Awol Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 I rate Dunne as a player, but does he still have the legs? I doubt it personally. 3 seasons ago he was good, now he's just a cart horse. If Stoke really do want him I'd bite their arm off at 3 million.* *I read the transfer guff thread, not the Daily Star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted August 12, 2012 Moderator Share Posted August 12, 2012 Nobody is going to give us £3m for a soon to be 33, cart horse defender that is way past his best, currently injured and has under 12 months left on his contract. Personally I can't see Stoke or anyone else paying £3 to take him off our hands let alone £3m, in fact I'd go as far as saying the link in the Star is perhaps the daftest link of the summer. Dunne is just another expensive lump who's wages we are likely to be stuck with until hi contract expires and he leaves for free. Another crap O'Neill signing that was short term and expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moorski Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 I think that it is fair to say that Dunne is more likely to leave on a free next Summer,like Trent says who is going to pay £3 million for him. We may have to wait until next summer for Warnock to go aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Nobody is going to give us £3m for a soon to be 33, cart horse defender that is way past his best, currently injured and has under 12 months left on his contract. Personally I can't see Stoke or anyone else paying £3 to take him off our hands let alone £3m, in fact I'd go as far as saying the link in the Star is perhaps the daftest link of the summer. Dunne is just another expensive lump who's wages we are likely to be stuck with until hi contract expires and he leaves for free. Another crap O'Neill signing that was short term and expensive. I would agree but then again Stoke do some funny things in transfer windows. The fact that his name has cropped up is more interesting as it suggests that either his agent or Villa are maybe putting out feelers. My view of Dunne is that he was a good defender but he is now quite a way past his best, still good but past his best. I quite like the idea of keeping a fit Dunne for this season (his last I think) whilst we see whether Clark and Baker have what it takes. On the other hand with his wages at £50k-£60k per week we could get someone at half that price and probably better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onje_villa Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Sorry Trentvilla, Dunne was an excellent signing. His fitness and his legs are definitely issues but as a defender he was a class act Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted August 12, 2012 Moderator Share Posted August 12, 2012 Nope sorry, not in my book. Bad signing and average defender, throwing yourself about to cover your own mistakes doesn't equal a class act in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaGoMarching Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 What you see is what you get with O'Neill's defenders all blood and thunder, useless with the ball, and given the task of just getting a body in the way or heading things they can cope just about, Problem is once O'Neill left it was quite clear they couldn't give a shit. Not sure how he got half decent performances out of them tbh. you could barely call them professionals with the way most behaved. Once dunne and Warnock are gone i'll be happy, the last of some very expensive, short termism mistakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody1000 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Sorry Trentvilla, Dunne was an excellent signing. His fitness and his legs are definitely issues but as a defender he was a class actAn excellent signing? Decent for a season, but an absolute liability most of the time for the following 2. A class act? Never. Makes far too many mistakes to ever be considered a class act, and has done for all his career - you can ask any citeh fan, and they'll tell you that as much as they loved him, he always had a mistake in him. He should be released if another club are interested, but I suspect he will stay and pick up his large wage for one more season as this is his last big payday unless he goes stateside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villabromsgrove Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 When we signed Dunne he had something to prove to Man C fans and the footballing world in general, which meant we saw the best of him for a season. Now we're left with the shell of a player who has no more ambition and no particular affiliation to the claret and blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onje_villa Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 He was I believe City's player of the season 3 years running. Obviously they agreed to let him go so they knew he didn't perhaps have the legs to be challenging at the top of the league but I just don't get everyone's short-term views here. Players are either amazing or shite, I don't agree. Though I do agree that he's not the future and he's struggled under the last few regimes (who hasn't?) he's proved himself to have been an above-average Premier League defender throughout his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Dunne is such an overrated player. Gets a lot of plaudits because he's Irish and because he "puts his body on the line". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Not sure if its anything to do with being Irish its just that he's been a blood, guts and hoof defender who has always been prone to mistakes and for those reasons has fallen short of playing for a team who would consistently challenge for honours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Dunne's as relic, had he'd been born 20 years earlier and played in the 80's or early 90's he'd been an very good defender. In modern topflight football there is (or shouldn't be) any room for players like him. When MON signed him i didn't know if i should laugh or cry. One of those players along with Heskey that i always saw as a joke when they played for other clubs. Dunne's first season was very good, but after that it's been just as bad as i feared. I know he was injured but Dunne was THE worst player by far in the Euros bar none, at 33 i strongly doubt he'll ever return to any sort of form again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 12, 2012 Author Share Posted August 12, 2012 Dunne is such an overrated player. Gets a lot of plaudits because he's Irish and because he "puts his body on the line". this is the weirdest statement ever, Paul McShane never got praise cause he is irish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 If we get £3m we should drive him to Stoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggy_333 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 If we get £3m we should drive him to Stoke. Drive him??? I'll **** carry him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KjParton Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 If we get £3m we should drive him to Stoke. Drive him??? I'll **** carry him! Rather you than me To be fair, Dunne had a great season with Collins during MON days, where they were one of the top defensive CB pairs in the league. It just went downhill from there onwards. Time to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Every dog has its day... Yeah Dunne's always been an average player in my opinion and he certainly isn't getting any younger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Sell Dunne and sign another defender. He is out injured so might as well sell him if we can sign someone else before the transfer window shuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 12, 2012 Author Share Posted August 12, 2012 Yeah Dunne's always been an average player in my opinion and he certainly isn't getting any younger! could say that about any footballer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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