Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: The Man With A Stick on May 26, 2012, 07:29:01 PM
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Big Freddie has just come on as a sub against Bulgaria. Makes me sick that we wrote him off so quickly yet he ended up at PSV and is now doing so well, especially as we've got that useless scouse prick at LB now.
Pleased for the bloke though, I loved seeing him down the Villa.
I hate you O'Neill.
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Pleased for the bloke though, I loved seeing him down the Villa.
Just mentioned it in the Other Games thread. Pleasantly surprised as I didn't realise he had done so well since leaving Villa.
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Incredible comeback considering we basically wrote him off after his year out.
I must admit I gave a sigh of relief when I read the thread title. For a sec I thought Wild Willy had either croaked it or got sent to jail.
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Stupid decision as well :(
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Didn't HE decide to do one rather than us?
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I thought he was awful.
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I didn't
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I never thought he'd be the same after that horror leg break. But fair play to him for coming back strong. Never particularly rated him, maybe because he runs a little unorthodox but definitely a good guy.
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It took his a season to adapt to the pace of the Premier League but was great after that fist season. Bit of a cult hero really. Much more reliable than waste of money Warnock. Jeez, didn't MON piss some money up the wall?
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Shorey and Warnock were diabolical replacement for Freddie
To be fair to MON, Bouma did seem finished after that injury and while its great to see him playing international football again, being a backup left back in the Dutch squad isn't a huge accolade. They are very weak in that position.
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He was a quality player.
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If he is good enough for the dautch squad, he is more than good enough to be in the Villa team ahead of Warnock
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How good is he in Dutch football at the moment.
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Well pleased for him. I thought he was ace at Villa.
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Is he in the Holland squad then?!
One thing I could never understand from his last season here was why he never gave him a farewell five minutes. He was supposed to have been fit for months as Forest wanted him on loan and we didn't have anything to play for against Blackburn at home which we lost so I couldn't believe he wasn't on the bench for that game.
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He's in the provisional 27 strong squad which is being cut down to 23 later this week.
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Great stuff from Freddie.
Bouma grasscutter winner in the final please.
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Regardless of Holland being "weak in that position" they're one of the top drogs in international football. Fair play Fatty Bouma for the Lazarus comeback.
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Regardless of Holland being "weak in that position" they're one of the top drogs in international football. Fair play Fatty Bouma for the Lazarus comeback.
Top drogs or top droogs? Well there could be an orange link I suppose.
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I'm not surprised we let him go when we did, and i'm delighted he has got his career back on track as I doubted he'd ever play again. All the best Freddie.
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I really liked him I wish him all the best in the future.
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People talk about Milner, Young, Barry and Downing leaving, but losing a back 4 of Young, Laursen, Mellberg and Bouma has probably hit us harder. Not to mention Cahill.
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Don't get me started on Cahill, a scandalous sale imo
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Don't get me started on Cahill, a scandalous sale imo
No, go on. I don't think it was discussed as much as it should have been on this site.
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People talk about Milner, Young, Barry and Downing leaving, but losing a back 4 of Young, Laursen, Mellberg and Bouma has probably hit us harder. Not to mention Cahill.
And Delaney a couple of years before that.
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Tbf we didn't keep that many clean sheets in 07/08 although that could've been to the refreshing all out attack policy we did for once that season (70 odd goals wasn't it?) and having Scott Carson in goal.
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He started off shit, probably because he was a total fat fucker. But, once he lost the weight, he improved quickly.
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Always thought Freddie was the best left back we've had since Stan Staunton.
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We've been pretty poor at full back since the start of the Premier League. Delaney, Alan Wright, Staunton... not too many very good players...
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dont talk bollox - najwan ghrayib was a superstar !! :)
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Luke Young was a very good defender in both fullback positions imo so I'd put him right up there.
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Blackburn away, 4-0 win on a wednesday night, but the abiding memory is that of Wilf stopping a point blank thunderous volley from Dunn with his forehead, getting to his feet, shaking his head vigourously, and then carrying on as though nothing happened.
A throwback was Wilf, when he got it together he was as good a left back as we've had since the glory days, certainly better than Stan.
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A throwback was Wilf, when he got it together he was as good a left back as we've had since the glory days, certainly better than Stan.
Bouma was a good defender but absolute shite once he went past the halfway line.
Not a good enough footballer to be a left back and not big enough to be a center half. Good to see that he's doing well, have to say I never thought he wouldn't come back at anywhere the level he has.
Not a chance that he was anywhere near as good as Stan at his peak.
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A throwback was Wilf, when he got it together he was as good a left back as we've had since the glory days, certainly better than Stan.
Bouma was a good defender but absolute shite once he went past the halfway line.
Not a good enough footballer to be a left back and not big enough to be a center half. Good to see that he's doing well, have to say I never thought he wouldn't come back at anywhere the level he has.
Not a chance that he was anywhere near as good as Stan at his peak.
Stan was a shite left back.
Good left sided midfielder, and good centre-half in a three, but ruthlessly exposed by anyone with pace.