VillanousOne Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 The below was on Vital Football: http://www.astonvilla.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=7511905 Great: Stylian Petrov, John Carew, Ashley Young, Brad Friedel, James Milner Good: Luke Young, Stewart Downing, James Collins Average: Chris Sutton, Phil Bardsley, Nigel Reo-Coker, Brad Guzan, Carlos Cueller, Richard Dunne Poor: Shaun Maloney, Marlon Harewood, Curtis Davis, Nicky Shorey, Fabian Delph, Stephen Warnock. Disaster: Didier Agathe, Gabor Kiraly, Wayne Routledge, Moustapha Salifou, Zat Knight, Scott Carson, Steve Sidwell, Emile Heskey, Habib Beye ------------- I would class it more as this: Great: Ashley Young, Brad Friedel, James Milner Good: Stylian Petrov, John Carew, Luke Young, Stewart Downing Average/Ok: Chris Sutton, Phil Bardsley, Nigel Reo-Coker, Brad Guzan, Carlos Cueller, Richard Dunne, James Collins, Stephen Warnock, Fabian Delph, Emile Heskey Poor: Shaun Maloney, Marlon Harewood, Curtis Davis, Nicky Shorey. Disaster: Didier Agathe, Gabor Kiraly, Wayne Routledge, Moustapha Salifou, Zat Knight, Scott Carson, Habib Beye So many of those players if they had actually been given a chance and played would have been classed better. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papillon Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 You have Cuellar twice on the list... I would toss Carew in the Average part, same with Luke Young. Oh and Richard Dunne up to Good. He was part of the team of the year at one point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 You can't say Heskey has been a disaster and then say Shorey was only poor. Curtis Davies did ok so did Knight, certainly not as bad as Agathe or Between. Surely a great signing is a surprise something unexpected like Henry or Bergkamp. Young wasn't a great signing. IMO Mon made some good signings but no great ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Hit and miss Good- Young, Milner, Carew, Salifou Bad - Shorey, Carson, Delph, Reo- Coker Ugly- Heskey, Beye, Davies, Harewood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I'm gonna go out on a limb here but I think Petrov was a great signing, possibly the very best MON signing given how long he's been here with us. Oh, and I'd class Warnock as a disaster purely because of the points he's single-handedly cost us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moneill Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I would move shorey down to disaster, knight up to poor and Petrov down to average Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Petrov down to averageBehave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 ffs not another. He has gone folks, get a bloody life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Ellis out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 Ellis out. Ellis will never sell the club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 i hear we are lining up Brian Little also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I hear Rory Delap is good at long throws? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 ffs not another. He has gone folks, get a bloody life. its topical as we are playing Sunderland, or did you not know that? Or are you Randy Lerner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 I hear Rory Delap is good at long throws? he'll never leave Southampton though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 You can't say Heskey has been a disaster and then say Shorey was only poor. Curtis Davies did ok so did Knight, certainly not as bad as Agathe or Between. Surely a great signing is a surprise something unexpected like Henry or Bergkamp. Young wasn't a great signing. IMO Mon made some good signings but no great ones. I think Heskey has had a few good moments for us even if we hate to admit it, Curtis Davies was an ok player bought for a disasterous amount of money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 It's time to stop obsessing about MON, it really is, folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 People aren't obsessing though, it's just a discussion on his buys, some of which were good and some of which were bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 No, it's obsessing. A more pointless topic I couldn't envisage. Oh, just remembered...rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic or fiddling while Rome burnt might beat it in those stakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 My word, if this counts as obsessing then so do most threads on here. This thread wasn't made as an attack on MON. It was made merely to discuss his signings. You don't have to take personal offence every time someone posts something that might be interpreted as a swipe at MON. Chill out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelboyVilla Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 MON's greatest signing......Paul Gilroy!!!!QC.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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