Grebfromgrebland Posted 15 July 2022 Posted 15 July 2022 16 hours ago, nnfox said: I remember Villa releasing a lad called Marc Albrighton once and we picked him up. Did ok. That was years ago! We can't keep living off that, it was a different generation of players. We signed Bertrand more recently in a similar way.
FoxesWalk Posted 15 July 2022 Posted 15 July 2022 (edited) 15 hours ago, Ric Flair said: You'd expect Brunt or Nelson to go on loan this season, so even with Godsmark-Ford and Wilson-Brown likely to step up to the U23's, this Appiah looks like he'd be worth looking at for a year. Our academy is sounding increasingly middle class 😂 Edited 15 July 2022 by FoxesWalk
dbtcity Posted 15 July 2022 Posted 15 July 2022 15 hours ago, Ric Flair said: You'd expect Brunt or Nelson to go on loan this season, so even with Godsmark-Ford and Wilson-Brown likely to step up to the U23's, this Appiah looks like he'd be worth looking at for a year. It’s all changed now which I guess could be an issue as it’s no longer u23s it’s back to u21s I’m sure I heard which in turn could have a knock on effect with some of the older players in the development squad (or am I reading to much into it)
ALC Fox Posted 15 July 2022 Posted 15 July 2022 28 minutes ago, Grebfromgrebland said: That was years ago! We can't keep living off that, it was a different generation of players. We signed Bertrand more recently in a similar way. This generation of Villa players has a few really good ones coming through. It wouldn't be much of a surprise if one or two slipped through the net as they look to move players on to create room for the next generation making the step up from their U15s, U16s, U18s, etc.
Bluefoxsam Posted 15 July 2022 Posted 15 July 2022 Had a shocker against Barwell. Too slow on the ball and got caught out twice and also his error for the Barwell goal. 1
SheppyFox Posted 15 July 2022 Posted 15 July 2022 Albrighton was on a free wasn’t he? Club legend. 😁 probably the exception rather than the rule though, but who knows?
sacreblueits442 Posted 15 July 2022 Posted 15 July 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Grebfromgrebland said: That was years ago! We can't keep living off that, it was a different generation of players. We signed Bertrand more recently in a similar way. ....Bertrand was looking for a last contract, he found us and we were naive enough to take the risk!!! Albrighton at the time was nowhere near his peak when he was released by Villa. If memory serves me right, he is a Villa supporter and that must have been hard for him to take at the time, leaving your club. He continues to fight his way back into the team, every time you think he is on his way out. Edited 15 July 2022 by sacreblueits442 Spelling error.
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