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.
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.
@@GuINES-mG 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.
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.
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
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
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❤
@@KingsleyNwanya-g3f true redknapps pompeys, tottenhams a bigish club so i dont count them, phil browns hull , laudrups swansea ranieries leicester are the deal
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
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.
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!!!
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..
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
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 reason why none of that happened was we really needed a prolific striker. Gabby was all pace and no brain.
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
Lets be honest. If O'Neil never left we would have won something years ago. He was good for us. Thankfully now we have Unai at the helm! O'Neil was solid though.
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Prime Ashley young on his day he was unstoppable
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.
I know I never saw Young as a flashy winger I only ever saw him as a defensive fullback. This was eye opening to me
@@timboslice8559i cant believe what i see. I thought always he is a stupid player who cant play football. Now i cant believe.
That's why United bought him.
@@timboslice8559missed out on a proper old school winger
Barry, Milner, Petrov. A top quality midfield they had at the time.
Luiz, Kamara, McGinn / Tielemans are even better I think
You forget Reo Cocker😮
charles nzogbia
@@blackinton2526 Charles insomnia*
Petrov will always be a Villa legend
OGs remember the 20 Pace 20 Acceleration of Gabby Agbonlahor.
And zero ability
I signed him for Madrid in career mode. Hahahaha. He turned into a 92 overall 😂😂
A speed boat with no driver. Absolutely rubbish footballer.
@@CBCB7870+ goals in the prem as a LW/ SS. In the hardest league in the world, is rubbish according to u 😂
Football manager
Back when Young were a winger in his prime and not a left/ right back.
This is the team that solified my eternal love for this club ❤
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.
John Carew what a legend
Prime Barclays coincides perfectly with O'Neill's Villa side '06-'10
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.
@@GuINES-mG There are more than 6 teams in the league, Marko.
@@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.
@@GuINES-mG 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.
My boys 💜 Last time we were any good, so glad to be back up there at the moment.
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.
One of my favorite ever players. And I'm a West Ham fan.
Not rare enough
He's still 39 but close enough haha
Martin O’Neill was one of the best coaches in the Premier League at that time
Genuinely!
Young looks like an elite player in this vids
I didn't know he was that good
Props
Good video
Young was a good player, played as a left winger in villa and his early years at Man utd
Young was an excellent player.
Not flashy at the top but very consistent and effective
Won the premier league as a winger and the SCUDETTO as a defender
He was what Antony thought he is.
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
The legendary Heskey Time
All i saw from Heskey was one nice header and a bunch of fouls
@@timboslice8559swoosh
Heskey was a terrible player. If he scored past you, you knew you were having a bad day. How he managed to get an England call up remains a mystery.
The legend of sweaty goals!!
This team made be become a supporter and still am to this day
Young was a serious baller back in his day
Ashley Young was serious!
This was a great era for Villa. And the great thing is, right now they're without a doubt the best they've been since that era
Heskey is enough to scare anyone.
Love this villa team...
They did Emile so dirty putting that 'highlight' in at 5:52
A lot of PES users over here, I remember the PES 2009 with them, both wings were unstoppable
Ashley Young was unreal back then.
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
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❤
Ashley was so good😳. I never thought he was that good in Aston Villa.😮😊
I remember we beat champions league winners Man United one week then the following Saturday, this Aston Villa came to the Emirstes and barbecued us
david moyes everton, roy hodgsons fulham, roberto martinez wigan, and martin o neils aston villa. underrated great teams
Rednap poeetsmouth and Tottenham too
@@KingsleyNwanya-g3f true redknapps pompeys, tottenhams a bigish club so i dont count them, phil browns hull , laudrups swansea ranieries leicester are the deal
Tony Pulis Stoke as well
Nuno espirito wolves? They doubled against city back then. Had adama, raul, jota up front.
What about Bolton Sam alladyce
The chuck norris of football🤣
WDYM?
@@jackbolland-tw6miksi song
@@pokerface6886 Ah right
Ashley young was playing career mode doing all by himself
This was the last time Villa were this good. Right now they're the best they've been since this era
Young is playing like Man U version CR7 .Never thought he was that good.
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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
He was great at Watford aswell
So shocked at everyone not remembering how good Ashely Young was. My gosh I am old 💔
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.
I’m just shocked at these comments. Feeling ooolllllld (like 60) and I’m in my mid 30’s 🤦🏾♂️
6:59 Did not expect to see greek commentary.
Benteke was great in Aston Villa
The streets will never forget
I remember how they played beautiful football but completely ignored defending.. Barry was such a key player in this team 💪
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!!!
Young Young was a beast 🔥
I was a kid then but I could never forget Gabriel Agbonhalorb
Young and aggy were too tier man. In there primes they are up there with the best man hands down ❤
You guys haven't seen Ashley Young and Stewart Downing link up to destroy teams, and by the way they had another Young, Luke 😅
Look at Thomas Vermaelen and Suarez in that Ajax team, memories.
Street will never forget!
I feel soccer players ,they were in very good skills than now days.
that milner long shot was clean 🔥
Beast
Emile heskey. Legend
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..
agbonlahor fifa 10 days was the best.
Young, Barry, and Milner had won the PL. Poor Agbonglahor, he though he was the one 😅
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?
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Can you do more teams from other top leagues? Theres so many gem stories from Bundesliga, Serie a, ligue 1 and la liga. Maybe eredivise also
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
Tottenham and Aston Villa were making a great Premier League with the rest of the top teams
Ashley Young then goes to United and continues to be an absolute nightmare for the Gunners. They could never get a hand on that man.
The damage ksi did to heskeys name should be illegal😭 guy was a serious player back in the day just probably should’ve left the prem a lot sooner
Ashley Young was the player that Antony wishes he could be.
very interesting to see a young Young
Everton fan, the Aston Villa team today scares me to fuck. And Ashley young is still fast as fuck at 38
Emile Heskey the beast 💪🏻
Barry, Sidwell, Young, Gabi, Milner, Petrov jeeze!
It was that scary they always finished bottom half of the table 90% of the time
Which this better?
Martin O'Neil or Unai Emery team?
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.
Ashley Young was nice
Heskey is a legend
I remember using them on fifa and people thinking I’m not taking the match seriously and then I’d kill them with pace all game 😂
We had an awesome team. When John Carew was on form he was so much better than Heskey, he could score goals too
“I think Ashley Young is world class. Id put him in a bracket
with Lionel Messi and Ronaldo”
Martin O’Neill in 2008
Good team good kit good memories
Good team that should have achieved success. The only reason why none of that happened was we really needed a prolific striker. Gabby was all pace and no brain.
Let's hope Villa don't sell all their best players again and learn from their mistakes.
Ashley young peak was crazy
Young, agbonlahor, Carew, Barry, petrov, milner, brad friedel
Only legend to remember King Heskey memes 😂
Dont forget john carew he was a tank
Petrov,milner,barry,young,agbonlahor,heskey,richard dunne
Young Young was something else.
That season got Heskey in the England squad!
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
The Martin O'Neill years 💜🩵
Should have included when we beat Blackburn 6-4
It would scare everyone when you've stuck purple aki on the thumbnail
The level of PL teams was shocking in the 2010s
More villa videos pls
Even the local pub team!! 👏
I’d forgot how quick gabby was in his prime
Martin o neil was good. 6th place finish 3 seasons in a row
Milner, Young, Barry, Carew. Was a decent aide
West-Midlands Village
Pes 😂😅
I wonder why they gave it that name in the game
God weekend
Prime Ashley Young was crazy good doh
only a few comments mentioning petrovs name…PUT SOME MORE RESPECT ON HIS NAME
Vidic escaping that red cost this team silverware
All these comments about Ashley young bro still had not retired he is a premier league great should at least be a hero card in FC24
💯
Can we have Bradford City’s Capital One cup run in 2012/13 pls
When Young were still young
They were so scary that they're masters at shooting STRAIGHT at the keeper 😂😂😂
Back when 'Ashley Young' was 'Actually Young' 🤣
Sir alex made young a wingback 😅
same like this season, Agbonlahor-Ollie Watkins, Young-Bailey, Carew-Duran Unai Emery -Mattin O'Neill and beat Ajax too...🔥🔥🔥
Friedel - Martinez , Laursen - Konsa, Barry - McGinn.
Lets dream of an even sweeter european future
@@juliansanchezharris5773 Milner- Douglas Luiz
Where's Douglas Luiz
Played them all the time on pes and fifa
Lets be honest. If O'Neil never left we would have won something years ago. He was good for us. Thankfully now we have Unai at the helm! O'Neil was solid though.
Which Aston Villa team is this
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