No idea how accurate the claims are but on some of these stories to come out recently, I've seen replies saying that Villa haven't played him again because they would have to pay us for triggering a certain amount of appearances. Again, no clue about the legitimacy.
He's a wonderful example of a young player who stood out because he was quicker and stronger than others his age. He nearly turned around a youth cup final against Liverpool single handed when he came back for the second leg having been away with the first team for the first leg at Anfield. While his athleticism held up he was a great defender in a middling team. When his fitness started to decline, he couldn't keep his place in a good team and now he can't get in a crap team. He does illustrate perfectly the gulf between youth team football and the game at the top level. He bridged it but he couldn't stay there because his game was based on his physical prowess. Kyle Walker is a much better footballer with similar attributes of speed and strength but on the left we've been successfully playing two much smaller and slower players.
To me, Stuart Pearce's worst decision. He kept Richards out of the first leg of the youth cup final (played on a Friday night) to play him in a meaningless end of season 0-0 at West Ham on the Saturday and we lost 3-0 at Anfield.
He was immense in the 2nd leg and fuck knows how we only won 2-0..... i truly believe with Richards in the 1st leg we would never have lost 3-0.
Michah was great in his early years and played a key role in our title winning season..not least for his brave clearance from a corner at Newcastle in the last minute which preceded our second goal. It was a pivotal moment. He looked brilliant for England as well. Nedum would have been even better than him if he hadn't got injured. When Michah looks back on his career he will have many great moments to remember.
One Blue I ll always love, dont know how he is but I hope to see more of him back at our club when he retires from playing.
BLUE LEGEND!