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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: JUAN PABLO on December 12, 2012, 10:29:32 AM
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If anyone was interested in this great man
alex Cropley on TS just after 12 ;)
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If anyone was interested in this great man
alex Cropley on TS just after 12 ;)
Yes I saw a tweet about this earlier today. Am fortunately working from home today so have the opportunity to listen. My all time Villa hero is this fella and as much as last night was just brilliant, I wish he could come back in a time machine and own the pitch at Villa Park again.
Still get upset and unreasonably bitter about what that bastard Ally Brown did in December 1977. Shameful and and unfortunately Alex was never the same again. What a player though
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Dave , Im sure there will be a podcast of it , to listen to later ;)
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I remember a charity match that villa played against an Army team CAD Kineton I think it was when I was a kid
I am sure that Alex played in that match [although my memory of it is not great, I think Gary Shelton played as well]
I could be way off but I am sure I got his autograph at the match, I will see if I can find the match day card I got with his signature on it
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Already put this on the 'memories' section earlier, Mods feel free to merge/delete.
Will be listening to Alex, a great little player as brave as a lion.
Got his testimonial programme somewhere, must dig it out.
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TS have been rolling out some old Villa boys today. I heard Ray Houghton , George Boateng, Steve Staunton etc. This is all good coverage after a great win.
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Will give it a listen later, how good was Alex, I know Gordon Cowans came through because of that injury to Alex, but how good was he?
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He didn't like Saunders much and, erm, that's about it so far to do with Villa!
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Will give it a listen later, how good was Alex, I know Gordon Cowans came through because of that injury to Alex, but how good was he?
He was my personal favourite but whereas Sid had two great feet then Alex was mostly all left foot. However what a left foot he had, it could open a can of beans as the old saying goes. And he was a lion in the tackle.
Sid and Alex did have some time together in that never forgotten to be season of 76/77 and just wish they could have stayed together longer.
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Well it wasn't much cop really, only mentioned Villa towards the end when, mostly prompted by Andy Gray, he reminisced about the Liverpool 5-1 game, the QPR semi final, never recovering from the leg-break from bastard Brown and coming back against Brighton which finished him off.
Only points of interest is that he hated Saundewrs, and didn't feel he got the best treatment from the physios at Villa at the time.
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I have no problem with players not liking managers.How many like our managers at work?
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I still shudder at the sound of his leg snapping against those dirty fucking yammers
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Fantastic signing for £125,000 by Ron Saunders. Fantastic player. I have watched the villa since 1971 and he would stroll into any team we have had over the past 41 years.
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My favourite ever Villa player.
Heard it, and disappointed with the interview tbh.Went on too long about him going to Arse, never heard what he said about RS, and his non comments about his broken leg tells you everything about what he thinks of that bastard Ally Brown.
Still nice to hear off the great man, and to think he is now a taxi driver.Andy Gray seemed to like him, good luck Alex, and thanks for the memories.
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Given the choice of Cropley or Sid at left midfield I'd go with Cropley, only just maybe, but that says it all about how good he was.
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Regarding Alex alongside Sid or general "great player" label is not appropriate IMO. Yes he was ok but only a bit part player for us. He was mostly injured and when he did play was more style than substance. As far I know he was a frustrating player didn't deliver on expectation and probably wished he had stayed at Arsenal
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Sorry aftab, but if that is as far as you know it's not very far. He was a fantastic player. The only reason we got him from Arsenal was because of a certain Liam Brady.
He was many people's favourite in a team of special players.
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Regarding Alex alongside Sid or general "great player" label is not appropriate IMO. Yes he was ok but only a bit part player for us. He was mostly injured and when he did play was more style than substance. As far I know he was a frustrating player didn't deliver on expectation and probably wished he had stayed at Arsenal
Not the player I remember aftab! He was a star and we loved him, bit part player he certainly was not
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My dad loved him . Thought he was the best footballing Villa player up with God.
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Sorry aftab, but if that is as far as you know it's not very far. He was a fantastic player. The only reason we got him from Arsenal was because of a certain Liam Brady.
He was many people's favourite in a team of special players.
Clearly my memory of Alex at VP is soiled somehow! He was with us at the time when Deehan, Gray and Sir Dennis were at their best so not a difficult scenario to perfoprm well. His best game I remember was against Liverpool but than they were all gems that day. I don't remember much else.
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Sorry aftab, but if that is as far as you know it's not very far. He was a fantastic player. The only reason we got him from Arsenal was because of a certain Liam Brady.
He was many people's favourite in a team of special players.
Clearly my memory of Alex at VP is soiled somehow! He was with us at the time when Deehan, Gray and Sir Dennis were at their best so not a difficult scenario to perfoprm well. His best game I remember was against Liverpool but than they were all gems that day. I don't remember much else.
You're the first Villa fan I have heard, who saw that team, to have not rated Alex that highly :-)
Like all the others and as I said earlier, just a genius for me. He would be in any Villa team you care too mention since I have been watching, 1971 onwards. A bit part player he was most certainly not.
Would love to get in his taxi the next time I am in Edinburgh and have a chat.
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I think that the fact that most Villa fans of my age , rate Alex Cropley as probably their favourite player of that era, at a time when we had Sid, BL,AGray et al, speaks volumes to how high he was regarded .
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is there any long highlight video of Alex Cropley just to tell how good is he ?
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Alex Cropley was the bollox. I seem to remember (and i may be wrong here), but didnt we score via Andy Gray from the resultant free kick after they`d crippled him, scant reward for such a tragedy.
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is there any long highlight video of Alex Cropley just to tell how good is he ?
No you shouldn't be rewarded for bing young!