Fletcher Boyd

[Martyn Smith]

Gone to Ipswich on loan, with an option to buy.

You can't lead with your cleavage like that, you absolute spreadsheet tease. I've got a team of quite intimidating obese teenagers here and I need sell-ons, buy-backs, obligations, Austin Montegos. Give me some percentages man or it's going to kick right fucking off.

I once maxed my Dads Austin Montego on the A38 Lichfield Bypass if that helps.

Carry on, as you were.

Ah I used to absolutely twat the Sutton by pass bit of the A38 when I werra a young lad behind the wheel. Got up to 96 in me mam's J (original J, 1970) Escort. Can't do it anymore because of the bloody stupid M6 toll roundabouts  (which also sliced lovely Fox Hill Road in half) [get back on topic - Ed.]

[Martyn Smith]

I think the Villa players had them as club cars in the first Graham Taylor era. I saw Tony Daley in one (I think).

Dalian Atkinson drives Montego...

[Martyn Smith]

In all seriousness, as he signed after the window closed, I presume he wouldn't be eligible for the first team until the January window opens?

[Villa Lew]

Welcome Fletcher, hopefully one day, you and Rory Wilson, will turn out to be the best two strikers in the country!

[cdbearsfan]

Is it not the case that we did all the paperwork before the deadline but were waiting for FIFA approval? In which case he should be fine, I think?

[Brazilian Villain]

Welcome Fletcher, hopefully one day, you and Rory Wilson, will turn out to be the best two strikers in the country!

If that country is Scotland, it's a low bar.

[Brazilian Villain]

I had a Montego many years ago, couldn't keep door handles on it and amongst other things it had odd sized wheels that you couldn't buy wheel trims to fit. I went to the scrap yard and got four Metro wheels and they fit like a dream.

One of the early episodes of Pimp My Ride.

[paul_e]

Is it not the case that we did all the paperwork before the deadline but were waiting for FIFA approval? In which case he should be fine, I think?

I think so, he wouldn't be eligible for us at any level if that wasn't the case.

[Somniloquism]

I think the Villa players had them as club cars in the first Graham Taylor era. I saw Tony Daley in one (I think).

We had the partnership with the local Rover dealership which meant they could drive a Metro, Maestro and Montegro slowly around the side of the pitch at half time.

[colin69]

I think the Villa players had them as club cars in the first Graham Taylor era. I saw Tony Daley in one (I think).

I saw Tony Daley park up and get out of a Red MG Montego on Newhall Street one Sunday evening back in 90/91 when I was out with the lads.
I also saw Andy Comyn getting into a Montego in the players car park but he obviously wasn’t deemed worthy of the MG one, just your bog standard Austin.

[Martyn Smith]

I think the Villa players had them as club cars in the first Graham Taylor era. I saw Tony Daley in one (I think).

I saw Tony Daley park up and get out of a Red MG Montego on Newhall Street one Sunday evening back in 90/91 when I was out with the lads.
I also saw Andy Comyn getting into a Montego in the players car park but he obviously wasn’t deemed worthy of the MG one, just your bog standard Austin.

Different times. Very different times...

[algy]

Sightings of Villa players in Montegos is honestly my favourite thread-getting-sidetracked  topic. And that is a high bar. Arguably higher than being one of the two best strikers in the Scottish national team.

[eamonn]

So we've bought this lad and immediately turfed him out to a club who can sign him next summer and give us £5m or whatever we've agreed? Is this the most blatant example yet of our now widespread youth policy of buying low and selling high?

As up to now, there's always been a shred of hope that any lad we send out on loan could make it with us if he does well elsewhere. Now, we're just ruling that out completely?

[Percy McCarthy]

^^ Have we? Where’s he gone?

[cdbearsfan]

I think eamonn is taking some of the joking posts above seriously.