Villa to sell Luke Young on the cheap

[Ross]

I will be sad to see him go. But if its true that he has refused to go on a training camp - sorry Luke, you have gone down in my estimation. That's not professional behaviour.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Someone else treated badly by MON. The list is building

It appears MON's days are numbered according to the headline in the Mirror.. Clicky

[TheSandman]

Shame. think he's better than cuellar at rightback and he's pretty damm good at leftback too. Will never undesrtand what went on there apart from MON not liking modern rightback play.

It's funny greg as it was not quite the same at Celtic. He seemed to have a problem with left backs there. I recall that he tended to select Valgaeren there for Celtic.

[spangley1812]

Anyone and everyone can see that Carlos is not a right back, defensively
its fine but as he wont go over the half way line it un balances the team and whoever is on the right side does not get any help, there is no overlapping to distract the opposition.

I cant see the point in MON buying another right back

[KevinGage]

Hasn't done much wrong as far as I can see.

Signed as a RB, where he'd been Player of the Year at his previous club and on the fringes of England selection. But played a large chunk of even his first campaign with us at LB - as MON didn't fancy his other signing for that role (Shorey).

Still did well enough to be one of our most consistent performers in 2008/09, in the top 3 I'd say.

[cdbearsfan]

I hope he gets a hero's reception when he returns to Villa Park with his new club. Just to piss right-back hater O'Neill off.

[Ross]

I think the main problem with Carlos at RB is that it deprives the team of our best centre half!

I would love to see an attacking right back signed rather than seeing Carlos painfully playing the role of the square peg.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I'll certainly be sad to see him go. I'm just glad the Villa fans gave him a good send off on the last day of the season.

[Greg N'Ash]

Shame. think he's better than cuellar at rightback and he's pretty damm good at leftback too. Will never undesrtand what went on there apart from MON not liking modern rightback play.

It's funny greg as it was not quite the same at Celtic. He seemed to have a problem with left backs there. I recall that he tended to select Valgaeren there for Celtic.

he doesn't like how they play i reckon. He wants yer old fashioned type, not the attacking minded type that are the norm now, hence the central defenders who don't want to go forward.  Some can adapt to that like Warnock, others can't like shorey and young.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I cant see the point in MON buying another right back

Are you mad? If we lose Young and Beye, who's going to sit on the bench.

[TheSandman]

Of the six players we supposedly want to offload there are two most of us want to keep in Luke Young and Nigel Reo-Coker's only sin is to seemingly have fallen out with our manager.

Surely they could try to get past that? I mean you don't have to have a great friendship between player and manager. See for example Ferguson and some of his player. Indeed, if you read Cloughie's book he didn't seem to have much regard for O'Neill.

[cdbearsfan]

I cant see the point in MON buying another right back

Are you mad? If we lose Young and Beye, who's going to sit on the bench.

Guzan is practising his long throw-ins as we speak.

[spangley1812]

I cant see the point in MON buying another right back

Are you mad? If we lose Young and Beye, who's going to sit on the bench.

LOL very good Mark.......I would say NRC, Allbrighton, the Fonz, Brad Jnr
and Big John have got their season tickets on the bench already

[eric woolban woolban]

I just think it's down to Luke at the end of the day, and I think the unfortunate death of his half-brother is the main reason.

Lest not forget he retired early from International Football.

A player who will be given warm applause when he returns next season.

[spangley1812]

I just think it's down to Luke at the end of the day, and I think the unfortunate death of his half-brother is the main reason.

Lest not forget he retired early from International Football.

A player who will be given warm applause when he returns next season.

I agree with the above iro his brother but its not his fault if the manager will not pick him

He would have gone to the World Cup no doubt and if he had shown any form may have ousted Johnson