Sidwell's off... see ya' then!

[Leighton]

Thanks’ for everything Steve. That assist you made by throwing the ball, which led to Milner scoring, will keep you in Villa folklore.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1295365/Hammer-blow-West-Ham-Aston-Villas-Steve-Sidwell-agrees-deal-Fulham.html

[pauliewalnuts]

Farewell, Sidders
You were really very shit
Except for that throw in against Hull
When we loved you for a bit.

[newtonsballs]

Farewell, Sidders
You were really very shit
Except for that throw in against Hull
When we loved you for a bit.

And volley against Everton at Goodison

I think that's about it

[Mazrim]

I wish him well but he really was very disappointing for us.

I mean, how can somebody with bright orange hair be so anonymous?
Still, good luck Steve.

[pauliewalnuts]

Farewell, Sidders
You were really very shit
Except for that throw in against Hull
When we loved you for a bit.

And volley against Everton at Goodison

I think that's about it

Good point. What a goal that was.

That really was it, though.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

The man looked lost at Villa. He can have no complaints, he was certainly given a chance, he just failed. At £5m he was worth the risk but he's never rediscovered the form that made him look a quality player at Reading.

[Nelly]

...?! Martin Jol is the new* Fulham boss? That's not a bad appointment at all.

*Edit: Sorry soon to be boss.

[pauliewalnuts]

5m transfer fee, plus 40k a week for 2 years, ie 9 million pounds.

Plus NI, plus bonuses, plus signing on fees.

I'm aware that this is the case for every player, but I've got a bee in my bonnet about the way we judge players purely on transfer fees these days.

[Shrek]

I've more of a bee in my bonnet at how much Martin has wasted on players

[Greg N'Ash]

add Harewood. getting on for 20m wasted

[Mazrim]

Can we rush the paperwork through before Jol cancels it?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

More to the point, can we get Jol?

[pauliewalnuts]

If Jol is their new manager, that's a really excellent appointment.

The Phony Pharaoh really has got a few things right down there.

[Greg N'Ash]

funny thing is, i can see him doing ok there. Just didn't fit our formation in any way. I was surprised we ever bought him the way we play.

[pauliewalnuts]

He might do, he might not.

From what I've seen, he's a very limited footballer indeed, and although I've seen a few "worse" players than him, I have to say I struggle to think of one who managed to make himself so consistently anonymous whilst actually on the pitch.