Villa players in nightclub brawl (Evening Mail video)

[ADVILLAFAN]

Blues did exactly the same last season before they lost at home to Fulham, so it doesn't bode well for Sunday's match.

[JD]

Herd's an Aussie for f%*k sake thats normal and mild behaviour for an Aussie.

As long as he shows the same agression against Vand der Vart, Modric, etc then I will happily forgive him. 

[Rick_avfc]

Am I the only one who doesnt really care about this incident?  I think its blown out of proportion.
Just watch, come sunday when we lose againast the spuds, these 3 will be blamed when clearly, it has been everyones faults they are in this mess.

Ok, so they shouldnt have been out until 2.45am but they had the day off the next day.  Dont forget, these guys train everyday so can expect a day off to let their hair down.  Im not saying what Herd did was right as it wasn't but for people to start questioning them for being out on a monday night (6 days before a game) is just crazy.  And to start laying into Collins is a bit harsh too. 
Thats just my opinion.

[andyh]

so, Herd, a professional footballer, is seen kicking fuck out of a door (or something). He appears to be out of control.
What if he broke a toe or foot, what if he had put his foot through a glass door and gashed himself ?
For me, had he injured himself and jeopordised his place in the team, it would have served the twat right !!

[Rip Van We Go Again]

As for Delph, what a gigantic waste of money he's turned out to be.

Yep, absolutely terrible waste of £8m.  Fairly hopeless when he does play the odd match, in between his interminable injury lay-offs.

He's probably the worst timer of a tackle i've ever seen.

[Summers]

"boys will be boys"?

Most of us boys have managed plenty of nights out, frequently shitfaced, but have never found ourselves trying to kick our way into a club.

And some haven't. Herd said something happened inside that was handled badly and it all kicked off. So he was a drunken lad with his mates who got pissed off. I've had friends get kicked out of places for dozens of reasons, I've had friends get into fights for dozens of reasons. It happens. We have no idea what happened in there to start it.

I love this. The video shows three of our lads.

Delph - trying to calm it down and not doing much. Trying to shut the door to stop it from carrying on.

Collins - stands around, doesn't do a lot. Looks like he tries to shut the door to stop it from getting worse. He's calm and walks off without trouble.

Herd - screaming, shouting, kicking the door, causing trouble, has to be dragged away.

But everyone is blaming Collins for being a troublemaker? I know he's got in trouble before - but from what we know he really hasn't done much wrong. Honestly, I don't care. Herd was clearly angry, probably had a reason to be, oh well. I've been a c*** on enough nights out to know boys will be boys - but I'm surprised to see Collins receiving the abuse and blame.

Boys will be boys, that's OK then. They shouldn't be in a position to get them in a situation like that - it's 2 games to go until end of the season, is this what we want to see while we are in a relegation battle? They are a bunch of idiots and should be aware of the reaction if they got into trouble going out, due to the fact they are Premier League footballers.

No, they shouldn't be in that position. Maybe the club shouldn't put an award celebration night at such a crucial stage.

[Havencheese]

Kiwis

Herd's an Aussie for f%*k sake thats normal and mild behaviour for an Aussie.

Herd's an Aussie for f%*k sake thats normal and mild behaviour for an Aussie.

As long as he shows the same agression against Vand der Vart, Modric, etc then I will happily forgive him. 

Herd's an Aussie for f%*k sake thats normal and mild behaviour for an Aussie.

As long as he shows the same agression against Vand der Vart, Modric, etc then I will happily forgive him. 

As long as he shows the same agression against Vand der Vart, Modric, etc then I will happily forgive him. 

Unless you're an expat Brummie: Aussies, Kiwis "same diff" mate.

[Havencheese]

Apologies double post...

[JUAN PABLO]

Herd's an Aussie for f%*k sake thats normal and mild behaviour for an Aussie.

As long as he shows the same agression against Vand der Vart, Modric, etc then I will happily forgive him. 

Probably be sent off      

[pauliewalnuts]

"boys will be boys"?

Most of us boys have managed plenty of nights out, frequently shitfaced, but have never found ourselves trying to kick our way into a club.

And some haven't. Herd said something happened inside that was handled badly and it all kicked off. So he was a drunken lad with his mates who got pissed off. I've had friends get kicked out of places for dozens of reasons, I've had friends get into fights for dozens of reasons. It happens. We have no idea what happened in there to start it.

I love this. The video shows three of our lads.

Delph - trying to calm it down and not doing much. Trying to shut the door to stop it from carrying on.

Collins - stands around, doesn't do a lot. Looks like he tries to shut the door to stop it from getting worse. He's calm and walks off without trouble.

Herd - screaming, shouting, kicking the door, causing trouble, has to be dragged away.

But everyone is blaming Collins for being a troublemaker? I know he's got in trouble before - but from what we know he really hasn't done much wrong. Honestly, I don't care. Herd was clearly angry, probably had a reason to be, oh well. I've been a c*** on enough nights out to know boys will be boys - but I'm surprised to see Collins receiving the abuse and blame.

Boys will be boys, that's OK then. They shouldn't be in a position to get them in a situation like that - it's 2 games to go until end of the season, is this what we want to see while we are in a relegation battle? They are a bunch of idiots and should be aware of the reaction if they got into trouble going out, due to the fact they are Premier League footballers.

No, they shouldn't be in that position. Maybe the club shouldn't put an award celebration night at such a crucial stage.

I'm entirely aware that blokes get pissed up and do stupid things. What I'm not convinced on is how that makes what they do any more acceptable.

I'm not entirely sure what the acceptable chain of events would be inside the club for him to be trying to kick the door in shortly after.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

I've got video footage of Collins and Herd earlier in the night where they are playing chess whilst Fabian Delph stands in the background reciting 'La Bella Donna Della Mia Mente'.

I think I might send it to the Mail.

[wobbler]

This just reinforces my decision to walk away from football last year after being a season ticket holder for many years. I now follow Moseley home and away and it's one of the best things I've ever done.

[supertommykN'iba]

Massive massive overreaction in my opinion. Don't see what's wrong with players having a few drinks on a night out. Nobody knows what happened inside the club, so why have a go at Herd? Yes, he's lost his temper, but it's only the media that makes it reflect badly on the club. If you don't take it to heart, then you'll soon see this stuff just happens - he is human.

I like to see it as a good thing - at least he's got aggression.

[PaulWinch again]

This just reinforces my decision to walk away from football last year after being a season ticket holder for many years. I now follow Moseley home and away and it's one of the best things I've ever done.

What do Moseley play?

[Simon Ward]

Herd out injured with a broken toe is he?

Shakes head in despair!