John Carew

[Rigadon]

As others have said, he is plying his ever-decreasing-in-quality trade at a small club in a lower division.  Lots of players do it and he probably has a house here - I'd file this under 'meh'. 

[villa for life]

Better than Baros anyway (who he was swapped for).

[john e]

i heard he was asked something like ' do you think you will ever go back to VP again' and he said 'yes, as a fan'

[Ger Regan]

48 goals in 132 appearances.

Our top goal scorer 3 years running and had a great rapier with us fans.

Deserves abit of respect in my opinion!

A bit of respect, yes. It's a pretty impressive record (one that should hopefully be bettered by Bent). But he also showed us a great deal of disrespect off the field, which is the main reason that I dislike him.

[supertom]

I'm very surprised that he's not been signed yet. His workrate is questionable, but as we've seen, he's unplayable on his day. I loved the guy. For all his faults, his goal record (at least for O Neill) was excellent and he scored some crackers at that. I'd have thought he'd be looking at Premier League, or a decent league somewhere. Not the championship. He's far too good for that, and his wages are too high.

Good luck to him though. I wish he was still playing for us in all honesty. As frustrating as he could be, he could still get a goal from nothing. When he was on it, he was a joy to watch.

[Villa'Zawg]

I don't believe for one second that he would agree to a trial with Blues. As for his record...

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 This is a cross-section of key Aston Villa players taken from John Lerwill’s website, listed according to average goals per game in all 1st class matches (league and cup). I’ve included John Carew’s stats taken from Soccerbase.com, in correct order. The first entry is according to his record under Martin O’Neill and the second includes the 11 games he played this season. 

Gray, Andy     Centre-forward     141     69     2.04     1975     1979     Sco     Also a second spell 1985-87 at end of his career.
Ford, Trevor    Centre-forward    128    61    2.10    1947    1950    Wal    
Thompson, Tommy    Forward    165    76    2.17    1950    1955    Eng    
Walker, Billy    Inside-forward    531    244    2.18    1920    1933    Eng    An England captain.
Dickson, Ian    Centre-forward    83    38    2.18    1921    1923    zzz    
Stephenson, Clem    Forward    217    96    2.26    1910    1921    zzz    Brother to George. In list of 100 top-players in English league football.
Platt, David    Midfield (attacking)    155    68    2.28    1988    1991    Eng    
Houghton, Eric    Wing-forward    392    170    2.31    1927    1946    Eng    Subsequent team manager at AVFC and also a director.
Dougan, Derek    Centre-forward    60    26    2.31    1961    1963    NI    
Garratty, Billy    Forward    260    112    2.32    1897    1908    Eng    
Carew, John    Forward    122    52    2.34    2007    2010    Nor    
Johnson, George    Forward    111    47    2.36    1898    1904    zzz    
Hodgetts, Denny    Forward    218    90    2.42    1886    1896    Eng    Club vice-president to death (1944).
Thomson, Bobby    Forward (and wing-half)    172    70    2.46    1959    1964    zzz    
Burrows, Harry    Wing-forward    181    73    2.48    1960    1965    zzz    
Withe, Peter    Centre-forward    233    92    2.53    1980    1985    Eng    
McInally, Alan    Centre-forward    71    28    2.54    1987    1989    zzz    
Pace, Derek    Centre-forward    107    42    2.55    1954    1957    zzz    Unlucky to be reserve for the 1957 Cup Final.
Carew, John    Forward    133    52    2.55    2007    2010    Nor    
Bache, Joe    Inside-forward    474    184    2.57    1900    1915    Eng    Captain of 'renaissance' side of 1909-14.
Shaw, Gary    Striker    213    79    2.70    1979    1988    zzz    A marvellous player whose career was blighted by injury.
Leonard, Keith    Centre-forward    47    17    2.76    1972    1975    zzz    Promising career blighted by injury.
Deehan, John    Striker    139    50    2.78    1975    1979    zzz    
Cowan, John    Wing-forward    70    25    2.80    1895    1899    zzz    Brother of James.
McParland, Peter    Wing-forward    341    121    2.82    1954    1962    NI    
Walsh, Dave    Centre-forward    114    40    2.85    1951    1955    Ire    
Chester, Reg    Wing-forward    97    34    2.85    1924    1935    zzz    
Graydon, Ray    Wing-forward    232    81    2.86    1971    1977    zzz    
Rideout, Paul    Centre-forward    63    22    2.86    1983    1985    zzz    
Walters, Joey    Forward    122    42    2.90    1906    1912    zzz    
Yorke, Dwight    Centre-forward    287    98    2.93    1990    1998    Tri    
Saunders, Dean    Centre-forward    144    49    2.94    1992    1995    Wal    
Dixon, Johnny    Forward    430    144    2.99    1946    1961    zzz    Captain of 1957 Cup-winning side.

John Lerwill - Key AV Players - Clicky

[bob]

I saw him at Rugby railway staton not long before he left.

Wasn't as big as I thought.

[Bottom Right 89]

37 league goals in 113 appearances. Not bad, but not as good as you make out.

A 1 in 3 strike rate playing up front for Villa - Not bad? I'd say that was equivalent of getting blood out of a stone.

[pauliewalnuts]

Are those our players with the best games per goal ratio in that list?

[The Laughing Policeman]

48 goals in 132 appearances.

Our top goal scorer 3 years running and had a great rapier with us fans.

Deserves abit of respect in my opinion!

Any one with a great "rapier" deserves respect or he'll stab you with it.

[Villa'Zawg]

Are those our players with the best games per goal ratio in that list?

It's a cross section taken from a list of key AV players on Lerwill's website, so may not include every top scorer. There are another 15 players ahead of Andy Gray but none from the modern era.

John Lerwill - Key AV Players - Clicky

Click on the "Av. Games per Goal" column to sort

 

[Greg N'Ash]

One of MON's better siginings i guess. Just got too unreliable as time went on with his numerous "injuries" Probably should have left a year before he did  and would have been remembered better for it. Can't help feeling he could have been a world beater if his heart was in it, but then we wouldn't have been able to sign him.

[JJ-AV]

His goals to minutes ratio was fantastic.

[Eigentor]

His goals to minutes ratio was fantastic.

Not to mention his goals to running ratio.

[PaulTheVillan]

I'll never forget being at Reading. Other than that, I've forget most of everything he did