Stan Collymore

[russon]

Just listening to him on Talksport berating players for lack of effort and gumption, what are your memories of Collymore in terms of commitment when he was at Villa? I seem to recall he was pretty half soaked but can't remember for sure.

[PeterWithe]

I remember he sometimes elevated his efforts to 'half soaked' status bit that was rare, unplayable when he tried hard.

[Ron Manager]

Stanley Victor was obsessed.....with himself. The club didnt matter. Very much like Balotelli.

[Goldie.7]

I never rated him at the Villa.

[PeterWithesShin]

Best way I can think to describe him is he was a shit version of Dalian.

[barrysleftfoot]

 A bit like Dalian, on his day magnificent, but didn't have enough of them.

 Have to say when he 1st signed, he should have played up front with Yorkie, but BL insisted on playing Savo alongside Stan, with Yorkie as a midfielder......never really worked.

[Dante Lavelli]

All of the above is true, but I'm not sure it is fair to expect Stan to censor his punditry based on his own playing career.

[adrenachrome]

For the most part he seemed dissipated, but I remember some great games too. At home to Bordeaux he was excellent, and they had some very classy players.

Unfortunately for us he was a very expensive gamble on the part of Brian Little (or Deadly, we will never know). The explosion of PL wages plus his mental issues spelt disaster for BL, who also bought Curcic to complete a pair. Savo had his moments, but was also a marginal basket case. Enter JG, and you did not need much imagination to predict what would happen soon.

[Clampy]

Possibly one of the most talented strikers i've seen down VP, but he didn't do it nowhere near enough which was a waste. He could have been anything he wanted to be.

I think he's great on TalkSport though.

[dave.woodhall]

Collymore, Curcic, Milosevic and Bosnich in the same dressing room. That was always going to end well.

[SoccerHQ]

He played for us the season we had that light blue and white away kit.

One match we played and they showed the team coming off at half time. All the kits were muddy apart from one clean as a whistle- Stanley Victor's of course.

Just never happened here for us, maybe an early goal or two and it could've been a different story. Am I right in that he didn't score for us until December? We also bizarrely started playing Yorke in midfield to accomodate him and Savo which was a bad error.

Still I like him on the radio.

[Rudy65]

All of the above is true, but I'm not sure it is fair to expect Stan to censor his punditry based on his own playing career.

Not sure he can credibly criticise todays players efforts when his own was consistently abysmal. Hence this thread.

He is worth listening too thought if only because he loves us

[Deano's Mullet]

He played for us the season we had that light blue and white away kit.

One match we played and they showed the team coming off at half time. All the kits were muddy apart from one clean as a whistle- Stanley Victor's of course.

Just never happened here for us, maybe an early goal or two and it could've been a different story. Am I right in that he didn't score for us until December? We also bizarrely started playing Yorke in midfield to accomodate him and Savo which was a bad error.

Still I like him on the radio.

He scored in our fourth game I think, a defeat at Spurs, his first home goal was against Coventry just before Xmas. He got a double on Boxing Day, scored against the Baggies in the Cup then got two vs Liverpool. Ironically I think his best performances were the following season when he supported Merson and Dublin up front. Once sent off against Liverpool though we never really saw him again. A million a goal I think.

[rob_bridge]

He was about as committed to Villa as a player as David O'Leary, Billy McNeill and Gerard Houllier were as managers.

PWS says he was a half hearted Dalian, nope he was half a half hearted Dalian.

That said I like his punditry and co-commentary, especially as he is incredibly pro Villa. Definitely at home on Talk Shite.

[rob_bridge]

Collymore, Curcic, Milosevic and Bosnich in the same dressing room. That was always going to end well.

Didn't we also nearly add Gazza into the mix IIRC in late 1997 or was that all bullshit?