I dont think the drink driving episode helped him either.

When Powell, Westwood and lastly Murphy left the club I always thought it would be Ashley who would struggle playing in the Premier league. Ashley has been absolutely tremendous the biggest compliment I can give him is you dont notice him in games that much at times but when he is missing Aston Villa do tend to struggle.

Murphy being at Championship level I thought would be fine due to being a lower level as whilst he played well for us, he still seemed he had a little bit more to learn whch may have been exposed in the prem.

Powell I thought would handle the transistion and scoring on his debut seemed to cement that belief. The niggling injuries have not helped and the loan at Leicester has been a disaster. Someone needs to look after him and just give him that support as I am sure this has severely knocked his confidence. Possible clubs Bolton ( Neil Lennon) or Prem teams Aston Villa (Lambert done well with Westwood) , P