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Leaving Celtic may harm Maloney

Celtic coach Tommy Burns has claimed Aston Villa's Shaun Maloney may have ruined his career by leaving Parkhead too soon.

The 24-year-old moved to Villa in January for £1million and, although he scored a decent free-kick against the Faroe Islands for Scotland earlier in the week, he has yet to truly establish himself in the English Premiership.

Burns thinks that Maloney should have stayed at Celtic longer, as legend Kenny Dalglish did before moving to Liverpool, and said that there is a difference between playing in England and being a success there.

He said: "Shaun decided to take the plunge and go there but I told him he should have had three or four years here behind him first. Basically, I think he's gone there too soon. Kenny Dalglish was the perfect example of a player who'd achieved everything he could here. He went to Liverpool at 26 and moved to a different level entirely.

"In bygone days, a player's most important relationship was with his coach, because he made him a better person as well as a better player. Nowadays, though, agents fill their heads with fancy figures and nonsense.

"I'm not saying that Shaun has done the wrong thing. Football's a short career and he has to earn as much money as he can but you also need experience. Kenny played 350 games for Celtic while Shaun's managed about 50. Do you want to play in the Premiership or be a success in it?"

Martin O'Neill has a reported £40million to spend on new players this summer, and it will be interesting to see how close Maloney remains to the first-team picture at Villa Park. However, fans of the Birmingham club seem to have more time for Maloney that Villa's other signing from Celtic, Stiliyan Petrov, who has been largely disappointing in the Premiership.

But overall, it is good to see that Tommy Burns shares the thoughts of many fans about how he thinks players should plan their careers and it's great that he is at Celtic as, arguably, he has more tactical awareness and footballing shrewdness than Gordon Strachan and Martin O'Neill combined.

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Date:Friday June 8 2007

Time: 12:57PM

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CLVilla
It's more to do with me hoping Tommy Burns gets another crack at the top job than anything else, to be honest.
Jamie1967
Was annoyed that wee maloney preffered the money to the prestige but we have more than one good young player at parkhead. Can't see why him and petrov won't be the best players in that team next season as they have already proven themselves internationally and in european club competition. Burns doesn't usually come out with such comments but was prob bewildered as to why maloney left early to go to a team of villa's standing when could have stayed for couple more seasons and joined a bigger club.
LARSSON*7*CFC
He is talking aload of bullocks
Christo
His free kick wasnt that good, a decent keerper would have saved it! Yes but look what happended to Liam Miller where is he now? They can have him hes *****e anyway!
rk1888
i no cl villa, is this another vital villa site?, get over yourselves celtic fans, maloney and petrov now play for AV, get over it!, if they were still playin for u they wud be fantastic, now they play for us you think they r *****
randy.stand
Celtic fans forever looking for excuses as to why their best players want to leave the worst league in Europe. lol
rotter82
And the honesty is a refreshing change to the usual bile and resentment Jamie, thank you
steff_the_villan
Thats because they are playing *****e for you! How many goals did Petrov and Malhoney score this year together? Larsson and Sutton scored 70 between them one year so im assuming that Petrov and Maloney have done something similar from what i hear from villa/english scum.
rk1888
Hes gone, just like O Neil - stop moaning about him leaving. The Scots arent known for their bitterness.
MACCA UTV
I hope maloney and petrov show how good they are next season cause they are quality but teams change and there leaving has allowed young players to get chance.
LARSSON*7*CFC
villa/english scum. rk1888 !!!!! So all Villa fans and english people are scum! how old are you? It's people like you who make the rest of your good fans look bad, and yourself look like a complete and utter a*** h**e. did you manage to work that out or shall I re arrange it for you???
steff_the_villan
steff_the_villian, don't be surprised by the abuse rk1888 dishes out. It's par for the course for him, as he loves putting out unintelligent drivel and simply abusing people. I've been called a bigot simply for not liking one of our players Kenny Miller.
irishbhoy
I think you'll find that not all Celtic fans are pining for Petrov. He had a number of good years with us. He is a good player, despite his slow start (which he had for Celtic too). But he's gone now and I think we did well from the deal. Since he left, we have won the double, so his absence has not affected us as much as you ight think. I'd advise Villa fans to be patient. He might well surprise you next season.
jouster
rk1888 stop bein a fanny and support your team without worrying about other teams..the celts ARE a bigger club than villa. end of story.. If the Bhoys got 60 million free quid everyyear for beating teams like wigan and pompey watford wed be in the top of that epl. nothing against any team in england but to me its the truth..We are celtic supporters, not villa bashers. who cares anyway? Just stop bein a fanny
StirlingBhoy
MON THE HOOPS!!!!LOL
StirlingBhoy
Well said Stirlingbhoy
irishbhoy
As a Villa fan I fully agree that Celtic is a bigger club than Villa. Man U, Celtic and Rangers are probably the 3 biggest clubs in Britain.
bluedose
Eh rangers ? Not being biased bluedose but the huns are not in top 5 clubs in uk. Think Liverpool fans would laugh at that one.
LARSSON*7*CFC
In terms fans/support they probably the biggest 3. I'm not being mathematical about it, but there are Man U fans everywhere, there isn't as many Liverpool fans as Man U fans outside of their local area, and Celtic and Rangers both have very good support up in Scotland
bluedose
Shouldn't we change the colour scheme to claret and blue. Come on site admin - get on with it will you.
CLVilla
bbc is saying a bid for naismith now.. how many strikers do we need. hopefully we dont end up with more strikers tnan goals.. wonder what wgs has up his sleeve. either way ill take naismith for 2 million. maybe have a great attacking midfield.. but whos leaving and where are they goin?
StirlingBhoy
We are bidding for Naismith now? Wow. Gonna be an interesting season.
jouster
I think Naismith is going to be used as a left winger. We could do worse. McGeady and Naismith fighting it out for the left wing spot would cause them to both up their game. Naismith has pace and can dribble. I bet we're doing some sort of swap deal with Beattie going the other way.
irishbhoy
Yeah CLVilla you wish. I'm suppose if you want to swap your allegiance to the mighty Tic then it would be a good move. We can't help the fact our club has more going on than 'will villa buy reo-cocker'.
LARSSON*7*CFC
Ooooohhh - I am really intimidated now. Somebody came back with a retort - except it wasn't. If you think about for a few minutes (not seconds as this won't give you enough time to digest the information) there were 4 stories on your site today, and 2 were more about Villa than Celtic. At last count I found.... er... no, let me think...I must be sure about this.... oh yes.... half a story about Celtic on the Villa site. Nothing to talk about - yes the Vital Celtic/Villa site has nothing to declare.
CLVilla
LOOK CLVILLA YOU PONCE, MON tried to indiscreetly enquire about naka and was laughed off, maloney scored for scotland and burns who coaches both tic & scotlland commented how he made a wrong career move. Also going on is we are going to add to the other 3 signings very soon with either Appiah, Naismith or even Llunberg(hope not). Maybe the villa site is so boring that you are always on ours? Has anyone went to villa yet ? And whats with the "intimidated now" chat. You really are a wierdo mate so i take that invite to become a tim back cause you'd prob get beaten up at parkhead.
LARSSON*7*CFC
Sensitive aren't we. On shaky ground. Often leads to feelings af insecurity leading to lashing out in anger. Fully understandable in the circumstances.
CLVilla
Yup, gimps like you bring out the anger in me.
LARSSON*7*CFC
Sometimes the therapist has to be demonised for the subject to be cured. Glad to be of help.
CLVilla
EEHHH !
LARSSON*7*CFC
Think its time for you to go back to you own site mate cause you sound like the kind of guy everyone tries to avoid in work. Villa are a nobody team, if you wore your jobby coloured strip anywhere in europe nobody would know it. Where as Celtic's always gets acknowledgement. Would also like to add that I'm know thinking of putting a tenner on villa being relegated cause in all seriousness it is possible and will get better odds now than start of season when its official that you couldn't tempt any good players no matter how much you offered.
LARSSON*7*CFC
Please don't do that!! I wouldn't want you to lose half a weeks wages on a bet with no chance of winning. How would you feed your family? Please confirm that you haven't gone ahead with this course of action - I couldn't stand the guilt!!!
CLVilla
haha jobby coloured strip.sorry mate but that was too funny..COME ON THE HOOPS
StirlingBhoy
m8 i really dont understand how villa arent a big club: 1 European cup 1 European super cup 1 intertoto cup 7 first division champions 2 second division champions 1 third division champions 7 F.A Cup winners 5 League cup winners 3 F.A Youth cup winners 1 runners-up - premiership 9 runners-up - football league first division 1 runners-up football league second division 3 runners-up - FA.Cup 2 runners-up - League cup 2 runners up - FA Youth Cup 3 runners-up Charity Shield
stewart123
... and if there not facts to show we're a big club then i dont know what is!
stewart123
Larsson 7 cfc YOU seem like the**** that every one tries to avoid at work
stewart123
Do you know what - this is getting very near to boring. Is there nobody with the intellect to offer me a real argument, or is just the usual insults and petty jibes? And by the way, insults only work if they are personal and aimed directly at a persons weak spot. I tell you what - I'll give you a head start. I am very self conscious about the size of my penis. There I have said it - now you can have a go.
CLVilla
why don't all ya villa bassas feck of to your own board?!
Sean84
Sean84, we will but you lot on here keep creating articles about AVFC, are you so jealous of us or obsessed or what, i dont understand whats going on?, Not surprised Petrov or Maloney left with you bunch of tossers and the quality of the SPL. Thats why Boruc and Nakamura want out, they have come to their senses! Come on the Villa and Come on the Gers
randy.stand
Quote CLVilla: "This Villa site is one of the best on the Web. I encourage all Villa fans to sign up and have a say now."....Myself and other Celtic fans have tried our best to humour you bunch of sad villa fans - that was a mistake!. From now on, you lot will be treated with the utter contempt, and venom you deserve. I have never cum across such a sad collection of football fans in my life. You spend more time on this forum than you do on your own, which is a great compliment to our forum, and a sad indictment of yours! All you lot ever do is whine on about how "big" a club villa are - who are you trying to convince here?..yourselves obviously!. You would be laughed of every other club forum on this network(as you have been on this Celtic forum!)....sad and pathetic, someone at Vitalfootball should really have a word with you and your so called fans...I wonder who though?.
TicV"Establishment"
It does get your pathetic member ranking points up though, says it all really.., none of you are even listed on the league table(bit like your club..lol)...and the paltry replies in your own comments boxes are a sad, but painfully true reflection..Pathetic..
TicV"Establishment"
Yep - only just under 700 responses to the Rumours thread on Vital Villa - nothing compared to your 109. Again, facts not really concerning you are they? This site was dead for 4 months. You were talking to yourself TicV, so don't tell me that there is no activity on V.V.
CLVilla
Like i said CLVilla, you are a wierdo ! This a footy site and you now talk about your "PENIS" ! Please go back to the boring villa site where i see you have asked all the rest of your fans to join here. What a sad bunch. Every 'arguement you make gets re-butted and still you make same pedantic points. Villa are nothing please get used to this and once again you refuse to answer who you have bought yet? No-one is it ? Like said no-one good will go near a team who's only meaningful fixture will be to 'battle it out for best brummie team' ! woeful at best. Only players like petrov whose best years are behind him will go for the money and even then he supposedly hates playing for your pish club and regrets the day he followed MON. Now kindly go back to the dull villa site you complete and utter tosser !
LARSSON*7*CFC
CL Villa, to be honest with you, over the past 4 months there was nothing to talk about, we won the league in october so our season has been pretty prediticable since then. If you ever won a trophy then you would understand but ill spell it out to you, Usually it comes in the form of a silver cup. Although size and shape may vary. The Celtic talk is done on the fourm, prevents uneccssary arguments with resentfull glory-less fans such as yourselves.
rk1888
rk188 -rk does that stand for right kunt because you cant spell?
rotter82
OOOOOh, All those respones in 1 thread clvvvila, and you still cant make the member board...FANNY!...and your other threads are feckin empty, just like your head, your logic, and your arguments...LMAO....as for that retard trotttter, are you just a gimp because the last time your joke club won anything...you were still in yir scrotum sac waiting to be spurted out...LMAO. You kunts are pathetic losers...at least your well used to the LOSING part...you cant stand RK knocking the pish ouuta ya, and making you look like the sad fanny you are...lick my butt-hole and get the sweet taste of success!..:naught:
Tim on the bog
CLVILA you w.anker, we tims don't bother with the rumour thread anymore since you lot of fuccck-witted, cocck-gobbling, retards messed it up...the forum(know what one is gimp?) is where we discuss stuff..including fucck-witted gimps like you. Your the saddest of them all as you try to be "intelligent" - and fail fucccking miserably every time!
Rory Mac
Tim on the Bog, and Rory Mac, how eloquent a retort truly both of you chaps are a credit to your football team. Your powers of logic, debate and assimilation of fact is truly outstanding. Well done a fairly commendable effort. I think you will both find that the malicious comments began when Petrov joined Villa, at which point I noticed Celtic fans posting on Villa vitalfootball and Villa Talk; this started again when Maloney joined and presently when lazy journalism links Villa with your bigoted club due to the Martin O'Neill factor. Villa not a big club! Do some research, Villa have won trophies in every decade since 1880, that was prior even to the founding of Celtic. Villa are the fourth most successful team in England - FACT and Villa finish sixth in the Premiership on average since its inception - FACT! Finally the claret and blue strip was so synonymous with success that in their early days Arsenal, West Ham, Burnley and others followed Villa's colours in respect and homage to our heritage! CLVilla, I do not think anyone here has really bothered to post anything remotely challenging to the points you have made, so well done! Cheerio chaps.
Yuen_Biao
Thanks Rory - haven't been here for a couple of days and it's all gone dead. Just shows that you need an intelligent Villa fan to stimulate the debate. Happy to oblige - again.
CLVilla
UP THE VILLA!! CLVilla you are a legend!
villapeach
OH so the Villa are on "AVERAGE" the 4th best club in EPL ! That is the talk of losers. If thats what you guys tell yourself each season when you finish another season of utter inconsequential mediocrity and with no realistic hope of ever doing anything news worthy then that is merely a triumph of hope over pragmatism ! I bet the recent verbal battles on our site has been the highlight of your footballing year. Have the 'jobby strips' actually bought anyone yet ? No. Cause apart from an over-rated english player in your over-rated league with an over-inflated price no real world class player in best years will join a barren club who just make up the numbers for the top 4. Thank you and goodnight. P.S. villa would not even get in top 4 in SPL, Hearts & Aberdeen would def beat EPL's 11th. They have much better attacking quality.
LARSSON*7*CFC
LOL there it is again, complete rubbish from Larsson.
bluedose
If you don't like the truth then i suggest you go back to your own site.
LARSSON*7*CFC
the two fuc-wits are back cl and yb...they pretend to be aloof and make excuses for their own and their fellow ***** fans gimpness...what a sad pair of deluded gits they are. You dont have any educated fans...just fannys like yourselves. You keep getting humiliated and fecked-over on our site...we should really come and start doing it on your pish site...just for a laugh you understand, and to air our views you understand, and to just talk for the sake of it, and to just mess up your boxes a bit, and to just, well, do unto others etc, etc, etc....
Tim on the bog
So, you disrespect Villa, English people and now Birmingham and that verifies an intelligent and educated argument? You are seriously deluded and probably the most bigoted fans in Britain. You find it imperative to reply with disdain and are completely devoid of any diplomacy and debate. You Celtic "fans" were the ones who started posting on the Villa pages, remember back in August, January and just a few weeks ago.
Yuen_Biao
The 'intelligent (?) ' yuen balls has just generalised all celtic fans based on the few who reply to him on this site. Real smart ! Celtic fans like me just don't respect rubbish mid-table nobody teams like yours who will never do anyting news worthy in the sport pages other than be one of many clubs being bought by yanks as a part-time hobby.
LARSSON*7*CFC
Who disrespected English people you fuc-wit, we've confined it very nicely to you sad gimps and your excuse for a team!...you cant even get simple facts correct..no surprise there. Your kunt fans have never been away from this site..oh, wait, that's not strictly true, you never showed your bloody faces when you were getting humped every week, but a sporadic win once in a blue moon and guess what?...yup, villa fans showing their faces again...pathetic or what...fuc.king sad gimps...CLVILLA your the biggest wan.ker of the lot...You moan about a few isolated Celtic fans visiting your excuse for a forum...how would you react if we all came over and really fu.cked your entire forum up?...you'd go bleating and crying to someone about us...that's your level fuc-wad, your all pathetic wimps who cant handle a good old ass pumping..LMAO...when will we come pay a visit?, what will we do when we get there?, would we ever leave it again?...who knows, we might like it so much we'll decide to set up camp..
Rory Mac
and thanks btw, any pish villa thread would have been totally ignored by us Celtic fans....but you lot are too thick to work that one out for yourselves...I must ask the guys to write more of them just for fun..and to annoy you lot, still, it gets you posting :D
Rory Mac
I think these bhoys have all destroyed you yet AGAIN in thier argument! :D Back to the trenches villa fans.
rk1888
Back to the trenches villa fans- ok shut up now then, nobjockey
randy.stand
Rory, thank you again for your opinion, it's always good to get another point of view. I will take it on board for future reference and change my life accordingly.
CLVilla
Yes you should be thankfull of Rorys opinion, it may add some footballing knowlegde into your otherwise dim villa heads.
rk1888
RK - I have stated before that insults really have to be personal and hit a sensitive spot to work. I am certainly not "dim" so calling me anything along these lines is just water off a ducks back. Carry on. I am intelligent enough to get a response every time I post, and maybe it is this that I am trying to achieve? Maybe you would all appear more intelligent by answering the questions raised rationally, or not answering at all. I really hope you are enjoying all of the Aston Villa articles, certainly has got your post count up significantly for once.
CLVilla
Well then could you do us the courtesy of giving us some point to argue i didnt see any points you made. I will glady prove you wrong.
rk1888
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