Miami Weiss said:
Really hope Barry has a good game, maybe a goal..
He deserves to silence the fans of a team where he spent 11 years of service, how can they boo a captain who gave 11 years and finally wanted a change, a challenge to the top 4 and a higher wage, shocking some "fans" are.
During that 11 years he was good for about 3-4 seasons, the rest of the time he was very average but we still supported him fully. During that time he handed in a transfer request despite him being crap at the time, and was on the verge of leaving for Portsmouth until O'Neill came. In fact it was O'Neill who made him what he is when he came, he helped his form and he became an England regular, he then repaid him and us by saying he wanted to leave again. We refused to sell him and then he cried like a little girl because he didn't get his own way, then he went to the press slagging O'Neill off and badmouthing us despite still being a Villa player. He stayed even though he didn't really want to be here, then as last season drew to an end he started to think hang on i'm not going to be here next season and started to play really half arsed, all of our fans wanted him dropped but O'Neill kept playing him. Then after his ultimatum of 'If we finish 4th i'll stay, if we don't i'll leave' and 'I'll only leave for Champions League football' he left for you. Then came the pathetic letter to Villa fans.
Yes he was here 11 years but he wouldn't have been if it was down to him, and we owe him f*ck all, we helped paid his wages and supported him throughout all of those years so f*ck him.