Young completes Man Utd move

[olaftab]

Rubbish. He has not been influenced by any bad treatment handed out to him at VP in fact opposite is the case. He has quit because he is a modern greedy footballer with no sense of loyalty.

He's probably quit because he is going to a bigger club to win trophies.

I am not listening. I refuse to believe that there is a bigger club out there other than us and I don't care how it looks to everyone else...SO THERE

[Rick_avfc]

Rubbish. He has not been influenced by any bad treatment handed out to him at VP in fact opposite is the case. He has quit because he is a modern greedy footballer with no sense of loyalty.

He's probably quit because he is going to a bigger club to win trophies.

I am not listening. I refuse to believe that there is a bigger club out there other than us and I don't care how it looks to everyone else...SO THERE

No sense of loyalty?  Didn't he just spend 4.5yrs with us, gave us near enough 100% every game and for what?  2 trips to wembley and 0 Trophies!  At least he has gone to Man Utd who are the best club in england and he has more chance of being successful there than at Villa.  Plus he didn't hold us to ransom for a new contract.  We made him an offer and he said no as he wanted to apply his trade in the Champions league.  Fair play to him.  Shows he has ambition

[Legion]

Thanks for the memories Ash. Class player on his day.

Legion, it's time for that video..

Again? Good-oh...

Goodbye and thank you, Ashley Young

[luke25]

I genuinly think he loved it here but when Man United come calling theres not alot we can do, fuck me think of the amount of penalties he's gonna win for them.

[The Situation]

Rubbish. He has not been influenced by any bad treatment handed out to him at VP in fact opposite is the case. He has quit because he is a modern greedy footballer with no sense of loyalty.

He's probably quit because he is going to a bigger club to win trophies.

I am not listening. I refuse to believe that there is a bigger club out there other than us and I don't care how it looks to everyone else...SO THERE

No sense of loyalty?  Didn't he just spend 4.5yrs with us, gave us near enough 100% every game and for what?  2 trips to wembley and 0 Trophies!  At least he has gone to Man Utd who are the best club in england and he has more chance of being successful there than at Villa.  Plus he didn't hold us to ransom for a new contract.  We made him an offer and he said no as he wanted to apply his trade in the Champions league.  Fair play to him.  Shows he has ambition

Spot on.

Ash is a great player, it's only understanable he wants to play for the biggest club in England.

I don't have any qualms that he's leaving. Yea, i'm upset, would love to see him stay but he's been totally professional. Hasn't acted like a twat and ran to the papers bitching and moaning. He hasn't disappointed me unlike Barry and Milner.

[Matt C]

Overall he was brilliant for us, frustrating at times but he dragged us through more than his fair share of games almost single handed and we're going to miss him dearly - now we've got to find the next Ashley Young and sign him.

[Rick_avfc]

Overall he was brilliant for us, frustrating at times but he dragged us through more than his fair share of games almost single handed and we're going to miss him dearly - now we've got to find the next Ashley Young and sign him.

Im sure that we have to sign another ashley, we have Mark Albrighton who can easily become the next ashley young or better!  Just needs more coaching and he will do well.

[The Situation]

I genuinely feel that the nearest we can get to replacing Ash is buying N'Zogbia.

We didn't replace Milner and we really did suffer, I cannot even imagine how much we'll suffer if we don't replace Ash.

[Iago]

I do not get this loyalty issue? Ashley Young has not been "loyal" in any real sense of the word. Loyalty does not exist in the modern game, and it is a great shame.

What he can be commended on - is his discreet conduct over his future. He did not disrespect the club in that regard and deserve great praise for his behaviour. However, I do not want him to succeed at United at all.

[pedro25]

But Barry was replaced by Milner, who turned out to be every inch as good a player.  I think we may not have to look too far for Ash's replacement, I think Albrighton is a perfect replacement.  We will need a 3rd wideman to provide competition but I'm happy for most of the Ash money to be spent elsewhere.  I think Bannan and Ireland could be effective drifting in from wide areas too if we get some a good attacking full back in, like Walker.

[eamonn]

Is there a link to the interview where Young talks about Villa?

[5ft811st2 Durham]

But that's where the brilliance of Ferguson shines through though isn't it Redman,building from a position of strength? It takes a lot of bottle to flog Ince who at the time was around 27 and one of England's best midfielders and replace him with a youth team product.Also have to disagree with you when you say that Cantona was the best player in the league when man U signed him.I believe he'd only played something like 13 games for Leeds when Utd signed him and wasn't evena  first team regular.I might have a bit of fuzzy memory here but as i remember the Leeds side that had just won the title had done it with a front two of Chapman and Wallace with Cantona coming in at the end of the season and making mainly sub appearances.

Fergie isn't brilliant. He's simply been a solid cheque book manager reaping the rewards that should follow from his  financial advantages .

If he was the managerial genius that some suggest he is, he would have had a plan to deal with Barcelona, yet all he could do was sit there shaking like a drunk on a park bench.

[Redman]

But that's where the brilliance of Ferguson shines through though isn't it Redman,building from a position of strength? It takes a lot of bottle to flog Ince who at the time was around 27 and one of England's best midfielders and replace him with a youth team product.Also have to disagree with you when you say that Cantona was the best player in the league when man U signed him.I believe he'd only played something like 13 games for Leeds when Utd signed him and wasn't evena  first team regular.I might have a bit of fuzzy memory here but as i remember the Leeds side that had just won the title had done it with a front two of Chapman and Wallace with Cantona coming in at the end of the season and making mainly sub appearances.

Fergie isn't brilliant. He's simply been a solid cheque book manager reaping the rewards that should follow from his  financial advantages .

If he was the managerial genius that some suggest he is, he would have had a plan to deal with Barcelona, yet all he could do was sit there shaking like a drunk on a park bench.

Will you be my friend? 

[supertom]

To be fair to Ash, he could quite easily have left last season at the first sniff of a sinking ship. Even O Neills last couple of months, with all the Milner business, had an ominous smell about it. He gave us the benefit of another season, so all credit to him.

I also think for his own benefit he needs a move to freshen him up and he needs to improve his game. He'd peaked here and was in danger of going stale. We'll struggle a lot to replace the assists and chances he creates, but we'll have to adapt perhaps.

Good luck to him. This will either show Martin O Neill to be right, or it'll show Ash to be one of English footballs also-rans. I would like to see him develop into a top class player. A few spells on a bench will do him good. If he irons out a few attitude kinks, he'll do well. In terms of effort, he's never ever, found wanting.

[olaftab]

No sense of loyalty?  Didn't he just spend 4.5yrs with us, gave us near enough 100% every game and for what?  2 trips to wembley and 0 Trophies!  At least he has gone to Man Utd who are the best club in england and he has more chance of being successful there than at Villa.  Plus he didn't hold us to ransom for a new contract.  We made him an offer and he said no as he wanted to apply his trade in the Champions league.  Fair play to him.  Shows he has ambition

Once again  some fans have a myopic vision when  it comes to Mr Young.
4 years is NOT loyalty. Gave 100% when it suited him and most of the time acted like a spoilt brat on the pitch. 2 trips to Wembley and FAILED to perform for us. Can any one remember anything worthwhile from him in the two matches?  He held us to a negative ransom on contract as he could have signed a 4 year deal and still gone  and earned  us another £5/10M. We made him an offer and he   refused  leading the Club into an impossible position  where we have no choice but to sell him. Ambition? bollocks more like greed greed and greed.
Some people need to  take their  rose tinted glasses off when it comes to this man.