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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: pauliewalnuts on July 19, 2013, 01:37:13 PM
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Can't see this anywhere, but he's signed a new four year deal.
Good move, Villa. Can see him continuing to improve next season.
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Good stuff
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Lowton, Guzan, Clark and Westwood all tied to deals....well done Villa.
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Smart move all round
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Future England full back..without doubt
Great news.
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Excellent news and well deserved.
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4-years. Good move.
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good news, think he really developed over the course of last season.
and nice to see the vast majority of the young players are buying into the vision and committing.
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Lowton, Guzan, Clark and Westwood all tied to deals....well done Villa.
...and Baker.
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Lowton, Guzan, Clark and Westwood all tied to deals....well done Villa.
...and Baker.
...and Weimann.
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This is really good news.
If they play like they did at the back end of last season, I think there is every chance both Lowton and Westwood will get England call ups.
I just hope all this positive stuff rubs off on Benteke.
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I like Lowton for two reasons primarily.
1. He's got a real football 'brain' on him. He seems to read the game so much better than Bennett, Baker, Clarke.
2. He's got a physical presence to him. He's tall, but not overly so plus dynamic.
Good move signing him up. Well done to all concerned.
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His chesting down of the ball at high speed, moving forward and floating that wonderful ball for Weimann to score against Sunderland was one of my favourite moments of last season.
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Goldie will be gutted by this latest development
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Cracking news.
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His chesting down of the ball at high speed, moving forward and floating that wonderful ball for Weimann to score against Sunderland was one of my favourite moments of last season.
For me too, equally Weimann control and finish at the end of the pass... quality!
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Great news, was my player of the year last season.
I assume that all the players who've recently signed contracts will have had a fairly significant pay increase. I'm sure they're not on Harewood levels of money quite yet but we really could do with getting rid of Hutton, Given et. al sharpish.
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Goldie will be gutted by this latest development
He still had three years remaining on the four-year contract he signed last year. What was the point?
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Goldie will be gutted by this latest development
He still had three years remaining on the four-year contract he signed last year. What was the point?
because you can't keep hold of young, promising English players who are starters for Premier League clubs whilst paying them championship wages.
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These new contracts over past few weeks have been brilliant - easily covers the disapointment over the CB saga.
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Goldie will be gutted by this latest development
He still had three years remaining on the four-year contract he signed last year. What was the point?
To show any future signings and the ones we have bought this summer, if you perform well, you will be rewarded.
The only two I can think didn't perform very well, out of all the boys given new contracts are Clark and Baker. They were coming into their last year though.
There's plenty of stuff to moan about, this isn't one of them.
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Lowton, Guzan, Clark and Westwood all tied to deals....well done Villa.
...and Baker.
...and Weimann.
and those two too.....
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Lambert and the club are being very clever and promising to reward the players if they deliver. He is keeping his promise and that can only be good for the players, team spirit and fostering a sense of loyalty. He would probably have only been on 15k a week and doubling that is nothing compared to the amounts we have been pissing up the wall on average/poor players in recent years.
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Lambert and the club are being very clever and promising to reward the players if they deliver. He is keeping his promise and that can only be good for the players, team spirit and fostering a sense of loyalty. He would probably have only been on 15k a week and doubling that is nothing compared to the amounts we have been pissing up the wall on average/poor players in recent years.
This is true, but don't forget we can afford to pay more thanks to letting those wasters go and also the new Sky money. The latter means that the going wage for a Premier League player has gone up again, so once more we need to spend more just to stand still.
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Lambert and the club are being very clever and promising to reward the players if they deliver. He is keeping his promise and that can only be good for the players, team spirit and fostering a sense of loyalty. He would probably have only been on 15k a week and doubling that is nothing compared to the amounts we have been pissing up the wall on average/poor players in recent years.
Probably less than that! He came from L1, Westwood from L2. I bet they were on no more than 10K
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I'm pleased we have him signed up for another four years he deserve's it played really well last season.
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Goldie will be gutted by this latest development
He still had three years remaining on the four-year contract he signed last year. What was the point?
So we should'nt have offered Benteke a new contract either then?
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Goldie will be gutted by this latest development
He still had three years remaining on the four-year contract he signed last year. What was the point?
Are you the only person on the entire planet that doesn't understand why we should be offering improved terms to our young players that we actually want to keep? It's just one way of telling them they are a valued part of our future.
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If my staff perform well, and above expectations, I will increase their wages above and beyond normal. If they do the bare minimum they stay as they are. Its how I would want to be managed, and sends a very clear signal to 1) the most important person, the "player" him/herself, and 2) to everyone else that is either within the comapny or looking in. Good work.
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Great player and I'd argue he's possibly the best player at the club.
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As much as I'm happy we've tied Lowton to a longer contract the bigger message here for all the squad is performance = rewards. As it should be. We have players and agents buying into what PL is trying to build, that's great for the club.
I can't help feel that if CB's agent was more of a 'keep your client's feet on the ground agent' then his client might now have a healthier contract to enjoy and for him to enjoy for at least the next 12 months. Silly man.
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Well deserved. I actually think he kept us up. His wonder goal against Stoke came at a time we'd thrown away yet another lead. Stoke that day were wretched, utterly dire. We should have won it comfortably by the time they'd equalised. As soon as their goal went in, if anything they looked the more likely to go on and win, but Matty pulled one out the bag and in the end we had a score line that suggested that for the majority we had it quite easy against them.
It was an essential win though. Had we not got it, would we have had the confidence to gain a few more wins that we did in the remainder. It felt like a turning of the tide. Even drawing the Fulham game after (which we should have won as they were poor, and getting an expected Utd tonking, we still had some confidence from the Stoke win).
I think he's an England right back in the making. It'll be tight between him and Walker in the next few years I think.
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Lambert and the club are being very clever and promising to reward the players if they deliver. He is keeping his promise and that can only be good for the players, team spirit and fostering a sense of loyalty. He would probably have only been on 15k a week and doubling that is nothing compared to the amounts we have been pissing up the wall on average/poor players in recent years.
This is true, but don't forget we can afford to pay more thanks to letting those wasters go and also the new Sky money. The latter means that the going wage for a Premier League player has gone up again, so once more we need to spend more just to stand still.
But it makes a change for it to be spent on players you want it to be spent on.
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Very pleased, overall I was impressed with Lowton last year.
Poor Joe Bennett, is he the only one not to be offered a new contract?
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Very pleased, overall I was impressed with Lowton last year.
Poor Joe Bennett, is he the only one not to be offered a new contract?
I am sure he will when he learns to tackle
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Well done Villa and great reward for Matt, we are solidifying our core players for the future which is fantastic to see for them and us. One good thing to come from the Benteke situation is that it will hopefully bring the other players closer together, enforcing the team ethic.
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Very pleased, overall I was impressed with Lowton last year.
Poor Joe Bennett, is he the only one not to be offered a new contract?
Do we know that one isn't being sorted out?
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I like Lowton for two reasons primarily.
1. He's got a real football 'brain' on him. He seems to read the game so much better than Bennett, Baker, Clarke.
Somebody mentioned it at the time, but his goal against Sunderland required him to anticipate the long ball and step a couple of yards sideways to take it on his chest. It was that reading of the game which made that brilliant goal possible
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I like Lowton for two reasons primarily.
1. He's got a real football 'brain' on him. He seems to read the game so much better than Bennett, Baker, Clarke.
Somebody mentioned it at the time, but his goal against Sunderland required him to anticipate the long ball and step a couple of yards sideways to take it on his chest. It was that reading of the game which made that brilliant goal possible
Could somebody post that goal again please. I would do it myself, but I lack the skills to do so.
Thanks in advance.
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Good news. If he continues to improve this season, I think he'll be on the plane to Rio next year/or at least part of the national set up if England don't qualify.
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Brilliant news, defiantly 1 of the players of the season last year and he's only going to get better.
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Very pleased, overall I was impressed with Lowton last year.
Poor Joe Bennett, is he the only one not to be offered a new contract?
Do we know that one isn't being sorted out?
I'd like to see him replaced rather than rewarded. He was hopeless last season.
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Could somebody post that goal again please. I would do it myself, but I lack the skills to do so.
Thanks in advance.
Highlights of all the goals.
http://www.footytube.com/video/aston-villa-sunderland-apr29-174288
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Very pleased, overall I was impressed with Lowton last year.
Poor Joe Bennett, is he the only one not to be offered a new contract?
Do we know that one isn't being sorted out?
I'd like to see him replaced rather than rewarded. He was hopeless last season.
Wouldn't go as far as seeing him turfed out, but evidently Luna has been bought in to push Bennett all the way. I thought from March onward, Bennett did alright. He still made the odd blunder but he'd settled in better. He had a few very good games too. Off the top of me head I couldn't name them, but remember him starting to look a proper player.
He does badly need to improve his decision making defensively and also bulk up. Luna looks like there's more to him. He looks harder. It might just be the ability to grow a beard which Joe doesn't have (because he's really 12 years old), but he looks tougher.
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Very pleased, overall I was impressed with Lowton last year.
Poor Joe Bennett, is he the only one not to be offered a new contract?
Do we know that one isn't being sorted out?
I'd like to see him replaced rather than rewarded. He was hopeless last season.
Wouldn't go as far as seeing him turfed out, but evidently Luna has been bought in to push Bennett all the way. I thought from March onward, Bennett did alright. He still made the odd blunder but he'd settled in better. He had a few very good games too. Off the top of me head I couldn't name them, but remember him starting to look a proper player.
He does badly need to improve his decision making defensively and also bulk up. Luna looks like there's more to him. He looks harder. It might just be the ability to grow a beard which Joe doesn't have (because he's really 12 years old), but he looks tougher.
I'd totally forgotten about Luna! Looking forward to seeing how all the new boys get on.
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Goldie will be gutted by this latest development
He still had three years remaining on the four-year contract he signed last year. What was the point?
Don't look on the Benteke thread now son, you'll slip into a coma from the continuing stupidity at the club.
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Just watched Lowton being interviewed about the new contract on AVTV. Seem like a sensible and mature lad. Also said 2 points when he meant 3 when talking about the Stoke win last season. Clearly old beyond his years!
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More good news coming out of Villa today.
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superb news
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Poor sod, his big day on the yellow ticker and in no time at all it's 'and in other news...'
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I'm nearly as happy about this one as am about Benteke. I'm a big fan of Lowton, I think he's got everything you want in a fullback other than he needs to deal with diagonal balls better. I'm fairly sure he'll get an england cap before the world cup, and will fully deserve it.
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His chesting down of the ball at high speed, moving forward and floating that wonderful ball for Weimann to score against Sunderland was one of my favourite moments of last season.
Indeed.What I like about this and the recent new contracts is that the club are clearly saying, you start onthis. You prove you are good enough and you'll get this. great incentive to a young motivated player. kind of also explains Lambert's so-called policy ofnot bringing in more experienced players. We can't say to them - you'll take a wage drop to this and if you prove yourself you'll get this. IfLambert is a good enough manager, with a good enough scouting and coaching team around him , then it will succeed andthere are some very exciting times ahead. If not, it won't be pretty. Next season is huge for him Lambert), and us.
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I am very pleased about this and the other contracts that Villa have arranged this summer and think that some revision of the term, 'big club' is due next season.
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Him and Westwood will be exceptional players for us.
Good stuff from the club.
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I am very pleased about this and the other contracts that Villa have arranged this summer and think that some revision of the term, 'big club' is due next season.
You could be right there Louzie. There seems to be a lot of method and forethought behind what goes on at VP these days.
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I am very pleased about this and the other contracts that Villa have arranged this summer and think that some revision of the term, 'big club' is due next season.
You could be right there Louzie. There seems to be a lot of method and forethought behind what goes on at VP these days.
Hope so, Steve!