Dwight Yorke.

[supertom]

I don't know if he has done his coaching badges yet but if he wants to manage Villa he might want to get a move on starting his managerial career. He is the same age as Paul Lambert.

Maybe we can get him in as a coach and he can help our players pass a ball to a teammate, show a bit of movement, and where the back of the net is.

[aj2k77]

Movement lol. Westwood only feels comfortable standing next to an opposition player.

[supertom]

Movement lol. Westwood only feels comfortable standing next to an opposition player.

To be fair to Westwood, Scott Parker looks quite dashing with his barnet. He probably wanted to stand and admire it the other day.

[KevinGage]

Goodison.

Badge kissing.

"Everyone knows Birmingham City are historically the biggest club in the area."


No thanks.

[PaulWinch again]

Goodison.

Badge kissing.

"Everyone knows Birmingham City are historically the biggest club in the area."


No thanks.

Did he actually say that?! What a stupid thing to say, it's just blatantly factually incorrect.

[eamonn]

Come on Gagey. What's all that minor tit-for-tat measured against years of wonderful goals, skills and smiles?

It's Chrissmas for Chrisssakes.

[not3bad]

Goodison.

Badge kissing.

"Everyone knows Birmingham City are historically the biggest club in the area."


No thanks.

Did he actually say that?! What a stupid thing to say, it's just blatantly factually incorrect.

I don't think that was the exact quote was it?

[Toronto Villa]

Goodison.

Badge kissing.

"Everyone knows Birmingham City are historically the biggest club in the area."


No thanks.

Did he actually say that?! What a stupid thing to say, it's just blatantly factually incorrect.

He had his fingers and toes crossed. Plus if you're a Villa legend joining the local rats on their ship as one of your last stops how else are you going to try and garner acceptance? I don't think he meant it at all. Badge kissing, who cares? I'll go by his body of work in our colours and it's massively impressive.

[eastie]

Interesting view on collymore-

Signing for Birmingham City came as a shock to Villa fans – but Yorke’s spell at the Blues included one of the most controversial incidents of his career.

He netted just two goals in 13 games.

But the most upsetting part of his time with relegation-threatened Blues came when he returned to former club Blackburn Rovers.

Warming up as a substitute at Ewood Park, racist abuse was hurled at Yorke by the Blackburn fans.

Angry, hurt and insulted, the striker looked for support from Blues bosses.

But he claimed he was let down by Birmingham City owner David Sullivan who said the incident was blown out of proportion and was ‘not the crime of the century’.

Yorke revealed: “I took great exception to one of the Birmingham owners, David Sullivan, claiming in interviews with the media that I had made too much of the incident.

“I had never met this guy but I could not believe that he had voiced such an ignorant and insensitive opinion.

“I was told that I should take no heed of it by Brucey (Steve Bruce), but I was disgusted by his attitude. What the hell did he know about it?”

David Sullivan refused to comment.

Stan Collymore talked the talk but didn't deliver - Dwight Yorke

Dwight Yorke made many close friends in football and only failed to get on with one player – Stan Collymore.

Villa manager Brian Little signed the Cannock-born striker from Liverpool in 1997 for a club record £7 million fee.

But ‘Stan The Man’ went on to score just seven league goals in 46 appearances – a poor return which Yorke put down to a bad attitude.

“I never had any issues with my team-mates throughout my Villa days, save for one,” he said.

“Stan Collymore disappointed me, I’m afraid.

‘‘He certainly had talent, no-one could deny that, but there were rumours that he could be a bit moody.

‘‘Stan’s arrival brought an unsettling tension to the team. He had left Liverpool, undoubtedly a bigger club, and to me gave the impression that he could swan into Villa and just take over the place.

“We saw someone who was basing his authority at the club and inside the dressing room on reputation alone. And that’s how it stayed.

“We never saw Stan deliver anything on the pitch with any consistency that warranted his big attitude around the place.

“He talked a great game which he rarely, if ever, delivered and to me that simply wasn’t acceptable.”

When Collymore signed, Yorke had just finished as the club’s top scorer for the second year running.

But the formidable partnership that Little had hoped for never materialised and the Cannock striker, who has suffered with depression, eventually left the club for Leicester in 2000.

Yorke said: ‘‘Stan was troubled at the time and had his own issues. And who knows if that contributed to what seemed to me like a bad attitude. But I found it hard to bear.’’

[Dave Cooper please]

Does he say these nice things in his book?

Ask Darren Wooley.

[eastie]

Goodison.

Badge kissing.

"Everyone knows Birmingham City are historically the biggest club in the area."


No thanks.

Did he actually say that?! What a stupid thing to say, it's just blatantly factually incorrect.

Dwight Yorke - "Birmingham are regarded as bigger than Aston Villa."

"I lived here for nine years and people have always said that Birmingham supporters are much greater in the city."

[PeterWithesShin]

He had probably just been hit on the head by Jordan's airbags before he said that.

[Dave Cooper please]

That game at Everton. His head must have been all over the place, his transfer was all but complete and I think I mentioned to someone before kick-off that I was surprised he was picked. Some players (the afore-mentioned Milner for instance) will react professionally and just get on with playing, others just haven't got that sort of mindset.

[Toronto Villa]

Goodison.

Badge kissing.

"Everyone knows Birmingham City are historically the biggest club in the area."


No thanks.

Did he actually say that?! What a stupid thing to say, it's just blatantly factually incorrect.

Dwight Yorke - "Birmingham are regarded as bigger than Aston Villa."

"I lived here for nine years and people have always said that Birmingham supporters are much greater in the city."

So he didn't say it, or he'd have said "I lived here for nine years and I have always said that Birmingham supporters are much greater in the city."

[eamonn]

Interesting to hear his take on Collywobbles. I wonder if some of that prima-donna behaviour rubbed off on Yorkie during 1998. Maybe even making him try to force through a move to ManUre as much as possible. I remember on my first trip to Villa, (a 1-1 draw against Spurs in VP's centenary game APr '97. Yorke with a late equaliser, of course), after the game when the autograph-hunters were pestering Dwight, he was moodily putting his earrings in, while stood by whatever posh car he had. That image of him - the apparent self-knowing that he was the big cheese at the club did strike me as a kid and him being my favourite player.

He was good mates with Bossie and Ego, who both later showed, publicly, their desire to leave the club. They were all ambitious at the time and even though Ehiogu ended-up at 'Boro, he has said that a move to United was on the cards at one stage. Maybe they saw Collymore as a symbol of what they wanted and Yorkie's views are clouded by that. Or, perhaps he's right. Collymore didn't work as hard as them, was moodier and wasn't as productive on the field.