avfcwills10 Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 I hope he gets a move to a championship team like Wolves or someone like that. Would be a shame if he wastes his career at the bottom of the Turkish league or something like that. He's not a great player by any stretch but theres something I like about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 He was an all-round weird signing. At first it seemed like a kind of sick joke that he was all we signed that January. Then he came into the side, played creditably well and definitely had a role in keeping us up. Then the next season he looked like a park player, totally out of his depth, before we sent him on a totally dead-end loan to a small team in Turkey. In retrospect, it is a miracle that we stayed up in 2012/13, and without Wigan's cup run we never would have done. Compare him to Cleverley, who's playing in a roughly analogous position. What were we thinking? I too thought he looked a player in the run in for 12/13 and expected him to be key for us next season but he then reverted back to the standard that meant he was playing mid table in ligue 2 which obviously isn't a great standard. In a funny way though it has still been a good move as financially he'll be very comfortable from having a premier league salary for the last two years and I doubt too many ligue 1 clubs were showing an interest when he was at Clermont Foot. Being an international with Mali also helps and I doubt that would've happened without him playing premier league football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysAVFC Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 His positioning was pretty good but when it came to everything else he was pretty woeful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Think you'd struggle to find any midfielder in England's top 5 leagues who had a worse range of passing / was worse on the ball than this lad. That being said, he was physical, and I think he unintentionally galvanised the team when he first signed. I'll be sad to see him go to be honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Get French Football @GFN_France 8m8 minutes ago BREAKING: Rennes announce the signing of Yacouba Sylla from Aston Villa until 2019. More to follow from the player exclusively with GFFN. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Good luck to him. Attitude and work ethic weren't the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 I thought we had unearthed a bit of a diamond tbh. The Stoke game he was great in, and then the Sunderland 6-1 he was phenomenal. Benteke might have grabbed the hat-trick and Vlaar banged in from 30 yards and Lowton rampaging down the wing like a '99 Beckham....but none of that would have been possible without Sylla. His workrate and inteliigence covering both full backs was excellent. ...then he turned into a pub player overnight. Rennes is a good move, and a decent club..so hopefully we got a mill for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 good luck to him he looked decent at the start and then he fell by the wayside The Sylla/Makoun partnership to fire Rennes to Champions LEague next season 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parisvilla Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 how much did we get for him? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 how much did we get for him? A wheelbarrow full of roast chest nuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Nice move for him, remember we plucked him from bottom half of ligue 2. Just shows what happens when you're associated with a premier league club. I too thought he looked a player end of 12/13, he was excellent home to Chelsea near the end of the season but like so many it was a false dawn and he never kicked on the next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 HIs main problem was nobody ever knew what his position was, when he signed people assumed he was going to be Makelele type player but he was always played in a right side of midfield 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 I actually liked Sylla, but we have Sanchez, Gardner, and Westwood for his spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Probably one of the worst player I've ever seen at Villa. Probably more of confidence issue than anything else but boy did he look out of his depth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Remember Holman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Remember Holman? I think Sylla was worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl the Pearl Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Tonev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 But the official site has not put anything about Sylla being sold. Was his contract up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjP52184XhA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Wish him well. Had the right attitude but I don't think in all honesty he was good enough. Any money for the transfer? Looks like the young and hungry experiment is on the back burner now post Lambert, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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