Ian Taylor left out of tour...

[ChicagoLion]

Would someone please answer me this. What has Lee Hendrie done to make himself so unpopular? Has he gone missing and missed games? Gone onto the pitch pissed? Had a string of convictions for public order offences? That's the sort of thing that should make a former player unfit to represent the club. Either that or be the most popular of the lot, one or the other.

Agree, I met him yesterday for the first time, he could not have been more accommodating to the Villa fans that were there and also the Dallas folks.
Came over as a really decent bloke and  mixed in with every one.

Scored a hatrick in the Fans Game aswell.

[Toronto Villa]

the pictures are brilliant from that game Chicago. It's come a long way since we organized the first one of those in Columbus.

[OzVilla]

Would someone please answer me this. What has Lee Hendrie done to make himself so unpopular? Has he gone missing and missed games? Gone onto the pitch pissed? Had a string of convictions for public order offences? That's the sort of thing that should make a former player unfit to represent the club. Either that or be the most popular of the lot, one or the other.

Well as he's neither a club legend ala Mortimer, Shaw etc or a lifelong fan of the Club.

Plus he had the talent and opportunity to be a far better player than he actually turned out to be due to what was probably a poor attitude.

That's why I was surprised he's got the gig to be honest.  I'd feel the same way about Collymore if he got the job.
   

[Steve67]

Hendrie is a decent enough bloke. The bankruptcy thing might be a slight on his career but everyone deserves a chance. Eric, isn't he a bluenose though? (Joke).

[silhillvilla]

Has Hendrie been doing the co-commentary with JW on the avtv channel ?

[dekko]

Has Hendrie been doing the co-commentary with JW on the avtv channel ?

Yeah and he aint great

[dave.woodhall]

Would someone please answer me this. What has Lee Hendrie done to make himself so unpopular? Has he gone missing and missed games? Gone onto the pitch pissed? Had a string of convictions for public order offences? That's the sort of thing that should make a former player unfit to represent the club. Either that or be the most popular of the lot, one or the other.

Well as he's neither a club legend ala Mortimer, Shaw etc or a lifelong fan of the Club.

Plus he had the talent and opportunity to be a far better player than he actually turned out to be due to what was probably a poor attitude.

That's why I was surprised he's got the gig to be honest.  I'd feel the same way about Collymore if he got the job.
   

How do you know he's not a lifelong fan - as though that makes any difference? He probably got the job because he could do it at short notice and was willing to go over there for whatever money it pays, if any.

[RussellC]

Plus he had the talent and opportunity to be a far better player than he actually turned out to be due to what was probably a poor attitude.

Don't agree with this. Hendrie was a pretty talented footballer, but wasn't exactly Messi. I don't lack back at his career with any kind of "what could have been" nostalgia. I think he probably achieved everything he was capable of.

[Clampy]

Plus he had the talent and opportunity to be a far better player than he actually turned out to be due to what was probably a poor attitude.

Don't agree with this. Hendrie was a pretty talented footballer, but wasn't exactly Messi.

Who said he was?

[RussellC]

Plus he had the talent and opportunity to be a far better player than he actually turned out to be due to what was probably a poor attitude.

Don't agree with this. Hendrie was a pretty talented footballer, but wasn't exactly Messi.

Who said he was?

Where did I accuse anyone of saying that he was?

[Clampy]

Plus he had the talent and opportunity to be a far better player than he actually turned out to be due to what was probably a poor attitude.

Don't agree with this. Hendrie was a pretty talented footballer, but wasn't exactly Messi.

Who said he was?

Where did I accuse anyone of saying that he was?

You just said 'he wasn't exactly Messi' so I presume you was making the comparison.

[RussellC]

Plus he had the talent and opportunity to be a far better player than he actually turned out to be due to what was probably a poor attitude.

Don't agree with this. Hendrie was a pretty talented footballer, but wasn't exactly Messi.

Who said he was?

Where did I accuse anyone of saying that he was?

You just said 'he wasn't exactly Messi' so I presume you was making the comparison.

Errr, I was. I thought I'd clarified my statement with the section of the quote of you've ignored?

To clarify again: I said "he wasn't exactly Messi" meaning, that I don't think he was an outstandingly talented footballer.

[Clampy]

Plus he had the talent and opportunity to be a far better player than he actually turned out to be due to what was probably a poor attitude.

Don't agree with this. Hendrie was a pretty talented footballer, but wasn't exactly Messi.

Who said he was?

Where did I accuse anyone of saying that he was?

You just said 'he wasn't exactly Messi' so I presume you was making the comparison.

Errr, I was. I thought I'd clarified my statement with the section of the quote of you've ignored?

To clarify again: I said "he wasn't exactly Messi" meaning, that I don't think he was an outstandingly talented footballer.

A silly comparison really bearing in mind no-one has been suggesting that he was 'an outstandingly talented footballer' and I definitely haven't seen anyone on here refer to him as world class.

[RussellC]

Plus he had the talent and opportunity to be a far better player than he actually turned out to be due to what was probably a poor attitude.

Don't agree with this. Hendrie was a pretty talented footballer, but wasn't exactly Messi.

Who said he was?

Where did I accuse anyone of saying that he was?

You just said 'he wasn't exactly Messi' so I presume you was making the comparison.

Errr, I was. I thought I'd clarified my statement with the section of the quote of you've ignored?

To clarify again: I said "he wasn't exactly Messi" meaning, that I don't think he was an outstandingly talented footballer.

A silly comparison really bearing in mind no-one has been suggesting that he was 'an outstandingly talented footballer' and I definitely haven't seen anyone on here refer to him as world class.

Would it help if I went back and changed 'Messi' to 'Frank Lampard' for you, or are we in for another tedious debate regardless? I think you understood the point I was making, despite omitting it when quoting me and failing to make reference to in any of your posts since.

[Clampy]

Plus he had the talent and opportunity to be a far better player than he actually turned out to be due to what was probably a poor attitude.

Don't agree with this. Hendrie was a pretty talented footballer, but wasn't exactly Messi.

Who said he was?

Where did I accuse anyone of saying that he was?

You just said 'he wasn't exactly Messi' so I presume you was making the comparison.

Errr, I was. I thought I'd clarified my statement with the section of the quote of you've ignored?

To clarify again: I said "he wasn't exactly Messi" meaning, that I don't think he was an outstandingly talented footballer.

A silly comparison really bearing in mind no-one has been suggesting that he was 'an outstandingly talented footballer' and I definitely haven't seen anyone on here refer to him as world class.

Would it help if I went back and changed 'Messi' to 'Frank Lampard' for you, or are we in for another tedious debate regardless? I think you understood the point I was making, despite omitting it when quoting me and failing to make reference to in any of your posts since.

I understood your point, I just thought the Messi comparison was a bit over the top bearing in mind he's regarded as one of the best players of all time.