useless Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Xia has said that there's going to be more outgoings (as well as incomings) today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 13 minutes ago, useless said: Xia has said that there's going to be more outgoings (as well as incomings) today. Certainly hope so. There are at least 4 players I desperately wan't us to get rid of (Gabby, Lescott, Richards, Bacuna) and a few more I also hope we can move on (Hutton, Westwood, Sinclair, Gestede) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisvilla4 Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 (edited) Strange one for me. Ironically Newcastle in the championship is about his level. Best of luck Ciaron Edited August 3, 2016 by chrisvilla4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 I watched Ciaran a lot as he was coming up through the youth team and he always gave his all. I believe he did that for us as a senior player as well so no complaints from me with his application and putting a shift in. Not Premier League quality though and would have been 3rd or 4th choice centre back for us even in the Championship. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 7 minutes ago, markavfc40 said: I watched Ciaran a lot as he was coming up through the youth team and he always gave his all. I believe he did that for us as a senior player as well so no complaints from me with his application and putting a shift in. Not Premier League quality though and would have been 3rd or 4th choice centre back for us even in the Championship. Totally agree Mark. The fact he could not nail down a place in a very poor Villa side over a number of years tells its own story. I wish him well but he is virtually 27 and to be honest should have been playing every week if he was any good. We were / are knee deep in centre backs so a good deal for all parties. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 5 million plus 5 years, we definitely got our revenge now on that Beye deal One game that springs to mind about Clark is actually the 6-0 defeat vs Newcastle and he actually hasnt improved much since that day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted August 3, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted August 3, 2016 A good move for both Ciaran and Villa at this point. I can't help but feel a bit sad though - I liked him in some ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 One thing he was always terrible at was dealing with physical players. I look forward to seeing him bullied when he pulls on that black and white shirt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 (edited) Never mind, wrong of me to highlight it. Edited August 3, 2016 by useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Five million pounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchard Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 There's something very funny that he even made a mistake in his half hearted thank you to AVFC (but not mentioning the fans) on Twitter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 I like the assumption that Benitez will somehow magic his mistakes away. It's his play style, he likes to get tight and proactively defend, get to the ball first and get it away. This leads him to getting either over powered, or spun on occasion, and it's calamitous. He won't back off attackers because he's slow and he doesn't read the movement of clever attackers at all well. What sticks out for me is when Victor Anichebe totally embarrassed him a few years back. Really exposed his lack of physical prowess and bullied him, Clark looked ready to cry. I guess there is potential there, but I think he needs to bulk up a bit, which will slow him down even more. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Wish him the best of luck. Its a good deal for us for 5 million given his performances in the past 18 months. It was probably time for a change for him anyway and it is good that we have some money from a academy player which proves its worth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Feels weird seeing him in a Toon shirt. I remember when he first came through and his excellent full debut against West Ham 6 years ago. I remember we were predicting him to be a future captain. His career didn't go as well as we expected it to, but we were utterly shit in those 6 years so who knows how much we held him back. See ya Kieran Clarke, thanks for the memories against Chelsea 2011 and...yeah thanks for the memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 4 hours ago, Keyblade said: Feels weird seeing him in a Toon shirt. I remember when he first came through and his excellent full debut against West Ham 6 years ago. I remember we were predicting him to be a future captain. His career didn't go as well as we expected it to, but we were utterly shit in those 6 years so who knows how much we held him back. See ya Kieran Clarke, thanks for the memories against Chelsea 2011 and...yeah thanks for the memories. he actually made his league debut in 2009 vs Fulham. but you know he still a kid with potential Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 That game was on sky on the Sunday I think, hadn't he been England U19 captain? Can certainly remember the buzz about him when he broke through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: That game was on sky on the Sunday I think, hadn't he been England U19 captain? Can certainly remember the buzz about him when he broke through MON wasn't going to play him that day but had little option, he actually asked Heskey to play CB before he turned to Clark. He would've probably benefited if Houllier had stayed like a few of the other young players who broke through like Albrighton and Bannan. SImply didn't mature into as good a CB as I thought he would when Lambert finally gave him a regular run in that position. He'll probably be o.k for Newcastle this season as they'll dominate most games and won't be under much pressure but will be found out when they're promoted. He simply isn't good enough to play week in week out in the premier league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 8 hours ago, VillaChris said: MON wasn't going to play him that day but had little option, he actually asked Heskey to play CB before he turned to Clark. 1st I heard of that though Heskey couldnt be a worse defender than he was striker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted August 4, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted August 4, 2016 1 hour ago, Zatman said: 1st I heard of that though Heskey couldnt be a worse defender than he was striker Heskey in the box, you know for sure there won't be a goal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted August 4, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted August 4, 2016 (edited) Habib Beye...hay....remember him....... Edited August 4, 2016 by Nigel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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