John Terry - Gone

[Diablo]

Terry is very good good, especially at 37 years of age. But he's no McGrath.

He’s just a very naughty boy.

A great philosopher once wrote
Naughty, naughty, very naughty

E's are Good E's are Good

Randomly went on a youtube journey this morning which ended up with me listening to that song for the first time in what must be a decade! Chris Moyles played a snippet of Cotton Eye Joe, I youtubed that, led me onto The Prodigy - Out of Space, The Grid  -Swamp thing and finally a playlist of the Shamen's greatest hits. Musical Pioneers!

Out of Space is a belter!

[Ad@m]

Listening to John Terry on Sky tonight I'm convinced he's got a job lined up on the management staff when we do get promoted. He'll retire from playing once we've achieved promotion. His list of contacts are second to none.

I've no doubt that's the case, all this support for the team whilst injured isn't a sudden conversion to our club. Still, if we get something out of it then he's useful on and off the field.

All this support? He was watching Chelsea at the weekend rather than us.

Who could blame him?!

He's also driven himself to watch a game in East Anglia when he wasn't playing, was on the bench in others whilst injured. Do you expect him to be at every game?

As team captain and on the books of the Villa to the tune of £60k a week?  Yes, I absolutely expect him to be there every game.

There seems to be an incredibly low expectation bar set for players these days - first he was lauded for doing some training and now he's being given a free pass to skip games when he'd rather go to watch Chelsea.  If the cost of my season ticket is contributing to his extortionate salary he can suffer our "performances" just like me!

Were you at Derby?

Pay me £60k a week and I'll go wherever you want me to go.

[chrisw1]

This is a fucking stupid debate.  How many injured players do you seriously think go to all home and away games?  He's been to a substantial amount and that is to his credit.

[paul_e]

Our major problem is the goals for column not the goals against. But I don't think anyone can seriously think that we aren't a better overall  team with Terry playing. The club seriously needs to focus on our attacking prowess.The defence, including the keeper are good enough to get us promoted but it won't happen until we rattle the onion bag a lot more often.

Absolutely, my point is more the one you make after, whilst Terry is a great player and does make us look better that hasn't translated to points on the board (the one stat I didn't include but it's fairly clear from the win and draw percentages that he doesn't really change our 'points per game' stat).  My post was aimed at the 'rather have Terry back than Kodjia' comments, Kodjia actually affects the table for us, Terry doesn't seem to despite being the better player of the 2.

[The Edge]

Terry is very good good, especially at 37 years of age. But he's no McGrath.

He’s just a very naughty boy.

A great philosopher once wrote
Naughty, naughty, very naughty

E's are Good E's are Good

Randomly went on a youtube journey this morning which ended up with me listening to that song for the first time in what must be a decade! Chris Moyles played a snippet of Cotton Eye Joe, I youtubed that, led me onto The Prodigy - Out of Space, The Grid  -Swamp thing and finally a playlist of the Shamen's greatest hits. Musical Pioneers!

Out of Space is a belter!

Yes!! Totally agree 👍 I'd vote for Out of Space for the teams to come out to at VP. That would get the place rocking

[Diablo]

Terry is very good good, especially at 37 years of age. But he's no McGrath.

He’s just a very naughty boy.

A great philosopher once wrote
Naughty, naughty, very naughty

E's are Good E's are Good

Randomly went on a youtube journey this morning which ended up with me listening to that song for the first time in what must be a decade! Chris Moyles played a snippet of Cotton Eye Joe, I youtubed that, led me onto The Prodigy - Out of Space, The Grid  -Swamp thing and finally a playlist of the Shamen's greatest hits. Musical Pioneers!

Out of Space is a belter!

Yes!! Totally agree 👍 I'd vote for Out of Space for the teams to come out to at VP. That would get the place rocking

Hahaha!  I think that's a great idea - chaos

[Toronto Villa]

Some are finding a way to get upset over absolutely nothing. He's not done anything to embarrass the club since arriving, dedicated himself while he played for us and is dedicating himself in trying to play again for us as soon as possible. He's here in a limited capacity, and in that context I accept he's not going to become "Villa" suddenly. What we are paying him is irrelevant because it's the going rate, and we have paid more for players who have given way less over a longer contract.

That he ultimately does it on the pitch is all I care about.

[Allan C]

Some are finding a way to get upset over absolutely nothing. He's not done anything to embarrass the club since arriving, dedicated himself while he played for us and is dedicating himself in trying to play again for us as soon as possible. He's here in a limited capacity, and in that context I accept he's not going to become "Villa" suddenly. What we are paying him is irrelevant because it's the going rate, and we have paid more for players who have given way less over a longer contract.

That he ultimately does it on the pitch is all I care about.

Totally in a nutshell

[Diablo]

I can see why some would get upset comparing Gerald Appleyard (who so far has made 16 appearances for us in the 2nd division) with Paul McGrath who made 253 appearances for us in the top division. In my opinion (despite the comparisons) they shouldn't even be mentioned in the same paragraph ;-)

[WarszaVillan]

Some are finding a way to get upset over absolutely nothing. He's not done anything to embarrass the club since arriving, dedicated himself while he played for us and is dedicating himself in trying to play again for us as soon as possible. He's here in a limited capacity, and in that context I accept he's not going to become "Villa" suddenly. What we are paying him is irrelevant because it's the going rate, and we have paid more for players who have given way less over a longer contract.

That he ultimately does it on the pitch is all I care about.

He's still a prick though

[chrisw1]

I can see why some would get upset comparing Gerald Appleyard (who so far has made 16 appearances for us in the 2nd division) with Paul McGrath who made 253 appearances for us in the top division. In my opinion (despite the comparisons) they shouldn't even be mentioned in the same paragraph ;-)

Drop the Appleyard thing, it's pathetic beyond belief.  But yes I agree, Terry is no Paul McGrath.

[The Edge]

I can see why some would get upset comparing Gerald Appleyard (who so far has made 16 appearances for us in the 2nd division) with Paul McGrath who made 253 appearances for us in the top division. In my opinion (despite the comparisons) they shouldn't even be mentioned in the same paragraph ;-)

Drop the Appleyard thing, it's pathetic beyond belief.  But yes I agree, Terry is no Paul McGrath.

Can someone please tell me who the fuck Gerald Appleyard is?

[The Edge]

Terry is very good good, especially at 37 years of age. But he's no McGrath.

He’s just a very naughty boy.

A great philosopher once wrote
Naughty, naughty, very naughty

E's are Good E's are Good

Randomly went on a youtube journey this morning which ended up with me listening to that song for the first time in what must be a decade! Chris Moyles played a snippet of Cotton Eye Joe, I youtubed that, led me onto The Prodigy - Out of Space, The Grid  -Swamp thing and finally a playlist of the Shamen's greatest hits. Musical Pioneers!

Out of Space is a belter!

Yes!! Totally agree 👍 I'd vote for Out of Space for the teams to come out to at VP. That would get the place rocking

Hahaha!  I think that's a great idea - chaos

Yeah imagine everyone jumping around at the bass drop? I've even thought of lyrics "I'm an Aston Villa fan proud of what I am. I'm an Aston Villa fan proud of what I am" with the bass thundering around Villa Park. Aye.

[chrisw1]

I can see why some would get upset comparing Gerald Appleyard (who so far has made 16 appearances for us in the 2nd division) with Paul McGrath who made 253 appearances for us in the top division. In my opinion (despite the comparisons) they shouldn't even be mentioned in the same paragraph ;-)

Drop the Appleyard thing, it's pathetic beyond belief.  But yes I agree, Terry is no Paul McGrath.

Can someone please tell me who the fuck Gerald Appleyard is?

It's a name to replace 'John Terry'  Some think is humorous.  It's not.

[The Edge]

I can see why some would get upset comparing Gerald Appleyard (who so far has made 16 appearances for us in the 2nd division) with Paul McGrath who made 253 appearances for us in the top division. In my opinion (despite the comparisons) they shouldn't even be mentioned in the same paragraph ;-)

Drop the Appleyard thing, it's pathetic beyond belief.  But yes I agree, Terry is no Paul McGrath.

Can someone please tell me who the fuck Gerald Appleyard is?

It's a name to replace 'John Terry'  Some think is humorous.  It's not.

Thanks. And I agree. It's not funny.