Olof Mellberg

Under every seat in the Villa away section at Upton Park the other day was a t-shirt with Mellberg written on it and 'Thanks for the Support' (or similar)

Paid for by the man himself, that is a great touch in these days of millionaire footballers changing clubs all the time and not giving a stuff about the fans.

Thought it was worth a mention here.

definately.

Mellberg has always been a player i admire, he is solid, committed and displays the kind of genuine passion thats all too rare nowadays. i would have loved him at my club and i have to admit i will be sad to see him go.

his gesture only enforces that view and i wish him every success.

not only that but he is a beard growing machine!

(full credit to West Ham United for allowing this to happen at their ground as well )

yeah i heard that on MOTD last night and thought it was really nice of him to do. think it was an actual villa shirt with his name on the back

I heard about this also, He's showed amazing appreciation to the Villa for by doing this. I wonder how much It set him back.

He bought the shirts off Big Rev - they were not the official ones, so probably got change out of a fiver!

He has been a good player for Villa and it was nice to see him give the fans them tops.

Good on the fella, its nice to hear a story about a player giving something back.

Yup like everyone said great what he did. Will be a big loss for Villa

At last a player who uses actions other than just words to show appreciation to fans who spend hundreds of pounds a season on the team. With all the money they earn, something like this isn't exactly going to dent their bank balance, and us fans appreciate gestures like this a lot.

Take note Spurs players, other than Hutton and Robinson.

What a great guy, players like him are all too rare these days, unfortunatly

ANd im with you Steely, that man can grow a damn fine beard!

I had no idea you had this kind of affection for Olof.

"admire" "he is solid" "committed" "displays passion" "i would have loved him" "enforces" "growing machine"...

Steely admires anything that relates to "growing hair." I don't think I have to go further than his picture to prove my point.

Great gesture by Mellberg... I wonder why Harry Kewell didn't do that... OH RIGHT... he doesn't play...

Nice gesture, he deserves to be fondly remembered by Villa-fans.

Now he's playing for Ju Ju Ju Juve! Bia Bia Bianconera!

Haha Ja Axe, when I first saw Steely had replied to this topic i opened it expecting something cynical and some expletives to be used but i was pleasantly surprised.

dont be so cynical and judgemental Jono