Downing Completes Liverpool Transfer

[Risso]

I know a few Liverpool fans. Not one of them is happy about this move.
None of them were happy about Henderson either.

none of mine were until it looked like it was actually going to happen...

now its happened, all of a sudden, hes fucking brilliant...

bin dipper fans are hilarious...

Hang on, he was our player of the season, and now all of a sudden he's shit?

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

I know a few Liverpool fans. Not one of them is happy about this move.
None of them were happy about Henderson either.

none of mine were until it looked like it was actually going to happen...

now its happened, all of a sudden, hes fucking brilliant...

bin dipper fans are hilarious...

Hang on, he was our player of the season, and now all of a sudden he's shit?

He wasn't great. He didn't deserve the player of the year. And even so, to be named best player when the majority were shit, isn't really something to shout about.

[Olneythelonely]

Who deserved player of the year then?

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Who deserved player of the year then?

If I can't choose nobody (which is what I would prefer to do), then, at a push, possibly Friedel.

However, I can honestly say I do not think we had a "player of the year" because they were all pretty dire throughout the whole season.

[garyshawsknee]

I know a few Liverpool fans. Not one of them is happy about this move.
None of them were happy about Henderson either.

none of mine were until it looked like it was actually going to happen...

now its happened, all of a sudden, hes fucking brilliant...

bin dipper fans are hilarious...

Hang on, he was our player of the season, and now all of a sudden he's shit?

With no great competition,if Bent had played a few games more,he would've won it. Maybe he should've anyway.

[Eigentor]

There's little doubt that Downing was POTY last season. He has obvious weaknesses, but so has almost every player that's not world class. He's good at what he's good at, and that served him well last season.

However, he has treated us badly since he decided to move, so his weaknesses are bound to be highlighted. But I sometimes I suspect that if Xavi played for Villa, we would had complained about his lack of pace.

[john e]

I know a few Liverpool fans. Not one of them is happy about this move.
None of them were happy about Henderson either.

none of mine were until it looked like it was actually going to happen...

now its happened, all of a sudden, hes fucking brilliant...

bin dipper fans are hilarious...

Hang on, he was our player of the season, and now all of a sudden he's shit?

we never really had a player of the season last year, there was no one who was head and shoulders above anyone else.
yes i know Downing won it, but in a average season he was as average as at least 6 or seven others, maybe because he was so shit the season before people noticed it more

to keep carping on about 'player of the season' is just ludicrous,
 he was an average player in a average side, even Liverpool fans are quoting us trying to build some belief that they have bought a top player rather than the tossbasket that he actually is.
i saw most if not all the Villa matches last season somewhere or other, and not once did i say after any game, 'wow, that Downing pulverised them out there'or 'they just couldnt handle him'today'  no , there were times he did one or two decent things a goal here and there or a decent cross, but as i have said before, he is the most overated player i have ever seen at Villa.

i have seen Young, Barry Laursen, Millner, Allbrighton in there own way destroy the opposition at times, i have yet to see Stuart 'player of the season' Downing do that or anything that comes close

i am delighted to see the back of him,
 if he's the standard of player people want to keep at Villa then you ought to raise the bar on the standard of what is good and what is decidely average in a player

he will be an atomic failure at Anfield, i have no doubts about that, i couldnt care less about him being player of the season, he is the ultimate average pro,

overated, overhyped and gladly over at Anfield,   good riddance, dont rush back

[Villa'Zawg]

...
i am delighted to see the back of him,
 if he's the standard of player people want to keep at Villa then you ought to raise the bar on the standard of what is good and what is decidely average in a player

he will be an atomic failure at Anfield, i have no doubts about that, i couldnt care less about him being player of the season, he is the ultimate average pro,

overated, overhyped and gladly over at Anfield,   good riddance, dont rush back

Why do you think that no other player has put in as many successful crosses as has Downing during the last 3 season, even though Dowing missed half a season?

[KRS]

...
i am delighted to see the back of him,
 if he's the standard of player people want to keep at Villa then you ought to raise the bar on the standard of what is good and what is decidely average in a player

he will be an atomic failure at Anfield, i have no doubts about that, i couldnt care less about him being player of the season, he is the ultimate average pro,

overated, overhyped and gladly over at Anfield,   good riddance, dont rush back

Why do you think that no other player has put in as many successful crosses as has Downing during the last 3 season, even though Dowing missed half a season?

Because he was used as a winger, received the ball out wide and his job description would have been something along the lines of "cross the ball somewhere near one of players in the box". Downing played all 38 league games last season...can you name any other player in the league that was consistently deployed as a winger and played as many games as Downing in that position? As for the last 3 seasons, can you name any other team that has consistently relied upon and excessively used crosses into the box as our main (and often enough only) game plan and tactic?

[oldtimernow]

After the last season we had I really think we shouldn't have awarded a POTY.....

perhaps the least Crapiest Player of the Year would have been more appropriate

[Olneythelonely]

Whatever you want to call it, Downing would have won it.

[oldtimernow]

Some honour

[ventnor villain]

The most disappointing aspect of the Downing affair for me is the fact that we rescued him from 'Boro after they had been relegated, despite the fact that he had a long-term injury, looked after him, gave him the opportunity to regain his form and re-establish himself in the England set-up and he repays our faith in him by pissing off at the first sign of what he perceives to be a better offer. I know this makes me sound old-fashioined, but the lack of morality makes me despair. Still, with any luck, he won't be the first departing player to find out that the grass at other grounds is not necessarily greeener than at VP.

[davevillan]

Is the steve hodge word filter still in use, in which case, can we have a suitable one for downing??

[PaulTheVillan]

C**t.