One of the best wingers in the league at the time. Was still very good in his first couple of years at United, but later started declining and turning more into a full back, losing his pace and skills. People forgot what an exciting winger he was back in his prime.
Ashley Young was definitely the star but there was a time when Gabby Agbonlahor was one of the fastest players in the world and scored 9, 11, 12 and 13 league goals in consecutive seasons. He fell off remarkably fast but there was a time where he looked like he was going to be amazing. Agbonlahor, Carew, Young, Milner, Downing, Barry, Reo-Coker, Petrov, Collins, Dunne, Cuellar, Davies. I had some of my best FM saves with that side.
Ashley Young is horrendously underrated as a player. Rarely did you find wingers who could run past people, stand people up and their delivery was outstanding, all at the same time. One of the best wingers the league has ever produced. And still going at 40-odd.
For me that was the most exciting period of the Premier League, watching it since 2002. The top teams were regularly finishing almost in the finals of the CL (Liverpool and United winning it once and getting to another final in that period, Chelsea and Arsenal had one final each, plus a ton of semi finals)... Besides the top four you always had some dangerous, very strong teams able to cause an upset, like Villa, Tottenham, Everton... You had a lot of quality in the middle if the league with the teams like Blackburn, Bolton... Fulham. Stoke were obviously notoriously tough to play against. I forgot a few teams surely. City were obviously nowhere near today's level, but they already had a fun team at the time able to cause trouble against anyone on a good day. The PL didn't have the money it has nowadays, but the quality and competitiveness was maybe even higher at time.
Not really, I would say that prime Premier League is now, there are so many strong teams in the league. In 06-10, City was not that good, Arsenal squad disappeared after that CL final, Liverpool was not as half as good as now even they played one CL final, let's be real, they were not as good as now, Tottenham as well, they started being something after 2010. Good period but not better than today, but I guess you guys are just nostalgic.
@@josephcole8046Hm, ok, and when I said weren't more than 6 teams? What should I do, list all the teams? My point is that both top teams and mid table teams are now better than they were before. Some are weaker, like Man UTD and Chelase but with all that money they will be back. Brighton from today for example would destroy Blackburn or Bolton from that time.
@@GLHVAlways Irrelevant to the conversation. Perhaps you're talking about the quality of teams being better? In which case you're right (not the players), but that becomes a pointless argument because in 10 years time, the teams then will be better than they are now and it just becomes a question of observing linear time. I am not talking about the quality of the coaching, and neither is anyone else when they say the phrase I used.
I always bought him on FIFA back when he was still in Aston Villa, he was a special winger, I always called him "Nani, but British"😂. Even on his first season at United, he was one of my fav players after Nani and Chicarito. He was great, I still missed him as a winger
Yeah even though I'm still in my 20's, I feel the same way! Don't forget Gabby Agbonlahor too. For 2-3 seasons he was absolutely dangerous. He didn't have a lot of good years at the top of his game by elite standards, but younger fans tend to disrespect his football ability far too much. That Villa team was so good, their CB Laursen was an incredible defender but could never stay fit! I remember seeing some stats with him even back in those days, showing Villa without fail being 2nd or 3rd when he was playing, then he got injured, they would slide down the table and inevitably finish 6th like they did for a good few years.
He was absolutely one of the best and most dangerous wingers in the league at his peak, in his final couple of years at Villa. Absolutely the best Villa player in that team tham almost catched top 4 at one point. Also in his first year or two at United he was still a top player, but they had so much quality there he was rotated like many players (Nani, Valencia, Park, Giggs etc). Gradually he started losing his pace and skills after a few years there. At a later stage he started turning into a full back, that was unimaginable to me watching him in his younger years. For the guys who only catched him in his later part of his career, when he was more a wing back/full back, it's very hard to imagine what an exciting, fast, electric, skilled winger he was in his prime.
@@siberianTiger639i subscribe what you said. When i was a kid i was watching premier league and Ashley Young was on my favorite o that time due the fact he was in his prime
@@user-le5ej9yj3t true redknapps pompeys, tottenhams a bigish club so i dont count them, phil browns hull , laudrups swansea ranieries leicester are the deal
Villa had 6 or 7 England players in the squad then, Milner, Barry, Young, Heskey, Gabby, Downing, Warnock, Cahill… Probably missing a couple but those seasons under Martin O’Neil were fabulous days
That team was great with a couple of world class additions i think they could have pulled a shock and won the Premier League like Leicester. It started to go downhill when we sold Barry - he was the pinnacle of our midfield. I was extremely angry at O'Neil at the time for letting him go. He was doing the Euros for ITV that summer but should have been fully focused on keeping Barry and adding recruits. Then Young, Milner and co followed Barry. All a great shame!!!
Great video! I was wondering if I could have the link for the source video from 1:23? Its Spormax from Turkiye, and I was looking for Super Lig archives, maybe you found some from that source video?
que RTVE comprase los derechos de la premier fue una de las mejores cosas para muchos chavales de mi generación, esos partidos del United de Ronaldo, el Liverpool de Torres y el Arsenal de Arshavin no se olvidarán jamás
PRIME ASHLEY YOUNG ASTON VILLA ASHLEY YOUNG. Man's was like one of my favorite players. This man was a WINGER!!! AWWW MAN When football was too sweet o. Thanks for making this video. Ni zuo❤
Two speedy Gonzales back then ashley young and gabby agbonlahor west ham former captain reo coker, former liverpool target man heskey, and future man city player barry and walker crazy isnt it
Genuienly still annoys me that Capello was starting Milner and Lennon at the World Cup in south africa, meanwhile Young didn't even make the squad. Spooky decision
Aaron was pushed or let's say shoved in his team by the media and English pundits, they didn't let the man work in peace, and he actually never wanted to play Gerrard with lampard for him it was one or the other alongside gareth Barry if I'm not mistaken, England with the names they had was capable of ruling Europe but the way it's key players r distributed in different team kinda killed the understanding between players..
Take my perspective or leave it, but that Martin O'Neil team for me. Having lived through both,the current era of the Premier League is 2nd only to the (rough dates) 06'-10' era. 99'-05' in third, which was a very overlooked era. Plenty of good teams then that would kind of be on par with the current day standards. The 06'-10' era was special for a number of reasons, however it is mainly due to how incredibly strong the top 4 were during this time. Absolutely dominant in Europe, and just absolutely stacked. Each team played so differently from the other, and at a very high level, which made for peak viewing and entertainment. You'd have the relentlessness and never say die football from United, the simple yet so very effective and devastating Chelsea, prime Wengerball from Arsenal who were just the most scintillating team in the world to watch in this era, and the super attacking threat and relentlessness of Liverpool, who did so with discipline. Behind them, you had Everton, Tottenham, and Villa who were all incredibly good teams, that again, each played differently from each other. I would liken them to the Newcastle's and Villa's of the past two seasons. Tottenham broke into 4th in 2010, but all these teams were very capable of breaking that top 4. Everton were just genuinely good and almost always seemed to finish 5th, Spurs were incredibly dangerous in attack but conceded a lot, and Villa starting XI were the best of the three in my opinion. Their big problem was injuries. Back then it was unheard of to give Chelsea a good game at Stamford Bridge, but Villa always seemed to cause them problems. They did the same with Liverpool and Arsenal, but United not so much. After those teams, then you had Blackburn who were very good, Bolton were a very solid and dangerous team (but exiting their 'peak' years when they would get top 6/7) and the likes of Fulham and Portsmouth who could beat any team on the day. But that also went for all the teams below that. Wigan would give you a game, so would Newcastle, Middelsbrough, Stoke, even Reading finished 8th or 9th playing some great attacking football! From top to bottom, it was just great games nearly every week.
Good team that should have achieved success. The only problem why none of that happened was a prolific striker. The "nearly club" is the never ending story of Aston Villa. Just when you think we're a serious threat the top 4 would cherry pick our best players. Same thing will happen this and next summer.
