Alan Hutton the Scottish Cafu Retires

[curiousorange]

I'm sure the full story has been pieced together over the years, but I don't understand a player on Hutton's wages told only to train, and Lambert claiming it was purely financial. Firstly, was there really that much of those wages being supplied by appearances, and secondly, why did that mean you had to put him with the under 23's?

[purpletrousers]

Very very enjoyable, as likeable & honest as you'd hope.  Very nice overview of recent history. Consider my empathetic appraisal of Remi Guarde being hung out to dry by the club very much revised.

[RichardBatchelor]

For a fair few years he was pretty much universally battered by us on here, has any other player turned around their reputation to that degree? Battered for so long and then liked for years as well.

Yeah, a kind of inverted Agbonlahor.

[nigel]

The interview is well worth a listen.

He comes across very well, I thought, and I felt embarrassed at how abysmally the club treated him for a while.

I’ll have to have a listen.

It was also embarrassing how the supporters treated him for a while, too.

[DennisHodgetts]

I watched it last night. He comes across as open, intelligent, down to earth and loves the Villa. I was amazed how much he was willing to disclose and, I think he had a lot more stories he thought better of giving the details on! Our club was an embarrassment for a number of years, but it was good to hear that he sees us as on the right track now and long may it continue. He is a genuine guy and legend, having got there the long way round!

[Martyn Smith]

My memory of TSC is that he was awful in his first spell with us, went out on loan to IIRC Wolves, Forest and Mallorca - not necessarily in that order - and came back a vastly improved player. Loans can go either way of course cf Alli at Besiktas, but that set seemed to have done AH the world of good

[N'ZMAV]

A couple of things that were obvious on top of the shit show we was at the time....
Gabby was far too influencial, and too much of it was negative.
Paul Lambert was probably the puppet, but fuck me, no man management skills at all.

[Gerrin]

Who was Shewoods number 2 that he didn't get on with?

[N'ZMAV]

Ray Wilkins.

[Brend'Watkins]

Did he talk about his goal v Blues and if so did he state where he started his run?

[curiousorange]

Did he talk about his goal v Blues and if so did he state where he started his run?

He says he remembers receiving the ball from a tackle and then just running with it. It's an entertaining recollection.

[Gerrin]

Did he talk about his goal v Blues and if so did he state where he started his run?

He says he remembers receiving the ball from a tackle and then just running with it. It's an entertaining recollection.

Said his 3 career dreams were to score for Scotland, score for Rangers v Celtic and score for Villa v Blues, 'Well at least I managed one of them'.

Showed genuine warmth and affiliation to the fans and the club.

[N'ZMAV]

he came across really well, and not as much of a problem as we'd have all through during the bomb squad time.... however, we're only hearing one side of the story.

[chrisw1]

In the end I really like Hutton and I thought it was great he got such a good send off in his last game against Norwich.  I've never really heard the Holte sing one players name for 90 mins before, it was brilliant.

[Drummond]

"Gaffer, if you need me, I'm here"