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2014-15 Performances


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6.3 Season Average Rating
Appearances
29
Clean sheets
9
Goals
2
Assists
6
Yellow cards
5
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I think we should just keep him as a squad player if he isn't kicking up a fuss about it.

Might be useful for his work rate in tough games.
 
http://www.expressandstar.com/sport...-ashley-young-linked-with-aston-villa-return/
The claret and blue’s players were poised to meet Keane, the club’s new assistant manager, for the first time at Bodymoor Heath.

Keane has built a reputation throughout his career for being a tough taskmaster and has fallen out with players in the past. But the former Sunderland and Ipswich chief insists he does have a softer side and is prepared to show it.


Roy Keane is appointed assistant manager at Aston Villa.
“There have been one or two instances highlighted, particularly my time at Ipswich I suppose. Jon Walters obviously. But that’s about management, learning, experiences.

“If you think I come into work – and I’ve been a professional footballer for 20-odd years – ranting and raving every day or even every week I wouldn’t last two minutes.

While Keane prepares to start work, former winger Ashley Young has been linked with a shock return to Villa Park.

The 28-year-old looks likely to leave Old Trafford this summer having struggled to make an impact.
 
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I never rated him for Villa until his last season where he played as a central attacking midfielder. He got 9 goals and 12 assists from there and I think he always looked a one trick pony for Aston Villa when playing out wide - compared to centrally where he was genuinely good. Until his AM season in Villa, and then moving to United Young had just had 7 games for England even if he was in the team of the year two years in a row in the EPL.
When I play him CAM in Fifa he is very good tho so think you are right. ;p
 
I think we should just keep him as a squad player if he isn't kicking up a fuss about it.

Might be useful for his work rate in tough games.
No thanks. His proven time an time again to be unreliable and with less games there really is no need for him.
 
I think he's been reliable in big games i.e sticking to his job.
Really? His performance in the big games except against Arsenal in 2011 and City in 2012 have been lack luster at best. I really see no need to keep him especially for over 100k a week.
 
Has he? I remember the Bayern game when we played Kagawa out wide and he did as much defensive work as Young does, whilst offering far more in ball retention and vision. The 'defensive winger' stuff has been debunked, I'm not afraid to say.
 
Really? His performance in the big games except against Arsenal in 2011 and City in 2012 have been lack luster at best. I really see no need to keep him especially for over 100k a week.
Aye, he's hardly looked good in those games that I was mentioning, but he did his job decently.
 
http://www.expressandstar.com/sport...-ashley-young-linked-with-aston-villa-return/
The claret and blue’s players were poised to meet Keane, the club’s new assistant manager, for the first time at Bodymoor Heath.

Keane has built a reputation throughout his career for being a tough taskmaster and has fallen out with players in the past. But the former Sunderland and Ipswich chief insists he does have a softer side and is prepared to show it.


Roy Keane is appointed assistant manager at Aston Villa.
“There have been one or two instances highlighted, particularly my time at Ipswich I suppose. Jon Walters obviously. But that’s about management, learning, experiences.

“If you think I come into work – and I’ve been a professional footballer for 20-odd years – ranting and raving every day or even every week I wouldn’t last two minutes.

While Keane prepares to start work, former winger Ashley Young has been linked with a shock return to Villa Park.

The 28-year-old looks likely to leave Old Trafford this summer having struggled to make an impact.

It would be better for him and for us, surely. He still can be a decent player - I just don't think that he can make it here, he doesn't have confidence anymore, neither do the fans. Aston Villa fans must remember his spell there and still have a good feelings for him? Though he dived against them if I'm not mistaken.

The twitter abuse is awful, he is a mediocre player and I want him gone but the direct abuse is just classless and stupid - he has done nothing wrong as a person, watched football with the fans, was late to the match because he stopped to help at the accident et cetera. Bad choice of missus though.
 
I think we should just keep him as a squad player if he isn't kicking up a fuss about it.

Might be useful for his work rate in tough games.

He isn't good as a "defensive" winger, nor he is as an attacking one
Are you sure that you're not talking about this guy?

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Aye, he's hardly looked good in those games that I was mentioning, but he did his job decently.
He can't even be relied to do that anymore. Defensively Kagawa is better than him I'd trust him more than Young.
 
It'll all go exactly as we planned, with him tearing it up on the wings and Valencia sitting in front of the defense, we'll be fecking unstoppable.

If I ever turn up to Old Trafford and witness Antonio Valencia charging around like a maniac in the holding role, battering everything and everyone in his path, I probably would have to wait until all the semen dried before leaving the ground....
 
He's gonna be our very own Robben next year. Only with better shooting, crossing and FK delivery. Cannot wait!

Seriosly, every time this thread gets bumped, I get my hopes up that somebody made some offer for him.
 
No thanks. His proven time an time again to be unreliable and with less games there really is no need for him.

How many squad players do we have filling the midfield? Cleverly Anderson fellaini Valencia bebe fletcher that is nearly an entire section of our depth. Yes squad players I welcomed, but we don't have enough quality and all we have a trillion Ashley youngs in our midfield .

And the so called talented ones like kagwa and nani have been utter garbage. Which is why the squad players some how start games, because our so called talented guys can't even do their job for for united . Who perform just has badly as the average players infesting our midfield
 
The abuse he gets is really OTT. Kagawa did feck all last season nobody seemed to notice.

He was bought as a squad player who is decent on either wing and provide cover for Nani and Valencia.

The problem is our lack of quality elsewhere means we have suddenly expected him to be world class. Any winger would struggle to work with our slow midfield.
 
The abuse he gets is really OTT. Kagawa did feck all last season nobody seemed to notice.

He was bought as a squad player who is decent on either wing and provide cover for Nani and Valencia.

The problem is our lack of quality elsewhere means we have suddenly expected him to be world class. Any winger would struggle to work with our slow midfield.
Januzaj didnt.
 
The abuse he gets is really OTT. Kagawa did feck all last season nobody seemed to notice.

He was bought as a squad player who is decent on either wing and provide cover for Nani and Valencia.

The problem is our lack of quality elsewhere means we have suddenly expected him to be world class. Any winger would struggle to work with our slow midfield.

He cost £17m when he was in the final year of his contract. He is on like 120k a week, so excuse us if we expect better performances.

And you say he's decent on either wing. Yet he can't even be decent most the times. He is a one dimensional player.
 
He's 29 today? I thought that he was a year younger than that. (no pun intended.)

Anyway, I hope that he returns to Villa as rumored, or anywhere really. I don't want to see him in a United shirt next season.
 
Never realized his 29. More of a reason to sell him, no chance of him improving.
 
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