Quote from: LeeB on March 17, 2015, 02:16:09 PMQuote from: montague on March 17, 2015, 01:11:54 PMAndy Gray may be a bit of a knob these days but he was a superb centre forwardYou can't say that you nutter, that's his lad posting above you!I've heard worse......
Quote from: montague on March 17, 2015, 01:11:54 PMAndy Gray may be a bit of a knob these days but he was a superb centre forwardYou can't say that you nutter, that's his lad posting above you!
Andy Gray may be a bit of a knob these days but he was a superb centre forward
Quote from: JG on March 17, 2015, 03:09:35 PMQuote from: LeeB on March 17, 2015, 02:16:09 PMQuote from: montague on March 17, 2015, 01:11:54 PMAndy Gray may be a bit of a knob these days but he was a superb centre forwardYou can't say that you nutter, that's his lad posting above you!I've heard worse......Hey JG I'm really sorry about this remark - if I had known that his son was posting on here I would never have made it. For what its worth your dad was my hero as a kid and I was heartbroken when he left and the way things panned out when he played against us. I endorse those who are saying he is the best no 9 to play for the Villa and that is saying something.
Hi Steamer, I can answer that for you, no problem. He has a great deal of affection for both Villa & Everton, as Villa was his peak as a player & individual accolades & Everton was a period of great team success, winning a lot of trophies in a short period of time.With Villa he had 2 periods as a player over 6 seasons & a spell as assistant manager, which are pretty big ties to the club. The first spell 75-79 was his absolute peak as a player, he was never as good after as he was in this time. He scored a lot of goals, golden boot winner & double PFA winner. He's still the last Villa player to score 25 league goals in a season. As an individual this is the best time of his career, as he was at his best. It was a real shame how it ended with Ron, but somewhat inevitable probably.With Everton he was only there 18 months, but he won the league, FA Cup & Euro CWC. He wasn't the player he was at Villa, but Everton were a struggling team until he arrived so the fans associate his arrival with the turn around in the clubs fortunes & they had huge success. It's not hard to see why he has a lot of happiness associated with this time in his career, it means an awful lot to him. These days Everton can't do enough for him, whilst Villa won't even give him a match ticket, which is a shame given his history at Villa Park.
The way he left just was not right. The supporters idolised him and it appeared that just because the results were not coming (for a short period) both Gray and Gidman wanted out.Not many people see eye to eye with their boss all the time, so would never give too much credence to that theory.Am very disappointed however that Villa have sidestepped Gray in recent years - again just not right, he returned to the club as player and later as coach/assistant manager. "oh Andy the greatest the Holte End say, oh Andy oh Andy we're be with you all the way"