Young completes Man Utd move

[The Left Side]

Thanks for the memories, let's hope everything you do now is immediately forgettable.

[achilles]

Think he will fit in perfectly up there among all the other overpaid whinging gits!

[Holtenderinthesky]

Who's that winger running down the right,

Is it Shaun Wright-Phillips no he's shite,

And it isn't Aaron Lennon,

So someone better tell em,

It's Ashley Young he's fuckin' dynamite!

Singin' bye bye Ashley Ashley Young,

Singin' bye bye Ashley Ashley Young,

Singin' bye bye Ashley, bye bye Ashley, bye bye Ashley Ashley Young.   

[achilles]

We will miss him though!

[oldtimernow]

Fair play to him. He's gone for genuine 'play at the highest level/win things' reasons rather than for wallet-padding and I think he'll become a top quality player under Ferguson's guidance. I don't begrudge him his move at all - he's always given 100% and despite his idiosyncrasies over the last couple of years he was the one player who gave a real buzz when he was on the ball. Think we'll miss him big-time.

He will trouser 27million over the next 4 years and we'll get around 6 million profit on him.
Such is  the reality of a genuine world class performer and perhaps the real reason for his need to move...anyway it'll be coming out of the pockets of Manure supporters so every cloud has a silver lining.

I really can't believe it when I see what some of the press have said about his performances this year but hey ho they build em up then they'll knock him down

Just be careful about any dinner dates with Ryan Giggs, wouldn't invite him to the wedding for sure

[stubbsyandy]

Good luck Ash, remember the good times, and forget the frustrating ones (quite a few)

[Holtenderinthesky]

We will miss him though!

Hugely.  He is a work horse, just like Milner was.  Both were inspired signings from the oft-derided Mr. O'Neill.

That said, the board sanctioned both of those signings and so there is no reason to suspect they won't do it again.  We just need the right manager to spot the talent and take us forward.  Maybe we should start a thread about it........

[oldtimernow]

We will miss him though!

Hugely.  He is a work horse, just like Milner was.  Both were inspired signings from the oft-derided Mr. O'Neill.

 

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Sorry I thought he was supposed to be our thoroughbred?

By workhorse did you mean the one who took all the corners that failed to deliver, the freekicks that missed by miles, even the ones from our own half?

Of course he was useful at times but not that many of them over the last couple of seasons methinks.

[holtepaul]

i have just asked a question to the general about this.

Ashley going is a given, I dont think anyone on here would have a go at the board about it - I think we all know the situation. But it being done when (from the outside) we haven't ran this past our new manager seems worrying. 2nd year running we have sold (and last year we bought) players without the input of a manager.

To me, that tells an incoming manager he has no say in the incomings and outgoings. Now, I have no issue with Faulkner arranging contracts, but selecting players is a managers job.

I don't think it would have made any difference and I am certain Young would still go, but I just think it should be at the managers say so.

(but, then again, maybe we do know who the manager will be and it has already been cleared through them - who knows)

[VillaAlways]

i have just asked a question to the general about this.

Ashley going is a given, I dont think anyone on here would have a go at the board about it - I think we all know the situation. But it being done when (from the outside) we haven't ran this past our new manager seems worrying. 2nd year running we have sold (and last year we bought) players without the input of a manager.

To me, that tells an incoming manager he has no say in the incomings and outgoings. Now, I have no issue with Faulkner arranging contracts, but selecting players is a managers job.

I don't think it would have made any difference and I am certain Young would still go, but I just think it should be at the managers say so.

(but, then again, maybe we do know who the manager will be and it has already been cleared through them - who knows)

Ashley hasn't actually signed yet and apparently won't until he comes back from honeymoon in 2 weeks.Maybe Randy has asked him to wait til new manager appointed.Not that I think whoever it is could persuade him to stay mind

[Holtenderinthesky]

We will miss him though!

Hugely.  He is a work horse, just like Milner was.  Both were inspired signings from the oft-derided Mr. O'Neill.

 

Sorry I thought he was supposed to be our thoroughbred?

By workhorse did you mean the one who took all the corners that failed to deliver, the freekicks that missed by miles, even the ones from our own half?

Of course he was useful at times but not that many of them over the last couple of seasons methinks.
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Err....What?

I'm struggling to see the connection between running you bollocks off and always giving 100%, and taking dodgy set-pieces.  I am not talking about his technical ability, I'm talking about his work rate, two totally different things.  He was a so frustrating to watch sometimes but his effort cannot be questioned IMO.  If anything, he needed to stop trying to be involved all over the pitch and concentrate on his own position, whatever that was.

[TopDeck113]

Well at least the inevitable appears to have been dealt with promptly and with a satisfactory outcome in terms of the fee realised for a player with 12 months left on his contract. (How much do we pass on to Watford?)

Of the three recent high-profile departures, I'll be most interested in how Young develops over the next season or so.  Barry and Milner were by-and-large playing at the top of their game right up until their departure.  Ashley, on the other hand, has rather flattered to deceive for the last two seasons.  If all of a sudden he returns to delivering week-in, week-out the form of 2006-07 and the first half of the following season, it will be rather a kick in the teeth for Villa fans and testament to the fact that kowtowing to your "star" player's every whim is counter-productive.

For what it is worth, I think we're going to be hacked off.  I can see that the conter-attacking way that Man Utd play, coupled with Fergie's no-nonsense, suffer no piss-takers, management style, will see Ashley playing better than he has in a long while.  His ability to run into outstretched legs and harangue referees will also reap far greater dividends than they ever did whilst playing for the Villa. 

[Dante Lavelli]

Whilst I think everyone would have liked to keep him, this is the second best scenario - We got five good years out of him and we're looking at a 5m to 10m profit. 

I trust randy to let the new man re-invest the cash, I just hope the new manger can spot decent young players.

[Dante Lavelli]

Just an observation but Milner + Young = (roughly) 25m profit.  This demonstrates that we're better off signing young 20-23 year olds rather than 27 - 30 year olds.

[darren woolley]

I wish him all the best but not against us.