LakotaDakota Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) Mail so read it or don't but a nice write-up on Mings tonight https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7572819/Tyrone-Mings-stands-tall-face-racist-abuse-strong-England-debut.html Tyrone Mings took a moment to reflect. Two hours before kick-off, with the Vasil Levski stadium deserted, he stood in the centre circle and surveyed the scene. A few yards away, the rest of England’s squad were chatting and killing time, but Mings had his earphones in and wanted to gather his thoughts before the biggest night of his professional career, no doubt reflecting on a passage that had started in the humble surrounds of Yate Town. Here he was – as England’s Twitter feed proudly declared – the 1244th man to win a senior cap. Mings has enjoyed an assured start to the campaign with Aston Villa – Gareth Southgate and Steve Holland have followed him closely – and the wonderful spin-off was here in Sofia. Edited October 14, 2019 by LakotaDakota 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 32 minutes ago, soezetoc said: Conjecture earlier that he going to play on the right... did he or on his preferred left. Thanks in advance He played on the left mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philosopher Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 His performances was good. But he showed the leadership England have been lacking in defense. Ming calling out the racism is was leaders do. They call shit that's unacceptable, whether it's the performance of his teammates or racism. Top class modern defender. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderball Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) Stand up performance in every respect from a real man tonight. Mings is the real deal, and his intelligence, maturity, drive and composure will stand him well in the game and for our club where he is adored. I get the feeling he will be with England for a long time, looked very at home and think he is now a starter, the shirt is now his. Edited October 14, 2019 by thunderball 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 He's a big character. The hardest thing to do, is to stand up to a bully. He did that tonight. He didn't just silence the idiots with his football, he took a strong, dignified, no nonsense stance against racism. A performance that he can be proud of, and something a few of our fans need to take note of following the embarrassing Nakamba chants. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Calm, cool and class personified. Think it’s his place to lose now deserves another starting berth. Already acting like a leader that the England defence needs. Could captain this side one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ciggiesnbeer Posted October 14, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) Top bloke. I know I am just a Villa fan and he hasn't been with us a year yet, but I genuinely felt proud to have him as part of our club. Edited October 14, 2019 by ciggiesnbeer 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 3 minutes ago, ciggiesnbeer said: Top bloke. I know I am just a Villa fan and he hasn't been with us a year yet, but I genuinely felt proud to have him as part of our club. It seems so unreal it’s been less than year 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zab6359 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) Haven't seen the game or team line did he play on the left if a back 3? Ignore that just seen the team line up. Edited October 14, 2019 by zab6359 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 1 minute ago, zab6359 said: Haven't seen the game or team line did he play on the left if a back 3? No. Left CB of a back 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mjmooney Posted October 14, 2019 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2019 FFS... Quote Abuse was aimed at Mings and the Bournemouth defender was shown on TV to turn towards the linesman and ask: "Did you hear that?" BBC 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smg Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Great performance tonight let’s hope he can recreate it on Saturday because his last couple of games haven’t been that great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 He’s pretty much been the centre of the focus tonight. He’s handled himself brilliantly and his star power has doubled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zab6359 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 (edited) This is a bit bittersweet for me......happy for TM but a bit apprehensive now say he has a great season helping to just keep us up, puts in a good solid performance at the Euros? The likes of Spurs have there 2 starting CBs out of contract come the summer our 20m bargain is gone for 40m any team outside the top 2 would be improved by him. Edited October 15, 2019 by zab6359 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted October 14, 2019 Moderator Share Posted October 14, 2019 Classy. In more ways than one. Bravo Sir. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commander Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 14 minutes ago, zab6359 said: This is a bit bittersweet for me......happy for TM but a bit aprehensive now say he has a great season helping to just keep us up, puts in a good solid performance at the Euros? The likes of Spurs have there 2 starting CBs out of contract come the summer our 20m bargain is gone for 40m any team outside the top 2 would be improved by him. We don't need to sell, so would only do so if he forced it (which i don't think he'd do) or we're offered silly money. £40m we'd laugh at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 16 minutes ago, zab6359 said: This is a bit bittersweet for me......happy for TM but a bit aprehensive now say he has a great season helping to just keep us up, puts in a good solid performance at the Euros? The likes of Spurs have there 2 starting CBs out of contract come the summer our 20m bargain is gone for 40m any team outside the top 2 would be improved by him. He'll cost more than 40m. If Maguire was 80m, his CB partner that outperformed him at the Euros (hypothetically speaking) will be around that much too. Especially if a Man Utd come calling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zab6359 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 5 minutes ago, commander said: We don't need to sell, so would only do so if he forced it (which i don't think he'd do) or we're offered silly money. £40m we'd laugh at. 4 minutes ago, Keyblade said: He'll cost more than 40m. If Maguire was 80m, his CB partner that outperformed him at the Euros (hypothetically speaking) will be around that much too. Especially if a Man Utd come calling. We'll see I suppose, if he helps us survive a season I wouldn't begrudge him a move to a team playing CL football for the right price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KentVillan Posted October 14, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2019 Just catching up on this thread. Mostly agree with everyone, but a few things: Never criticise a player for standing up to a fascist. It takes balls to do that away from home. Those salutes were something we as a country tried to consign to the dustbin of history nearly a century ago, and as much you might think those people are just sad little losers, they need to be told, because there are millions of people watching on TV. Tyrone Mings is so much better than Michael Keane it's just embarrassing. Fair play to Southgate, though, for giving Keane every chance to prove himself, but seeing sense when we threw away a relatively easy 3 points. Southgate has done Villa a favour here by only giving Mings one game and letting him shine. He'll come into the Brighton game on a high. Nobody should be worried about Mings attracting interest from other clubs. If he goes for £100m+ as he could well do next summer (seriously), then he has almost singlehandedly covered the cost of our 2019 transfer window, and we should all wish him well. But more likely, he will see that he has a mutually beneficial relationship with this club and its fans. He rescued last season for us, and we rescued his career, taking a big gamble on an injury-prone player who wasn't widely wanted. We have enough money to deal with any increased wage demands. Dean Smith and John Terry deserve huge credit. Clearly Mings is a thoughtful, complicated character, who could easily fall by the wayside in the wrong environment. He obviously didn't see eye to eye with Eddie Howe. Under Smith's coaching and John Terry's defensive mentorship (who better to learn from than one of the best left-footed centre backs this country has ever produced!?) he has turned into one of the top centre backs in a country that has a long tradition of producing world class centre backs. It's weird for me to say this as a lowly Villa fan who just watches the team play, and doesn't know the lad personally, but I feel immensely proud of him tonight. UTV 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Quite amusing Jumping back to page 1 of this thread. Only 8 months ago there were a few questioning paying a million to loan him for the rest of the season, now he is pretty much our most expensive signing & playing for england. Strange how things work out sometimes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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