I thought we were done with Ross McCormack stories for a while.
Evidently not!
Quite bizarrely (or i think it`s bizarre, you might think otherwise, I`m not the thought police, you think as you want to.. phew!) Steve Bruce is quoted in The Brum Mail saying he`s given the striker two weeks holiday.
In January?
A holiday?
Really?
Well, yes, really… look!
“McCormack looks as if he`s come to an end at Melbourne. I`ve given him a couple of weeks off. He can`t go anywhere else because he`s played for two other clubs.”
Then, “When he comes back after having a couple of weeks off I`ll have a chat with him, see where he`s up to and we`ll go from there.”
The results are in.. For Ross, slam the gate or open the gate and let him back in?!https://t.co/p35IVqRbEx
Vital Villa (@VitalVilla) January 29, 2018
Only one vote counts though, I’d image Bruce votes no!
Vital Villa (@VitalVilla) January 29, 2018
Still sort of looks the end of the road, because Bruce admits he`d rather that Ross had stayed in Australia because “I think he`s benefited from playing. But he`ll come back in and we`ll see how he is.”
Asked if he would play him again, he answered: “You can never say never and I`ll never ever cut off my nose to spite my face, even though I`d like to at times. We`ll see what happens.’
Surely if he has just returned, having got fit over there, he should at the very least be training? Even if we don`t want to use him again, he`s an asset club value wise. And IF we got injuries, he`s an asset – needs must – we might have to call on?
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Previously:
I put the case in Would You Give Ross McCormack Another Chance? that, IF Villa can`t buy a striker able to make an instant impact (and because of the FFP rules, we can`t) and IF we can`t loan someone (and lets be honest, most strikers capable of scoring from the get go are not loaned out) then can Villa really afford to keep spending upward of £12million only to not use players? We`ve blown so much money over the years it`s untrue.
I`m not saying let him walk straight back into the team, I`m just saying if Hogan – Paul McGrath forbid – picks up an injury, we can`t rely on Davis to shoot us to promotion. McCormack, if played right, could.
But then you have the flipside of the argument Why Ross McCormack Was A Bad Buy For Aston Villa
