Eames Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 On his day, he as immense. Shame "his day" only came round once or twice a season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepDish Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Quite an achievment to score 52 goals when only having his day once or twice a season... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Houllier forced him out, just like he tried to with Warnock. Both would've been right decisions too. Carew was poor in his last season with us, didn't do anything at Stoke and is doing nothing in the championship.. a new contract? your having a laugh. Warnock - well the less said about him the better - i don't want to be in a bad mood throughout the day. I don't think Carew and Warnock are bad players, it's just a shame that Houllier let his personal grudges get in the way of what was best for the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Currently on Soccer AM, they're in the dressing room at Villa Park and he's welling up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 At the end of the day he was a good signing for us given he was a swapise for Baros. Like other posters have commented on his day he was immense, shame at best it was one out of 3 games. Still we had 3 good seasons for us and he left at the right time as he has done nothing since he left the Villa. If I remember he had a long running back problem which probably slowed his career down. He had a certain charisma about his play and gave us some many fond memories during a era in which we all thought was going to bigger and better things, but now in retrospect was a just another decent period of top 6 finishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted March 22, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted March 22, 2014 It was nice to see the big man at Villa Park again!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 He seemed really emotional, nice to see such a bond between club and player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danwichmann Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Carew was absolute quality for us for a couple of years, as important as Benteke is now to our strike force. Considering he was a swap for Baros he has to a contender for the greatest signing on the Lerner era. His form did nosedive toward the end of his Villa career but that shouldn't detract from how good he was up until then. Also, I understand that he is bigger than me or you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 I think that whole team had a bond with the club. Before the game we used to chant every players name and they would respond to the fans, Carew even did it during the game. We don't have that now apart from Gabby. Bouma, Laursen, Mellberg, Carew, Gabby, Young, Milner, Barry, NRC, I miss that team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bunnski Posted March 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2014 http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/tv-shows/soccer-am/9225989/big-john? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 I think that whole team had a bond with the club. Before the game we used to chant every players name and they would respond to the fans, Carew even did it during the game. We don't have that now apart from Gabby. Bouma, Laursen, Mellberg, Carew, Gabby, Young, Milner, Barry, NRC, I miss that team. I watched the highlights of when we beat Blues 5-1 recently. What a good team we had back then. MON comes in for a lot of stick but he put a decent team together, albeit at a cost! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted March 22, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted March 22, 2014 http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/tv-shows/soccer-am/9225989/big-john? I'll always love that man. Almost at Mellberg's loveable level, if he had a beard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/tv-shows/soccer-am/9225989/big-john? I'll always love that man. Almost at Mellberg's loveable level, if he had a beard. You can tell he meant it when he called Villa Park beautiful, evidently a fan just as much as we are now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 I think that whole team had a bond with the club. Before the game we used to chant every players name and they would respond to the fans, Carew even did it during the game. We don't have that now apart from Gabby. Bouma, Laursen, Mellberg, Carew, Gabby, Young, Milner, Barry, NRC, I miss that team. I watched the highlights of when we beat Blues 5-1 recently. What a good team we had back then. MON comes in for a lot of stick but he put a decent team together, albeit at a cost! The sixth best team on the sixth highest wage budget. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 It could've been better given the resources available and of course that same 11 was run into the ground by March but that argument has been done a thousrand times of course. What was good is that MON obviously wanted a high tempo, direct pacy team and he did construct a first 11 well out of that. Anyway I wish Carew well. Was a key part of some good times for us and had a pretty good goalscoring record all told, regularly hit double figures in the league and chipped in with a few in the cups. The injuries at various points were frustrating but suppose that's how he ended up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandaq Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Yes John is very much a villa fan. He always talks good about us when he is on PL studio at tv. Definitely liked his time here:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Does he talk about any of his other numerous clubs in as glowing terms? I'd imagine he enjoyed his time at Valencia aswell given they reached a champions league final when he was there? What's clear is here he loved the connection he had from his debut with the Holte End which I doubt he had at any other club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandaq Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Hmm..no not that I can think off. Mostly when he is mentioned it is with Aston villa or he gets asked about it. Seen it several times so I definitely get the feel that this was his favorite club, at least to play for. I know he has mentioned John Arne Eggen as his favorite coach, an old Rosenborg coach who dominated in the 90s when he was breaking through. I have never seen him say it directly though so you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted March 23, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted March 23, 2014 It was lovely to have someone play for you that you know if he plays well that there is nothing the opposition can do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 It was lovely to have someone play for you that you know if he plays well that there is nothing the opposition can do! If only we had that kind of player today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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