Sir Graham Taylor

• #405 Reply
  Posted by dave.woodhall on 14 Jan, 2017 20:12
• Quote from: kippaxvilla2 on 14 Jan, 2017 20:09

  And our crock of absolute shit produce a performance like that.
  

  
  Not the time or the place.
• #406 Reply
  Posted by kippaxvilla2 on 14 Jan, 2017 20:46
• My apologies.  Please feel free to delete the comment.
• #407 Reply
  Posted by aj2k77 on 15 Jan, 2017 11:39
• Just an idea, maybe the next heroes and villains could be a tribute to Sir Graham with a compilation of stories about him and articles of his time here?
• #408 Reply
  Posted by Pete3206 on 15 Jan, 2017 12:55
• Great idea
• #409 Reply
  Posted by PeterWithesShin on 15 Jan, 2017 15:18
• https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status/820254749840654337
• #410 Reply
  Posted by Nelly on 15 Jan, 2017 15:28
• I really hope the Villa do something suitably magificent for the great man at the next game.
• #411 Reply
  Posted by BOB MANSFIELD on 15 Jan, 2017 15:38
• From what I saw on TV, I thought the flower-petal shirt tribute was very underwhelming, though the emotion probably carried the moment.
• #412 Reply
  Posted by Pete3206 on 15 Jan, 2017 18:10
• I thought it was perfect.
• #413 Reply
  Posted by steamer on 15 Jan, 2017 20:58
• I watched all the tributes, and had a let down moment.
  We loved SGT for being who he was and what he did with us.
  So many more respected him for all the things he did and seems he did good things most of the time.
  The tribute from Elton John and Watford was special, His heart was probably there.
  Bit like an old girlfriend who you did not realize still had a soft spot for her Ex,
  Watford fans said he was more than a manager he was theirs.
  If he had stayed at the Villa, who knows, he could have built a dynasty.
  I hope against Preston we give this deserving man his due.
  
  Have I missed the tribute from HDE ?
• #414 Reply
  Posted by cdbearsfan on 15 Jan, 2017 21:24
• Quote from: steamer on 15 Jan, 2017 20:58

  Have I missed the tribute from HDE ?
  

  
  https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.birmingha*mail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/graham-taylor-doug-ellis-pays-12443606.amp?client=ms-android-h3g-gb
• #415 Reply
  Posted by Pete3206 on 15 Jan, 2017 21:27
• Quote

  Have I missed the tribute from HDE ?
  

  
  There's a bit about HDE in an error strewn story on the Brum Mail site
  
  
• #416 Reply
  Posted by Matt C on 16 Jan, 2017 04:02
• Loved the Watford 'we're still standing' banner.
• #417 Reply
  Posted by Scratchins on 16 Jan, 2017 07:06
• The various eulogies to Graham have been heartfelt and a measure of the esteem in which he is held. I would not take away anything that the Watford fans feel for him - and Rita and the girls were there on Saturday. I have been disappointed though that a number of tributes have failed to mention Villa at all. I hope that we rectify that on Saturday and remind everyone of the enormous role that he played and why we will be forever grateful to him.
• #418 Reply
  Posted by dave shelley on 16 Jan, 2017 09:50
• SGT built Watford, he resurrected us.  I don't begrudge them their claim that he is theirs, I understand it.  For us Villa fans we know what he did for us, other members of the football community don't.  That's the difference IMO.
• #419 Reply
  Posted by Pete3206 on 16 Jan, 2017 21:39
• His achievements in 2 spells at Watford were extraordinary, impossible even.
  
  1st spell - Fourth division to First Division runners up in 5 seasons
  2nd spell - Third division to Premier League in 2 seasons
  
  He was great for Villa, but that's Roy Of The Rovers stuff.