SSN: "Downing won't commit to Villa"

[villainjock]

let him go,i think he is too lazy,a bottler and does'nt know and good pass. albrighton is a hungrier player and is'nt afraid to defend and someone like n,zogbia on the right for ash. i never rated him anyway. up the villa.it will be there loss, so f##k'em

[The Left Side]

If we can get silly money for him let him go, he is a very good player and I don't want him to go but if he wants to go let's move him on.

[Malandro]

He would be perfect at Arsenal if he had the talent, big pussy

[john e]

What he's saying is I'm 26, think that I can play at the highest level, come and get me as i've no intention of signing any new contracts here, the doors open, Ash Young has been saying the same thing for about a season and a half now.

It is modern football, as ugly as that looks its a fact of life, what should be happening now is the movers and shakers at the club should be making moves to install a management team with a future game plan as to where we aspire to be going next season, who we are going to be getting in, if we want to keep our better players and if we want to attract the better players we need to at least look like we are going to have a crack at getting into Europe next season.

My thoughts on this are unless we get a new manager in place now I would expect anything to happen, wouldn't surprise me to see one of the top 4 or 5 come in for Bent, proven Premiership strikers being thin on the ground, wouldn't surprise me one bit to see Bent kick up a fuss and p*** of......on the premise that this is a career defining moment at his age.

i think if a top 4/5 side came in for Bent we might have a problem, same as we would for any player we have,
 but i dont think they will,
Man Utd - Rooney, Hernandes, maybe Berbatov, no chance
Liverpool - Carrol, Suares, no chance
Arsenal - Van Persie, posible, but not a Wenger type player, but you never know
Man City - world and his wife and dog,  but still possible,
Spurs - had him before, and Redknaps misses is better apparantly
Chelsea - Torres, Sturridge, Drogba? Anelka ?and  the other one

i cant see any of them being in a position to make a bid, but then i didnt think we were, but still cant see it

[Villanation]

He would be perfect at Arsenal if he had the talent, big pussy

Lets face it, that's the mistake a lot of these players make, its almost a case of own hype blah blah, Milner springs to mind, show piece player with constant attention on him at Villa, takes the big pay day deal at Man City and its any more room on the bench for me scenario, crazy really.

IMO, Ash is a big player at Villa, if he goes to one of the top clubs he'll be another SWP, seriously, how much money do these blokes need ffs.

[Greg N'Ash]

if Downing's been tapped up i reckon its spurs. don't ask me why, just a gut feeling and the fact they have all sorts of shite to offer as part exchange as well as walker i guess

[Villanation]

What he's saying is I'm 26, think that I can play at the highest level, come and get me as i've no intention of signing any new contracts here, the doors open, Ash Young has been saying the same thing for about a season and a half now.

It is modern football, as ugly as that looks its a fact of life, what should be happening now is the movers and shakers at the club should be making moves to install a management team with a future game plan as to where we aspire to be going next season, who we are going to be getting in, if we want to keep our better players and if we want to attract the better players we need to at least look like we are going to have a crack at getting into Europe next season.

My thoughts on this are unless we get a new manager in place now I would expect anything to happen, wouldn't surprise me to see one of the top 4 or 5 come in for Bent, proven Premiership strikers being thin on the ground, wouldn't surprise me one bit to see Bent kick up a fuss and p*** of......on the premise that this is a career defining moment at his age.

i think if a top 4/5 side came in for Bent we might have a problem, same as we would for any player we have,
 but i dont think they will,
Man Utd - Rooney, Hernandes, maybe Berbatov, no chance
Liverpool - Carrol, Suares, no chance
Arsenal - Van Persie, posible, but not a Wenger type player, but you never know
Man City - world and his wife and dog,  but still possible,
Spurs - had him before, and Redknaps misses is better apparantly
Chelsea - Torres, Sturridge, Drogba? Anelka ?and  the other one

i cant see any of them being in a position to make a bid, but then i didnt think we were, but still cant see it

Your probably right, thing is, nothing would surprise me, and Villa for some peculiar reason seems to have this transit camp feel to it, players come in and almost instantly start to make noises that they have itchy feet.

[gervilla]

He's just another in a long line.
As soon as their performances for us get them into the England squad they get all Billybigbollocks  and they see themselves to big for The Villa.
Such is life.
No trophies, champions league football or stupid wages to be had here is there after all.

[john e]

He's just another in a long line.
As soon as their performances for us get them into the England squad they get all Billybigbollocks  and they see themselves to big for The Villa.
Such is life.
No trophies, champions league football or stupid wages to be had here is there after all.

in fairness though, Millner and Barry both went to Man City who whether we like it or not are the new force in world football, and money no problem,
if Young goes he might well go to Man Utd, so they arent going to clubs who we are competing with just now,

i know that makes it difficult for us ever to be competing, but its not as if are best players are shipping out to say Everton, Spurs, Sunderland, Newcastle etc

[Villanation]

He's just another in a long line.
As soon as their performances for us get them into the England squad they get all Billybigbollocks  and they see themselves to big for The Villa.
Such is life.
No trophies, champions league football or stupid wages to be had here is there after all.

in fairness though, Millner and Barry both went to Man City who whether we like it or not are the new force in world football, and money no problem,
if Young goes he might well go to Man Utd, so they arent going to clubs who we are competing with just now,

i know that makes it difficult for us ever to be competing, but its not as if are best players are shipping out to say Everton, Spurs, Sunderland, Newcastle etc

Thats true, and lets face it, for us, that's the important point.

[manic-road]

let him go,i think he is too lazy,a bottler and does'nt know and good pass. albrighton is a hungrier player and is'nt afraid to defend and someone like n,zogbia on the right for ash. i never rated him anyway. up the villa.it will be there loss, so f##k'em

I wonder how many games you have watched this season? Is this the same player that has just been voted player of the season and has now started to be picked regularly for the England squad?
Doesn't know a good pass? Albrightons positional sense and poor defensive rash tackles doesn't make him a better player. I hope he signs a new contract at the Villa.

[taylorsworkrate]

Decent player, no better.  Stood out in a team that was poor 90% of the time.

Perfectly illustrates what football has become when a player like Stewart Downing can treat a club like ASTON VILLA like this.

[TaxDodger]

The day Stuart Downing becomes too big for Aston Villa is a very, very sad day.

[The Situation]

It's just selfish to say such a thing imo.

Bent must be thinking "What are they playing at? I've come here, banged in the goals and have improved the team and now they want to scuttle off somwhere else".

[olaftab]

This twat Downing needs to remember that we nursed him back to fitness paying him £50K a week whilst he sat on his arse and than when he was fit he was useless for the rest of the season however we supported him. Now that he has had  a half decent season  he thinks he is  too good for us.
Go to whoever  you like...crossroads my arse!