I agree. I think we should change his name entirely to something inoffensive like Russell Stevens or Gerald Appleyard. Reinvent him completely.
Can the moderators put some sort of filter on to prevent him being referred to as 'JT' please? I keep dry retching at the sight of it.
Quote from: Jimbo on July 04, 2017, 11:43:27 AMI agree. I think we should change his name entirely to something inoffensive like Russell Stevens or Gerald Appleyard. Reinvent him completely. Andrew Greaves?
Quote from: Jimbo on July 04, 2017, 11:43:27 AMI agree. I think we should change his name entirely to something inoffensive like Russell Stevens or Gerald Appleyard. Reinvent him completely. Juan Tela.
Apparently he wants to manage us one day, as you can't have Chelsea as your first club, and he wants to make his mistakes elsewhere.
Quote from: Pat McMahon on July 03, 2017, 09:51:39 PMQuote from: Nelson Lodge on July 03, 2017, 08:03:22 PMI love AVFC without any reservations. However, because I love Villa does not mean that I have to like every person who works for the club, or every player that plays for the club. Moving on, from what I have seen and heard of JT today I thought he handled the media very well and did not come across as being "thick", which I did not expect.Finally and completely irrelevant I have only ever met 2 Villa players as far as I can recall, and one was our family GP when I was a child growing up in Aldridge.Your final comment intrigues me. We had a player who became a GP? Sorry reply delayed by overnight sleep, but yes way back in time Villa had a GP player. He was Dr Victor Milne, a Scot, played centre half and was in the 1924 FA Cup Final team. Last amateur to play for the Villa I believe. When I was a boy I had an infected knee which became swollen and he did a house call to lance it and clean out the infection. So to this day I have a scar inflicted by a Villa player! On one of his house calls dad got him to autograph a copy of the Peter Morris history book - the original edition I think. Still got it. He later became club doctor and his surgery in Portland Road, Aldridge had photographs of Villa teams of his era dotted about the walls of the Waiting Room. Probably only got into the team because Tommy Ball, who was expected to be one of the greats, got into an argument an off duty policeman neighbour and was shot an killed by said copper. Ball had succeeded the somewhat notorious Frank Barson at centre half.The other player I came across was John Robson who was a member of the same MS Society branch as my wife.
Quote from: Nelson Lodge on July 03, 2017, 08:03:22 PMI love AVFC without any reservations. However, because I love Villa does not mean that I have to like every person who works for the club, or every player that plays for the club. Moving on, from what I have seen and heard of JT today I thought he handled the media very well and did not come across as being "thick", which I did not expect.Finally and completely irrelevant I have only ever met 2 Villa players as far as I can recall, and one was our family GP when I was a child growing up in Aldridge.Your final comment intrigues me. We had a player who became a GP?
I love AVFC without any reservations. However, because I love Villa does not mean that I have to like every person who works for the club, or every player that plays for the club. Moving on, from what I have seen and heard of JT today I thought he handled the media very well and did not come across as being "thick", which I did not expect.Finally and completely irrelevant I have only ever met 2 Villa players as far as I can recall, and one was our family GP when I was a child growing up in Aldridge.
The pundits, media and neutrals all seem to think we have played a blinder with this move.
Quote from: Damo70 on July 04, 2017, 08:47:05 AMThe pundits, media and neutrals all seem to think we have played a blinder with this move.Add into that a series of ex players for and not from Villa - all seem to think it is a master stroke.My concern has been all the way through this is that its a good but lazy option from Bruce - relying on a player to sort the others out rather than coaching / drilling method into them.I wonder how much RDM may have influenced him about the club?I think he may have a shock as a lot of players in the EPL will see a real "big name" and may want to put their mark on him