Alpay - your memories

[Bad English]

Many of us on here have had a piss while standing next to Villa players past and present in various bogs of the world. If we found ourselves next to Alpay at a urinal, I think most of us would actively try to piss on him.

[rob_bridge]

Many of us on here have had a piss while standing next to Villa players past and present in various bogs of the world. If we found ourselves next to him at a urinal I think most of us would actively try to piss on him.

After pushing him headfirst into said urinal

[Villa in Denmark]

He managed to get Doug to give up however many millions his transfer value was, just to get rid of him.

It's a bloody short list of people who managed to piss Doug off to the point of it costing him 50p not to see them again, let alone several million pounds.

That's how big a twat / c*** / wanker / insulting expletive of your choice he was.

[andyaston]

1-0 up v Man United at home, last minute corner to United who never looked like scoring, not the best corner in the world and Alpay heads in an own goal. Thanks the curse was not broken, big headed twat.

[Kevin_Yahoo]

Got enough quotes yet mate?

;-)

Yeah please stop talking about Alpay now lads - you're giving me too much good stuff!

Many thanks for this. Going to write the piece up tonight and will send you the finished article

[Legion]

Will it get past the censor?

[brian green]

I refuse to stop. The Heroes and Villains insult juggernaught has no brakes. Alpay was, is and ever shall be a malevolent poltroon.

[in exile]

Many of us on here have had a piss while standing next to Villa players past and present in various bogs of the world. If we found ourselves next to Alpay at a urinal, I think most of us would actively try to piss on him.

Unless he was on fire

[Pete3206]

My abiding memory was that he was an egotistical cock. A 24 carat prick.

[Villa in Denmark]

I refuse to stop. The Heroes and Villains insult juggernaught has no brakes. Alpay was, is and ever shall be a malevolent poltroon.

Thanks Brian for introducing a new insult to my vocabulary.  Whether I'll still remember it when I get up tomorrow is another matter.

[Chris Harte]

Alpay's Wiki is quite interesting. It includes a quote attributed Peter Schmeichel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpay_%C3%96zalan

"What happened after the World Cup, when he was frozen out by Graham Taylor, was sad. There are a lot of politics at Villa, and the way Alpay was portrayed as a money-grabber was nothing like the guy that I know. Taylor is just not keen on players with a bigger profile than himself."

Firstly, Taylor has never come across to be as a guy who has the kind of ego that wouldn't like those with profiles bigger than his own.

Secondly, one of the first things Sir Graham did when he took over from John Gregory was to drop the previously (due to the verbal agreement he had with Gregory) undroppable Schmeichel. I'll let others wonder if there was an axe to grind.

[damon loves JT]

Who do I believe, Peter Schmeichel or Sir Graham Taylor?  Let me think about that for 0.00000005 seconds.

[Legion]

That long!?

[damon loves JT]

Most of that time is taken by trying to remember who Schmeichel is

[Pat McMahon]

In the interests of balance, I once got a free rakir and coffee in a Turkish restaurant in Upper street, North London, because I told the owner I was mates with Alpay ( who I have never met).