VillaChris Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 On 9/27/2017 at 12:47, choffer said: Look after your valuables, Forest Green. In other news, Scott Carson, Curtis Davies and Andi Weimann all turned out for Derby against Brentford last night. They were all hopeless. Disappointing how Weimann's career has turned out. I was excited by him in 12/13. Problem was he never developed technically and that finds you out after a while in the premier league. That said there are plenty of strikers in the prem who don't score much but ran around a lot e.g Shane Long. Like many I thought he'd do very well at championship level but he dosen't seem to score more down here than with us in the prem e.g. 5 goals a season. The other two were never that good at the top level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Weimann was born in the wrong decade. He would have been part of a little and large forward line partnership and done well in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Weimann did pretty well at Wolves last season, without being incredible. He just seems to work well with Lambert for some reason. He needs to move to a club lower down the division who will play him every game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 51 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Weimann did pretty well at Wolves last season, without being incredible. He just seems to work well with Lambert for some reason. He needs to move to a club lower down the division who will play him every game. He's started most games for Derby this season. He scored 3 goals in half a season at Wolves. His annual goal at the Kop end and two in the league. He scored I think 20 premier league goals for us. He's only managed about 10 in the championship. Just seems the sort that was a really good finisher in the youth team/early days for us but now just gets in the team for his work rate and dosen't really get in scoring positions anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponky Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 (edited) Interesting piece by Chris Herd on his stop - start football career. He's now at Western Sydney Warriors. http://www.playersvoice.com.au/chris-herd-heart-break-and-redemption Edited October 11, 2017 by Ponky 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 prob could put in here as aimed at an ex-Villa player. always thought Fabregas was a rocket polisher Quote Former Ireland midfielder Kevin Kilbane said that Chelsea's Cesc Fabregas was an 'arse' for berating former Icelandic international Joey Guðjónsson during a FA Cup fourth tie between Huddersfield Town and Arsenal in 2011. Kilbane was playing alongside Guðjónsson for Huddersfield at the time when Fabregas launched a verbal tirade at the midfielder when he entered the match as a second-half substitute for Abou Diaby. "Fabregas was an arse," Kilbane said on Newstalk's Off The Ball. "We were with Huddersfield and we were a League One side going to the Emirates [Stadium] and we were drawing 1-1 and Fabregas comes on to the pitch and he comes up against Joey Guðjónsson, a midfielder that played for Bolton and Charlton, and he says 'you're s**t, you're teammates are s**t'. "C'mon! To be fair to Fabregas he actually scored a penalty when he came on but I was like 'this is Huddersfield mate. What are you doing? Jesus Christ! Give me a break' "Do it to Scholes or Roy Keane, or whoever it would be, do it to one of those lads, don't do it to Joey Guðjónsson at Huddersfield." Kilbane added that former Wales striker Craig Bellamy was confrontational towards nearly every defender he ever played against and that former Fulham midfielder Jimmy Bullard was great craic, while Robbie Savage also had a great sense of humour when confronting opponents. "Sav was funny," added Kilbane. "The constant one that Sav would always bring up would be 'yeah do you want to come around and do my garden? How much do you want? I pay my gardener more than you get'. "Just stuff like this it was like 'nah come on'." https://www.independent.ie/sport/off-the-ball/cesc-fabregas-was-an-arse-kevin-kilbane-rips-fabregas-for-berating-former-huddersfield-midfielder-36284673.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Love watching Fabregas but he's always been a bit of a gobby individual on the pitch. Chucking pizza at Sir Alex and also said to Mark Hughes he didn't learn stuff like that at Barcelona when Blackburn got a 0-0 at the Emirates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Bannan a class above at this level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 38 minutes ago, Zatman said: Bannan a class above at this level Yet, nobody actually wants to sign him at the league above 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Brad Friedel has been appointed as New England Revolution new manager! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted November 9, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted November 9, 2017 56 minutes ago, Milfner said: Brad Friedel has been appointed as New England Revolution new manager! Remi Garde has also been appointed manager of MLS side Montreal Impact! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 (edited) Doh, beat me to it Edited November 9, 2017 by maqroll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted November 13, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted November 13, 2017 Quote Jlloyd Samuel spent more than a decade in the Premier League with Aston Villa and Bolton, played against teams like Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich, and received an England call-up. Now the 36-year-old is player-manager of Cheshire League One leaders Egerton alongside ex-Barnsley, Huddersfield and Ajax midfielder Dean Gorre, and American businessman Jim Cherneski, coming up against teams such as Cheadle Town Reserves. Samuel is using his football contacts to attract some other big names to the Knutsford side, with former Wigan striker Nathan Ellington making his debut last month. Emile Heskey could be next, with the former England striker training at the club, followed by ex-Sheffield United and Manchester United forward Danny Webber and ex-Wigan defender Emmerson Boyce. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41846596 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Shortlist with Heskey, Boyce and Ellington are signings MON 2007/08 shortlist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Last I heard of Jloyld he was playing in Iran. He was a good player for us for a few seasons, 03/04 he was excellent and got a deserved England call up then got a new deal, went on easy street and lost the fans and that was the end of him here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 I remember that goal he scored with his right foot against Charlton (I think). He was nearly playing for England at one point. All went wrong in 04/05 though and he never got back to the standard he did before. Seemed like a nice guy. I think he had a clothing label called "sweet boy clothing" at one point too if my memory serves me right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 13 minutes ago, lapal_fan said: I remember that goal he scored with his right foot against Charlton (I think). He was nearly playing for England at one point. All went wrong in 04/05 though and he never got back to the standard he did before. Seemed like a nice guy. I think he had a clothing label called "sweet boy clothing" at one point too if my memory serves me right He was terrific in 03/04, for around half the season, and then dropped off massively from late Jan on wards and was never the same. I recall seeing him do MTV Cribs and that alone provided massive insight into why he never became anything other than a below average premier league fullback. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted November 14, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted November 14, 2017 I remember watching Jlloyd's episode of "Footballer's Cribs" on MTV. It was then that I realised that money didn't buy you taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Samuel was shit near the end but i dont think it helped he never had competition until Bouma came in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Joleon Lescott, one of the best footballers in the world: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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