Keyblade Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, DJ_Villain said: Not necessarily… Mellberg left for a big club in another country… Didn’t play against us… Still think he is fantastic. Albrighton didn’t want to leave in the first place… Got told lie after lie by the management at the time, got released and then went on to do really well for himself… Happy to see it and wish him well… Carew never wanted to leave but was forced to… Love the bloke Laursen and Petrov were both forced into retirement through I’ll health… Great players of their era… But as soon as someone actively WANTS to leave us… They can go **** themselves So basically you're not allowed to want to leave Villa. Yeah he shouldn't have wanted to leave the sinking ship that was Aston Villa Football Club and better himself. We literally got relegated the following season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, Keyblade said: So basically you're not allowed to want to leave Villa. Yeah he shouldn't have wanted to leave the sinking ship that was Aston Villa Football Club and better himself. We literally got relegated the following season. Mellberg wanted to leave… Still very fond of the bloke So no… that’s not entirely accurate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, DJ_Villain said: Mellberg wanted to leave… Still very fond of the bloke So no… that’s not entirely accurate But you said this: Quote But as soon as someone actively WANTS to leave us… They can go **** themselves So which is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Just now, Keyblade said: But you said this: So which is it? Yep, you’re right… I should have said: “As soon as someone wants to actively leave us for another team in the same country, they can go **** themselves” My mistake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 (edited) Tbf not many people realise that every club bar Real Madrid and Barca (well, maybe not Barca in 2022) are always in danger of losing their best players. Look at Liverpool and Man Utd for example, lost Suarez and Cristiano Ronaldo respectively in their prime. And Coutinho. Edited June 14, 2022 by Tom13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 30 minutes ago, Tom13 said: Tbf not many people realise that every club bar Real Madrid and Barca (well, maybe not Barca in 2022) are always in danger of losing their best players. Look at Liverpool and Man Utd for example, both lost Suarez and Cristiano Ronaldo in their prime. And Coutinho. Sure Haaland is already planning to leave for Real Madrid at 25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 Benteke signed a new contract 1 year into this time at us when he could have pushed for a move had he wanted to. He then did get a bad injury but still scored a lot of goals for us. Liverpool then paid a good price for him and he went about it in a totally professional way. I fail to see how anyone can have beef with him when our average league position in his 3 years with us was about 15th and showed no ambition at all. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 4 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: Benteke signed a new contract 1 year into this time at us when he could have pushed for a move had he wanted to. He then did get a bad injury but still scored a lot of goals for us. Liverpool then paid a good price for him and he went about it in a totally professional way. I fail to see how anyone can have beef with him when our average league position in his 3 years with us was about 15th and showed no ambition at all. He did do that but his agent was pushing for a move to Spurs that first summer, I remember the shock of the contract signing as rumours was Spurs would sign him that week 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 32 minutes ago, Zatman said: He did do that but his agent was pushing for a move to Spurs that first summer, I remember the shock of the contract signing as rumours was Spurs would sign him that week Agent talk. Make up a rumour about a transfer and then get a fat new one. Oldest trick in the book. See also Cash, Matty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 Just now, The Fun Factory said: Agent talk. Make up a rumour about a transfer and then get a fat new one. Oldest trick in the book. See also Cash, Matty. I dont know. Benteke agent was an absolute clown so your giving him too much credit I think he got in trouble when Benteke was here for falling for an interview with a fake Brendan Rodgers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 19 minutes ago, Zatman said: falling for an interview with a fake Brendan Rodgers Did he have great character? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 15, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 15, 2022 (edited) On 14/06/2022 at 14:27, Zatman said: He did do that but his agent was pushing for a move to Spurs that first summer, I remember the shock of the contract signing as rumours was Spurs would sign him that week I well remember hairy hands excitedly posting that he was staying sending VT into meltdown, grown men crying, babies being made live on VT. Edited June 15, 2022 by sidcow 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 16, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2022 On 14/06/2022 at 14:27, Zatman said: He did do that but his agent was pushing for a move to Spurs that first summer, I remember the shock of the contract signing as rumours was Spurs would sign him that week He's a Belgian player with absolutely no ties to Aston Villa playing in one of the worst teams in the league. Can't exactly blame him for keeping options open 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Stevo985 said: He's a Belgian player with absolutely no ties to Aston Villa playing in one of the worst teams in the league. Can't exactly blame him for keeping options open Yeah i dont blame him either. If anything he should have sacked his agent for letting hin stay here with that squad he was surrounded by Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted June 16, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2022 I can't hold any ill will toward Tekkers at all. He stayed way longer than was good for his career, and was absolutely tremendous for us. He was a light year ahead of the quality of the rest of the team at the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted June 16, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2022 We had him in his prime , after that it all went downhill for him............and us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlyDirk Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 On 14/06/2022 at 15:21, Tom13 said: Did he have great character? Beautiful human being, like Kolo Toure.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 10 minutes ago, DeadlyDirk said: Beautiful human being, like Kolo Toure.... Wonderful technician as well... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted June 17, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 17, 2022 Just imagine prime benteke in this team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted June 17, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 17, 2022 18 minutes ago, Nigel said: Just imagine prime benteke in this team! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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