Aston Villa sign Charles N'Zogbia (Reply#1151)

[Risso]

At the moment we just have a 21 yr old winger who's form hasn't been great for a while and who's knock it and run style may have been a little found out.

That's being tremendously unfair, IMO.  Albrighton is quality and delivered enough goals and assists last season to prove that.

I agree John.  Although I think that expecting him to carry that form on for a whole season would be way too much personally.

[Concrete John]

Who does carry their form for 38 games without a dip?

We had a lot of criticism for MON for not playing the kids and now people are scared if we do.  For me Albrighton is ready and good enough, so lets give him his head!

[Risso]

Who does carry their form for 38 games without a dip?

We had a lot of criticism for MON for not playing the kids and now people are scared if we do.  For me Albrighton is ready and good enough, so lets give him his head!

I agree he's good enough, completely.  However young players nearly always suffer drops in form for longer spells than more established pros.

[Concrete John]

True.  And if we're talking about squad balance then two wingers alone isn't enough, so I wouldn't argue with A N Other coming in aswell as N'Zogbia.  However I do think Marc should and will be our starting right winger when the season kicks off.

[Shrek]

We really need this deal done as soon as possible. Let's hope the board are not as inept as we all think.

[WarszaVillan]

Albrighton has the makings of a very good player. However, his performances towards the end of the season were very poor. One game when he came on as sub at half-time at home (can't remember who against - maybe Wolves?) he was dreadful - completely clueless. But this is part of him developing, getting found out by opposition defenders and then having to overcome this. I think he will but we cannot rely on him totally yet.

[spangley1812]

This deal is a long way off yet as I suspect his wage demands may be an issue, if he wants more than £40,000 a week we should tell him to "jog on"

[Concrete John]

This deal is a long way off yet as I suspect his wage demands may be an issue, if he wants more than £40,000 a week we should tell him to "jog on"

He's be one of our top players should he come in and if we're not prepared to pay our top players more then £40k a week we may aswell not bother.

[spangley1812]

This deal is a long way off yet as I suspect his wage demands may be an issue, if he wants more than £40,000 a week we should tell him to "jog on"

He's be one of our top players should he come in and if we're not prepared to pay our top players more then £40k a week we may aswell not bother.

Im not convinced by him at all mate im afraid I he has an attitude problem and if he was that good why havnt Man Utd, Real, Barca been in for him.......Much better players out there IMO

[Dave]

This deal is a long way off yet as I suspect his wage demands may be an issue, if he wants more than £40,000 a week we should tell him to "jog on"

He's be one of our top players should he come in and if we're not prepared to pay our top players more then £40k a week we may aswell not bother.

Im not convinced by him at all mate im afraid I he has an attitude problem and if he was that good why havnt Man Utd, Real, Barca been in for him.......Much better players out there IMO

Because he wouldn't be good enough to play for them.

He's definitely good enough to play for us though.

[Concrete John]

This deal is a long way off yet as I suspect his wage demands may be an issue, if he wants more than £40,000 a week we should tell him to "jog on"

He's be one of our top players should he come in and if we're not prepared to pay our top players more then £40k a week we may aswell not bother.

Im not convinced by him at all mate im afraid I he has an attitude problem and if he was that good why havnt Man Utd, Real, Barca been in for him.......Much better players out there IMO

Fair enough.  But whoever we get to replace Ash and Downing will be on more than £40k 

[spangley1812]

This deal is a long way off yet as I suspect his wage demands may be an issue, if he wants more than £40,000 a week we should tell him to "jog on"

He's be one of our top players should he come in and if we're not prepared to pay our top players more then £40k a week we may aswell not bother.

Im not convinced by him at all mate im afraid I he has an attitude problem and if he was that good why havnt Man Utd, Real, Barca been in for him.......Much better players out there IMO

Because he wouldn't be good enough to play for them.

He's definitely good enough to play for us though.

I hope your right mate

[Karl Bridges]

This deal is a long way off yet as I suspect his wage demands may be an issue, if he wants more than £40,000 a week we should tell him to "jog on"

He's be one of our top players should he come in and if we're not prepared to pay our top players more then £40k a week we may aswell not bother.

Im not convinced by him at all mate im afraid I he has an attitude problem and if he was that good why havnt Man Utd, Real, Barca been in for him.......Much better players out there IMO

Wow, so we should only be after the players that Utd, Real & Barca are chasing. You didn't have mushrooms on your sarnie this morning did you?

[Shrek]

This deal is a long way off yet as I suspect his wage demands may be an issue, if he wants more than £40,000 a week we should tell him to "jog on"

He's be one of our top players should he come in and if we're not prepared to pay our top players more then £40k a week we may aswell not bother.

Im not convinced by him at all mate im afraid I he has an attitude problem and if he was that good why havnt Man Utd, Real, Barca been in for him.......Much better players out there IMO

I'm sorry, but I will have some of his attitude please, he saved Wigan last season, something like 5 goals in last 6 games, he always gives 100% which is all we should expect.

[CJ]

Does anyone know why the deal collapsed when AM tried to sign him for Bloose? The only quotes I've seen suggest all was done and dusted but then "the goal posts were moved at the last minute". Kind of suggests N'Zog was about to sign but then he (or his agent) upped their wage demands and then didn't sign? If so there may be an attitude issue in there.