0% Villa: Tom Hanks

[Legion]

Pillock

[PeterWithesShin]

Better he likes us than one of the usual suspects is the way I look at it.

[CJ]

"Well versed in Villa parlance" my arse. A while back I saw him doing an interview or something and he called us "the scarlet and blues". 

[Yossarian]

With a bit of luck I won't catch any of his films any time soon.

[TopDeck113]

Worth keeping a copy of Hank's letter ready for the next time someone slags off Nigel Kennedy's Villa supporting credentials.  Compare and contrast.

[timeoutbigbar]

Its a bit of harmless fun really.  He's not actually a 'real' fan, so what?

[saunders_heroes]

Pillock

I'm glad he's a Villa fan (however half hearted). Just a bit of harmless fun and a good bit of PR for the club. No need for the inverse snobbery.

[TheSandman]

So what? He's officially a better Villa fan than Black Country Villa.

And not only that but we don't have to read his self important moans on here. Doesn't seem so bad does he?

[Shrek]

Pillock

I'm glad he's a Villa fan (however half hearted). Just a bit of harmless fun and a good bit of PR for the club. No need for the inverse snobbery.

Yeah Legion you snob.. ;-)

[Chris Harte]

Hanks couldīve picked a better season to come and watch us.

[Louzie0]

I note he's used, 'up the Villa' rather than writing 'three cheers for Aston Villa or whatever you Brits say'. 

He's a fan.  He's said so.  He lives a long way away from Birmingham and doesn't get to games.  There are people posting here who live nearer and don't get to games, me included.  (There are people who post on here who don't get to games and live just down the road compared to me!) There are also people who, like Tom, live thousands of miles away, and describe themselves as Villa fans, with a history of attending or not and why not?

 As it says on the intro page to this website, nobody is 'a better fan' than anybody else; here, on this site we all love the Villa.  No problem, if Tom turns up to a match then he hopes we'll win.  That's good enough for me. That's a fan!

[Rotterdam]

Fair play to him I say. As PWS suggests, better us than them.

[john e]

what we desperatley need is a big debate on what is a 'real' fan,
 dont think its ever come up before, we could all post for days about how many games we have been to over so many years and try and work out who is a proper fan and who isnt, should be fun

[atomicjam]

I am all for an a list actor saying he is a Villa fan and wants to get to a game. As several have said already, rather it is us than anyone esle.

[Legion]

Pillock

I'm glad he's a Villa fan (however half hearted). Just a bit of harmless fun and a good bit of PR for the club. No need for the inverse snobbery.

Yeah Legion you snob.. ;-)

Yes, I'm a right snob. He's not a Villa fan. Never has been. All contrived soundbites.