Sad, sad, sad

[dave.woodhall]

www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/ex-aston-villa-star-paul-mcgrath-4804848

[Yossarian]

It is all so inevitable.

[supertom]

Very sad to see. Also makes you wonder just how good he could have been without the booze problems. Frighteningly good.

[dave shelley]

One of the biggest problems Paul has is, the never ending queue, of people willing to buy him drinks despite his problems.  It's nothing malicious just misguided gratitude.  Combine this with Paul's genial and inoffensive (when not drinking) character and it's an accident waiting to happen.  Just my opinion.

[eastie]

One of the biggest problems Paul has is, the never ending queue, of people willing to buy him drinks despite his problems.  It's nothing malicious just misguided gratitude.  Combine this with Paul's genial and inoffensive (when not drinking) character and it's an accident waiting to happen.  Just my opinion.

I had the pleasure of buying him a drink back in 1990 and glad to say he had orange juice , you are though of course quite right dave.

All these years down the line paul has still never quite beaten the drink problem and i wish him well in his fight .

[Diablo]

I hope it's not too serious and that he gets the help and support he needs. Following on from Supertom in my opinion he was "frighteningly good" (although I think I know what you mean) his continual knee problems were another major factor.

[robbo1874]

How much of him getting arrested had to do with being loud and annoying and how much of it had to do with him being Paul McGrath?

Probably seen as a bit of a big shot in Offaly and a big scalp for the local plod to get their 15 mins of fame:  I nicked Paul McGrath for being pissed once- they can tell anyone who cares, or maybe doesn't .

[eastie]

Only once saw him really outplayed in his years with us - at the baseball ground dean Saunders ran rings round him one game but mcgrath was easily the best most consistent player ive seen at villa by a distance - a pleasure to watch .

[Irish villain]

How much of him getting arrested had to do with being loud and annoying and how much of it had to do with him being Paul McGrath?

Probably seen as a bit of a big shot in Offaly and a big scalp for the local plod to get their 15 mins of fame:  I nicked Paul McGrath for being pissed once- they can tell anyone who cares, or maybe doesn't .

To be honest, I doubt that was a factor to be honest which makes it all the more disappointing.

It's a terrible affliction.

[Mossie Hennebry]

Paul McGrath's biggest problem is, that despite publicly speaking about his drinking problems, he never seems to care too much about stopping drinking.

[not3bad]

I would say it might be best for him to drop out of the public eye completely but sometimes the lack of attention and activity that comes with such a change can create a vacuum which he may fill by drinking more.

[dave shelley]

That's a somewhat sweeping generalisation Mossie, unless of course you have experience in which case I bow to your superior knowledge and genuinely offer you my sympathy.

Alcoholism; as we all know is an illness and, a horrible one at that.

[Olneythelonely]

Paul McGrath's biggest problem is, that despite publicly speaking about his drinking problems, he never seems to care too much about stopping drinking.

I don't agree with that. He wants to, I just don't think he knows how to.

[Clampy]

He's going to have slips like this from time to time and it's always sad to hear about. It must be a horrible thing to go through.

[eastie]

He's going to have slips like this from time to time and it's always sad to hear about. It must be a horrible thing to go through.

He had been doing well recently too, sad to hear this news.