Perhaps with more time some of his other assets would have come to the fore. He might have given us the height and strength we need in the middle of the park and he usually weighs in with a few goals for club and country. But any manager coming in will have his own ideas about the players he wants, so it's no surprise that the Big Eck didn't sign off on that one. That his own choices have largely been gash is a different argument for a different thread. B-lose were apparently set to sign him had they stopped up in 2009, so maybe he felt what he inherited at VP was better and it was an unnecessary outlay.
If sorting our wage bill out is the priority then MLS may be the way forward. Bolton signed someone in January from MLS whose wages over there had been £34k. Not per week, £34k per year!
Quote from: TheZogman on March 07, 2012, 07:13:01 PMI love how people feel they can make a full judgement on a player from four appearances of which I think one was a cameo, another against Blackpool when we had only ten men on account of Makoun being sent off, a game where we played a shadow side and one other I've forgotten.Indeed. He played less than 20 mins at Blackpool after Makoun went off, the Man City cup debacle, 10 minutes at the Emirates and a couple of minutes against the dippers last match of the season. He just about managed 100 minutes in a Villa shirt. Which apparently is enough for some on here to write him off. It really is a joke. Meanwhile months or years into their Villa careera Zog needs more time, as does Ireland. And Bannan. And Albrighton. And Fonz etc.
I love how people feel they can make a full judgement on a player from four appearances of which I think one was a cameo, another against Blackpool when we had only ten men on account of Makoun being sent off, a game where we played a shadow side and one other I've forgotten.
In fact how many non-British players have Villa brought directly in to the PL, who weren't given a fair crack of the whip over the years?