Luke Young Going to Liverpool

[john e]

how do we know its 'highly' likely that he'l be going to Liverpool ?

or will this turn into another 30 pager, with no outcome

Because the manager has said outright that we've accepted a bid?

That has not been the case thus far for Milner, Sidwell or Heskey.

ok. thanks for that,
i've not been able to keep up as i'm on holiday, just keep poping on to see if anythings changed while the kids are in the bath

[TheSandman]

That said it's not a 'done deal' as Luke still has to agree to go.

[jembob]

I'm amazed that some people can argue that Cuellar playing at right back is a good idea. Wake up, for fuck sake.

The only time I can see your point is when were playing against a really tall, physical team and we have to not concede for our lives. A semi final or even a final.

Not while playing at home to teams like fucking Wolves.

I'm really pissed off about this situation. It's also pissing me off that we haven't been linked with any right backs.

If Carlos starts. There against west ham

There is no excuse for playing Carlos at RB if we have specialists available. None at all, and it became embarrassing last season to see us look so fecking clueless down the right hand side. The excuse for playing Carlos at RB to add height in defence is pitiful - he should be playing in the centre anyway and rotating with Collins.
If MON thinks that it's going to be a good idea to persist with CC at RB then I'll give up.

[Matt C]

Young on his way to Portugal - so he's not going anywhere, yet.

[adrenachrome]

You just said he was going to Portugal.

[Matt C]

I'll set 'em up...

[stevenjos]

Spot on mark, o neills teams are built not to lose rather than to go for the win- he is a negative manager and his substitutions reflect that.

What is a substitution?

Carew off husky on

[KevinGage]

Bands need good bass players though not as much as guitarists, lead singers and drummers.

You only notice the bass player if he's shit.

Full back is the hardest working player on the pitch and is becoming increasingly important with every season that passes.

Very poor decision to let him go and a huge disappointment.

amen.

Time was you could get any jobbing player to play there, just hold the fort don't be too adventurous and keep it sensible.

Now it's one of the key positions in modern football. A good rightback needs to be defensively sound, possess good positional sense and read the game well. In modern formations, he will also have to overlap with the winger to give the attacking side a 2 on 1 advantage. Or in somecases, he'll be the only one providing width.

Luke -good though he is- is more from the old school. But still well worthy of a starting berth. Particularly if the competition is Cuellar or Beye.

I dunno what the solution is but I'm pretty certain Richards aint it. Tall and quick, but no positional sense to speak of. You could argue that with the right coaching that will come in time, but I'm not so sure. It's a pretty fundamental thing to be lacking this far into his career. I don't think we're the type of organised outfit that will work long hours on that type of thing either. I think MON and his staff just like good players to slot in and get on with it.

[TheSandman]

Luke Young has risked the wrath of Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill by stalling on a move to Liverpool as he wants a pay-off.

Liverpool have agreed a fee of £2.5million with Villa for the unsettled versatile defender, who earns currently around £40,000-a-week.

But Young is insisting on a 'golden goodbye' from Villa Park before leaving as he would have to take a drop in wages at Liverpool.

Right-back Young, 31, joined Villa in August 2008 from Middlesbrough on a bumper contract.

And his tough stance means his relationship with O'Neill is set to plummet to a new all-time low.

Young has been unhappy for months after being played left-back before losing his right-back berth to central defender Carlos Cuellar.

And O'Neill now needs to generate funds for transfers after being ordered to sell-to-buy this summer.

O'Neill has been told to cut the club's annual £70m wage bill before owner Randy Lerner sanctions any new additions.

And the Villa boss has warned Young he may not be included in their official 25-man Premier League squad if he rejects the chance to go.

"We will see how that develops," said O'Neill, who has omitted Young from Villa's squad for this weekend's Guadiana Cup in Portugal.

"He is having a think about it. If he chooses to go that's it, if he chooses to stay then he needs to start playing because with the new rules I have to name a 25-man squad for the Premier League."

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[pauliewalnuts]

Is James Nursey physically capable of stringing together a sentence not including the phrase "sell to buy"?

[Monty]

I know the Mirror love their rubbish, almost-libellous stories, but why do they have to focus on us? It's irksome, that's the word for it, irksome.

[ROBBO]

Everyones looking for a handout, he wants money off Villa because Liverpool will only pay him what he's worth. How old is he 31, he is lucky Liverpool even want him. I like him as a player but they all live in fantasy land. Wish it would all come tumbling down around them.

[eastie]

Agreed! The ludicrous wages being paid and the sheer greed in football is killing our game.

[LeeB]

I know he's not necessarily looking to move out but FFS, he's just spent a year earning probably about £2m for doing sweet fuck all.

I know that's not necessarily his fault but still, come on.

[PaulTheVillan]

He'll be off somewhere else.