Yep - I was in favour of ditching it like many others, but if that's what it does for Stan then argument over.
I saw him on Midlands Today last night and he looked like a bloke who'd been through a lot so of course we should carry it on if it's helping him.. We just need the 16 years olds to stop the No Respect crap.
we need to find a way of getting rid of the No Respect chants so it gets back to being us as Villa fans supporting Stan, and if others want to join in or not it's up to them. Got to find a way to stop spoiling it but I don't know how we do that.
No word on if he will play again.If he doesn't then we should host some sort of 'farewell' game at VP in pre-season.
Quote from: PaulTheVillan on November 20, 2012, 11:33:17 AMNo word on if he will play again.If he doesn't then we should host some sort of 'farewell' game at VP in pre-season.I would be very surprised if he played again and a testimonial at Celtic against villa would be fitting and probably attract a huge crowd.
Quote from: eastie on November 20, 2012, 01:00:20 PMQuote from: PaulTheVillan on November 20, 2012, 11:33:17 AMNo word on if he will play again.If he doesn't then we should host some sort of 'farewell' game at VP in pre-season.I would be very surprised if he played again and a testimonial at Celtic against villa would be fitting and probably attract a huge crowd.Cross that bridge if and when we get to it, I thinks it's a little insensitive to speculate on his prospects of playing football again while he's still got bigger hurdles to negotiate.
Quote from: Clampy on November 20, 2012, 09:18:09 AMI saw him on Midlands Today last night and he looked like a bloke who'd been through a lot so of course we should carry it on if it's helping him.. We just need the 16 years olds to stop the No Respect crap.It's not just the '16 years olds', Clampy.I had a bit of an argument with a few 'older guys (25-35+ at a guess) who were saying that other clubs show no respect by not clapping too. I put the point. that at the end of the day it's a Villa thing and that as long as they didn't sing abuse I really couldn't care if they clapped, as you'd probably find that they don't realise what's going on.I would love us to score during that 19th minute applause, we could even credit the goal to Stan :-)