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Re: Ex- Villa Players still playing watch
« Reply #2220 on: April 26, 2026, 10:07:10 PM »
Last I looked, Duran was on the scorers sheet for Zenit but both were penalties.

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Re: Ex- Villa Players still playing watch
« Reply #2221 on: April 27, 2026, 10:37:02 AM »
Wonderful goal that wasn't enough to save football's reputation.

Stings a bit that we sold him for about £2m!

It will be interesting to see what happens should Southampton not go up.  They paid £12m for him, and I could see a newly promoted side, or low-mid table side, happily paying £20m for him.  He's stepped up with goals and assists at every level he's played (except international, but he only has 14 caps so far), so I definitely think he could play higher.

His potential is possibly limited by his lack of pace and/or physicality, which might be why we decided to cash in when we did, but there is no denying he has really good ability, and with the ball at his feet, he is Premier League level.

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Re: Ex- Villa Players still playing watch
« Reply #2222 on: April 30, 2026, 09:13:43 AM »
Ashley Young retiring at the end of the season at the age of 40, good luck to him for his future.

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Re: Ex- Villa Players still playing watch
« Reply #2223 on: April 30, 2026, 10:31:36 AM »
Wonderful goal that wasn't enough to save football's reputation.

Stings a bit that we sold him for about £2m!

It will be interesting to see what happens should Southampton not go up.  They paid £12m for him, and I could see a newly promoted side, or low-mid table side, happily paying £20m for him.  He's stepped up with goals and assists at every level he's played (except international, but he only has 14 caps so far), so I definitely think he could play higher.

His potential is possibly limited by his lack of pace and/or physicality, which might be why we decided to cash in when we did, but there is no denying he has really good ability, and with the ball at his feet, he is Premier League level.

He's a bit unfortunate at international level with the formation Ireland play. He's clearly rated by the manager but we only have two decent technical footballers, Azaz and Parrott. Molumby, O'Brien, Collins and the likes run around a lot but passes through the lines to find Azaz aren't their forte. He changed the game when he went into midfield v Hungary but they stepped off and not sure he has the athleticism to play there regularly for club and country.

Similar to Parrott he could play at a higher level on the continent (Europe) I think. Scratching around at a bottom half PL team that values athletes in midfield might be a struggle for him. He won't be in the championship next season anyway.

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Re: Ex- Villa Players still playing watch
« Reply #2224 on: April 30, 2026, 10:54:52 AM »
Not quite playing still - John Terry and his further slide into overt racism is here.

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Re: Ex- Villa Players still playing watch
« Reply #2225 on: April 30, 2026, 01:05:48 PM »
Our Ashley, I say our Ashley, hanging up his boots:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c332vp461m0o

Interesting that the BBC choose to barely mention the club he played most and scored most for in the article.
« Last Edit: April 30, 2026, 01:07:42 PM by Pat Mustard »

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Re: Ex- Villa Players still playing watch
« Reply #2226 on: April 30, 2026, 01:16:36 PM »
Not quite playing still - John Terry and his further slide into overt racism is here.

Dennis Wise too! Never have heroes.

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Re: Ex- Villa Players still playing watch
« Reply #2227 on: April 30, 2026, 03:03:51 PM »
Ashley Young retiring at the end of the season at the age of 40, good luck to him for his future.

Hopefully not in punditry, he's got the charisma of a goldfish.

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Re: Ex- Villa Players still playing watch
« Reply #2228 on: April 30, 2026, 03:39:18 PM »
Not quite playing still - John Terry and his further slide into overt racism is here.

Dennis Wise too! Never have heroes.

Even way back in the day my big brother used to upgrade the 'wanker' in the song for Dennis Wise to '******'.

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Re: Ex- Villa Players still playing watch
« Reply #2229 on: Today at 08:49:24 AM »
You wouldn't need foreigners if the lazy,,British got off their arses many years ago the same foreigners who do the jobs the British citizen thinks he's too good to do John Terry

 


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