Yes wow.
Got tearful at the end just reading it.
Ezri’s call to arms before the final… now Amadou’s story.
Exemplification. I really needed that.
Tyrone’s eloquence including putting Priti Patel in her place.
McGinn’s down to earth jovial incessent drive that’s had him step up to every level.
Ollie’s maybe too good natured personality, persistence and learning to find his fire.
Little Emi’s refusal to give up, big Emi’s actual loyalty that had the vision of winning trophies and talking us up beyond what others saw likely (even us?), as well as general bonkersness (and own humble story).
A sense of (relative) wholesomeness/craft/down to earth talent and effort from Youri, Morgan, Boubacar
King Unai’s phenomenal drive and obsessive work, vision and utter talent. A visionary.
I’m a bit old to be having heroes, and at least one Unai is older than me, but yes as said are we not blessed to have some good people (it would be easy to write more, there is stuff I like about Cash, Digne, Pau, Bizot, Lindeloff.)
A fellow midlander ex-pat in these parts wrote “these *are* the good old days” about the Villa of today.
It’s good to bear in mind we’ll look back and miss this era one day.
