Stephen Ireland: Loan to Newcastle confirmed

[Shrek]

I think we all better hope he does well at Newcastle, because we need to recoup as much money as possible from him. A bad spell in Newcastle and we are stuck with him.

[Fergal]

He can fuck off and stay fucked off.

[Toronto Villa]

He's running away from his issues. Going to Newcastle doesn't change anything personally, but I hope he plays well so he can get a permanent move up there.

[The Left Side]

Bye bye Stephen you mad old badger!

[eamonn]

Disappointed, especially after Houllier said he'd be here in February. Exactly the type of player Bent would thrive on playing with.
I'd have thought the last couple of months Villa and Ireland would have worked together to try and get him going for us again. Sadly it seems not.

[Michel Sibble]

As I said in the transfer thread yesterday:

He is a busted flush, his career will now be on a downward trajectory, he will wind up at each new club (lower than the last) with a tale of woe (Oh Mancini, Houllier, Pardew etc didn't rate me) and how it wasn't his fault and how he wants to rebuild his career.... And then he will be the same lazy, useless, disinterested twat he has been for us for them and he will piss off to another even worse club after that.

Could say the same for Carew...

Ireland didn't want to be here, we don't want him here. Sorted.

[Phil from the upper holte]

he doesn't want to be here that's clear so fuck off you baldy twat.

I think Bradley can be as good if not better

[villa1]

Without seeing what's gone on behind the scenes with him it's hard to say what the problem is.

Having seen his performances at the start of the season, he looked to be hiding.

[D.boy]

Win Win for us as I see it. If he plays well and rediscovers his form then maybe there is a future with us if we decide to keep him. Alternatively he does well for the barcodes and we get our money back on him.
The only downer is if he goes wibble there and no-one will want him (apart from small heath).

[lovejoy]

I think it unlikely we actively want him back.

[ozzjim]

Get the impression from some comments from the Jounos on Twitter about Ireland that the knee injury he has been out with may have been more to do with him not being up for it Eamonn. I think you have to accept that he has done nothing to help himself since getting here, and has put very little into the games he has played. Hope he has a storming 6 months up there and we get 6-8 million back for him.

[Legion]

Good riddance to the over hyped waste of space. He's taken the piss since he's been here, I hope he's just as much of a flop at Newcastle but at least he will be able to buy a few more pink cars.

Is how I see it aswell. Goodbye, Stephen. You won't be missed.

[PeterWithesShin]

Curcic/Collymore Mark II, without the (very) occasional good game that they at least managed.

Maybe we can do a part ex along with a chunk of cash for Milner and City fans will think they got the deal of the century as well.

[Nev]

Knee injury my arse.

Bye.

[TopDeck113]

I hope he does OK up there.  At least until they've been persuaded to part with £3 or £4 million for him.

I hope there are plenty at Villa Park that rue the day that not only did Citeh allow him become a make-weight in the deal that secured them our biggest asset, but they somehow also managed to value him at £8 million.