sir_gary_cahill Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 (edited) 14 minutes ago, wilko154 said: You realise he hasn't played in the Premier League since 2013? I thought it was past and present, apologies, I've often been accused of living in the past, flipping good player he was though Edited December 19, 2016 by sir_gary_cahill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 1 hour ago, sir_gary_cahill said: I thought it was past and present, apologies, I've often been accused of living in the past, flipping good player he was though Forgiven He was indeed, we could do with a player like that at right back now! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxs Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Young was 10 times the player Downing was, why 'of' you put Downing in the team ahead 'have' him? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Well done all very very funny how this thread has been 100% utterly derailed in less than two pages. Feel very sorry for the OP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 He won't be trying that again any time soon blast him!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 you could probably do this for a lot of teams - off the top of my head Liverpool could say Reina, Surez, downing, carroll, benteke , sterling,... Clubs sell players to other clubs - don't get the point of the thread to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 20 hours ago, wilko154 said: Forgiven He was indeed, we could do with a player like that at right back now! Agreed, he could play both sides too and also fill in at centre back when needed, he was a great pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 9 minutes ago, hippo said: you could probably do this for a lot of teams - off the top of my head Liverpool could say Reina, Surez, downing, carroll, benteke , sterling,... Clubs sell players to other clubs - don't get the point of the thread to be honest. It passes the time, unless the you prefer knitting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 3 hours ago, sir_gary_cahill said: It passes the time, unless the you prefer knitting? I thought the thread was saying "We are idiots for selling all these players - look at the team we could have had" - but there's more too it that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 2 hours ago, hippo said: I thought the thread was saying "We are idiots for selling all these players - look at the team we could have had" - but there's more too it that. Made me giggle, it doesn't take much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 20 hours ago, Junxs said: Young was 10 times the player Downing was, why 'of' you put Downing in the team ahead 'have' him? Thought Downing was much better than Young in 10/11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 How is Ashley Young on the bench? Probably our best player in the recent era. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 (edited) Interestingly enough, I set up a league this year with friends on FPL where we could only pick players who used to play for our respective teams at the start of the season. As the only Villa fan, I'm comfortably ahead in that league. If you're saying in their prime then the team picks itself imo, but if you're saying based on current form and age then I'd go: Guzan Walker Cahill Davies Young Gana Barry Milner Downing Albrighton Benteke Edited December 21, 2016 by skarroki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 17 minutes ago, skarroki said: Interestingly enough, I set up a league this year with friends on FPL where we could only pick players who used to play for our respective teams at the start of the season. As the only Villa fan, I'm comfortably ahead in that league. If you're saying in their prime then the team picks itself imo, but if you're saying based on current form and age then I'd go: Guzan Walker Cahill Davies Young Gana Barry Milner Downing Albrighton Benteke Gana? He wasn't that good for us in my opinion, he's done great for Everton though. Swap Milner and Downing and we have some side there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 2 minutes ago, sir_gary_cahill said: Gana? He wasn't that good for us in my opinion, he's done great for Everton though. Swap Milner and Downing and we have some side there I said I picked the side based on current form and age Would also happily have Davis somewhere in that midfield but it's hard to find room for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 4 minutes ago, skarroki said: I said I picked the side based on current form and age Would also happily have Davis somewhere in that midfield but it's hard to find room for him Apologies Skarroki, I missed that, my mistake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxs Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 19 hours ago, VillaChris said: Thought Downing was much better than Young in 10/11. No chance, Downing only had 2 assists in 1.5 years. He popped up with the odd back post tap in which somehow convinced Liverpool to part with £20m. I don't think Downing ever convinced he was a £12m player during his time here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 5 hours ago, Junxs said: No chance, Downing only had 2 assists in 1.5 years. He popped up with the odd back post tap in which somehow convinced Liverpool to part with £20m. I don't think Downing ever convinced he was a £12m player during his time here. In 2010/11 he probably was better than Young though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 (edited) Don't think anyone has mentioned Steve Davis in this thread. He's currently one of the most consistent of our leavers and for me represents a special type: someone who came up through our youth system then had to go elsewhere to learn how to be a successful footballer at the top level. You might say G Cahill is in the same group. Edited December 21, 2016 by briny_ear 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 34 minutes ago, briny_ear said: Don't think anyone has mentioned Steve Davis in this thread. He's currently one of the most consistent of our leavers and for me represents a special type: someone who came up through our youth system then had to go elsewhere to learn how to be a successful footballer at the top level. You might say G Cahill is in the same group. Good post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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