Quote from: joe_c on November 30, 2015, 03:20:30 PMQuote from: Stirchley Villain on November 28, 2015, 02:46:19 PMHe wanted more than we were prepared to give at the time. As usual we got it wrong...Of course we did...Quote from: Stirchley Villain on November 29, 2015, 10:30:20 PMAnyone ever thought of putting together an 11 of current players we got rid of because they weren't good enough? 1 Scott Carson2 Phil Bardsley3 Antonio Luna (but a lot of competition in this position I have to say)4 Habib Beye5 Richard Dunne6 Brett Holman7 Stephen Ireland8 Karim El Ahmadi9 Nathan Delfouneso10 Marlon Harewood11 Barry Bannan"I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me."All sold because at the time they just were not up to the Villa required standard. Don't start getting too romantic over ex players. The only one who I hold a proper candle for would be Richard Dunne.
Quote from: Stirchley Villain on November 28, 2015, 02:46:19 PMHe wanted more than we were prepared to give at the time. As usual we got it wrong...Of course we did...Quote from: Stirchley Villain on November 29, 2015, 10:30:20 PMAnyone ever thought of putting together an 11 of current players we got rid of because they weren't good enough? 1 Scott Carson2 Phil Bardsley3 Antonio Luna (but a lot of competition in this position I have to say)4 Habib Beye5 Richard Dunne6 Brett Holman7 Stephen Ireland8 Karim El Ahmadi9 Nathan Delfouneso10 Marlon Harewood11 Barry Bannan"I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me."
He wanted more than we were prepared to give at the time. As usual we got it wrong...
Anyone ever thought of putting together an 11 of current players we got rid of because they weren't good enough?
Of course they weren't the only two options. I'm giving a hypothetical, based on what we had and what we ended up with. I'd say that's pretty fair.I'd have said it at the time, and still believe now that Marc Albrighton would have been a better player in the last 12 months than Joe Cole. He'd have had a similar impact to Jack Grealishs development (it's down to Jack and coaching staff ultimately). We didn't play him often enough when we had him, and we didn't try to keep him. He's doing well for himself at Leicester and will more than likely have a good career in the premier league.
Quote from: ChicagoLion on November 30, 2015, 10:08:30 PMQuote from: PeterWithesShin on November 30, 2015, 06:21:27 PMI've already said i'd have preferred to keep him, my point is that this thread has appeared with hindsight. There were no such threads for 8 months and virtually no one was overly fussed on his leaving thread. And we sent Tonev out on a season long loan and let KEA go that summer.I think you will find that I was critical of letting him go, I still am.Another fuck upWhich is why I said virtually no one, rather than no one. You obviously missed that part.
Quote from: PeterWithesShin on November 30, 2015, 06:21:27 PMI've already said i'd have preferred to keep him, my point is that this thread has appeared with hindsight. There were no such threads for 8 months and virtually no one was overly fussed on his leaving thread. And we sent Tonev out on a season long loan and let KEA go that summer.I think you will find that I was critical of letting him go, I still am.Another fuck up
I've already said i'd have preferred to keep him, my point is that this thread has appeared with hindsight. There were no such threads for 8 months and virtually no one was overly fussed on his leaving thread. And we sent Tonev out on a season long loan and let KEA go that summer.
So who do you think is better Grealish or Albrighton ?
Quote from: Salsa Party Animal on November 30, 2015, 10:09:32 PMSo who do you think is better Grealish or Albrighton ?Albrighton did more and contributed more than Grealish has so far.Jack has more potential.I also remember Albrighton comming on playing well and getting dropped a few times and being taken off when he was playing well.I think he was pretty badly managed.Thanks Lambert