floody555 Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 On 15/03/2022 at 09:12, Exeter Fan Too said: Well, I want the best for Ben and hope he makes his Premier League debut soon. But a word of caution about 'he played senior football for Exeter at 15'. He did but it consisted of 5 sub appearances coming on on respectively 88,89,79,79 and 89 minutes. That's a total of 26 minutes (plus added time after the 90 minute mark!). My recollection of his senior debut (in the Small Heath area of Birmingham!) is that he didn't touch the ball in the two minutes he was on. All five sub appearances were in midfield. Three of those games were in the EFL Cup against either League two mainly reserve teams or West Ham's U21s. And his Villa experience is limited too, with just a handful of U21 games against League opposition due to his injury earlier this season. As others have said it would be great for us fans to see how good he is/has become but I'm not convinced that a debut marking Saka for 90 minutes is the best course. I hear what you're saying, but I still think the saying of 'if you are good enough then you are old enough' How many of the so called bigger teams done this with youth players, I say why not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Hope he gets minutes today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Young is doing well today but is taking some big hits. Think we could see Chrisene on at some point as a result Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 bit disappointed he didn't get a few minutes under his belt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 He hasn't played much at all this season at any level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 (edited) Jolly good. Edited April 27, 2022 by Phil Silvers 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 (edited) With all the factors involved.....I am still unsure, when is the right time to introduce young players. I guess you have to see them at BMH at least, to have any idea. but, another 6 footer.......Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Edited April 27, 2022 by TRO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Good time to be a LB prospect at Villa with Digne (and Hause) injured, Young too maybe? And Targett at Newcastle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 1 minute ago, sne said: Good time to be a LB prospect at Villa with Digne (and Hause) injured, Young too maybe? And Targett at Newcastle. You would think so wouldn't you ????? - but maybe not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 He's no Oscar Borg imo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustibrooks Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Happy he’d get his chance, I could possibly see it from the next game? Young didn’t exactly look the best on the weekend(in terms of health)I’m sure he was constantly getting treatment on the sides and at one looked like he’d have to come off? I’m happy that Gerrard is blooding some of our stand out young players slowly. I’m sure the commentator also mentioned having more youth prospects on our bench on Saturday than we did senior players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted April 27, 2022 Moderator Share Posted April 27, 2022 12 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: He's no Oscar Borg imo. He's no Danny Earls, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 He's no Gareth Bar.... hang on. He actually is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 great news. Thought we may see him when Young was injured but he recovered. I assume he's going to be carrying a knock as I actually thought Young was one of our better players at the weekend. But getting Chrisene minutes is important and hopefully he takes his chance. His deal is up in 2024 right? So has some time to make an impact or go on loan before needing to sign an extension 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 (edited) Edited July 8, 2022 by useless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 12 minutes ago, useless said: New interview with him on the official site. VillaTV What a great kid. 2 years since he moved to Brum and his accent is coming on really well . Drummie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Our New Backup LB. Why blown money on a new one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, messi11 said: Our New Backup LB. Why blown money on a new one? Or is it back up back up. .. either way hes better in midfield. Gareth Barry reincarnated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Seems a great guy, can only wish him well... Perhaps he will be the back-up to Digne? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 What a nice grounded kid! really like our interviews with the players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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