Tom Cleverley - Loan Confirmed

[silhillvilla]

Did Rossi score a diving header inside 60 seconds ?

[pauliewalnuts]

The best opposition performance I've ever seen was Juventus. Who are the best team I've ever seen live, I'd say, even 30+ years later.

Agreed. From memory they had five or six of the Italy team that won the World Cup and Platini and Boniek was it? How fitting that Sid scored a pretty good goal himself in such exalted company. Went to The Atlas after the game which was shutting down for good as soon as the beer ran out. And they had topless barmaids.

Yup, not just the Italians, like you said, add Platini and Boniek, two of the best players of that decade. What an amazing side.

In fact, here is the whole side (had to google, couldn't remember all). Jesus Christ, what a team.

   
Dino Zoff
Sergio Brio
Antonio Cabrini
Claudio Gentile
Gaetano Scirea
Massimo Bonini
Michel Platini
Marco Tardelli
Roberto Bettega
Zbigniew Boniek
Paolo Rossi

Major props to Tardelli for being the performer of the world's greatest ever goal celebration, too.

[pauliewalnuts]

Highlights.

Two things.

One, the excellent little shuffle from Sid in the build up to his own goal, two, Platini might be a grade A ****** these days, but look at the truly exquisite ball for Boniek's finish.

[Mister E]

The best opposition performance I've ever seen was Juventus. Who are the best team I've ever seen live, I'd say, even 30+ years later.

I was there; fantastic evening. It is exactly one of the reasons why we can claim to be one of the top clubs: games like that just don't happen very often.

[ozzjim]

Thanks for that Paulie.

Gerard scored the goal Sid scored, it would be lauded as goal of the decade, the build up and flying header, bloody brilliant.

Juve were a bit good. Love the finish on the winner, genuinely rattled the net.

[damon loves JT]

Scholes is the most famous former pupil at my kids' school. He could afford to live anywhere and send his kids anywhere to be educated. But he lives locally and sends his own kids to the same state school where he went.

Very down to earth man. Very dull, no conversation. But you can't have everything

[Matt Collins]

You can find the juve highlights very easily online

Lovely goal from Sid. More platt-like than cowans' normal stuff.  But juve looked a class above to be fair. Platini's pass for boniek's goal was sexual chocolate

[peter w]

I remember feeling genuinely proud that we managed to score twice against juventus. they were brilliant back then.

As for Scholes, yeah, agree with everything being said but can we stop seeing goals being scored against us. Yes, nice hit, but its poor to leave a midfielder on his own from where he struck it from. Pfft.

[Percy McCarthy]

A footnote of the Juve game: a now quite prominent (locally) trade union official was one of (I think it was) four Villa fans stabbed afterwards.

[Toronto Villa]

football kits looked so much better without sponsors draped all over them. Classic game it ultimately disappointing.

[Brazilian Villain]

A footnote of the Juve game: a now quite prominent (locally) trade union official was one of (I think it was) four Villa fans stabbed afterwards.

A Gooner/Juve fan I played football with in Brasil claimed VP was rough to go to then proceeded to tell me how hid the knife used in one of the stabbings that night on their "supporters" coach.

[Legion]

Not very well thought out

[The Left Side]

Not very well thought out

They didn't learn from the Stewart Downing episode then.

[Risso]

Not very well thought out

They didn't learn from the Stewart Downing episode then.

Or the Grant Holt episode, or the time they decided to publish #AVFC tweets on the OS.  And it's not just us, every footballer gets loads of abuse on Twitter Q&As, you'd think somebody somewhere would realise it's not a good idea.

[john e]

Not very well thought out

They didn't learn from the Stewart Downing episode then.

Or the Grant Holt episode, or the time they decided to publish #AVFC tweets on the OS.  And it's not just us, every footballer gets loads of abuse on Twitter Q&As, you'd think somebody somewhere would realise it's not a good idea.

It is funny though