TheAuthority Posted October 1, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 1, 2022 5 hours ago, sidcow said: Well he left us before starting to sell monkey pictures! And apart from that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Nathan Delfouneso signed for Accrington last month ( he was unattached). I had high hopes for him so shows what I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilS Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Stephen Cooke I have just found this article by Mat Kendrick at Birmingham Mail. It's quite a long, but interesting insight into the workings of youth football, training with the first team as a youngster and the struggle to make it at first team level. A bit of a sad tale of what might have been, but for a change of manager at the time and a really bad injury that pretty much ended his career with an insurance payout. I also did find the following paragrath of the article interesting:- "It's not just on senior international duty, it transpires, that heads get turned. Many of Cooke's Lilleshall peers were with big clubs like Chelsea and Liverpool and it was at the FA's behest that Cooke should join them, advising him to swap little Walsall for mighty Manchester United. Who was Cooke, and his Old Trafford loving old man to argue? A move to Manchester United beckoned - and Beckham-ed - and all of a sudden a lad with more than a sliver of self doubt was signing a contract in Sir Alex Ferguson's office." Now personally, I am not sure why the FA are advising youngster to leave his club (Walsall) to join Man Utd, they should be starying out of that kind of thing and be neutral. I know they are not, but this confirms it for me the bias. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 38 minutes ago, NeilS said: Stephen Cooke I have just found this article by Mat Kendrick at Birmingham Mail. It's quite a long, but interesting insight into the workings of youth football, training with the first team as a youngster and the struggle to make it at first team level. A bit of a sad tale of what might have been, but for a change of manager at the time and a really bad injury that pretty much ended his career with an insurance payout. I also did find the following paragrath of the article interesting:- "It's not just on senior international duty, it transpires, that heads get turned. Many of Cooke's Lilleshall peers were with big clubs like Chelsea and Liverpool and it was at the FA's behest that Cooke should join them, advising him to swap little Walsall for mighty Manchester United. Who was Cooke, and his Old Trafford loving old man to argue? A move to Manchester United beckoned - and Beckham-ed - and all of a sudden a lad with more than a sliver of self doubt was signing a contract in Sir Alex Ferguson's office." Now personally, I am not sure why the FA are advising youngster to leave his club (Walsall) to join Man Utd, they should be starying out of that kind of thing and be neutral. I know they are not, but this confirms it for me the bias. Why would they want players to develop while playing 1st team football when can have a high profile at Man United Reserves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Nyland’s joining Leipzig as their keeper is injured Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 On 25/09/2022 at 14:00, slovenian said: Ørjan Nyland... still without a club... but still playing for Norway He’s got a club now. Looks like Nyland will be playing CL football. That’s something I never thought I’d say . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAlex Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Nyland has a great agent. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 How did he ever get out of Norwegian football? The poor fella is hopeless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Brad Burton played for Alvechurch today as they beat Worksop Town 3-2 to reach the first round of the FA Cup for the first time in 49 years. Former triallist Paul Williams was also on the bench, I think Ethan Patterson is also with them but wasn't in the squad today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheVilla26 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Dom Revan scored one of 3 for Barnet against my local Non-League side, Weston, in the FA Cup today. Asshole, we were hoping they'd scab a draw & get a replay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 El Ghazi playing as striker for PSV vs Arsenal on BT Sport now, I’m interested to see how he’s doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Really good program called premier League stories on now, featuring Joey gudjohnson, talks about coaching he's own children in Iceland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 3 minutes ago, Jimzk5 said: Really good program called premier League stories on now, featuring Joey gudjohnson, talks about coaching he's own children in Iceland Isn't his son highly rated, think he was born when he was at Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 9 minutes ago, Zatman said: Isn't his son highly rated, think he was born when he was at Villa Isak, plays for FC Copenhagen Joey is currently assistant manager of the Iceland national team 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Is his name Isak Joeysson? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 16 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Is his name Isak Joeysson? Johannesson. But I much prefer your version. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Went to Betis for 7m I remember when we signed him which was big money back them. A 7m signing for nothing, scored from about 100 yards on his debut and was gutted we didn't sign him. Then joined Wolves and Burnley and had a very bang average career. Strange. That 7m must have been Tshibola kind of deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 1 hour ago, rodders0223 said: Went to Betis for 7m I remember when we signed him which was big money back them. A 7m signing for nothing, scored from about 100 yards on his debut and was gutted we didn't sign him. Then joined Wolves and Burnley and had a very bang average career. Strange. That 7m must have been Tshibola kind of deal. His Wikipedia said it was a 500k deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, Zatman said: His Wikipedia said it was a 500k deal The world was a tiny place back then but I remember all the reports saying Betis paid 7m for him. Evening mail and sports argus and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Transfermarkt goes £5m. Betis spent recklessly in those days, Denilson the winger was the most expensive player in the world at one stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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