Concrete Ron

[PeterWithesShin]

Worth a read to remember what a lot here thought of Delph not so long ago.

http://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=44249.0

[villan from luton]

Last summer we gave out a bunch of new deals, which drew criticism from some on here. Neither Vlaar or Delph warranted one at the time. One was called as the worst defender ever to play for Villa and missed a third of the season, the other was described as the worst player to ever play for Villa, and finally put in a decent 6 months after 5 years at the club and who has admitted "he went missing for a few years".

We are now at the stage that both are deserving new contracts, let's see what actually happens.

Worst defender to play for Villa, that is some statement lol. As for worst player to play for Villa re Delph that is even more laughable. Not many clubs let their best players winf down their contracts, but such is Aston Villa these days

Such is Aston Villa that it hasn't happened yet so is there any chance you might save the hyperbolistic nonsense until it does?

Why is it nonsense and how am i exaggerating? We need to get our best players signed up before we lose them for nothing, surely?

[Clampy]

the wage policy has never been about how much we pay individual players. More that we don't pay players that don't deserve it stupid amounts of money to sit on their arses. It has also been a constituent of revenues. We have rewarded those players with new deals that deserved it and moved on in a number of instances those that didn't. Obviously one or two of those still remain and now will form a part of the squad this season. Vlaar and Delph will be offered good contracts with us because they have become important players, just as Guzan and Benteke were.

Are you sure about that? Don't you mean everything's just shit?

[dave.woodhall]

Last summer we gave out a bunch of new deals, which drew criticism from some on here. Neither Vlaar or Delph warranted one at the time. One was called as the worst defender ever to play for Villa and missed a third of the season, the other was described as the worst player to ever play for Villa, and finally put in a decent 6 months after 5 years at the club and who has admitted "he went missing for a few years".

We are now at the stage that both are deserving new contracts, let's see what actually happens.

Worst defender to play for Villa, that is some statement lol. As for worst player to play for Villa re Delph that is even more laughable. Not many clubs let their best players winf down their contracts, but such is Aston Villa these days

Such is Aston Villa that it hasn't happened yet so is there any chance you might save the hyperbolistic nonsense until it does?

Why is it nonsense and how am i exaggerating? We need to get our best players signed up before we lose them for nothing, surely?

Because what you're moaning about hasn't happened yet.

[Toronto Villa]

the wage policy has never been about how much we pay individual players. More that we don't pay players that don't deserve it stupid amounts of money to sit on their arses. It has also been a constituent of revenues. We have rewarded those players with new deals that deserved it and moved on in a number of instances those that didn't. Obviously one or two of those still remain and now will form a part of the squad this season. Vlaar and Delph will be offered good contracts with us because they have become important players, just as Guzan and Benteke were.

Are you sure about that? Don't you mean everything's just shit?

my bad. I forgot I was meant to say and think that everything is shit. Scratch my previous post from the books.

[villan from luton]

Worth a read to remember what a lot here thought of Delph not so long ago.

http://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=44249.0

To be fair the last post was over two years ago, so not sure how much this relates to his current worth. He seems to want to sign a new contract and that is good for our club. I think he is a talent and hopefully will continue to improve

[villan from luton]

Last summer we gave out a bunch of new deals, which drew criticism from some on here. Neither Vlaar or Delph warranted one at the time. One was called as the worst defender ever to play for Villa and missed a third of the season, the other was described as the worst player to ever play for Villa, and finally put in a decent 6 months after 5 years at the club and who has admitted "he went missing for a few years".

We are now at the stage that both are deserving new contracts, let's see what actually happens.

Worst defender to play for Villa, that is some statement lol. As for worst player to play for Villa re Delph that is even more laughable. Not many clubs let their best players winf down their contracts, but such is Aston Villa these days

Such is Aston Villa that it hasn't happened yet so is there any chance you might save the hyperbolistic nonsense until it does?

Why is it nonsense and how am i exaggerating? We need to get our best players signed up before we lose them for nothing, surely?

Because what you're moaning about hasn't happened yet.

Not moaning at all, just stating fact in that the club is being run badly at the moment. Do you disagree?

[PeterWithesShin]

Worth a read to remember what a lot here thought of Delph not so long ago.

http://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=44249.0

To be fair the last post was over two years ago, so not sure how much this relates to his current worth. He seems to want to sign a new contract and that is good for our club. I think he is a talent and hopefully will continue to improve

It's to show that until recently he wasn't considered good enough by the majority so it took more than just a few months for him to deserve a new contract as virtually none of us would have offered him one. The fact it is from over 2 years ago is the important part as it's only the last 6 months or so he has fully deserved a new contract by showing he can perform consistently at this level.
He now deserves it. Let's see if he gets one before going all Rita Hayworth.

[Lizz]

I was watching Channel 4 News earlier. They had a feature about the goings on at Blackpool. Now that's a badly run club.

[Clampy]

I was watching Channel 4 News earlier. They had a feature about the goings on at Blackpool. Now that's a badly run club.

And Southampton have just cashed in on most of their good players.

[silhillvilla]

I was watching Channel 4 News earlier. They had a feature about the goings on at Blackpool. Now that's a badly run club.

The family that run the club are crooks.

[villan from luton]

Worth a read to remember what a lot here thought of Delph not so long ago.

http://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=44249.0

To be fair the last post was over two years ago, so not sure how much this relates to his current worth. He seems to want to sign a new contract and that is good for our club. I think he is a talent and hopefully will continue to improve

It's to show that until recently he wasn't considered good enough by the majority so it took more than just a few months for him to deserve a new contract as virtually none of us would have offered him one. The fact it is from over 2 years ago is the important part as it's only the last 6 months or so he has fully deserved a new contract by showing he can perform consistently at this level.
He now deserves it. Let's see if he gets one before going all Rita Hayworth.

I would say he has been playing well for well over a season tbh. I agree he has had major injury problems, lets hope they have been sorted out now, though still worries me with some of his challenges.

[PeterWithesShin]

I was watching Channel 4 News earlier. They had a feature about the goings on at Blackpool. Now that's a badly run club.

And Southampton are cashing in on most of their good players. anything not nailed down.

Fixed.

[RussellC]

Worth a read to remember what a lot here thought of Delph not so long ago.

http://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=44249.0

To be fair the last post was over two years ago, so not sure how much this relates to his current worth. He seems to want to sign a new contract and that is good for our club. I think he is a talent and hopefully will continue to improve

It's to show that until recently he wasn't considered good enough by the majority so it took more than just a few months for him to deserve a new contract as virtually none of us would have offered him one. The fact it is from over 2 years ago is the important part as it's only the last 6 months or so he has fully deserved a new contract by showing he can perform consistently at this level.
He now deserves it. Let's see if he gets one before going all Rita Hayworth.

This discussion is quite specifically about the here-and-now of the club and this contract situation. What people thought of him before he'd had a real injury-free run in the side bears no relevance to what's going on now whatsoever. Unless I've missed people saying that he should have been offered a long term contract 2 summers ago?

[dave.woodhall]

Last summer we gave out a bunch of new deals, which drew criticism from some on here. Neither Vlaar or Delph warranted one at the time. One was called as the worst defender ever to play for Villa and missed a third of the season, the other was described as the worst player to ever play for Villa, and finally put in a decent 6 months after 5 years at the club and who has admitted "he went missing for a few years".

We are now at the stage that both are deserving new contracts, let's see what actually happens.

Worst defender to play for Villa, that is some statement lol. As for worst player to play for Villa re Delph that is even more laughable. Not many clubs let their best players winf down their contracts, but such is Aston Villa these days

Such is Aston Villa that it hasn't happened yet so is there any chance you might save the hyperbolistic nonsense until it does?

Why is it nonsense and how am i exaggerating? We need to get our best players signed up before we lose them for nothing, surely?

Because what you're moaning about hasn't happened yet.

Not moaning at all, just stating fact in that the club is being run badly at the moment. Do you disagree?

Yes you are moaning and the reason you're giving hasn't happened yet.