Tommo_b Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 6 minutes ago, Villaphan04 said: we lost 3 of our "experienced" pros in Taylor, Elmo, and Heaton. Kalinić & Hourihane are our oldest players in the squad at 31 & 30 respectively. While obviously we're going for a younger squad, we might need to have that experienced pro in our squad. Completely forgot Kalinic was still at the club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Wouldn't say no but smells a bit like agent/ player holding out for more money at Milan. He would be either left or am if he did sign. No chance he would be cover, his ego wouldn't let him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 I don't know about others but I have found memories of Ash at Villa. He gave us 4 good years and I fully understood when he left to go to that lot up north. He knew by then that Lerner had given up and he was in his right to further his career. We got a £10 million pound profit on him as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZZAM Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 I mean if he's free it's a good deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted June 16, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2021 The only thing I don't like is that if he's happy to be a back-up, as I read somewhere. I want him to push for a starting role. Targett, Cash, Traore El-Ghazi and the rest need someone to breath down their neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonVillain Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Christ. Not sure I can be talked into this being a good idea. First season away from the club that made his name he dived to win a penalty in front of the fans that once adored him staring relegation in the face. Didn't he refuse to sign kids' autographs any number of times too at VP? Nice fella. Slightly gutted about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
est1874 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 35 minutes ago, KAZZAM said: I mean if he's free it's a good deal. Not necessarily. Wages could be steep, big signing-on bonus, big agent fee. Bosmans can easily end up being more expensive than a shrewd transfer for a younger player in contract elsewhere. It really all depends on output at the end of the day, doesn't it? And not wanting to get lumped with a has-been on an unnecessarily long contract where he can just phone it in for the remainder of his days and pick up a hefty paycheck. The other element to this deal that could be quite dangerous and hasn't really been discussed is the potential impact of bringing a big time charlie into our very united and positive dressing room atmosphere. I'm not saying Ashley is problematic but he's just done several years at ManUre and then Internazionale. I'd worry it could shake things up for the worse to have this guy potentially swaggering around on 100k p/w and acting like he runs the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouUnastanFren Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 8 hours ago, Zatman said: maybe we see Kesler and Chrisene doing this from 2022 season Fair point. If this is the plan then an old Young as emergency back up for a year is fine. He'd be the oldest player we've signed since Pires. Can only hope it goes nothing like that did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonVillain Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 1 minute ago, YouUnastanFren said: He'd be the oldest player we've signed since Pires. Can only hope it goes nothing like that did. That's a fair comparison: past it, moody, arrogant, expensive, pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 I just can't really see Young moving to us at this stage of his career to be a glorified utility player. Prove me wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 23 minutes ago, AvonVillain said: Christ. Not sure I can be talked into this being a good idea. First season away from the club that made his name he dived to win a penalty in front of the fans that once adored him staring relegation in the face. Didn't he refuse to sign kids' autographs any number of times too at VP? Nice fella. Slightly gutted about this. We could probably equally find 100 positive contributions he made to the club. As with everything, we can concoct whichever narrative we want. Video looks like it was recorded on a potato though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Had anyone else said that Watford signed Danny Rose today They won't sign both surely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJay Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Would seem a strange signing on the surface, but a good pro who knows the club and league and can come in and cover the full back positions and wide positions on a free transfer. Could see him playing 10/15 games and would be a great option from the bench at full back when chasing a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 (edited) I seem to recall he used to take freekicks for us ? We need a free kick taker. While not my number one choice for a signing, he can play down the left, the middle or off watkins. Can see it going all or nothing, inspired and a key member of the first team or it going barkley up Edited June 16, 2021 by brummybloke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 4 minutes ago, brummybloke said: I seem to recall he used to take freekicks for us ? We need a free kick taker. While not my number one choice for a signing, he can play down the middle or off watkins. Can see it going all or nothing, inspired and a key member of the first team or it going barkley up I would suggest Young is in far better physical nick than Barkley even if he is about 8 years older. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 11 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: I would suggest Young is in far better physical nick than Barkley even if he is about 8 years older. Yeah but so am I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Five Ken McNaughts Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 12 hours ago, Tayls said: Have we ever resigned someone? Apologies if these have been mentioned already (alongside Cowans, Staunton and Milner) but you got me thinking with that question... I came up with three players I only saw in their second spells at Villa Park – Andy Blair, Steve Hunt and Andy Gray. In truth, I wasn’t even aware Steve Hunt was a re-signing until someone gave me a 1975 League Cup final programme a couple of years ago, and there he was (with loads of hair!). I thought the bald version I watched in the mid/late 80s had one of the best touches I have ever seen in a Villa midfielder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Its a win win situation to sign him on a short-term contract on a free. He will be a good squad player, can play in a number of positions and those whipped in crosses are deadly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 59 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: We could probably equally find 100 positive contributions he made to the club. As with everything, we can concoct whichever narrative we want. Video looks like it was recorded on a potato though. Favorite part of this video is that you have to guess which one Young is in each clip. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 16, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2021 4 hours ago, Supervillan78 said: Fundamentally I don’t think he’s good enough to play Premier League football anymore. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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