Players we really should’ve kept hold of

[Aries]

Mike Newell.

 

[Charro]

Errr we have needed decent pl centrehalves for about 2 seasons

Don’t know what you’re point is?

We let Duffy go because he wasn’t good enough for Everton. Whilst he’s had a decent career and is proving himself as a decent premier league centre half, he’s done nothing to suggest we made a mistake in letting him go.

If he hadn’t had played here no one would even take notice of him.

Case in point being Lewis Dunk is a much better player, yet you never see anyone say we should sign him, but you’ll always see a mad Shane Duffy shout when the window is open.

 

[Paul Rideout]

Richard Dunne
Shane Duffy
Joey Barton
Manny Fernandez
Oliver Dacourt
Beardsley
Kanchelskis
Linekar
Keown
Garetth Barry
Matteo Ferrari

Can’t believe I had to read to the end of page 4 before Kanchelskis was mentioned.

 

[Sharpies volley]

Andy Gray for one more year and I believe that year would not have ended up in total despair

 

[Lanolin]

I think this thread shows how a lot of people get caught up in whether a team wins a trophy or not and somehow add or detract player value on that basis. It’s really quite frightening how many people can’t see past it to be honest.

 

[Marius57]

Stefan Wessels

 

[Bluebonic]

Landon Donovan, would have liked him on a permanent!

 

[Aries]

The Andy Gray shouts are baffling. He was terrible for Villa when he left us and proved it was the right decision to let him go.

 

[johnjoeefc]

I think ted critchley could have stayed a couple more seasons. He and Dean worked really well together and we may have got another couple of titles had we kept him. But we let him to go to Preston in 1934 and didn't seem quite the same after that.

 

[degsy]

Bobby Collins....... like Bally sold far too soon.........
To a team that became our deadliest rivals in the late 1960's in years to come = Leeds

And Kendall, had years of class left in him

 

[carlos NSNO]

arteta and his bankcard

 

[4737carlin]

The Andy Gray shouts are baffling. He was terrible for Villa when he left us and proved it was the right decision to let him go.

Villa were terrible by the mid 80s, wouldnt say that is a reflection on him because they ended up going down the season we won the league, we missed his presence around the club in 86

 

[ilikecheese]

Riquelme.

 

[Tel001]

Shane Duffy we've been poor defensively while he's gotten better and is now one of the first names on Ireland's team sheet.

Ireland pick mcarthy when he’s injured mate, so being the first name on the team sheet isn’t exactly high praise

 

[Tel001]

There is no point counting the likes of Stones, Rom, Barkley et al.

They wanted to go.

I am going for players whom, to the best of my knowledge, never agitated for a move or refused to sign a new contract.


Alan Ball

Ken McNaught

Duncan Ferguson

Gerard Deulefeou

Gary Speed

Shane Duffy

John Connolly

And of course, Gary Lineker.

Lineker wanted out didn’t he? Seen an old motd interview with Desmond lynham asking venables and lineker about the move . Lauri mcmenemy told them they should be speaking to HK and it’s out of order.

Saying that, in those days there were no Bosmans so we could have forced him to stay, that being the case, Steven, Stevens tc should all have been kept