Villa players in drunken bust up

[SO Villa]

Wasn't there rumours that NRC didn't get on with one of the players a couple of years ago - as such he wouldn't pass to him?

Players that Reo Coker didn't pass to? Doesn't exactly narrow it down.

[The Left Side]

Wasn't there rumours that NRC didn't get on with one of the players a couple of years ago - as such he wouldn't pass to him?

Players that Reo Coker didn't pass to? Doesn't exactly narrow it down.

Nice one!

[TheTimVilla]

Wasn't there rumours that NRC didn't get on with one of the players a couple of years ago - as such he wouldn't pass to him?

Players that Reo Coker didn't pass to? Doesn't exactly narrow it down.

Made me chuckle

[DeKuip]

So long as an environment is created where a team member could be earning £40k a week more than you, and where there are team members from many different nationalities/cultures/beliefs there will always be fall-outs and jealousies. Footballers are, apprarently, human.

[Bad English]

If it helps better understand the story, when you are bottom of the league in France you are the "red lantern" (lanterne rouge) but when you are second in the league, you are the "dolphin" (dauphin).

[damon loves JT]

I had a heated bust-up with my missus this morning. She was having a panic attack and on the verge of tears because, she said, she `couldn't cope with all these deadlines people keep putting on me.'

I said she had thirty seconds to get over it, at which point she took off her shoes and threw them at my head

[Lizz]

I had a heated bust-up with my missus this morning. She was having a panic attack and on the verge of tears because, she said, she `couldn't cope with all these deadlines people keep putting on me.'

I said she had thirty seconds to get over it, at which point she took off her shoes and threw them at my head

Isn't the technical term 'a frank exchange of views'?

[brian green]

It way well have been over a sneaky extra hotel being slipped onto Mayfair while nobody was looking but my guess is that the schisms in the squad are exactly the same as on this site basically pro and anti O'Neill and pro and anti Houllier.

Therefore the most likely cause of the bust up was along those lines.   The most pro O'Neill is almost certainly Petrov and the most pro Houllier is almost certainly Pires.   If somebody tickled the soles of my feet with a turkey feather until I had to say who it was rucking in Leicestershire (Leicestershire?) I would dob in Stilian Petrov and Robert Pires.

[KevinGage]

Not sure of that summation Brian.

Petrov -you would think- would have been one of MON's trusty lieutenants, but didn't offer any praise for the bloke after he left. He actually made pointed reference to enjoying training post- MON walk out, and playing different styles "not just counter attack."

Similarly, you'd think Pires having been signed by Houllier and being allowed to commute from London (despite other players being told to move house and relocate closer to Brum) would be the first one fighting his corner.  But before the Sheff Utd cup game he was giving interviews in the French media openly saying a lot of players weren't onside with GH's methods and he probably only had two games to save his job. I don't think I've ever heard a player less supportive of his boss.

According to the Bulgarian lad who posts on here on occasion, Stan was one of the few players to actually agree with GH's approach to training from the outset.

[WikiVilla]

Wasn't there rumours that NRC didn't get on with one of the players a couple of years ago - as such he wouldn't pass to him?

Players that Reo Coker didn't pass to? Doesn't exactly narrow it down.

Complete urban myth

As for petrov, he was happy to see the back of MON

[brian green]

Point taken Kevin but both players are clever enough to mask their prejudices.

Pires has got himself a sweetheart deal off Houllier and Petrov got a sweetheart deal off O'Neill.   Petrov's enthusiasm for the training methods and Pires criticsm of Houllier are I would suggest like a loving wife throwing her shoes at the head of her loving husband.   Just a little skirmish.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Wasn't there rumours that NRC didn't get on with one of the players a couple of years ago - as such he wouldn't pass to him?

Players that Reo Coker didn't pass to? Doesn't exactly narrow it down.

Complete urban myth

As for petrov, he was happy to see the back of MON

That's all Petrov sees of anyone when they ghost past him at a rate of a slow-jog.

[eamonn]

Petrov's enthusiasm for the training methods and Pires criticsm of Houllier are I would suggest like a loving wife throwing her shoes at the head of her loving husband.   Just a little skirmish.

Haha. Classic Green father and son double act.

[black pearl of inchicore]

What's the story with the Villa players...normally after a few Wet's,you get banjoed,pick a row with your best mate,everyone joins in,the drinking parlour gets thrashed,landlord calls Z-cars,then its bobby's v drunks.......Does'nt sound like much of a piss up[bonding session]!

[VillaZogmariner]

It was Dunne and Collins according to the NOTW