachers , apparently he has allegations against a former teacher , pending .
The stuff about the Villa starts " Nige, feet up on Pew ( they are in a London Church ) , cuppa in hand delivering an expletive strew denunciation of the British Institution he cherishes more than any other ........No , not the Proms , its his beloved Aston Villa ......" so I,m not sure what , if any conclusions , can be drawn re place , time & Interviewer ...........Godzvilla !
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This guys often in the same hotel as us. He's very friendly and quite funny but he was really convinced we'd go down last year. I knew we wouldn't.
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Is Nigel Kennedy's internet persona actually Risso? ;)
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Is Nigel Kennedy's internet persona actually Risso? ;)
Dunno if Dave W has ever met Nigel Kennedy was there a whole load of sly and not sly digs for the entire time they were talking? If not then I'd guess they're not the same.
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Nowt to do with the thread but just thought I'd say that Godzvilla rocks.
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Is Nigel Kennedy's internet persona actually Risso? ;)
Dunno if Dave W has ever met Nigel Kennedy was there a whole load of sly and not sly digs for the entire time they were talking? If not then I'd guess they're not the same.
I've met him a few times. You could never meet a more honest and totally mental Villa supporter, which is why I'm surprised at this.
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He is a talented artisan so expected to have a mad turns.
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Don't believe it
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If it's his opinion he's entitled to it. You get the feeling with Nige that his mood could probably swing fairly readily and he'd not be afraid to express his feeling at any given time. Lets face it though last season was 80% frustrating.
I can see why people miss the days when we'd buy players with reputations and largely we've spend most of our Premier League time in the top half. Gregory never finished out of the top 8, MON finished 6th three years running. BFR and BL both flirted with genuine success too, and we had a couple of cups to boot. Even as much as we moan about Herbert being a tight bastard he did allow a lot of managers here to almost completely rebuild squads and spend a fair wedge on players with reputations. Ron did it. Little spent a lot for the time, though not on players with massive reps intitially (and it would be doing that, which ended up being his undoing), Gregory had a lot of money to spend. Even DOL, as much as he complained had enough to bring in some well known players.
I would hope though that with a good upturn next season that Nige will become more enamored with what we're doing and how we're playing.
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he could have been peed, stressed, tired, had a blinding headache, could have been on a huge (natural) high after a performamnce...anything that led to him getting carried away. I bet he doesn't really think this way and I bet he has his season-ticket next season.
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I have met him quite a few times whilst selling H&V and he always stops for a short chat. This outburst is totally out of character. He is a 'monster' Villa fan.
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He was very amusing on Saturday Live this week. He wouldn't be the only supporter who has had a dig at the team/management/chair, especially when it looked like we were losing Benteke.
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I remember chatting to him after a game and him saying something along the lines of "they should never have forced O'Neill out". I'd forgotten all about it till reading this.
He's entitled to his opinion but I think he's wrong on this. It's hardly high treason though, I'm sure he wants Villa to do well just as much as any of us.
I have pleasant memories of asking him if he could play the World's tiniest violin to commemorate Small Heath going down after the last day win over Liverpool a couple of years back.
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If it's his opinion he's entitled to it. You get the feeling with Nige that his mood could probably swing fairly readily and he'd not be afraid to express his feeling at any given time. Lets face it though last season was 80% frustrating.
I can see why people miss the days when we'd buy players with reputations and largely we've spend most of our Premier League time in the top half. Gregory never finished out of the top 8, MON finished 6th three years running. BFR and BL both flirted with genuine success too, and we had a couple of cups to boot. Even as much as we moan about Herbert being a tight bastard he did allow a lot of managers here to almost completely rebuild squads and spend a fair wedge on players with reputations. Ron did it. Little spent a lot for the time, though not on players with massive reps intitially (and it would be doing that, which ended up being his undoing), Gregory had a lot of money to spend. Even DOL, as much as he complained had enough to bring in some well known players.
I would hope though that with a good upturn next season that Nige will become more enamored with what we're doing and how we're playing.
Very good post that Supertom.
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He has clearly had some sort of breakdown.
He needs our support and got into fanhab.
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He painted his Jag claret and blue, with a paint brush, before we beat Manure at Wembley.
Class bloke and as mad as a box of frogs, in a nice way.
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Nowt to do with the thread but just thought I'd say that Godzvilla rocks.
Please don,t let silly rules about ´threads ´etc ´ever hold you back Eamon , your well observed and considered opinions serve to exemplify the obvious depth of your intellect ..............Rock on .........Godzvilla!
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Happy Birthday to you Nigel.....hope you get 3 points for it!
ps Thanks for the mention of Villa on Classic Fm.... more than those w**kers on WM ever do
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Happy birthday Nige !
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ffs just read the first two pages of this thread before I realised it's 6 months old
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Let's hope the Birmingham Mail realise it's 6 months old.
"KENNEDY VILLA FURY!"
"Superfan Nigel, Vents Spleen At Lions Transfer Policy!"
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Funny that ....birthdays coming round every 12 months