John Gregory Interview.

[Smithy]

I saw him a couple of weeks ago walking his dog up a hill in Englefield Green, just outside Egham.  No idea where he's living or what he's doing, but I was 99% certain it was him at the time. 

I've added this interview to my watch list...

[ChicagoLion]

Met him at the Springsteen concert, he was very pleasant and lots of people had their picture taken with him.

[BC Villain]

Ginola was such an odd signing at the time. We already had a couple of flair players, Merson obviously being one.

A signing that had Ellis' paws written all over it

[VILLA MOLE]

But he did let him spend £6 million one Balaban 😳

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

I’ve always liked Gregory because he respected the club.

"There's an aura about this club, a sense of history and tradition. Even the name is beautifully symmetrical with five letters in each word."

[pauliewalnuts]

I’ve always liked Gregory because he respected the club.

"There's an aura about this club, a sense of history and tradition. Even the name is beautifully symmetrical with five letters in each word."

When i read him saying that, I fully appreciated that he really did get it.

I like him, he's undisputably one of us.

[SoccerHQ]

I saw him a couple of weeks ago walking his dog up a hill in Englefield Green, just outside Egham.  No idea where he's living or what he's doing, but I was 99% certain it was him at the time. 

I've added this interview to my watch list...

His family were based in Windsor while he managed us and he was renting a place in Four Oaks.

Before his foreign adventures he last managed QPR and Crawley so all you need for 100% confirmation was for him slipping on some Grecian in between throwing balls for his dog to chase and shouting "run faster than Fat Dave (Ginola)."

[Axl Rose]

I love Gregory.

[Nelly]

I’ve always liked Gregory because he respected the club.

"There's an aura about this club, a sense of history and tradition. Even the name is beautifully symmetrical with five letters in each word."

I've always loved this quote. The fact that he appreciates the aesthetics of the words themselves and is drawn to their beauty, he must have sat and just stared/meditated on the name - a man in love.

[Lucky Eddie]

I’ve always liked Gregory because he respected the club.

"There's an aura about this club, a sense of history and tradition. Even the name is beautifully symmetrical with five letters in each word."

I've always loved this quote. The fact that he appreciates the aesthetics of the words themselves and is drawn to their beauty, he must have sat and just stared/meditated on the name - a man in love.

I thought Tom Hanks said that

[Rory]

I’ve always liked Gregory because he respected the club.

"There's an aura about this club, a sense of history and tradition. Even the name is beautifully symmetrical with five letters in each word."

I've always loved this quote. The fact that he appreciates the aesthetics of the words themselves and is drawn to their beauty, he must have sat and just stared/meditated on the name - a man in love.

I thought Tom Hanks said that

I think Hanks's quote was the equally poetic "it sounds like a lovely spa or something".

[nigel]

For the amount of money spent he served up some right boring dross. Sherwood was a Poundland Gregory, once the quips and motivation wasn't enough there nothing of substance with either of them.

Was Gregory a bit of a Poundland MON? I love all these stories "I could have got RvN", every ex manager has one. Muzzy Izzet, Juninho, Benni McCarthy...from memory we were constantly linked with them. Failing to go the extra mile for Robbie Keane kind of summed up Gregory, probably used that money to buy Steve Stone. Keane would have been ideal next to Dion Dublin.

I actually think the RvN story may have had some legs, as Nistlrooy, said, a few years later, that his favourite playing partner was Luc Nillis.
He may have fancied teaming up again at Villa. Would never have happened as Ellis would never have entertained the idea

[wince]

I’ve always liked Gregory because he respected the club.

I liked him because he looked like a no nonsense hard bastard.

[ez]

I see similarities in Gregory and O'Neil. Both bought more crap players than good ones. Both got to a cup final and lost. I don't mind Gregory. He left us in 7th place I think. That's not bad.

[dave.woodhall]

I've always said that your opinion of Gregory as a manager was based largely on whether or not you liked him.