His pace is gone these days. Probably because he's 40.
Honestly wouldn't know tbh. Haven't bothered to follow his career since he fucked off and I'd be willing to bet he hasn't given a shit about us either. He came for the cash and fucked off when we went down, which is fair enough as he's a professional and he's put himself first. Don't want him back though.
Admittedly I've only seen him once when Rubin played Copehagen, but he looked a complete shadow of what I remember him as, and I remember him as inconsistent/crap. Plus he wasn't even near capable of outrunning Danish defenders.
Anyone want Carew in Jan then?
"Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier turned on Norwegian striker John Carew by labelling the player 'stupid' after their 1-1 draw at Fulham."
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=839559&sec=england&cc=5739
Fucking Norwich killed me, would've won £1700 if Burnley had held on.
Had £25 Celtic, Burnley, Ipswich, Leicester and Leeds.
Screenshot 'cause I'm posting it after the fact, even if I didn't win:
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/7527/ferkssake.jpg
really?
Yeah mate, apparently they only had 2 points after 8 games before Harry Redknapp took over.
2 points you say? I WAS UNAWARE.
WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN
In lack of a better place to put it, there's more trouble behind the scenes at Villa:
They've surprisingly left out the bit where he says "Something to prove? Look at the last years, I've done very well all along. There must be a reason the fans chant my name constantly during the games. Who has the most to prove in Aston Villa remains to be seen. He has a lot more to prove than others at this club."