Dean Saunders

[cdbearsfan]

He's always struck me as a bit of a twat, his bullshit Clough story is a good indicator. And he was overrated as a player, certainly for a record signing striker imo.

I thought the Clough story was something that would have been perfectly acceptable to tell at the time. Attitudes have changed and we are more sympathetic to people who have issues with addiction now. Saunders has obviously been telling the story to mates for a few years and always got a good laugh, nobody has ever taken issue with it and he didn't think about the repercussions. I don't reckon that makes him a twat, though.

I thought he was excellent for us, one of my favourite players at the time, and I'm grateful for his contribution to my favourite ever Villa game, the League Cup win against the glory-hunting c***s.

Drink-driving is less forgivable, though I reckon probably 80% of the drivers on here have done it. Hope he learns from this and glad that nobody was hurt.

[Deano's Mullet]

Can't stand the bloke, and this just confirms that he's a grade A twat.  Hopefully he spends his time inside thinking about things.

Did you like him as a Villa player?

[Risso]

Can't stand the bloke, and this just confirms that he's a grade A twat.  Hopefully he spends his time inside thinking about things.

Did you like him as a Villa player?

At the time, yes, of course.

[hilts_coolerking]

What a bell end.

[PeterWithesShin]

Most of it not being true is the bullshit part of that story. And it was only 3 years ago that he told the story on Talksport which is what brought it to people's attention. So, was it an acceptable made up story to tell at the time?

He had some great moments for us don't get me wrong, but he was nowhere near excellent imo, he'd go months with hardly scoring. A big reason we didn't win the league in '93 is that he hardly scored, 1 goal in the last 15 games.

[Villa Lew]

Love the bloke, but that's unforgivable.

The bad news is Sam Allardyce will probably replace him on the Alan Brazil show.

[eamonn]

For failing to provide a roadside breath sample. This would go some way to explaining why he comes out with such horseshit on Talksport on a regular basis.

Great player mind.

The Villa being bigger than pre Abramovic Chelsea comment was spot on.

I didn't hear that one, fair comment.

Not too controversial an opinion though.

[Bad English]

Fuck me! In France you'd have to be either a fucking idiot, completely wankered or both to refuse to give a sample. Guaranteed criminal proceedings with extra charges thrown at you. You are much better off 'blowing in the bag' and getting specialist counsel.*

*I am not speaking from personal experience but I know people who have been caught...

[olaftab]

Very sad news but he is the irresponsible one.

[Drummond]

What a bell end.

Bit harsh that, Risso only said he liked him as a player...... 

As for Saunders, what  a dick.

[Villafirst]

In these situations I can never understand why people risk their liberty and reputation all for the cost of a taxi fare. He could afford a chauffeur if he wanted to. Madness. I'm disappointed as he and Dalian were a great partnership in the 1992/93 season when we almost won the inaugural Premiership title.

[JUAN PABLO]

I was never keen on saunders has a person . I met him with Macca Mcgrath and David Farrell once before a game and when asking for autographs , I got one off the friendly God and more or less got told to bugger off rudely by Saunders so ws never keen on him , great player mind.

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

Loved Deano as a player for us. Don't know what he's like on talksh-te because I don't listen to it. The written media's "ex Villa player" spin is just typical of them. If Deano was in the news for something good it wouldn't take them long to include Liverpool somewhere in the headline. Another good reason to avoid the rags. Hope Deano and others learn from this.

[eamonn]

Wanker!

[Dr Butler]

Love the bloke, but that's unforgivable.

The bad news is Sam Allardyce will probably replace him on the Alan Brazil show.

maybe they could smuggle a mobile phone into chokey, so Saunders could still take part...


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