There's only Juan Pablo Angel

[Louzie0]

There's a rather nice story in TheMailOnline today about JPA, who turned up at Chelsea's training ground earlier this week and which includes the video of his goal against Chelsea in the quarter finals of the 2003 League Cup. 

There are also photos with the Bolton defender and JT, who was beaten during the encounter for the goal concerned and others.


Nicholas Godden for Mail Online, if you want to find it; not sure how to do the link on here.

[Rotterdam]

One of my favourite ever Villa players.

[Louzie0]

Mine too, Rotterdam.




Just saw that this was referenced on the Transfer Thread this afternoon, sorry!
(Or, an opportunity for a focused JPA love-in?!)

[LeeB]

Please cut and paste it, so I don't have to sully myself visiting the pages of the vile, hate filled rag.

[Louzie0]

It won't let me do that, sorry.
But there are people on here who are much better than I am at doing stuff like that!

[JJ-AV]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3203545/Juan-Pablo-Angel-poses-photo-John-Terry-visit-Chelsea-ex-Aston-Villa-striker-recalls-battles-defender.html

[Louzie0]

There you go!

Thanks, JJ-AV!




Let the love-in begin!

[The Left Side]

Any idea why he was in the country, hope he can make it to Bodymoor and B6 of course?

[Salsa Party Animal]

It is a shame he left Aston Villa too early when the like of Agbonlahor keep playing Martin O'Neill should have tried a partnership of Carew and Angel with Ashley Young and (and Downing/Milner if they are at the club) supplying the front two. If I was Tim i would give him a coaching job coaching the forwards.

[PeterWithesShin]

It is a shame he left Aston Villa too early when the like of Agbonlahor keep playing Martin O'Neill should have tried a partnership of Carew and Angel with Ashley Young and (and Downing/Milner if they are at the club) supplying the front two. If I was Tim i would give him a coaching job coaching the forwards.

14 goals in his last 90 odd league games, think it's fair to say he was probably done at PL level when he left.

[DeKuip]

One of my favourite Villa players too. Right place, wrong time I feel though. If only he'd been at his peak and able to feed on the crosses Young and Downing were putting in a few years later.

[SoccerHQ]

Man if ever there was a player who divided people like no other on here and elsewhere it was him. Some of my earliest memories of H&V were of the endless round in circle debates we had on JPA.

I liked him although he lacked the pace to play for a major club and we've had better strikers since. Shame he just missed out playing with someone like Ashley Young.

[1_Pablo_Angel]

Loved the guy.

[ACVilla]

If memory serves he was "THE" big money signing that everyone was praying for and so we all desperately wanted it to work and as such he was given a lot of grace, he also had a terrible settling In period (his wife was ill etc)

On reflection he didn't actually do a lot did he yet I still hold fond memories of him.

[Deano's Mullet]

He was brilliant for two seasons. Average for the rest.