sir_gary_cahill Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 2 hours ago, TRO said: He has obviously threw the towel in sometime ago, due to his condition. shame the wages girl, didn't decide to do the same, when she come to pay him. Still a quality player in my opinion, when he was young, he was immense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Absolute scenes when he earns himself a new deal. Cue the music. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Just now, rodders0223 said: Absolute scenes when he earns himself a new deal. Cue the music. I wouldn’t write him off, if we get him fit, then we’d have the best defender in The Championship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerner's Driver Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 12 minutes ago, sir_gary_cahill said: Still a quality player in my opinion, when he was young, he was immense The two halves of your sentence don't fit together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 1 minute ago, Lerner's Driver said: The two halves of your sentence don't fit together. What do you mean? Can you expand please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rodders0223 Posted October 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 19, 2018 5 minutes ago, sir_gary_cahill said: I wouldn’t write him off, if we get him fit, then we’d have the best defender in The Championship 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 1 hour ago, sir_gary_cahill said: I wouldn’t write him off, if we get him fit, then we’d have the best defender in The Championship I don't think he will ever be match fit again. He is physically shot to shit and has been for years. Quite why we signed him I will never know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted October 19, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 19, 2018 I wish he’d just go away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 6 minutes ago, KHV said: I don't think he will ever be match fit again. He is physically shot to shit and has been for years. Quite why we signed him I will never know He was excellent at the start at centre back, I think he’d be great at this level, he’d dominate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 1 hour ago, sir_gary_cahill said: What do you mean? Can you expand please? I can - he's past it and no longer interested in playing football for a living and, instead, just wants to take the wages for doing sweet FA. Surely there is no Villa fan out there that would like to see Micah Richards given another game for us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 5 minutes ago, alreadyexists said: I wish he’d just go away! I wish he would be abducted by aliens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 7 minutes ago, sir_gary_cahill said: He was excellent at the start at centre back, I think he’d be great at this level, he’d dominate He can't physically perform at this level anymore. I think he will retire soon due to injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 19, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 19, 2018 2 hours ago, sir_gary_cahill said: He’s still a quality player, I’d start him tomorrow if I was manager but I’m not, much to the relief of this board Pure PFE, as usual. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 SGC...whilst i enjoy your exuberance for young players no one has ever heard of your opinion of richards is seriously misplaced he is for me the atypical english / premier league "world class" prospect of the last generation, he was a boy in a mans body, his youth giving him an energy and speed that was top class for his position and his body giving him a power and strength that was top class for his age, the actual football malarkey was a side show, didnt matter that he was pretty average at it he had time to develop and be coached, the problem is at 18 he's playing 30 PL games a season and for england, he's a millionaire, every man and his dog could see his positioning problems and his reliance on pace to recover but that would get better...the problem is it never got better...i could maybe accept an argument that he never got the coaching he needed but then the decisions he's made and the level of professionalism he's shown in the last 5 years throw that out of the window, he stayed at city too long, took the money, was never going to play but wouldnt leave, for us he's been shambolic, i cant see how anyone still thinks he has a football brain, worse than gabby in that regards, again taking the money, put a stupid amount of muscle and weight on, he can barely run and its not his knees thats the only problem there, i really hope the club has explored their options for sacking him based on what he's done to his body, he will never play football at this level again, wouldnt be surprised if he never played at any level again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted October 19, 2018 Moderator Share Posted October 19, 2018 2 hours ago, sir_gary_cahill said: Still a quality player in my opinion, when he was young, he was immense Better or worse than Ethan Moore? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 19, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 19, 2018 2 hours ago, sir_gary_cahill said: Still a quality player in my opinion, when he was young, he was immense Even Micah Richards admits he wasn't that great when he was young. He was just quick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 3 hours ago, sir_gary_cahill said: He’s still a quality player, I’d start him tomorrow if I was manager but I’m not, much to the relief of this board To the relief of the AVFC board too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: Even Micah Richards admits he wasn't that great when he was young. He was just quick And strong. I think he is a good example of a player where some attributes (like strength and speed in this case) overshadows the fact that he isn't a particular good footballer. Awearness, positional ability, tactical ability, it doesn't seem to be there. When he played full back he was helped by having the sideline to stick to. When he was played as a central defender he was a constant liability imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 19, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted October 19, 2018 3 minutes ago, Keener window-cleaner said: And strong. I think he is a good example of a player where some attributes (like strength and speed in this case) overshadows the fact that he isn't a particular good footballer. Awearness, positional ability, tactical ability, it doesn't seem to be there. When he played full back he was helped by having the sideline to stick to. When he was played as a central defender he was a constant liability imo. I agree. Like I alluded to above, I'm sure there's an interview where Richards basically admits this. Says that he got in the England and Man City team too soon and he was basically bailing himself out of mistakes because of his pace and power and being looked after by Richard Dunne playing next to him (at Man City). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiltorken Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Have you seen pictures of him lately? He looks like he should work as security for one of those casinos on Broad Street. Should have a case to terminate his contract for being a professional athlete in that shape. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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