I still remember hearing a rumour, that when Slippy G was the gaffer at Villa, towards the end of his tenure there when the board of directors were discussing sacking him, one of them suggested hiring Demba Ba to come through for the day, and then have him hide behind the door in the boardroom, and as soon as Stevie Me entered the room, he would jump out in front of him and shout:
‘Hey Mister Stevie G, it’s me! I’m here to let you know that you’ve been sacked! Yoooooooou’re outta here!’
Or something to that effect. Probably not true, like… But you know what? I choose to believe that it actually happened!