John Terry - Gone

[SoccerHQ]

Is Steve Bloomfield on H&V ?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/05/aston-villa-fan-boycott-john-terry-racist-past

Could be wrong but sure I saw his name under some of the articles in the fanzine years back.

[dave.woodhall]

Is Steve Bloomfield on H&V ?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/05/aston-villa-fan-boycott-john-terry-racist-past

Could be wrong but sure I saw his name under some of the articles in the fanzine years back.

If it was, I've forgotten about them.

[wittonwarrior]

You can't just withdraw  your support over a player.  I suggest that Steve Bloomfield be propelled in a time capsule back to the 70's - if John Terry causes him such an emotion the Villa support giving it loads to Cyril Regis would have thrown him into orbit.

John Terry may not be the nicest or brightest of fellas but he is still potentially one hell of a player. And besides who are we to judge and jury on an individual we only know through the media

[olaftab]

I would say Terry is quite bright if he has managed to get a contract worth £3 Million a year from us for playing possibly about a dozen games.

[wittonwarrior]

I would say Terry is quite bright if he has managed to get a contract worth £3 Million a year from us for playing possibly about a dozen games.

good point

[PeterWithesShin]

People can withdraw their support for whatever reason they want. In the same way as people can turn up in full John Terry Chelsea kit and mask etc if they want to.

It doesn't mean boycotting the club stops them supporting Villa, it means they don't feel comfortable putting money into the club while Terry is employed by the club, or for any other reason they feel is appropriate for them. Seems weird to me that some folks just can't respect that things like that are right for some people.

[gpbarr]

People can withdraw their support for whatever reason they want. In the same way as people can turn up in full John Terry Chelsea kit and mask etc if they want to.

It doesn't mean boycotting the club stops them supporting Villa, it means they don't feel comfortable putting money into the club while Terry is employed by the club, or for any other reason they feel is appropriate for them. Seems weird to me that some folks just can't respect that things like that are right for some people.

They can, my issue is with the way he did it - he went public (unlike most of us who trade opinions but then see the broader picture) and therefore deserves the reaction (good and bad) he's getting. You cant have it one way when you want it, and the not the other when you don't.

[PeterWithesShin]

So you have an issue because he publicly stated he wasn't going, not because he isn't going?

[AV5nobs]

People can withdraw their support for whatever reason they want. In the same way as people can turn up in full John Terry Chelsea kit and mask etc if they want to.

It doesn't mean boycotting the club stops them supporting Villa, it means they don't feel comfortable putting money into the club while Terry is employed by the club, or for any other reason they feel is appropriate for them. Seems weird to me that some folks just can't respect that things like that are right for some people.

They can, my issue is with the way he did it - he went public (unlike most of us who trade opinions but then see the broader picture) and therefore deserves the reaction (good and bad) he's getting. You cant have it one way when you want it, and the not the other when you don't.

This.

Well said.

[ciggiesnbeer]

People can withdraw their support for whatever reason they want. In the same way as people can turn up in full John Terry Chelsea kit and mask etc if they want to.

It doesn't mean boycotting the club stops them supporting Villa, it means they don't feel comfortable putting money into the club while Terry is employed by the club, or for any other reason they feel is appropriate for them. Seems weird to me that some folks just can't respect that things like that are right for some people.

I did wonder how I was going to be received. Glad you are all going to be supportive.

[pauliewalnuts]

The entire business of football is wrapped up in hypocrisy.

Some people will opt not to support a team with John Terry in it, some people will put up with it, some people will give lip service to protesting it.

The vast majority of us will just carry on as normal, because that's how football works.

I hate paying for shirking fuckwits picking up 50k a week whilst nurses earn much less than that a year.

I can't stand the forelock tugging to credit card billionaires or wealthy products of a restrictive undemocratic state like China, and I don't like having anything to do with the bombastic bullshit machine which is the premier league.

I loathe the reduction of football from being about winning things to being about finishing top four because that's where the television money is.

I hate all that shit, but I put up with, and the reason i do is because the whole sport is awash with fucking hypocrisy, and I am just as bad as the next man.

[anton hillman]

AVFC are no longer a serious football club having signed this arsehole. After over fifty years of supporting the Villa I now feel like giving up.

[gpbarr]

So you have an issue because he publicly stated he wasn't going, not because he isn't going?

I thought I was clear the first time, but happy to try again. He can do whatever he wants, as we all can. But I reacted because he put it in the public domain - so he fully deserves the roasting many are giving him.

Perhaps we should all start writing to the newspapers expressing every opinion we think matters about our Club.

[Chinchilla Bathhouse]

So you have an issue because he publicly stated he wasn't going, not because he isn't going?

I thought I was clear the first time, but happy to try again. He can do whatever he wants, as we all can. But I reacted because he put it in the public domain - so he fully deserves the roasting many are giving him.

Perhaps we should all start writing to the newspapers expressing every opinion we think matters about our Club.

Why does he deserve a roasting? He's not comfortable with this issue, and his reservations are legitimate and shared by many; why can't people respect that?

[PeterWithesShin]

So you have an issue because he publicly stated he wasn't going, not because he isn't going?

I thought I was clear the first time, but happy to try again. He can do whatever he wants, as we all can. But I reacted because he put it in the public domain - so he fully deserves the roasting many are giving him.

Perhaps we should all start writing to the newspapers expressing every opinion we think matters about our Club.

I asked as your original post was purely criticising his opinion, and now it's because it was online so I was asking which it is.

Just as we put our opinions here, he did his in an opinion section of a newspaper website. Which has over 3K of pages of opinions. Would you be as bothered if he'd written about buying a ST because we signed Terry?