Give Downing a bit of credit, he can take his man on. Also, he's deceptively quick: not Young/Agbonlahor quick, but pretty quick nonetheless. Its playing alongside such speed merchants that makes him look slow. He's probably about as quick as Albrighton, for example.
Firstly, learn to use sentences.
Secondly, MON had shitloads of money to spend, Lerner just wanted to cut down on his ridiculous spending. MON threw a strop and left.
Thirdly, IMO Houllier is as good as O'Neill. If you knew your stuff, you'd know that O'Neill gave Villa plays two days off a week (ludicrously), got us playing hoofball, never EVER rotated the squad, bought mediocre players for stupid amounts and never brought through any young players. Houllier is doing the opposite, and we will reap the rewards sooner or later.
Fourthly, last time Bent made a big money move? You mean, to Sunderland? £10 mil plus additional fees possibly rising to around £16 mil in total? Flopped? Yeah, thought not.
Lastly, you claim Bent is too similar a "play" to Agbonlahor. The former is a clinical, all-round striker, the latter is a superb physical specimen who can play up front or on either wing but lacks finishing talent. Past the fact that they're both strikers, I can see so many differences its ridiculous.
Never challenged for any cups. My word, FM-Base really is breeding a whole load of morons today... So, League Cup final last year, who were the teams? Mmyep, try thinking next time.
Never challenging in Europe is a moot point considering MON (rightly) considered the Europa League as being rubbish. He (rightly) decided that with such a small squad and little squad rotation, it wasn't worth focusing on a trophy of such relative little import.
Yeah, I know, and my friends have been taking the **** out of me for it, but I dunno... there's something about transfer windows under Houllier that makes me like him. A lot. Also, recent upturns in form, allied with a lowering of expectations, realisation of the good things he's bringing to the club and the arrival of bargain signing Jean Makoun The Twominator, I have rather rethought.
