Farlz Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Gutted he's been released, not everyone's favourite but I personally was a big fan. Good luck to him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postdeath Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 People love to say "ha, he's shit anyway" - who do we have who is better? Our tiny collection of players is hardly bursting at the seams with talent, and he's better than a good deal of them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Same as every player that leaves, you can only judge the decision based on how we replace him If it's with tonev then I'm fuming, if it's with no one I'm fuming, at the very least it has to be Nzogbia back in to the fold, and I'm not overly pleased with that Shame for Marc, I liked him, had a great 2nd half of the season, is he worth £35k a week? Probably not but that's the times we live in, £35k should be about our average wage for a 1st team regular, and if no one comes in during the summer then he would be a 1st team regular Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 People love to say "ha, he's shit anyway" - who do we have who is better? Our tiny collection of players is hardly bursting at the seams with talent, and he's better than a good deal of them. Exactly. If a new owner is around the corner and they're ready to bring in some top talent, fair enough, but as things stands it looks like we've just lost one of our better players from the past season for absolutely naff all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 My own opinion is that we should have offered him a contract before the season ended when he was back in the team, before there was any concrete interest in him. Instead, we waited and waited, telling him that we'll offer him a deal without ever following through. Maybe we can't afford his demands. Maybe the club don't think he is worth a pay rise. Maybe Lerner refused to sanction any more contract extensions. Who knows. There was certainly talks as it was confirmed by Lambert himself so the club have known about this for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 The 35K reflects that there is no sign on fee. Ive heard today he knew there would be no future here at our club. Makes me think more the club is sold. he wants regular football something we won't be able to offer if we have new owners in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmarsha_926 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Marc Albrighton over 5 seasons; 85 league games, 7 goals, 10 assists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 My own opinion is that we should have offered him a contract before the season ended when he was back in the team, before there was any concrete interest in him. Instead, we waited and waited, telling him that we'll offer him a deal without ever following through. Maybe we can't afford his demands. Maybe the club don't think he is worth a pay rise. Maybe Lerner refused to sanction any more contract extensions. Who knows. There was certainly talks as it was confirmed by Lambert himself so the club have known about this for a while. Yeah, which is what I find extremely odd, Lambert said he wanted to keep him and that talks would be held. However, he hasn't been kept on, or even offered a deal. I can't talk from a personal point of view in terms of Marc, what I have heard is from a Leicester perspective, but I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have been asking for any substantial pay rise and we all know he loves the club as a fan rather than just a player. All I know is that he wasn't offered a deal by us at any stage, which is pretty ridiculous in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitKat Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Gutted tbh, don't know the ins and outs, how his terms or the takeover have affected it but it's a shame to see him go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidlewis Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Go on minutes per assist not assists per game, he portably had over half of those as 20 minute subs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philosopher Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 I'm not happy about this. He was our most creative player last season and should played a lot more as Weimann's form for most of the season was shite! I think is going to do well wherever he end's up and I wish him well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Gutted, big fan of his. Wish him well wherever he ends up (for what it's worth I think Leicester would be a decent move for him) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poitier Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 He put in some very good substitute appearances and still couldn't get in the team the next week. That must have been very frustrating for him, and a clear message that the manager didn't rate him no matter how well he played. Not surprised he wanted to go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Replace him with ben arfa and we'll be laughing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno_2004 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Never quite good enough, but would have done a job in the struggling team we are. Seeing his celebrations showed how much he loved the Villa and I bet he's absolutely gutted. I hope he makes a success of himself elsewhere, it will do him good to get out of our crumbling system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Extremely disappointed, he's a decent player and probably our best and most natural wide player. Just don't see the logic in letting our better players go, especially for nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt1874 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Very underrated player who is Villa through and through. Gutted to see him go. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 (edited) Not really bothered that he has been released as we should be using his minutes on infinitely more talented players like Grealish anyway but I wish him good luck in his future endeavours. He always struck me as a player who gave his all and was humble in his attitude. Edited May 20, 2014 by Isa 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted May 20, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted May 20, 2014 Whether or not this is a bad decision will be shown next season. For me Im not too fussed, hes a decent player who did shine a few times this season, but that would not be hard TBH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Idiotic decision from Villa. Keep them coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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