Young days away from joining Man.Utd

[Dante Lavelli]

The reality is that for the present we actually need our plan to take account of losing one top player a season, but we do need to keep it to one!

I think you speak a lot of sense there.  If we plan to lose one player at a decent profit each year then it will not feel like we're having our heart ripped out on each occasion.  That is on the condition that there is investment in young up and coming players and/or players that are available on the cheap for whatever reason.

In MON defence there was (maybe) a degree of succession planning in some of his transfers.  Downing to replace Young (and he would have been sold when he was worth way more than 15m).  Delph to replace Milner.  However injuries scuppered these plan.

[ez]

 I reckon nothing short of champions league qualification would have kept him with us. Its a great opportunity for him. Good luck to him.

[gaucho1966]

Good for him. Ta for the memories... I think he'll be easier to replace than we think.

[Fernando Partridge]

be lucky to get over 15 mil for him bye ash thanks for the memories

[myf]

you are entitled to your opinion, as i am mine...

i have been saying the same thing for two years now, and have been very underwhelmed with youngs performances, and his general attitude....

i appreciate that not all will agree...

I agree with you Pablo........He has got 10 bookings this season @ least 8 of those are for diving or dissent and that proves his poor attitude

Not really the same as the poor attitude shown by ppl like Ireland and Carew though is it?  Maybe he is a diver but he was always trying to engineer chances for AVFC, and ran his heart out in every game.

On the basis of your argument Ronaldo had a bad attitude at Manu given his diving/cheating antics but that didn't stop him from scoring a shed load of goals for them.

[pablopicasso_10]

its not just the diving for me...

that is included, and as i slated c ronaldo for it, and we all slated gerrard for it when they won 2-1 a couple seasons back, it would be hypocritical of me not to slate young for his constant falling to the floor...

however, the diving is a byproduct of his poorer attitude... whinging at the referee all the time, trying to do everything on the pitch like he is the only player who can and more often than not, faling to deliver, falling over and doing a little humming bird impression when the ref calls him out for attempting to cheat, and then sitting there for ages looking like he is so hard done by, and the general swanning about like he is gods gift since he started getting media attention...

he is the stereotypical english footballer who came good, then let it all go to his head, and has become a poorer footballer for it... which is why his form has deteriorated over the past 2 years...

in my humble opinion...

[E I Adio]

its not just the diving for me...

that is included, and as i slated c ronaldo for it, and we all slated gerrard for it when they won 2-1 a couple seasons back, it would be hypocritical of me not to slate young for his constant falling to the floor...

however, the diving is a byproduct of his poorer attitude... whinging at the referee all the time, trying to do everything on the pitch like he is the only player who can and more often than not, faling to deliver, falling over and doing a little humming bird impression when the ref calls him out for attempting to cheat, and then sitting there for ages looking like he is so hard done by, and the general swanning about like he is gods gift since he started getting media attention...

he is the stereotypical english footballer who came good, then let it all go to his head, and has become a poorer footballer for it... which is why his form has deteriorated over the past 2 years...

in my humble opinion...

Yup. Nice summing up.

Or to put it another way, Billy Big Bollocks.

[mcgrath_85]

We should be aiming to get more than £15 mil for him! Especially in the inflated market we're in at the moment. That price seems to good and easy for Man Ure. They paid £18 mil for Carrick years ago for christ sake. Lets get more!

[barrysleftfoot]

  I think their manner of defeat on Sat night might do us a favour.

  He will be desperate to bring in 3/4 players, especially in midfield, who have energy and are good footballers.I would be surprised if Park, Giggs, Scholes, Carrick , Anderson are in their starting line up, this time next year.

[Chris Smith]

its not just the diving for me...

that is included, and as i slated c ronaldo for it, and we all slated gerrard for it when they won 2-1 a couple seasons back, it would be hypocritical of me not to slate young for his constant falling to the floor...

however, the diving is a byproduct of his poorer attitude... whinging at the referee all the time, trying to do everything on the pitch like he is the only player who can and more often than not, faling to deliver, falling over and doing a little humming bird impression when the ref calls him out for attempting to cheat, and then sitting there for ages looking like he is so hard done by, and the general swanning about like he is gods gift since he started getting media attention...

he is the stereotypical english footballer who came good, then let it all go to his head, and has become a poorer footballer for it... which is why his form has deteriorated over the past 2 years...

in my humble opinion...

I disagree with just about all of that. He's a much better player now than two years ago and his confident performances recently for England support that. I don't think I've seen a harder working attacking player in a Villa shirt and yes, he does sometimes let his frustration get the better of him but that is because he wants to win. That's why the most successful manager of all time wants to sign him.

This is, in my humble opinion, the typical English attitude of build them up to knock them down.

[Nev]

The only problem I have with Young is his petulance and diving. Although this may have been a thinly disguised "come and get me plea" to teams such as Newton Heath and Arse nal.

[pablopicasso_10]

its not just the diving for me...

that is included, and as i slated c ronaldo for it, and we all slated gerrard for it when they won 2-1 a couple seasons back, it would be hypocritical of me not to slate young for his constant falling to the floor...

however, the diving is a byproduct of his poorer attitude... whinging at the referee all the time, trying to do everything on the pitch like he is the only player who can and more often than not, faling to deliver, falling over and doing a little humming bird impression when the ref calls him out for attempting to cheat, and then sitting there for ages looking like he is so hard done by, and the general swanning about like he is gods gift since he started getting media attention...

he is the stereotypical english footballer who came good, then let it all go to his head, and has become a poorer footballer for it... which is why his form has deteriorated over the past 2 years...

in my humble opinion...

I disagree with just about all of that. He's a much better player now than two years ago and his confident performances recently for England support that. I don't think I've seen a harder working attacking player in a Villa shirt and yes, he does sometimes let his frustration get the better of him but that is because he wants to win. That's why the most successful manager of all time wants to sign him.

This is, in my humble opinion, the typical English attitude of build them up to knock them down.

i dont work for the mirror or the sun... i have no need to build anyone up and then knock them down and i have been commenting for the previous 18 months or so how young enfuriates me due to the above...

i dont agree he is better now than he was two years ago, and without checking, i would say his goals and assists stats arent as good as they were a couple years ago... and a couple of half decent performances for england dont convince me... darius vassell had quite a few of those too at one point...

whether the most successful manager of all time signs him and he turns into a c ronaldo, or turns into a djemba djemba, only time will tell...

however, you are entitled to your opinion, and i respect that you see something different in him than i do...

[villainjock]

just watching play off final thinking how good that nathan dyer would be as a replacement for ash, his workrate is awesome,he's fast as f**k and runs at players,scares the shit out of defenders

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Liverpool having given up on signing Ashley are after Diego Perotti. I wonder if we are too.

[LeeB]

its not just the diving for me...

that is included, and as i slated c ronaldo for it, and we all slated gerrard for it when they won 2-1 a couple seasons back, it would be hypocritical of me not to slate young for his constant falling to the floor...

however, the diving is a byproduct of his poorer attitude... whinging at the referee all the time, trying to do everything on the pitch like he is the only player who can and more often than not, faling to deliver, falling over and doing a little humming bird impression when the ref calls him out for attempting to cheat, and then sitting there for ages looking like he is so hard done by, and the general swanning about like he is gods gift since he started getting media attention...

he is the stereotypical english footballer who came good, then let it all go to his head, and has become a poorer footballer for it... which is why his form has deteriorated over the past 2 years...

in my humble opinion...

I disagree with just about all of that. He's a much better player now than two years ago and his confident performances recently for England support that. I don't think I've seen a harder working attacking player in a Villa shirt and yes, he does sometimes let his frustration get the better of him but that is because he wants to win. That's why the most successful manager of all time wants to sign him.

This is, in my humble opinion, the typical English attitude of build them up to knock them down.

I'd like to agree 100% with Chris.

It's his workrate which sets him apart from the others, if he ends up at Man U than I reckon he'll be a massive success and much of the shit like 'billy big bollocks' and 'he'll warm the bench up there' reminds me of the flack Yorke was getting, and he'd got three trophies in the bag inside 10 months.