Craig Bellamy – Star striker or prize bellend?

December 30, 2008 by Martin Banks
Filed under: Aston Villa, Transfer News 

0pic42The transfer window opens at midnight tomorrow and the rumours are coming thick and fast in the media, the most dividing of which for Villa fans is ‘the one about the Welsh troublemaker’.

Craig Bellamy is like a ‘diet’ version of Joey Barton, you won’t lose as many teeth and is arguably a better drink anyway He definitely manages to split the opinions on him from love to hate, thats for sure. There’s no way to deny his talent and that he is a superb player but there’s also no way to deny the potential problems he can cause the club.

Red cards for petulance and throwing chairs at coaching staff has never been the best things to have on your CV, but it never seems to stop teams wanting Bellamy. He has played for a large number of clubs, usually only spending one season there, which says a lot about a player’s attitude.

Goal scoring has never been his main talent, but he does create a lot and Alan Shearer wouldn’t have wanted to be without him in the time they shared at Newcastle, though the pair later fell out when Bellamy(’s phone) sent drunken text messages insulting Shearer.

Another incident involving attacking Riise with golf clubs didn’t do his Liverpool career any favours, so he left to pursue European football with West Ham. With that ambition looking very questionable, he may well jump at the chance to join us.

Myself, I can’t stand the guy, but… he is a great talent that could be very dangerous amongst our team, he is well suited to our attacking style. I really don’t think we need him, as we already have everything he can provide in ample amounts at the club, but O’Neill may well see him as useful strength in depth for the packed schedule and a better man for the job than Routledge. Having a ticking timebomb like Bellamy and giving him limited games worries me though.

It’s thrown open to you lot though, comment away and be as praising or abusive as you feel justified.


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