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Offline Arsey

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This will depress you
« on: July 06, 2011, 08:32:34 PM »
If/when Downing leaves, we will have had the following team leave of note over the last 3 seasons.

I think the following side would comfortably piss all over anything we could currently put out.  In fact I would say only Bent would get into this side


Big Brad

Bouma
Walker
Cahill
Laursen

Young
Barry
NRC
Milner
Downing

Carew

Subs

Mellberg
Davies
Gardner
Knight
Maloney
Taylor
Shorey
Ridgewell

 :'(

Online Pete3206

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Re: This will depress you
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2011, 08:36:20 PM »
Davies
Gardner
Knight
Maloney
Taylor
Shorey
Ridgewell


Who misses that lot? Depressed? Nah.

Offline TimTheVillain

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Re: This will depress you
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2011, 08:41:56 PM »
If/when Downing leaves, we will have had the following team leave of note over the last 3 seasons.

I think the following side would comfortably piss all over anything we could currently put out.  In fact I would say only Bent would get into this side


Big Brad

Bouma
Walker
Cahill
Laursen

Young
Barry
NRC
Milner
Downing

Carew

Subs

Mellberg
Davies
Gardner
Knight
Maloney
Taylor
Shorey
Ridgewell

 :'(

Midfield to die for !

Offline JJ-AV

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Re: This will depress you
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2011, 08:48:39 PM »
Nah. What depresses me more is 5 years in we'll be ecstatic with a 7th place finish, we're about to lose our fourth star player in 3 years and we're relying on a group of kids who, for all their potential, have achieved absolutely nothing.

It's been a concern of mine for a while that Randy isn't ruthless enough. I'm completely dismayed.

Online pauliewalnuts

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Re: This will depress you
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2011, 08:48:58 PM »
Well, I for one will never get over the loss of Curtis Davies.

His startled look as he wobbles around uncertainly whilst the ball comes his way will stay with me for a long, long time.

Offline Rigadon

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Re: This will depress you
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2011, 08:51:20 PM »
Well, I for one will never get over the loss of Curtis Davies.

His startled look as he wobbles around uncertainly whilst the ball comes his way will stay with me for a long, long time.

Indeed.  Can't think of many players as panicked as Curtis when having to deal with a football.  All elbows and knees and zero composure make Curtis a worried boy.

Offline Phil from the upper holte

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Re: This will depress you
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2011, 09:10:12 PM »
Knight? I danced the day he left

Offline Lambert and Payne

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Re: This will depress you
« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2011, 09:23:18 PM »

Big Brad
Bouma
NRC

Carew

Subs

Davies
Gardner
Knight
Maloney
Taylor
Shorey
Ridgewell

 :'(

Liked bouma but is replacable. All of the ones I've left are. Coker was a worker, not got a pass on him though which is a shame for a midfielder. Carew played when he wanted to, extremely frustrating.
As for the subs (mellberg aside). Never good enough!

Offline damon loves JT

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Re: This will depress you
« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2011, 09:23:41 PM »
'this will depress you'?

Crikey, it will take more than that. Last week a work colleague was looking down in the dumps, and I asked him if he'd had some bad news. 'The worst, the very worst' he said, and tears came to his eyes. I automatically thought one of his kids had been killed, or he'd been diagnosed with inoperable cancer.

When he told me his wife wanted a separation I nearly twatted him.

Offline usav

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Re: This will depress you
« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2011, 09:56:32 PM »
Coker was a worker, not got a pass on him though which is a shame for a midfielder.

He hasn't even gone.

Offline Arsey

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Re: This will depress you
« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2011, 10:15:12 PM »
okay the bench isn't great but it is a very good first XI

Look how much time and money (transfers and increased wages) have been put into transforming the players I have listed into our current side.

Offline Louzie0

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Re: This will depress you
« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2011, 10:25:34 PM »
Yeah but Arsey, players get old, get injured and retire...apart from the ones who move on, thinking they are joining CL sides or 'potentially CL' in the case of LPool. (Argh! no, I don't believe it either.)

Looking through your names, I'd see it as a wish list. I'll leave it to those looking through the programmes to tell us whether this was ever a going thing or even ever a near thing.

Offline Californian Villain

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Re: This will depress you
« Reply #12 on: July 07, 2011, 02:27:28 AM »
Davies
Gardner
Knight
Maloney
Taylor
Shorey
Ridgewell


Who misses that lot? Depressed? Nah.

There's 2-3 or that list I'd forgotten had ever played for Villa.

Offline junxs

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Re: This will depress you
« Reply #13 on: July 07, 2011, 02:37:34 AM »
Coker was a worker, not got a pass on him though which is a shame for a midfielder.

He hasn't even gone.

err.. yes has has.. hasnt he??

Offline usav

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Re: This will depress you
« Reply #14 on: July 07, 2011, 04:08:06 AM »
Coker was a worker, not got a pass on him though which is a shame for a midfielder.

He hasn't even gone.

err.. yes has has.. hasnt he??

I stand corrected......he's a free agent.   Must have missed that among all the bollocks that goes around.

 


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