Don_Simon Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 On 02/11/2012 at 17:19, villadude said: He's a cheating cocky little prick, I hope his career nosedives. Thoughts on this now?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted June 18, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 18, 2021 5 minutes ago, Dave-R said: What's Young's weekly wage nowa days?? https://www.goal.com/it/notizie/stipendi-inter-20202021-gli-ingaggi-dei-nerazzurri/1s69bek1e1k2119ajoo7fssl8c €3m a year at Inter last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted June 18, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 18, 2021 1 minute ago, romavillan said: https://www.goal.com/it/notizie/stipendi-inter-20202021-gli-ingaggi-dei-nerazzurri/1s69bek1e1k2119ajoo7fssl8c €3m a year at Inter last season. That’s about £49k per week by my reckoning. I imagine he’s on less here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 5 hours ago, Johnnyp said: He could easily of ( plethora of offers no doubt ) sailed off into the MLS sunset. Sure that means a lot to him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 35 minutes ago, Dave-R said: What's Young's weekly wage nowa days?? Reports on 50k for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldarkandransome Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 6 hours ago, osmark86 said: Are you saying colostomy bags removes your arse hole? It did.for my Dad yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 Surely it is a sign of how far we have come in a very short space of time that the likes of Buendia and Ashley want to come to Villa. Our squad just keeps getting better and better. These are exciting times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbluesky Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 Surprised at people suggesting he’s not full back cover. He may have played wing back at Inter, but he played left back for Man U a lot at the end of his stint there. Including playing at LB for England in the 2018 World Cup. I think it’s a great bit of business. Experienced player. Yes, 35 YO but players are playing at the top level later and later. Can play a variety of positions. Gives us fullback cover whilst youngsters continue to develop/the club continues to build so that we can have a better replacement in the future. And only a 1 year deal so can’t really backfire. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 3 hours ago, Thug said: Have to admit, very surprised by this on a few different levels. However, 12 months stop gap. Maybe we’ve identified someone that we want, but isn’t realistically available until next season? Excellent delivery, so set pieces should improve. Covers a lot of different positions. Provides a different set of attributes to AEG. Much more likely to be better involved with intricate gameplay, a lot less direct. I suppose on the face of it, it’s a ‘no-brainier’. A little disappointing not because it’s him, more that this clearly means that he is ‘the’ winger for this summer. But if that’s to let us get target A or B next year rather than target C or D this year, then it makes perfect sense. Even at 36 he’s clearly good enough for inter minutes. And let’s face it, they’re better than us. Welcome home Ashley. I’m not sure he’ll be “the winger” persay - what he offers is a LOT of utility. We’ve lost Taylor (LB) and El Mohammady (RB/RW) in the summer and Young can cover for all of those positions. He can play AML/AMR too. So what we’ve bought is a very good utility player for a season who certainly has the ability to be starting plenty of games. Gives some of the youngsters another season to develop too. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMelvillan Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 Definitely prefer the idea of him filling in at left back than Hause Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 18, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 18, 2021 8 hours ago, ciggiesnbeer said: Will be interesting to see if he has improved his set pieces. My memories of him was he always demanded to take set pieces but rarely did anything good with them. But it was a long time ago so maybe my memory is wrong. I was pretty sure he was after David Beckham free kick\corner assist record at one time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 It's great to have Ash back. One of my favourite players of that era. Really can make an impact off the bench in multiple positions and as competition in full back positions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 Good player? Check. Knows the place and seamless transistion into the squad? Check. Cheap? Check. (No transfer fee bitchezzzz). Absolute no brainer for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 5 hours ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: According to him, Antonio Conte is a very demanding manager, and his fitness levels are peak for it. He is more than demanding, its ehy he wins so much and falls out with players. If you dont play his way he dumps you no matter your value or price 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 2 hours ago, Kiwivillan said: He clearly more attack than defence at Inter in 352. Stats and highlights says as much. Can't see us going 352 I think he will be left cover on a 4, he is capable defensively of playing there he did it for United and is only about 4 pr 5 games we will be under the cosh most of the season. He is more balanced than Taylor who offered nothing going forward 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sulberto21 Posted June 18, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 18, 2021 Whenever we sign anyone I ask will he improve the squad? So for the next 12 months I ask you all has our squad gotten stronger with him in? My answer is yes definitely. Winning mentality. He brings with him a little bit of Fergie , Van Gaal, and Conte too. He'll be in the ref's ear when he's on the pitch. He'll demand blood from the ref for even the slightest touch. He'll egg his teammates on. Encourage them teach them a thing or two. He's still got the technical ability and don't worry about his physicality and stamina. Conte demands incredible amounts of physicality. This isn't a theoretical fantasy football squad builder thing. A real squad needs a blend of this and that. And two things Ashley Young has in abundance is character and leadership skills. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MentalM Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 Not the must WOW transfer, but a sensible one. Bring in experience, decent skills and versatile in positions he can play. He can cover in many positions we are weak if an injury would happen, and he is a cheap acquisition. Thumbs up from me, even thou I am not overly excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 7 hours ago, QldVilla said: My concern is we may have to play him regularly in that LB position which I don’t think he has the legs for. The Italian league is different it is known to lengthen players careers for a reason. Nobody can be certain with any transfer.....look how we managed Macca's dodgy knees. we will have to wait and see, but if NSWE can cover Ashley's wages, who are we to worry? I see him playing sparingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 3 hours ago, Kiwivillan said: He clearly more attack than defence at Inter in 352. Stats and highlights says as much. Can't see us going 352 Have you seen how high our fullbacks play/press at times? And noticed Luiz dropping between the Centre Backs ? We don’t play rigid stay in position football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 Imagine how happy this is going to make Grealish though, playing with a player he no doubt idolised for 4 seasons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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