SSN: "Downing won't commit to Villa"

[pablopicasso_10]

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

hes not... he just thinks he is...

[MoetVillan]

And one of the "crossroad" parts of deciding to buy or renew an ST is the thought of being entertained.  Downing and Young are people who can do that.

[Rigadon]

Indeed, Moet.  Indeed.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

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

hes not... he just thinks he is...

He's gone all Gareth Southgate on us...

[UsualSuspect]

I dont hate Downing I just think that after we paid him whilst injured he should show a bit of respect and just keep his gob shut

[N'ZMAV]

I'm now cynical enough to expect every one of our bigger stars to shit on us at some point.

[rob_bridge]

I remember getting shouted at/down when I suggested we had, not 1, but 2 wantaway wingers.

Simple option - fuck him off. Another in a long list who obviously thinks he is far better than he actually is. Looks good when everyone else is playing bad - because he has got good ball skills - end delivery promises more than it delivers. Type of player you want in a scrap - nah. A lightweight.

Can't see any Arsenal rumours coming true mind.

A lot of agents will be talking their players up even more than ever because the glass ceiling (other than for a select few Chelsea / Cit-eh) of wages/turnover kicks in next year and this is the last golden egg opportunity. As ours is at 88% or so I reckon that means some big paycuts.

An a sort of related point does anyone know what value Faulkner  brings to our club? Any at all

[badluckeric(gates)]

I may be wrong but whilst expecting Ash to go for ages I believe Lerner will slap a huge fee on Downing and not budge. After all he does have form in holding out for 'our' price.
With that in mind I expect one more season out of him.

[Macho Man Randy Savage]

If we lose Young and Downing this summer we could face relegation. I can't see us creating chances.

After Downing's quotes a couple of weeks ago, it seems to me that someone's had a word with him.

[N'ZMAV]

Downing is a good player, but if we have our normal season, and finish around top 6/Europa league then can Downing expect to be in abetter team than that? Is he good enough for a top-4 side? I don't think he is. Some of these players need to realise there level. Look at SWP, Milner, Parker when he was at Chelsea etc.

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I remember getting shouted at/down when I suggested we had, not 1, but 2 wantaway wingers.

Simple option - fuck him off. Another in a long list who obviously thinks he is far better than he actually is. Looks good when everyone else is playing bad - because he has got good ball skills - end delivery promises more than it delivers. Type of player you want in a scrap - nah. A lightweight.

Can't see any Arsenal rumours coming true mind.

A lot of agents will be talking their players up even more than ever because the glass ceiling (other than for a select few Chelsea / Cit-eh) of wages/turnover kicks in next year and this is the last golden egg opportunity. As ours is at 88% or so I reckon that means some big paycuts.

An a sort of related point does anyone know what value Faulkner  brings to our club? Any at all

I think our wage bill is now/will be a lot lower. Carew, Young, Reo Coker, Freidel, Sidwell etc

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If we lose Young and Downing this summer we could face relegation. I can't see us creating chances.

After Downing's quotes a couple of weeks ago, it seems to me that someone's had a word with him.

Firstly we won't lose both this summer. Secondly we would spend enough in that situation on quality for us not to go down.

[garyshawsknee]

If he thinks he's too big for us,fcuk him,sell him and buy Nzogbia who's a better player anyway.

[Meanwood Villa]

I'd like to play Champion's League football as well. I'd also like to play in an Ashes series, run faster than Usain Bolt and write a critically acclaimed and commercially successful musical masterpiece. However, unfortunately I am not good enough at these things to acheive any of these aims. I think young Stewart needs to make a critical assessment of his abilities before fucking off the Villa to go supposedly onwards and upwards.

[richard moore]

I not sure why everyone hates downing, thought he was our best player by far this season. To be honest im fed up of the quote downing cant tackle i dont care that he cant tackle carlos cuellar cant pass or cross and I dont care about that either.

I can just about take the fact Ash is going but it be a big loss Downing going as well if we had a proper manager in their he would persuade downing to stay!

Add in a whole lot of other basic things that our players can't do, or at least not very well, and you have the reason why we will forever hover between 6th and 10th. Taking Cuellar as one example, our awful distribution from the back is one of the biggest unseen factors as to why we can hardly ever control a game with much confidence and why watching Villa in almost any given scenario, but particularly when sitting on a lead, can be such a nerve wracking experience