Ashley Young - tell it how you see it

[eamonn]

Norm Crandles was right at the start of the season, if anyone offers a decent pile take their hands off.

If I'm correct Mr Crandles first espoused this view - which was then a fairly controversial one, at the start of 2009, at the height of Young's form when we would all have willingly sired his offspring were that, in the case of 87% of posters on this forum, biologically possible.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Young is starting to seriously annoy me. Twice he took the ball off Downing for free kicks, which were more suited for a left footer and making a whingeing child our captain is a terrible mistake. He has got to play on the wing, where he can just get the ball over. He wants to play in the "hole" to try and get more goals which would enhance his self belief in his own god like status. He still works hard but needs maybe someone like Cowans to pull him aside and tell it how it is ..........

[BannedUserIAT]

...which will likely result in him having a strop and leaving.
See if he signs a new contract. THEN tell him how it is.

It seems to me that he's looking for the MoTD Highlight, the miracle goal, the hail-mary pass that's going to be played over and over and over. Much like Legion's favourite video clip. No, not the one with the donkey, the other one.

If he pulls it off, he'll be thinking that the cream of European sides will come in for him. Fail and...oh well, his future is assured either way, isn't it?

[UK Redsox]

Straight swap for Milner please

[BannedUserIAT]

That'd be nice. Downing on one side, Albrighton on the other. Makoun and Jimmy in the middle. If there were three across the centre of the park (the third that had a decent engine), it'd certainly help to cover any defensive frailties the wingers might have. Sort out the left back slot and it'd be a pretty decent side.

[garyfouroaks]

If Sir Alex was to sign AY Where would he play him?

Wide? Just a wild guess...............................

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

...which will likely result in him having a strop and leaving.
See if he signs a new contract. THEN tell him how it is.

It seems to me that he's looking for the MoTD Highlight, the miracle goal, the hail-mary pass that's going to be played over and over and over. Much like Legion's favourite video clip. No, not the one with the donkey, the other one.

If he pulls it off, he'll be thinking that the cream of European sides will come in for him. Fail and...oh well, his future is assured either way, isn't it?

The question is do you hold on to a player who is starting to affect other players opportunities. I admit his work rate is good but when he wants to take every free kick and even corners on his wrong side (to no effect) . What next sub Friedal when we have a penalty against us, giving him an chance to save it and become " the super hero" in every department !! He is losing his alround game in search of a headline moment and has now lost any consistency ......

[jonzy85]

I agree entirely with the original post.

Incidentally, I am just after reading something Redknapp said about Kranjcar. Apparently he stays back after every session to practice his shooting. Maybe Ash could take leaf and keep at those crosses til he gets them right.

[Holtenderinthesky]

Swap for Jimmy in the summer please.

That is never, EVER going to happen.  There's no chance he would come back here and I doubt Man City would get rid of him anyway, a real no go unfortunately.  Then you have to add in the fact that Ash is nowhere near good enough for City's new world order and the idea gets even more far fetched.  Why would you buy Ashley Young when you can pretty much buy anyone in the world? (within reason)

[eastie]

Totally agree holtender but some people seem to think it will- not a cat in hells chance of milner coming back here in the summer.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Young is starting to seriously annoy me. Twice he took the ball off Downing for free kicks, which were more suited for a left footer and making a whingeing child our captain is a terrible mistake. He has got to play on the wing, where he can just get the ball over. He wants to play in the "hole" to try and get more goals which would enhance his self belief in his own god like status. He still works hard but needs maybe someone like Cowans to pull him aside and tell it how it is ..........

That's pretty much as I see it. Having watched the Blackpool game again, Ashley was like a loose cannon. He needs to stop trying to control everything and focus on what he does best for the benefit of the team.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

No way will Milner be coming back, I wish he was though.
Would love to see him in the middle with Makoun.

[TonyD]

He has talent but he is not consistant enough.  He is also hogging the ball too much without much end result.  The same goes for Downing.   Any decent offers in the summer and I would let them go.   They can be waste full and inconsistant elsewhere.   Then we can start playing more creative football rather than running down the wings and hoofing god dam awful crosses in the stands every 30 seconds.  Hoof there goes another one. And another.

[D.boy]

This is AVFC not AYFC as the petulant one seems to think. If he has thoughts above his station then I would agree with getting as much for him as we can in the summer. If as reported ManU are interested and he ended up there I think he would go from being a big fish at Villa to a tiddler in ManU's squad. If he rediscovered the form of a couple of years ago then of course I would want him to stay but on the last 18months showing I think he has held us back.

[cdward]

We need the manager to play hard with him. It seems to me that Houllier is pandering to him by playing him in the middle. When Ash said after the England game that's where he wants to play,  that was news to me, since when did he play in that position before, when he was 10 or something!
Houllier needs to grow a pair and put him back out on the wing, then tell Ash if he doesn't like it out on the wing, tough, because that is where he is playing until his contract runs out, end of.

Then whisper in his agents ear that if Ash is a good boy and plays on the wing 'til the end of this season, and keeps his mouth shut, we might let him go if the right price comes in, if not he goes nowhere.