PaulTheVillan Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 The emergence of Barry Bannan will end Irelands career at Villa IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bose Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 I think most of us would rather see Bannan and Gardner succeed at Villa than Ireland. That's not to say they can't all be a success (though Ireland hasn't exactly done much in his Villa career). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyOne Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 One of the worst deals we've ever made. He's draining the Milner value. I hope this is an important lesson to always take the full money. Or if not that, at least wait until we have a **** manager. Yes, I'm looking at you Randy and your clueless henchmen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Blame Faulkner, Randy was probably relying on his "expertise" Then again, who appointed Faulkner ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Can see him playing the cup game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daholteend Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 The emergence of Barry Bannan will end Irelands career at Villa IMO. Alternatively Ireland's presence in training along with Gary Gardner may improve all three. There is no doubt that there is a player of some great technical ability in SI, if this gets downloaded to Bannan and Gardner that in itself might be the value from Ireland. If Ireland finds a fitness level and heals from any lingering mind or body injuries we will have something of value or we will just have to get used to the idea that we really only sold Milner for 18M and write off the other delusions we have about Ireland. Personally, I hope that Ireland puts it all in the past and returns to the player we know he could be,,,, if only IF.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry'sboots Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 If Ireland finds a fitness level and heals from any lingering mind or body injuries we will have something of value or we will just have to get used to the idea that we really only sold Milner for 18M and write off the other delusions we have about Ireland. Less than that as we have to pay his wages for 4 years (another £15m or so), so means that we would have got circa £3m for Milner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 I imagine we will see him play tuesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 If Ireland finds a fitness level and heals from any lingering mind or body injuries we will have something of value or we will just have to get used to the idea that we really only sold Milner for 18M and write off the other delusions we have about Ireland. Less than that as we have to pay his wages for 4 years (another £15m or so), so means that we would have got circa £3m for Milner? I think you'll find that if Milner had stayed, we'd have been playing him wages too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 If Ireland finds a fitness level and heals from any lingering mind or body injuries we will have something of value or we will just have to get used to the idea that we really only sold Milner for 18M and write off the other delusions we have about Ireland. Less than that as we have to pay his wages for 4 years (another £15m or so), so means that we would have got circa £3m for Milner? I think you'll find that if Milner had stayed, we'd have been playing him wages too... He was making a comparison between selling him for cash plus Ireland vs straight cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David-Copenhagen Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Did Ireland play on left wing for City or down the middle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Did Ireland play on left wing for City or down the middle? He had a go on the left wing but was poor. He had a very effective 6 month period playing off the striker with Elano one side and Robinho the other. It may well have been more down to those two than him though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 How many years does he have left on his contract? A year has gone and he has done nothing at all.. awful signing, apparently he is one of the highest paid too which is even more sickening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamLL Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Hopefully he will play in the cup giving us an idea about how well he will play under AMC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan501 Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Ireland is a class act bags of ability but low on confidence, admitibly he is a very attacking Midfielder that dosnt defend well. Lets just give the lad a regular chance I think he would reward us all. Think irland should play young dunne collins warnock makoun delph albrighton IRELAND Nzogbia benty that is our best team as it stands taking its has great potential going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry'sboots Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 If Ireland finds a fitness level and heals from any lingering mind or body injuries we will have something of value or we will just have to get used to the idea that we really only sold Milner for 18M and write off the other delusions we have about Ireland. Less than that as we have to pay his wages for 4 years (another £15m or so), so means that we would have got circa £3m for Milner? I think you'll find that if Milner had stayed, we'd have been playing him wages too... Yes, but we would have had a player for that money. What I am saying is that if we can't get Ireland firing not only will his transfer fee have been a waste of money but also his wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Lets just give the lad a regular chance How many chances does he need? A year has gone by.. he has done nothing under 3-4 managers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Ireland is a class act bags of ability but low on confidence, admitibly he is a very attacking Midfielder that dosnt defend well. Lets just give the lad a regular chance I think he would reward us all. Think irland should play young dunne collins warnock makoun delph albrighton IRELAND Nzogbia benty that is our best team as it stands taking its has great potential going forward. Just out of interest, going on recent performances, what makes you say Ireland is a better option than Heskey or Bannan? Or that Albrighton is a better option than Gabby? Or even that Makoun is a better option than Petrov? The team you detail is nowhere near to being our 'best team' on current form (IMHO). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisNichollsToe Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Did anyone read this months 4-4-2 magazine, regarding one season wonders, and why it happens? If not, then get hold of a copy, because it describes Ireland to the bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 If we can get 2M for Ireland I'd snap the paying clubs hand off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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