maqroll Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Was Downing supposed to be poor last season? I thought he was great every time I saw him play which was probably 7-8 times. I don't agree with him losing his legs, he might not have quite the pace he used to have but he is still fast enough and he usually played in a #10 role last season anyway and he was very effective. He got twice as many goals + assists as any of your players last season bar Benteke. He is almost 31 but he should have a couple years left in him yet. If you can get him for 5-7m I think it would be a good buy. Sure you could throw that at a foreign player who could turn out better but they could easily turn out a lot worse. You know what you are going to get with Downing and imo that would be one of your best players for a couple of years, especially if he has Benteke to work with. He kind of faded away the second half of the season after a very good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted June 28, 2015 Moderator Share Posted June 28, 2015 Ease up on the quotes lads... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Ease up on the quotes lads... sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Ease up on the quotes lads... If you insist... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Holy Cow, just noticed NV is a mod now and is in my hemisphere too....(must mind my occasional drunken late night cursing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Was Downing supposed to be poor last season? I thought he was great every time I saw him play which was probably 7-8 times. I don't agree with him losing his legs, he might not have quite the pace he used to have but he is still fast enough and he usually played in a #10 role last season anyway and he was very effective. He got twice as many goals + assists as any of your players last season bar Benteke. He is almost 31 but he should have a couple years left in him yet. If you can get him for 5-7m I think it would be a good buy. Sure you could throw that at a foreign player who could turn out better but they could easily turn out a lot worse. You know what you are going to get with Downing and imo that would be one of your best players for a couple of years, especially if he has Benteke to work with. Every time I saw him play for them I thought he played well. He gave us problems when played them. Downing isnt finished yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I'd hate for Downing to come back. Lying, rat word removed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Club has no pride if Downing came back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bully Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 If Downing offered to play for free I would still tell him to **** off 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Delph will stay so we need another midfielder who can get forward and actually score like Cleverley was starting to do. Westwood/Sanchez and maybe Gary Gardner will rotate the other spot. That is enough until January. Will he? Edit: Westwood and Gardner are not good enough IMO. Sanchez needs to seriously step up his game. Yes Gardner we'll have to wait and see. I'm not suggesting for one minute I want him starting games after his injuries, just more as a back up player. Westwood will always divide opinion on this board, he's a marmite player on here but the middle trio were working well enough for the final 6 weeks of the season up to the Southampton game anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Gardner could come in and start games in my opinion, don't see why not, would be great to see him in the side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Southampton have made a bid for ogbonna apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 If Downing offered to play for free I would still tell him to **** off Just wondering would you have the said attitude towards ashley young? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 He's better than any of our wide players and would be a massive improvement on N'Zogbia, so yes.Nobody is good enough for villa on here mateThat's not really true is it? There are lots and lots and lots of players that many VTers would say are good enough for Villa. But if you think exaggerating is a good way of counter-balancing the few people who exaggerate the quality of our current squad, then fair enough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightysasquatch Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 If Downing offered to play for free I would still tell him to **** off Just wondering would you have the said attitude towards ashley young? You're comparing him to Downing...really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Southampton have made a bid for ogbonna apparently Thought a deal was done with Wet Spam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bully Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 If Downing offered to play for free I would still tell him to **** off Just wondering would you have the said attitude towards ashley young? You're comparing him to Downing...really. Absolutely no comparison. Young did his time here and went with my best wishes despite my dislike for Man Utd. We looked after Downing and he jumped ship at the first opportunity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 If Downing offered to play for free I would still tell him to **** off Just wondering would you have the said attitude towards ashley young? You're comparing him to Downing...really. Absolutely no comparison. Young did his time here and went with my best wishes despite my dislike for Man Utd. We looked after Downing and he jumped ship at the first opportunity Yes but Mliner only played 10 games more for Villa than Downing did yet he's a hero and Downing is a Villain. I would say Milner did exactly the same as Downing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Milner 126 Downing 79 Close mate, close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Downing is a rocket polisher and he's shite. No thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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