_AA_786 Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Fair play to him, he had a great career Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 46 minutes ago, mikeyp102 said: Just announced his retirement I wonder if he’ll sign for Tamworth in the conference. He is close to some of the people behind the scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slovenian Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 nothing but respect for Marc, he gave everything for Villa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 6 minutes ago, slovenian said: nothing but respect for Marc, he gave everything for Villa I genuinely think that if we’d have given him a good enough deal to persuade him to stay he would not have gone on to be the player he was. Villa was a mess at that time. He’d have gone a similar way to Gabby. Well done Marc in an amazing career. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 His press release is very classy. He gives proper respect to both Villa and Leicester. I'm sure it was polished by a PR person, but well done nonetheless. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HanoiVillan Posted August 29 Popular Post Share Posted August 29 I was so **** mad at that pillock Lambert for forcing him out - in fact I still am - but have to agree it ended up being the best for him if not for us. A career to be proud of, not many get to retire with a PL winner's medal. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 2 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: I was so **** mad at that pillock Lambert for forcing him out - in fact I still am - but have to agree it ended up being the best for him if not for us. A career to be proud of, not many get to retire with a PL winner's medal. Think he won an FA Cup as well 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 That's so crazy. I remember when he cemented himself in the first team after tearing West Ham a new one on opening day like it's yesterday. (Editor's note, it want yesterday, it was *checks notes* 14 years ago). One for the "getting old" thread, but when players around your age start retiring... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 How beautiful was that message from Albrighton? For all that he achieved with Leicester, he emphasised just how proud he was to represent the club he adored and still supports, massively, to this day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 2 hours ago, Keyblade said: That's so crazy. I remember when he cemented himself in the first team after tearing West Ham a new one on opening day like it's yesterday. (Editor's note, it want yesterday, it was *checks notes* 14 years ago). One for the "getting old" thread, but when players around your age start retiring... I can remember him and bannan in the peace cup thinking we'd integrate these guys in to the first team and make that final push Horrible what came next That Fulham goal though... We had milner, young and downing in that team and I'd argue albrighton had a better cross on him than all of them (young is close though) Was in corporate for the Benteke Vs Sunderland game, he was with his family in the box next door, he'd been frozen out at that point, celebrated every goal like a mad man, proper villa fan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 10 minutes ago, villa4europe said: I can remember him and bannan in the peace cup thinking we'd integrate these guys in to the first team and make that final push Horrible what came next That Fulham goal though... We had milner, young and downing in that team and I'd argue albrighton had a better cross on him than all of them (young is close though) Was in corporate for the Benteke Vs Sunderland game, he was with his family in the box next door, he'd been frozen out at that point, celebrated every goal like a mad man, proper villa fan He had a better season than Young that year (who thought he was a #10 for some reason). But him Downing, Young and Kyle Walker feeding Darren Bent for those last 6 months of the season was the last bit of exciting football we'd see down at VP for almost a decade. Who would have thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 3 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: I was so **** mad at that pillock Lambert for forcing him out - in fact I still am - but have to agree it ended up being the best for him if not for us. A career to be proud of, not many get to retire with a PL winner's medal. …with Leicester! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 31 minutes ago, Keyblade said: He had a better season than Young that year (who thought he was a #10 for some reason). But him Downing, Young and Kyle Walker feeding Darren Bent for those last 6 months of the season was the last bit of exciting football we'd see down at VP for almost a decade. Who would have thought. There's an irony to it. He leaves a relatively "Big Club" for a smaller club and ends up winning medals he never would have won with us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Should never have sold him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 10 minutes ago, Hank Scorpio said: Should never have sold him I don’t think we sold him, we let him go for free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 If only he'd have gone on to have had the career Joe Cole, Kieron Richardson, Carles Gil and Scott Sinclair did. Cheers Paul. Such a shame to see Marc's career fade away. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Townsend Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Lambert was such a fool for releasing him. Feels like yesterday he was the future of Villa. 14 years goes fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 It still sucks for us that he left, but he achieved things in his career that simply weren't possible with the state of Aston Villa at the time. A big part of the greatest domestic football trophy in history. If only he was coming through now when the club could utilise his talent I'll always have fond memories of him and it was nice for the club to put a post up congratulating him in retirement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 Fair play to him, a great career. Came through the academy and then played 100+ times for his boyhood club. Gets treated like sh*t and released. Then goes on to play in every game in the league when Leicester win the league as well as winning an FA Cup as well as a Community Shield. And played and scored in the Champions League, The only thing missing was a much deserved England cap. And he's a thoroughly nice lad as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panto_Villan Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 I always had a lot of time for Albrighton. Seemed like a decent bloke, was treated shabbily here but did great things once we moved him on. Sums up that depressing era of Villa history pretty well imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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