AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 He hardly played for a good reason, when he did play, he was really poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villastine Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 He hardly played for a good reason, when he did play, he was really poor. He was injured and loaned out for most of the season. Fully fit and motivated he is a top class player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 I've seen nothing from Ireland to suggest he will do well here.. I think if an offer comes in for him we should just let him go.. here's hoping someone like QPR takes him from our hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 He hardly played for a good reason, when he did play, he was really poor. He was injured and loaned out for most of the season. Fully fit and motivated he is a top class player. Wasn't really injured while at Villa and again ...he was loaned out because of how poor he was when he was given the chance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted July 4, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted July 4, 2011 Its not through bad luck he as ended up in the position hes in now, he lefy city undr a cloud, then pissed us lot off with his shit play and hes dont give a f**k attitude. On being loaned out to Newcastle he proceeded to go out on the piss while injured........the guys a loser, unfortunalty were stuck with his mega high wage for at least 3 more years. Who mentioned NZogbia? No ft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted July 4, 2011 Author Share Posted July 4, 2011 Has turned out to be a Lee Hendrie of our generation. Only difference is at least Lee wanted to play for us occasionally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killeen30 Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Richard, Hendrie played over 300 games for us and always played for the shirt. Any time he, or anyone else in the team scored that passion was there for all to see. I don't think its a good comparasion mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villastine Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Well done lads write him off after half a season the club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killeen30 Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 He needs to come back with a good attitude for pre-season man. If he has that then I don't doubt he'll be competing for a starting slot. I don't doubt his ability. Hopefully he see's this as a fresh start under McLeish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted July 4, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted July 4, 2011 Well done lads write him off after half a season the club! Dont shoot the messenger, its all his own doing and its a big big error on the part of Villa. Not sure who the doctor was for the medical but next time make sure any future player has a psychological assessment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete165 Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Under the right manager, with the right system and a run of games to get his mojo back, Stephen Ireland is a top class player who could be worth 15m this time next season and could be our player of the season in a heartbeat. He's shown NOTHING for us, no question. That doesn't stop him from being a very good player IF he can get it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killeen30 Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 This ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony_Tony_Daley Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Under the right manager, with the right system and a run of games to get his mojo back, Stephen Ireland is a top class player who could be worth 15m this time next season and could be our player of the season in a heartbeat. He's shown NOTHING for us, no question. That doesn't stop him from being a very good player IF he can get it right. If hes player of the season next season n worth 15 mil then i sense a continuing trend...barry>milner>young>downing?...ireland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fowlersrs Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 something was seriously wrong with his transfer here from city, make no mistake about it, I dont think he even had a choice, as shown by his distinct lack of desire to play for us, however after spending 6 months up north im wondering if he may have accepted reality and that right now villa is as big as hes gonna get, if he comes to pre season with the right attitude then il give him a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted July 4, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted July 4, 2011 i still say theres a good player in there somewhere. he wasnt great for us but had a great game vs chelsea and was slated by GH any chance he had. played in his right position he could do a job for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super-Villan Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 I think people overstate how badly he played for us. He did OK, he just didn't really spark as he had at Man City. He hadn't played huge numbers of games though, and not always in the right position, so I wasn't hugely surprised at the time and was happy to give him a fair bit more time than he'd had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 I thought he threw in a couple of decent performances as it happens. Some real dross as well, but he was handled terribly and for such a flakey character it was poor management. His attitude is more than questionable. But I'll never deny his talent. Who knows what will happen, this thread seems to be going round in circles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted July 4, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted July 4, 2011 Thought he didn't do too badly myself. Looked really sharp when he came on against fulham.... We had a while squad under performing at the time..... Think people expected a lot from him but he was just average. Which made him look worse then others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Thought he didn't do too badly myself. Looked really sharp when he came on against fulham.... We had a while squad under performing at the time..... Think people expected a lot from him but he was just average. Which made him look worse then others. I even seem to remember him getting 'stuck in' against Blackburn around Christmas time, our biggest threat before being unceremoniously dragged off at half time. Second half against Arsenal I believe around the same time he wasn't too shabby. Led a semi-revival. And he was pretty good in the cup game against the scum. So there's 4 appearances out of how many(?) that he wasn't dreadful in despite being played out of position at times and baring the brunt for defensive errors at others. I think, maybe, Stephen Ireland became a scapegoat for both the fans and the manager. His schoolboy attitude doesn't help, but there's a **** player in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Stephen Ireland plans fresh start at Aston Villa under Alex McLeish http://tinyurl.com/66bvvee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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