picicata Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 (edited) We've signed a former Manchester City captain, winner of every English domestic trophy and all-round defensive powerhouse in Micah Richards on a Bosman with the best years of his career ahead of him. I think a certain section of Villa fans have become so accustomed to seeing poor defenders over the last few years that they don't know what a good defensive signing is anymore Anything he has achieved has been whilst playing as a RB. I think we all should be concerned if Richards is to be a first choice CB for us. Edited July 13, 2015 by picicata 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 We've signed a former Manchester City captain, winner of every English domestic trophy and all-round defensive powerhouse in Micah Richards on a Bosman with the best years of his career ahead of him. I think a certain section of Villa fans have become so accustomed to seeing poor defenders over the last few years that they don't know what a good defensive signing is anymore. disagree entirely, it fact id say you are highlighting the biggest problem with players like richards he broke through and looked a beast of a player, strong, quick, but still raw and needed to do a lot of work on his positional sense and reading of the game, he was the future of england, a dead cert to be our RB for years after neville, 3 years later at man city people were still saying the same thing and his appearances in the team started to drop, then he played 9 league matches for city in 2 years (thats where 1 of his league medals comes from, he made 2 appearances that year...) moved on loan to fiorentina and played 10 league games last year, and reading through the fiorentina fan comments he still has the exact same problems, he is a beast going forward but lacks positional sense and reading of the game so all that potential that he obviously still dining out on has gone nowhere, he hasnt pushed on and improved any of the flaws that were identified early on in his career, people are judging him on what he was and what he could have been rather than what he currently is, im apprehensive about him playing RB and dreading him playing at CB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Media whore slut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Needs to engage brain before opening mouth, but still very pleased with this signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 (edited) Oh dear! Edited July 13, 2015 by Brumstopdogs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Have been watching him for a few years on Citeh's youtube channel. He will be a great guy to have around the place. With the runs with have been on the last few years I think we need that. He is always postive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Have been watching him for a few years on Citeh's youtube channel. He will be a great guy to have around the place. With the runs with have been on the last few years I think we need that. He is always postive. im sure that will be tested big time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Needs to engage brain before opening mouth, but still very pleased with this signing. Why? Hasn't said anything untoward. It's nice to have someone for once who seems to have a personality and engage with the press on friendly way (just like sherwood tbh). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooh-Ah Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 I like him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redditch Ruffian Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 I'm not saying he is destined to be a guaranteed success, even with his CV. However he is a man who is confident in his own ability and possesses an appetite to play well. He will be playing under a manager who believes in him and hopefully if we, as supporters can encourage him from the stands in a positive fashion, we can afford to look optimistically about his time with the club. Based on all these factors, I have little reason to doubt he will prove to be an improvement on the current playing staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beasley14 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Still rather have him at rb with a new cb coming in. Rb suits his best attributes as a player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Might be a good player but coming across as a bit of a tit in the media and telling Delph how amazing city are and they're the best club in the world etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan81 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Might be a good player but coming across as a bit of a tit in the media and telling Delph how amazing city are and they're the best club in the world etc ban the K**b end from speaking to Graelish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 doesnt bother me as I said in Delph thread. Way I see it is he got rid of a player that didnt want to be here and who treated the fans like mugs Well Done Micah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChrisVillan Posted July 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 17, 2015 You've got to admire this bloke's determination to get hold of that armband. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 He must really hate the club and trying to destroy it from the inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Proving to be a right word removed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted July 17, 2015 Moderator Share Posted July 17, 2015 So Micah gets his first assist in Villa colours. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan81 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Not played a full competetive game for us and i dislike him already. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packoman Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Meh, doubt it really made a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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