formerly known as ivan Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 Apologies first of all as I know some people on here don’t like to discuss former players... However, I have just watched the highlights of the Villa/Leeds game today and realised he is captain on a Leeds team full of quality. This says how much the manager rates him and what a good player he is. How did we let him leave?! I do remember the full story, only that it came not long after the incident at Cheltenham races. Was his contract coming to an end? Probably the most important question being how has he never been replaced with better, or even equal quality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor10 Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 Not sure on the circumstances why he went but since he left we haven’t got in anyone even close to how good he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 I was always a big fan of Ayling, he should have been a mainstay of the City team for many years imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
class not gas Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 Yes his performances on the right side of a back 3 were a joy to behold in our league 1 winning team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFC II Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 I never rated him as a centre back, always thought he’d make a very decent centre mid. Fair play to him though, come on leaps and bounds there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
class not gas Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 The way we played that year he was more of an attacking full back than centre half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 28 minutes ago, formerly known as ivan said: Apologies first of all as I know some people on here don’t like to discuss former players... However, I have just watched the highlights of the Villa/Leeds game today and realised he is captain on a Leeds team full of quality. This says how much the manager rates him and what a good player he is. How did we let him leave?! I do remember the full story, only that it came not long after the incident at Cheltenham races. Was his contract coming to an end? Probably the most important question being how has he never been replaced with better, or even equal quality! Lets be honest he's not the first player that was so say not good enough to play for us, got rid of and turned out to be much better than we (the club) thought and thrived elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron-Bcfc Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 10 minutes ago, JBFC II said: I never rated him as a centre back, always thought he’d make a very decent centre mid. Fair play to him though, come on leaps and bounds there He’s a right back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 23 minutes ago, JBFC II said: I never rated him as a centre back, always thought he’d make a very decent centre mid. Fair play to him though, come on leaps and bounds there True . With us he was a bit of a loose cannon when he went forward. He never seemed in control of the ball or even to have an idea of what he was going to do with it ,which caused havoc for the opposition. His positioning , defensively , was suspect. Despite all that I loved the player for his attitude and willingness to attack at every opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: True . With us he was a bit of a loose cannon when he went forward. He never seemed in control of the ball or even to have an idea of what he was going to do with it ,which caused havoc for the opposition. His positioning , defensively , was suspect. Despite all that I loved the player for his attitude and willingness to attack at every opportunity. Completely disagree about his positioning, defensively. Because he got caught forward (those were Cotts instructions), I think a lot of prople question his defensive positioning. I watched him a lot as the RCB as a 3 in the promotion season and 15/16 - we were sat in South Stand towards the Dolman. His covering of Flint was great, and he never got beaten at the back stick from crosses from the other side. Not a surprise at all that he flourished at Leeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bristolcity Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 42 minutes ago, Nogbad the Bad said: I was always a big fan of Ayling, he should have been a mainstay of the City team for many years imo. On what do you base that on?...I liked him too but to class him as a mainstay for many years is daft , was LJ going to build a team around Ayling, don't think so, wrong DNA for this club..move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 Painful especially when you look at the players we have had since in that position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 Great player for city. Bargain for Leeds. But I think it was the time of the new regime. He didn’t do himself any favours. But another player I wish the best to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coach Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 I think it's pretty simple why he left. Cheltenham saga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 Cheltenham lager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, Red_Wizard said: I think it's pretty simple why he left. Cheltenham saga. I'm not so sure that he wasn't already on the way out, but no doubt that it sealed his fate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 49 minutes ago, Aaron-Bcfc said: He’s a right back. 31 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: True . With us he was a bit of a loose cannon when he went forward. Not disciplined enough, or under suspect instructions , either way never as good as he could have been for us. 24 minutes ago, Davefevs said: Completely disagree about his positioning, defensively. Because he got caught forward (those were Cotts instructions), I think a lot of prople question his defensive positioning. I watched him a lot as the RCB as a 3 in the promotion season and 15/16 - we were sat in South Stand towards the Dolman. His covering of Flint was great, and he never got beaten at the back stick from crosses from the other side. Not a surprise at all that he flourished at Leeds. First year up, the number of times Flint was the only man back when we lost the ball was frightening. Partly Cott's but if he was RWB it would have been completely different, Ayling not Cott's. I've said many times , that system could have worked with a slight tweak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 6 minutes ago, 1960maaan said: Not disciplined enough, or under suspect instructions , either way never as good as he could have been for us. First year up, the number of times Flint was the only man back when we lost the ball was frightening. Partly Cott's but if he was RWB it would have been completely different, Ayling not Cott's. I've said many times , that system could have worked with a slight tweak. I guess that is what I'm saying....when he was actually defending, he was very good, but caught forward. I do think if Cotts was telling him not to, and he kept doing it, he would’ve left him out. But as a RB, or a RWB or RCB, told to not be so expansive, he us a very good player. You can tell he came from Arsenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonPark Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 1 hour ago, pillred said: Lets be honest he's not the first player that was so say not good enough to play for us, got rid of and turned out to be much better than we (the club) thought and thrived elsewhere. How many really have? Get a list going I doubt there are many (proper players not loans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aa_bcfc Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 Ayling left for more money than we were able/ prepared to pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFC II Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 9 minutes ago, AshtonPark said: How many really have? Get a list going I doubt there are many (proper players not loans) Bolasie is the only one I can think of. Ayling wasn't thought of as no good by us, in fact cotts wanted to keep him iirc but as a right back his positioning was on the whole pretty poor imo, regularly caught out too far up the pitch. That being said, I'd have him back here in a heartbeat with our right backs currently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aa_bcfc Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 1 hour ago, pillred said: Lets be honest he's not the first player that was so say not good enough to play for us, got rid of and turned out to be much better than we (the club) thought and thrived elsewhere. Luke Freeman. QPR had by far the better of that deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 6 minutes ago, aa_bcfc said: Luke Freeman. QPR had by far the better of that deal. I would defend the club here, the harder he tried the worse it got for him. Needed to move on, and a mate who's a QPR fan is very happy. I just hope he moves for the money touted around and we get a nice sell on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy082005 Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 2 hours ago, formerly known as ivan said: Apologies first of all as I know some people on here don’t like to discuss former players... However, I have just watched the highlights of the Villa/Leeds game today and realised he is captain on a Leeds team full of quality. This says how much the manager rates him and what a good player he is. How did we let him leave?! I do remember the full story, only that it came not long after the incident at Cheltenham races. Was his contract coming to an end? Probably the most important question being how has he never been replaced with better, or even equal quality! Like with Luke Freeman....we had a coach in place who couldn't get the best out of him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Between heaven and hell Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 2 hours ago, pillred said: Lets be honest he's not the first player that was so say not good enough to play for us, got rid of and turned out to be much better than we (the club) thought and thrived elsewhere. I think it was more about the races incident and the Bristol sport image than his quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcredandwhite Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 I can think of Chris Woods - not sure if he was a loanee tho. Magnússon possibly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aa_bcfc Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 1 minute ago, Between heaven and hell said: I think it was more about the races incident and the Bristol sport image than his quality I’m pretty sure that was not the reason. Leeds offered him more money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 Probably the biggest liability in our team in the Championship and glad to see him go. Hope he does well in his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalcub Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 whatever belter let him go should be held accountable ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalcub Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 A great consistant championship performer now we have hunt and pisano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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