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Author Topic: Cuellar-Why are we not keeping him?  (Read 15450 times)

Offline TimTheVillain

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Re: Cuellar-Why are we not keeping him?
« Reply #30 on: January 19, 2012, 09:18:57 AM »
Carlos Cuellar - Why ?
Add it to the previous questions of Luke Young - Why ? or Gary Cahill - Why ?
Gary wanted 1st team football. MO'N had just bought in experienced centre backs in Dunne and Collins so his chances were limited.
Knight and Davies

Definitive ( as usual).

Offline Chris Smith

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Re: Cuellar-Why are we not keeping him?
« Reply #31 on: January 19, 2012, 09:24:20 AM »
We also had Laursen and Mellberg at the time.

Offline Astral Weeks

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Re: Cuellar-Why are we not keeping him?
« Reply #32 on: January 19, 2012, 09:35:40 AM »
We also had Laursen and Mellberg at the time.

Blimey, those were the days.

Offline Tokyo Sexwhale

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Re: Cuellar-Why are we not keeping him?
« Reply #33 on: January 19, 2012, 09:46:14 AM »
Cahill would have learned a lot from Laursen.  Instead we wasted the best part of £13-£14m on Davies and Knight.  And there's the money we had to spend to replace Davies and Knight...

Christ, how we pissed away the best opportunity to make an impression we may ever have in my lifetime.

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Re: Cuellar-Why are we not keeping him?
« Reply #34 on: January 19, 2012, 09:50:33 AM »
The Bolton Defender wasn't ready for regular 1st team football in a top 6 side when he left.  Laursen and Davies were doing great for us at that time, but when Laursen got injured Cuellar and Davies didn't click as a partnership.  That could have been his chance to establish himself at Villa, but he didn't want to wait.   

Offline N'ZMAV

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Re: Cuellar-Why are we not keeping him?
« Reply #35 on: January 19, 2012, 10:01:36 AM »
There's got to be a reason why none of O'Neill, McDonald, Houllier or McLeish has given Cuellar a run at centre back....

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Re: Cuellar-Why are we not keeping him?
« Reply #36 on: January 19, 2012, 10:47:05 AM »
He is injury prone, but given a run at CB (which he never really has had), he'll be improvement on Collins  - IMO he's a much better player. His stint at full-back never really did him justice.

That said, if only we could find another gem like Laursen....

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Re: Cuellar-Why are we not keeping him?
« Reply #37 on: January 19, 2012, 11:23:59 AM »
I'd have him ahead of both Collins and Hutton.
He may not be the greatest passer in the world but he most certainly knows how to defend.

Offline nigel

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Re: Cuellar-Why are we not keeping him?
« Reply #38 on: January 19, 2012, 11:48:13 AM »
Carlos Cuellar - Why ?
Add it to the previous questions of Luke Young - Why ? or Gary Cahill - Why ?
Gary wanted 1st team football. MO'N had just bought in experienced centre backs in Dunne and Collins so his chances were limited.
Knight and Davies
Blimey, I forgot about those.

Offline N'ZMAV

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Re: Cuellar-Why are we not keeping him?
« Reply #39 on: January 19, 2012, 11:54:36 AM »
That's the £15mil combination of Knmight & Davies.

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Re: Cuellar-Why are we not keeping him?
« Reply #40 on: January 19, 2012, 12:01:16 PM »
I would have Cuellar in the team instead of Collins he would do a better job for us than Collins.

Offline Dave

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Re: Cuellar-Why are we not keeping him?
« Reply #41 on: January 19, 2012, 12:10:40 PM »
Instead we wasted the best part of £13-£14m on Davies and Knight.
We didn't waste any money on Knight. We got a good bit of service out of him and then made a profit on him.

Offline CJ

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Re: Cuellar-Why are we not keeping him?
« Reply #42 on: January 19, 2012, 12:16:02 PM »
Instead we wasted the best part of £13-£14m on Davies and Knight.
We didn't waste any money on Knight. We got a good bit of service out of him and then made a profit on him.

True - a small profit on Knight. God knows how much we lost on Davies though - was the fee from Bloose ever disclosed?

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Re: Cuellar-Why are we not keeping him?
« Reply #43 on: January 19, 2012, 12:16:18 PM »
Didn't he get the well deserved last-minute equaliser in the 2-2 draw with Arsenal at VP a few seasons ago?

Offline Dave

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Re: Cuellar-Why are we not keeping him?
« Reply #44 on: January 19, 2012, 12:38:17 PM »
Yup

 


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