Richard Dunne was he really that bad?

[Londonvilla]

Richard Dunne was he really that bad?

I was sitting in a traffic jam today when I heard on talk sport that Richard Dunne had been sold to QPR. I was surprised how much I wished him well, he was never one of my favourite players and I agree with most people that he was too slow, too fat and he was not a great leader, however there were times when I thought Martin O’Neill would get us that fourth place and at no time did I think that Richard Dunne was the weak link in the team. (No one can say he never gave 100%)

Am I just being sentimental because he never slag the club off or ask to leave?

When the history of Aston Villa is written, will Richard Dunne get a page, a chapter or just a paragraph? And what will it say?

[N'ZMAV]

Not in his first season, no.

[VILLA MOLE]

not at eating no

[Rudy65]

I think he did ok.

Was certainly better than last seasons defence and we wouldn't have conceded as many goals with him playing regularly.

Wish him luck

[London Villan]

Average centre half prone to dropping a major clanger in big games... behind the scenes I don't think he was a very good influence on the squad either.

That said we may have actually beaten a fourth division team in a semi-final if he had played.

[The Left Side]

too many OG's for me

[paulcomben]

He was not sold nor did he need to ask to leave. His contract had expired and he was a free agent.

[bertlambshank]

He was one of two people that attacked our Sid.Piss head.

[Toronto Villa]

He would have made a significant difference playing next to Vlaar last season. He's a lot better than he's sometimes given credit for. He clearly had some issues behind the scenes and for him to have made the miracle recovery that he has something wasn't right.

[pauliewalnuts]

Great to start with, for a season, then considerably not great.

He always came back from a summer break looking overweight.

[LeeB]

Yes. Yes he was.

[Dave]

It would have been nice if at any point of his time with he made it sound as though he wanted to be here.

It never felt as if it were ever any more meaningful than "well, Man City decided to sell me and here was as good as anywhere else"

But I've never had too many issues with (most of) his performances.

[GarethRDR]

Was on a downward slope after the cup final, for me.  Cracking first season, can't take that away from him but in hindsight partnering him in defence with another pisshead was probably not the brightest idea.

[eamonn]

His heart was as big as his arse which is where we've been as a club for a long time.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Started off well but he always had an error in him and it was usually a costly one. Angry at the way he behaved towards Sid