brizzlelou Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/sep/22/jonathan-kodjia-ivory-coast-new-didier-drogba-aston-villa C'mon Jimmy...hardly Drogba. I do hope this is Villas doing and not his actual mentality as I do have a fond memory of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 “Nobody in Ivory Coast knew me before that and afterwards they were hailing me as the new [Didier] Drogba,” he says with a laugh. “Obviously, I know I’m way off doing what he did but we all have to try and it was great to feel such warmth.” He didn't actually say it himself… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Skin Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 Nice interview. Good luck Jimmy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EstoniaTallinnRed Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 I would imagine most of that interview was written by AV's media team, as he surely doesn't have that good a command of English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiale Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 Fair play to him, now he's at a big club obviously people are interested in him and his story.... would still like to finish above Villa though.. you know, just sayin ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 He actually laughed at the comparison...c'mon give the lad a break. Seems many want to stick the boot in on this lad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unan Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 Can we get a 'The Barndoor Kodjia Thread' & try to overtake the Rovers one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dolman Pragmatist Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Can't see that anyone else has flagged this year, but there is an interview with Kodjia in today's Guardian... https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/sep/22/jonathan-kodjia-ivory-coast-new-didier-drogba-aston-villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GrahamC Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Good interview. However I'd be absolutely amazed if his English has improved so rapidly in his very short time at Villa that he'd be using words like "nonchalantly"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 4 minutes ago, GrahamC said: Good interview. However I'd be absolutely amazed if his English has improved so rapidly in his very short time at Villa that he'd be using words like "nonchalantly"... It is a French word. Maybe he was trying to wing it and hope the interviewer translated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 2 minutes ago, 29AR said: It is a French word. Maybe he was trying to wing it and hope the interviewer translated Sacre Bleu! French stealing our words again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 29 minutes ago, 29AR said: It is a French word. Maybe he was trying to wing it and hope the interviewer translated It is. However anyone who saw him in the head to head quiz v Rich O'Donnell would strongly doubt that the whole interview was conducted in English... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otiz Mir Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 I imagine he was speaking through an Interpreter - there's no way he's got that good a command of English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAman08 Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 He came in, scored goals, helped us stay up, helped show we can develop players and netted us 7 times what we paid. It wasn't a clean break but you guys got to give the guy a break. This could've been his last chance to get a decent contract and he took it. Fair play to him. He helped the club and we helped him. Let's all move on and I'm sure he'll want to see us do well as much as we want him to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esmond Million's Bung Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 2 hours ago, JoeAman08 said: He came in, scored goals, helped us stay up, helped show we can develop players and netted us 7 times what we paid. It wasn't a clean break but you guys got to give the guy a break. This could've been his last chance to get a decent contract and he took it. Fair play to him. He helped the club and we helped him. Let's all move on and I'm sure he'll want to see us do well as much as we want him to. Agree with much of this but as Maynard found out there is a classy way of leaving and there is a far less classy way, there was no need for the lack of class IMO. He could have left the complete hero with more humility and less sulkiness, I don't think many would begrudge him his transfer and his reasons, but manners cost nothing, we might learn a little more about him if Villa fail to get promoted. The highlighted portion should really have read better or improved, I suspect he was already on a decent contract compared to the 'real world'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAman08 Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 No doubt but as you said about the "real world," it's not always as simple as it looks. He has a much smaller window to make his unreal wages compared to us. He's an asset and has to look at himself that way. He didn't leave amicably but he felt he needed to do it to maximise his career earnings and he can tell his grandchildren he played for Aston Villa, a team with a rich history of success. I get what you're saying and I felt a little let down at first but I get the mood and why it happened. Look at the Steve Lansdown interview. He wasn't happy but it didn't make JK a bad guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiled Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 1 hour ago, Esmond Million's Bung said: Agree with much of this but as Maynard found out there is a classy way of leaving and there is a far less classy way, there was no need for the lack of class IMO. He could have left the complete hero with more humility and less sulkiness, I don't think many would begrudge him his transfer and his reasons, but manners cost nothing, we might learn a little more about him if Villa fail to get promoted. The highlighted portion should really have read better or improved, I suspect he was already on a decent contract compared to the 'real world'. Totally agree but the media often twist our memories of a departing player. Two recent interviews seem to have given him a bad rep even though he was on the Aston Villa payroll for both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 6 hours ago, Otiz Mir said: I imagine he was speaking through an Interpreter - there's no way he's got that good a command of English. Like most English folk then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septic Peg Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 7 hours ago, GrahamC said: It is. However anyone who saw him in the head to head quiz v Rich O'Donnell would strongly doubt that the whole interview was conducted in English... I've been thinking about that. Does ROD get a bye to the next round, as Kodj won the H2H, or does ROD have to do it all again? @AdamB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamB Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 2 hours ago, Septic Peg said: I've been thinking about that. Does ROD get a bye to the next round, as Kodj won the H2H, or does ROD have to do it all again? @AdamB? Rich keeps telling us he deserves a return... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 28 minutes ago, AdamB said: Rich keeps telling us he deserves a return... I bet he does. He is also I hear quite keen to have another go at the quiz... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 3 hours ago, Septic Peg said: I've been thinking about that. Does ROD get a bye to the next round, as Kodj won the H2H, or does ROD have to do it all again? @AdamB? Him and Engvall for the next round? - apologies not watched if Gustav has had a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted September 24, 2016 Report Share Posted September 24, 2016 The media do love hype as Mitchell loves to remind us with such hilariously mad alacrity. I suppose he would say it something like this... And so Jonathan Kodjia, previously at the huge club AC Angers made an impressively instant impact at the humungously massive Bristol City only to be flogged on for disgustingly large wads of cash to the super tanker behemoth of a club from the West Midlands and no I am not talking about Birmingham City, but the grotesquely largest of them all, yes you guessed it, Aston Villa. Yes Kodjia is now so massive a catch for Villa he is compared to Didier Drogba. Surely there is going to be an earthquake in Aston so huge at this news it will go off the Richter scale. It will shatter the glass on the Seismograph and pulverise the metal cabinet. Oh yes, this is big. This is David Mitchell, bored out of his pants, at the rain soaked and tiny Kenilworth Road waiting for two crappy little teams to take to the overgrown, weed infested, paddock they have the f----- nerve to call a football pitch. Back to Dickie Davies in the ITV studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RightUpInCider Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin 101 Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 40 minutes ago, RightUpInCider said: really? New chant anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjak Posted September 26, 2016 Report Share Posted September 26, 2016 On 23 September 2016 at 13:17, Esmond Million's Bung said: Agree with much of this but as Maynard found out there is a classy way of leaving and there is a far less classy way, there was no need for the lack of class IMO. He could have left the complete hero with more humility and less sulkiness, I don't think many would begrudge him his transfer and his reasons, but manners cost nothing, we might learn a little more about him if Villa fail to get promoted. The highlighted portion should really have read better or improved, I suspect he was already on a decent contract compared to the 'real world'. Can't really blame Kodja for chasing the big bucks….but considering it was Bristol City who helped open the door for all those riches, as the French would say Kodja has "Pas de Classe", and surely it's "When", and Not "If" ……….Villa fail to get promoted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Ian M Posted September 26, 2016 Admin Report Share Posted September 26, 2016 Is Kodjia the new Andrew Cole? I hope he's the new Zach Clough, I saw him skying one high and wide a division below us at the weekend, he may have had the first laugh but we laughed last and loudest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted September 26, 2016 Report Share Posted September 26, 2016 We're a better team than Villa are at the moment and long may that continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRed Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 Where are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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