Cuellar-Why are we not keeping him?

[TimTheVillain]

Carlos Cuellar - Why ?
Add it to the previous questions of Luke Young - Why ? or Gary Cahill - Why ?

Gary wanted 1st team football. MO'N had just bought in experienced centre backs in Dunne and Collins so his chances were limited.

Knight and Davies

Definitive ( as usual).

[Chris Smith]

We also had Laursen and Mellberg at the time.

[Astral Weeks]

We also had Laursen and Mellberg at the time.

Blimey, those were the days.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

Cahill would have learned a lot from Laursen.  Instead we wasted the best part of £13-£14m on Davies and Knight.  And there's the money we had to spend to replace Davies and Knight...

Christ, how we pissed away the best opportunity to make an impression we may ever have in my lifetime.

[Concrete John]

The Bolton Defender wasn't ready for regular 1st team football in a top 6 side when he left.  Laursen and Davies were doing great for us at that time, but when Laursen got injured Cuellar and Davies didn't click as a partnership.  That could have been his chance to establish himself at Villa, but he didn't want to wait.   

[N'ZMAV]

There's got to be a reason why none of O'Neill, McDonald, Houllier or McLeish has given Cuellar a run at centre back....

[DB]

He is injury prone, but given a run at CB (which he never really has had), he'll be improvement on Collins  - IMO he's a much better player. His stint at full-back never really did him justice.

That said, if only we could find another gem like Laursen....

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I'd have him ahead of both Collins and Hutton.
He may not be the greatest passer in the world but he most certainly knows how to defend.

[nigel]

Carlos Cuellar - Why ?
Add it to the previous questions of Luke Young - Why ? or Gary Cahill - Why ?

Gary wanted 1st team football. MO'N had just bought in experienced centre backs in Dunne and Collins so his chances were limited.

Knight and Davies

Blimey, I forgot about those.

[N'ZMAV]

That's the £15mil combination of Knmight & Davies.

[darren woolley]

I would have Cuellar in the team instead of Collins he would do a better job for us than Collins.

[Dave]

Instead we wasted the best part of £13-£14m on Davies and Knight.

We didn't waste any money on Knight. We got a good bit of service out of him and then made a profit on him.

[CJ]

Instead we wasted the best part of £13-£14m on Davies and Knight.

We didn't waste any money on Knight. We got a good bit of service out of him and then made a profit on him.

True - a small profit on Knight. God knows how much we lost on Davies though - was the fee from Bloose ever disclosed?

[Legion]

Didn't he get the well deserved last-minute equaliser in the 2-2 draw with Arsenal at VP a few seasons ago?

[Dave]

Yup