Joleon Lescott - GONE

[pauliewalnuts]

He ought to celebrate if he scores against the Albion, he's a Villa player now. I would also expect Benteke to celebrate when he inevitably gets goals for Liverpool against us.

Bloody right, can't stand this 'respect my old club' bollocks.

The absolute best was Wes Hoolahan scoring against us but not celebrating because he wanted to join us and Norwich wouldn't let him. Not celebrating out of respect for a club who wanted to buy you.

The whole thing is bollocks. So long as there's no Adebayor style taking it way over the top, there's no reason for it.

It is a bit cringey. Not quite up there with Ian Wright referring to Hoddle as "gaffer" when they do tv punditry together because he used to play for him - which is the most cringemaking thing in the game at the moment - but pretty shit all the same

[robbo1874]

I'd fully expect lescott to celebrate against wba and blues if he scores. I get it that, say if you played for someone like Everton for 10 years and moved to somewhere like Watford or Bournemouth and scored and didn't celebrate out of respect. But how long's he been at baggies? And he's a villa fan. Break out the streamers and party poppers.

[damon loves JT]

Is it more cringeworthy than Bafetimbi Gomis pretending to be a lion when he scores? My arsehole puckers up with shame just to think about that

[robbo1874]

He ought to celebrate if he scores against the Albion, he's a Villa player now. I would also expect Benteke to celebrate when he inevitably gets goals for Liverpool against us.

Bloody right, can't stand this 'respect my old club' bollocks.

The absolute best was Wes Hoolahan scoring against us but not celebrating because he wanted to join us and Norwich wouldn't let him. Not celebrating out of respect for a club who wanted to buy you.

The whole thing is bollocks. So long as there's no Adebayor style taking it way over the top, there's no reason for it.

It is a bit cringey. Not quite up there with Ian Wright referring to Hoddle as "gaffer" when they do tv punditry together because he used to play for him - which is the most cringemaking thing in the game at the moment - but pretty shit all the same

that does sound bad- haven't seen it, but is he not doing it (wright) as a pisstake?

[Dave]

The absolute best was Wes Hoolahan scoring against us but not celebrating because he wanted to join us and Norwich wouldn't let him. Not celebrating out of respect for a club who wanted to buy you.

Didn't we just assume that that's why he wasn't celebrating? I don't think he made any comment on his reasons.

In hindsight I'd guess that it was less likely out of 'respect for us' and more out of disinterest at celebrating a goal for a club he wasn't happy at and had described as a 'shithole' a few days previously...

Or to put it another way, his lack of celebration had little to do with his potential future relationship with Villa and much more to do with the state of his then relationship with Norwich.

[passitsideways]

The debate about celebrating goals against your former team is arguably worse than players doing/not doing it itself. Let them do whatever the fuck they want - it's a goal celebration, there's basically no hidden meaning to it to anyone except armchair psychologists.

[in exile]

Is it more cringeworthy than Bafetimbi Gomis pretending to be a lion when he scores? My arsehole puckers up with shame just to think about that

He is known as "The Panther" apparently

[Toronto Villa]

I hope Lescott buries a header into the bottom corner and then steams over their lot, rips his shirt off and pretends to throw into the crowd.

[pauliewalnuts]

Is it more cringeworthy than Bafetimbi Gomis pretending to be a lion when he scores? My arsehole puckers up with shame just to think about that

That's a good point. That is truly horrific.

In fact, at the time I first saw it, I wondered whether for the first time in years we had a celebration to contend with this one.



Or that horrible Chelsea "posing for a team photo" one. That's so bad, I can't face googling it in case i find it.

[pauliewalnuts]

I hope Lescott buries a header into the bottom corner and then steams over their lot, rips his shirt off and pretends to throw into the crowd.

I hope he runs towards their lot, pisses on a baby throstle, then stamps it to death.

[Des Little]

Is it more cringeworthy than Bafetimbi Gomis pretending to be a lion when he scores? My arsehole puckers up with shame just to think about that

He is known as "The Panther" apparently

It's toe curlingly bad, whatever they call him

[aev]

Is it more cringeworthy than Bafetimbi Gomis pretending to be a lion when he scores? My arsehole puckers up with shame just to think about that

He is known as "The Panther" apparently

It's toe curlingly bad, whatever they call him

It is like something out of the WWE.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Is it more cringeworthy than Bafetimbi Gomis pretending to be a lion when he scores? My arsehole puckers up with shame just to think about that

That's a good point. That is truly horrific.

In fact, at the time I first saw it, I wondered whether for the first time in years we had a celebration to contend with this one.



Or that horrible Chelsea "posing for a team photo" one. That's so bad, I can't face googling it in case i find it.

A sobering thought - the 1994 World Cup seems like yesterday ( I went and saw half of the Villa team get knocked out by Holland) and Bebeto was celebrating the birth of his son in that famous clip. That means his son is now 21.....

[robbo1874]

Little did they know that in 21 yrs time, they'd fully need all three players to recreate that goal celebration with his actual son. Unless of course he's a fat ****** and then they might need more.

[pauliewalnuts]

Is it more cringeworthy than Bafetimbi Gomis pretending to be a lion when he scores? My arsehole puckers up with shame just to think about that

That's a good point. That is truly horrific.

In fact, at the time I first saw it, I wondered whether for the first time in years we had a celebration to contend with this one.



Or that horrible Chelsea "posing for a team photo" one. That's so bad, I can't face googling it in case i find it.

A sobering thought - the 1994 World Cup seems like yesterday ( I went and saw half of the Villa team get knocked out by Holland) and Bebeto was celebrating the birth of his son in that famous clip. That means his son is now 21.....

.... and plays for Flamengo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattheus_Oliveira