Barry "Messi" Bannan - again

[VinnieChase84]

Attitude problem from what I've been told. Firmly believes he's billy big bollocks already.
On an 'unrelated topic' I was also told a footballer whose banned from driving for DUI was still caught driving during his ban!

[sonlyme]

Alas poor Barry.

How excited I was watching you play for our academy. How thrilled to see you in the reserves. He's too small they said. He's not quick enough. But I saw you Barry, keeping the ball like it was tied to your foot, playing silky passes short, stroking booming passes long.

Always competitive, always hungry for the ball, you were a star in the making. And now? Drunken antics say some. Giving it the big 'un say others. Whatever - you have failed to develop into the footballer I had hoped. Sometimes you tried too hard Barry. Sometimes the eagerness led to errors. I hope this shock knocks you back on track so you can become the player I saw just those few years ago.

You were our very own slack jawed yokel Barry.  Your mouth hanging open in mute expectation. Your tongue lolling idly at the side.   Your mouth seemed to have a mind of it's own.  Every thought, every intention was signalled by it.  Every breath taken in through it.  I will miss your premier league gurning Bazza - there was no one better.

So I wish you well Barry. You made me smile and dream about a better future, a future Villa full of young talent. That dream is coming true now Barry.  I am only sorry you won't be here to share in it.

UTV and good luck.

[LeeB]

Maybe if he drops a level and plays in a side that's not constantly struggling, he might just get his zest back and remember what it's all about.

I hope so, because I still think he could be a bloody good player, and at the end of the day, whatever he might or might not be he's one of ours who came all the way through, and I bet he's gutted about how it's ended.

[dave.woodhall]

Please stop posting unnecessary photos.

[sirlordbaltimore]

Attitude problem from what I've been told.

Dare i ask who told you that ?

Only because in personal experience he's always been perfectly friendly whenever i've met him up at Bodymoor. Half the time i think these rumours just do the rounds for no reason other than someone's started one out of spite/malice and it gets reported over and over like it's gospel

Personally i think Bannan's problem is (a) he looks like a piss head (b) that drunk driving malarky

Now, i'm sure we've all got friends that have fallen into one if not both of those categories ourselves, but i wouldn't wrire off their friendship based on either personally. As a footballer i think he's fine, not great but then plenty of our other midfielders are in exactly the same bracket. I just don't think wee Barry's face sits well with some folks

Put bluntly, if Benteke had done exactly the same driving offence he wouldn't have gotten half the abuse Barry did from some folks. And HE should have, don't get me wrong. But it's like some folks don't like him so lets use that as a battering ram when they wouldn't if it was a player they did like

Drink driving is a terrible thing, but i've got family members that still do it and i haven't disowned them yet

[pauliewalnuts]

Please stop posting unnecessary photos.

I thought it was a great idea, I'd totally forgotten what Barry Bannan looked like.

[PeterWithesShin]

Please stop posting unnecessary photos.

I thought it was a great idea, I'd totally forgotten what Barry Bannan looked like.

Did it have to be a lifesize picture of his head though?

[pauliewalnuts]

Attitude problem from what I've been told.

Dare i ask who told you that ?

Only because in personal experience he's always been perfectly friendly whenever i've met him up at Bodymoor. Half the time i think these rumours just do the rounds for no reason other than someone's started one out of spite/malice and it gets reported over and over like it's gospel

Personally i think Bannan's problem is (a) he looks like a piss head (b) that drunk driving malarky

Now, i'm sure we've all got friends that have fallen into one if not both of those categories ourselves, but i wouldn't wrire off their friendship based on either personally. As a footballer i think he's fine, not great but then plenty of our other midfielders are in exactly the same bracket. I just don't think wee Barry's face sits well with some folks

Put bluntly, if Benteke had done exactly the same driving offence he wouldn't have gotten half the abuse Barry did from some folks. And HE should have, don't get me wrong. But it's like some folks don't like him so lets use that as a battering ram when they wouldn't if it was a player they did like

Drink driving is a terrible thing, but i've got family members that still do it and i haven't disowned them yet

To be honest, if i were to list "things that'd make me fall out with friends or family members" then "they drink drive" would be pretty high up the list. I also have to admit, I can't speak for anyone else, but whilst I might have friends who look like piss heads, I don't have any who have been done for drunk driving.

Maybe what's really a bit skew-iff is your attitude to drink driving rather than our attitude to Barry Bannan?

Incidentally, it wasn't just drink driving, either, for the incident on the M1, he was also done for failing to stop after an accident, driving without due care and attention and driving on a provisional licence.

I think he's a promising player, but the evidence to suggest that, off the pitch, he's an utter bell-end is pretty convincing.

[pauliewalnuts]

Please stop posting unnecessary photos.

I thought it was a great idea, I'd totally forgotten what Barry Bannan looked like.

Did it have to be a lifesize picture of his head though?

I just like to picture the player concerned when reading a post about them and find that I'm unable to do so without a photograph of them.

[Legion]

Drink-driving is totally out of order regardless of who does it.

[PeterWithesShin]

Attitude problem from what I've been told.

Dare i ask who told you that ?

Only because in personal experience he's always been perfectly friendly whenever i've met him up at Bodymoor. Half the time i think these rumours just do the rounds for no reason other than someone's started one out of spite/malice and it gets reported over and over like it's gospel

Personally i think Bannan's problem is (a) he looks like a piss head (b) that drunk driving malarky

Now, i'm sure we've all got friends that have fallen into one if not both of those categories ourselves, but i wouldn't wrire off their friendship based on either personally. As a footballer i think he's fine, not great but then plenty of our other midfielders are in exactly the same bracket. I just don't think wee Barry's face sits well with some folks

Put bluntly, if Benteke had done exactly the same driving offence he wouldn't have gotten half the abuse Barry did from some folks. And HE should have, don't get me wrong. But it's like some folks don't like him so lets use that as a battering ram when they wouldn't if it was a player they did like

Drink driving is a terrible thing, but i've got family members that still do it and i haven't disowned them yet

To be honest, if i were to list "things that'd make me fall out with friends or family members" then "they drink drive" would be pretty high up the list. I also have to admit, I can't speak for anyone else, but whilst I might have friends who look like piss heads, I don't have any who have been done for drunk driving.

Maybe what's really a bit skew-iff is your attitude to drink driving rather than our attitude to Barry Bannan?

Incidentally, it wasn't just drink driving, either, for the incident on the M1, he was also done for failing to stop after an accident, driving without due care and attention and driving on a provisional licence.

I think he's a promising player, but the evidence to suggest that, off the pitch, he's an utter bell-end is pretty convincing.

If one of my mates did what Bannan did i'd give them fucking hell. And as Paulie says, it wasn't just drink driving. The only difference for me between Bannan and the Lee Hughes incident is that Bannan was lucky that he didn't kill someone.

[VinnieChase84]

Attitude problem from what I've been told.

Dare i ask who told you that ?

Only because in personal experience he's always been perfectly friendly whenever i've met him up at Bodymoor. Half the time i think these rumours just do the rounds for no reason other than someone's started one out of spite/malice and it gets reported over and over like it's gospel

Personally i think Bannan's problem is (a) he looks like a piss head (b) that drunk driving malarky

Now, i'm sure we've all got friends that have fallen into one if not both of those categories ourselves, but i wouldn't wrire off their friendship based on either personally. As a footballer i think he's fine, not great but then plenty of our other midfielders are in exactly the same bracket. I just don't think wee Barry's face sits well with some folks

Put bluntly, if Benteke had done exactly the same driving offence he wouldn't have gotten half the abuse Barry did from some folks. And HE should have, don't get me wrong. But it's like some folks don't like him so lets use that as a battering ram when they wouldn't if it was a player they did like

Drink driving is a terrible thing, but i've got family members that still do it and i haven't disowned them yet

I can't name outright on here. But a former Villa player whose still very close to the club to this day

[ACVilla]

Attitude problem from what I've been told.

Dare i ask who told you that ?

Only because in personal experience he's always been perfectly friendly whenever i've met him up at Bodymoor. Half the time i think these rumours just do the rounds for no reason other than someone's started one out of spite/malice and it gets reported over and over like it's gospel

Personally i think Bannan's problem is (a) he looks like a piss head (b) that drunk driving malarky

Now, i'm sure we've all got friends that have fallen into one if not both of those categories ourselves, but i wouldn't wrire off their friendship based on either personally. As a footballer i think he's fine, not great but then plenty of our other midfielders are in exactly the same bracket. I just don't think wee Barry's face sits well with some folks

Put bluntly, if Benteke had done exactly the same driving offence he wouldn't have gotten half the abuse Barry did from some folks. And HE should have, don't get me wrong. But it's like some folks don't like him so lets use that as a battering ram when they wouldn't if it was a player they did like

Drink driving is a terrible thing, but i've got family members that still do it and i haven't disowned them yet

I can't name outright on here. But a former Villa player whose still very close to the club to this day

He's actually a decent bloke, a guy who you could have a good drink and chat with in the pub if you knew him.

The problem is partly the too much money too young and the fact that he enjoys his social life too much for a professional footballer.

If he calms down a bit then I believe that there is a seriously decent footballer in there.

I hope his move sorts him out but when he won't move until he has a pay rise from his £17k a week salary then you have to wonder don't you.

[Lizz]

Drink-driving is totally out of order regardless of who does it.

I wonder if Ray Wilkins' conviction for drink driving will impact on his punditry career. I hope it does.

[Mortimer's Bear]

Drink-driving is totally out of order regardless of who does it.

I wonder if Ray Wilkins' conviction for drink driving will impact on his punditry career. I hope it does.

I hope it does too, it would seriously impact mine.