Money waving Villa fan ! and other stuff

[Blue in North London]

Does anybody think that idiot waving the money has a face that you would never tire of smacking?

[Somerset Blue]

I have a problem believing that a Villa fan would be able to get their hands on a £50 note to copy it...

[Florida Blue]

RIG, great post, but I want you to just think about this.

Barry left for greener pastures, it was his choice, the Villa supporters look at it simply as a cash grab, nothing else. Therefore they chose to abuse him by waiving the bills and riding him hard.

On the other hand Dunne was sold, he did not ask to go, and was just sent away. Of course that leaves us to support him not chastise him as he left us on a good note, and did nothing to waiver from being a true blue.

Do you think City fans would cheer Barton? Sturridge? Maybe Sturridge (as is Barton) is a bad example, but last year a lot of us were praising him (rightly so) and now the same lot are calling him greedy (rightly so). But let's say Martin Pettov leaves in the wake of this news and goes to Spuds, would we all cheer him as well?

While I would like to think we are impeccable, I don't think the comparison is very fair.

[Slim]

I would be sad to be a Villa fan and not know how stupid they sound over this whole subject. But in pure financial terms.

Bought for £150K from Brighton, 12 years service and sold for £12M.

One year left on his contract worth £50K/week for one worth 90k/week. In theory, he could have sat his last year at Villa Park and probably got himself a deal in excess of £130K/week being he was coming for nothing. Which would make him signing a new contract after coming on a free worth more to him financially over the course.

And lastly, he was under contract to Villa and it was ultimately down to them if he was sold. And I hear the counter clicking in peoples' minds that they sold him for £12M now so he didn't leave for nothing a year later and yet with policy like that....it's Barry who is considering the money grabber? Odd.

[Dameerto]

I'd much rather have someone do a 'Barry' if they wanted to leave, than running their contract down and shitting on the club. I've got no time for those sort of gits at all.

[Slim]

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