villa4europe Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 23 minutes ago, messi11 said: another overrated young kid to add to our other overrated young kids. Only time will tell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-R Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 27 minutes ago, messi11 said: another overrated young kid to add to our other overrated young kids. Only time will tell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Give him a chance before you crucify the poor kid! Okay I am Sorry Ben Chrisene is a great signing, a Future Ballon Dor winner, our academy the best in the country Edited August 19, 2020 by messi11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 The owners are really investing in the right areas in order to produce a sustainable model that will, hopefully lead to consistency in performance. I love the fact that we are being properly run again. Exciting times 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 17 minutes ago, messi11 said: Okay I am Sorry Ben Chrisene is a great signing, a Future Ballon Dor winner, our academy the best in the country Thats better 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 4 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Speak to any football fan and they will say the same thing about their club. There’s a lot of young talent out there. Whether they make it in the top flight is a different story. I wouldn't have said the same thing about my team 18 months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Should we retire a shirt number in readiness for this Dude? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, Phil Silvers said: Should we retire a shirt number in readiness for this Dude? Let’s wait until he’s helped us win something first, like Bellingham did for small heath when he won that transfer fee for them. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted August 19, 2020 Moderator Share Posted August 19, 2020 59 minutes ago, KenjiOgiwara said: What does that mean? As a facility, it's now amongst the top six in the country - the two Manchester clubs are in an arms race for youth recruitment, Chelsea have invested heavily, but in terms of youth facilities, with the money we've invested there's not much between us and Spurs or us and Arsenal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted August 19, 2020 Author VT Supporter Share Posted August 19, 2020 I think it shows that our owners aren’t in it for a quick turnaround too (not that I ever thought they were), and they’re investing in the future of the club to reap what they sow in years to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted August 19, 2020 Moderator Share Posted August 19, 2020 Folks, partly my fault, but can we keep this thread for young Mr Chrisene and move more general academy talk to the academy thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody1000 Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 3 hours ago, hippo said: It is indeed. We shouldn't run these clubs into the ground, they are probably operating on fine margins as it is. Disgusting that some filthy rich clubs try to short change those with not so much. You are right, we should do our best by these lower ranked sides. It’s nice to know that while our owners have definitely put their money where their mouths are since taking over, that they are also doing things the right way. Also doesn’t hurt if the goodwill from this deal gets us a jump on the queue for their next up and comer from the academy, as they are clearly doing something right (Watkins, Ampadu etc). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 only vid i could find so far?, if anyone else can find something please post. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Not a bad signing with one eye on the future. Good to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 19, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 19, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Teams are buying highly rated youngsters all the time. I wouldn’t get to excited about it. 6 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Speak to any football fan and they will say the same thing about their club. There’s a lot of young talent out there. Whether they make it in the top flight is a different story. I don't however recall us having press reports before about signing "wonderkids" and pouncing ahead of teams like Liverpool and Chelsea as we have apparently done with Chrisene. I reckon we have stepped up considerably in terms of the quality of youngsters we are targeting and the amounts we are willing to pay for them. Hopefully it will soon be us loaning out some England under 21 international to a Championship team and seeing them scoring 30 odd goals whilst we decide if we bring them back to play for us in The Premier League or flog them for £20m pure profit. Nice to hear Exeter singing our praises about how we handled this too. Edited August 19, 2020 by sidcow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 8 hours ago, sidcow said: I don't however recall us having press reports before about signing "wonderkids" and pouncing ahead of teams like Liverpool and Chelsea. I reckon we have stepped up considerably in terms of the quality of youngsters we are targeting and the amounts we are willing to pay for them. Hopefully it will soon be us loaning out some England under 21 international to a Championship team and seeing them scoring 30 odd goals whilst we decide if we bring them back to play for us in The Premier League or flog them for £20m pure profit. sort urself out m8, only Brentford player's are worth 20m!!!, im fairly sure u just broke the law, cus i reckon Brentford have a copyright on the phrase "£20m". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 19, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 19, 2020 4 hours ago, hippo said: Hope he gets the number 10 shirt.....ben10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 19, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted August 19, 2020 2 hours ago, messi11 said: another overrated young kid to add to our other overrated young kids. Only time will tell 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Quote Ben Chrisene ClubAston Villa PositionMidfielder Born12 January 2004 Joined Villa in the summer for an undisclosed fee from Exeter City, where he had been since the age of 11. He beat Ethan Ampadau’s record to become Exeter’s youngest ever player in the senior team when he appeared against Coventry in the Carabao Cup at the age of 15 years, seven months and one day and went on to play in the League Two victory over Cambridge United in January, the day before his 16th birthday. The England Under-16 international was linked with moves to Liverpool and even Bayern Munich before joining Villa. “We are delighted to have secured Ben’s signature,” said Villa’s academy manager Mark Harrison. Paul Doyle Was the Villa player on the Guardian 20 young talents for 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2020/oct/07/next-generation-2020-20-of-the-best-talents-at-premier-league-clubs 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Been playing left-back for the U18s, don't know if that's where we see his future, I think Seb Revan is the only specialist left-back we have in the entire academy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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