Hutton & Jenas set to sign.

[PaulWinch again]

Welcome aboard to the pair of them.

[Dave]

Neither would have been anywhere near the top of my list but there's a logic to both of them.

I can't see any logic at all in getting rid of Makoun and bringing in Jenas to replace him.

[PeterWithe]

Like everything thats happened this summer these signings are distinctly underwhelming

[ozzjim]

I think both are good signings. With the squad as light as it is, we needed a good central midfielder with experience, and Jenas is a good player, snobbery says he is not but I think he will prove a really good move. Hutton if he gets his Rangers or Scotland form could be a bargain, and he has a decent shot on him.

[boboonthecorner]

The sort of signings I expected from this board after they employed this manager.......... 12 out 4 in 2 of which on loan = Tidy profit for Lerner.

[Chris Smith]

Neither would have been anywhere near the top of my list but there's a logic to both of them.

I can't see any logic at all in getting rid of Makoun and bringing in Jenas to replace him.

You don't see any logic in bringing in an experienced PL player to replace one who has yet to settle and who only 8 days ago failed to impose himself against Hereford? In an ideal world we'd have kept him and given him another few mo this to find his feet but it's not an ideal world and we've got Bannan, Delph and Ireland to settle in so it's nice to have one who is ready now.

[Lambert and Payne]

I think both are good signings. With the squad as light as it is, we needed a good central midfielder with experience, and Jenas is a good player, snobbery says he is not but I think he will prove a really good move. Hutton if he gets his Rangers or Scotland form could be a bargain, and he has a decent shot on him.

My exact thoughts

[Vanilla]

I think both are good signings. With the squad as light as it is, we needed a good central midfielder with experience, and Jenas is a good player, snobbery says he is not but I think he will prove a really good move. Hutton if he gets his Rangers or Scotland form could be a bargain, and he has a decent shot on him.

They may prove to be fruitful, but we were short of players anyway, and they are only replacing what we shipped out this week.

[Percy McCarthy]

I think both are good signings. With the squad as light as it is, we needed a good central midfielder with experience, and Jenas is a good player, snobbery says he is not but I think he will prove a really good move. Hutton if he gets his Rangers or Scotland form could be a bargain, and he has a decent shot on him.

My exact thoughts

And me.

Well done to the admin as well, signing three on the last day.

[TopDeck113]

We need a right back, so Hutton will fill that slot.  Jenas is an injury-prone enigma who, in my opinion, has a lot to do to prove his worth.  I just don't see what he offers over those we already have.

[pr_N'villa]

The sort of signings I expected from this board after they employed this manager.......... 12 out 4 in 2 of which on loan = Tidy profit for Lerner.

Only 1 player is on loan, 3 have been signed permanently!

[Jockey Randall]

Hutton offers us more going forward than Young but is probably not as good a defender. However, since he's significantly younger it looks like good business.

Although Jenas has struggled to push on from the potential of his early career he is far from 'rubbish' as some have described him. You don't get awarded young player of the year for being rubbish. If he can return to the player of old he'll be an asset.

[AV82EC]

The sort of signings I expected from this board after they employed this manager.......... 12 out 4 in 2 of which on loan = Tidy profit for Lerner.

Rubbish. Maybe it'll help pay off some of the debt we owe him, hardly profit.

[Gerrin]

Remeber when we signed Carew and Young? All those jokes about Carew's being bigger than Young's! Laptop that is.Those were the days,changed the team completely.Hutton has been on loan to Sunderland and erm...had 11 appearances,if he was any good surely they would have wanted him,so would Spurs.

Sunderland did want Hutton at the time, but wouldn't meet Spurs valuation. Spurs paid £9 million for him in '08. He's a good player, makes me wonder what some people expect from a full back?? 15-20 goals a season?

[citizenDJ]

I think both are good signings. With the squad as light as it is, we needed a good central midfielder with experience, and Jenas is a good player, snobbery says he is not but I think he will prove a really good move. Hutton if he gets his Rangers or Scotland form could be a bargain, and he has a decent shot on him.

They may prove to be fruitful, but we were short of players anyway, and they are only replacing what we shipped out this week.

I think this all leaves us with a squad of 23 first team players. We haven't replaced the quality of Ashley Young, but otherwise....we're about the same as we were, I'd say, minus a lot of superfluous players.