Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Legion on January 07, 2011, 09:10:41 PM
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Is this correct?
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Hughes said he's set to sign. So looks it.
Frustrating because Hughes blocked his arrival in the Summer.
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If so, WHU must be well pissed off.
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Yeah he is gone apparently. Well that's £50,000 a week off the wage bill.
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Steve Sidwell has completed his move from Aston Villa to Fulham for an undisclosed fee.
The midfielder has penned a deal which will initially run for six months but could see him remain at Craven Cottage until the summer of 2014.
The 28-year-old, who emerged through the academy ranks at Arsenal and has also turned out for Reading and Chelsea, returns to the capital following a two-and-a-half-year stint at Villa.
Sidwell has opted to move on after finding first-team football hard to come by, with sporadic appearances made of late.
He is now looking forward to opening a new chapter in his career with Fulham, while he has also offered his thanks to Wolves for understanding his desire to head south.
"I'm delighted that my move to Fulham has been finalised, and I'm looking forward to training with the squad and help the club make steady progress up the table in the second half of the season," Sidwell told the club's official website.
"I'd also like to thank Jez Moxley, and Mick McCarthy in particular, at Wolverhampton Wanderers for being so understanding in my desire to return to London and to play for Fulham."
Tireless
Cottagers boss Mark Hughes is delighted to have secured Sidwell's signature, his first deal of the January transfer window, at the second time of asking.
"He is a player whose career I have followed for a while now, and there was a deal in place to bring him in prior to when I arrived," he said.
"At that time I just didn't think it was the moment to make it happen because I was new to the club.
"But he has been in my thoughts ever since, and when the opportunity to sign him in the January transfer window presented itself we moved quickly knowing there was a possibility he might go somewhere else.
"His intention was that he always wanted to come to Fulham - this was his first choice and we are delighted to have him on board. He is a young man who wants to get his career back on track and start playing football again. He has a good reputation in the game and is well admired.
"On the pitch he can get from box to box, he works tirelessly, is good on the ball and can also get you a goal. He wants to be part of what we are doing here - and because of that he will do well for us."
SkySports
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"On the pitch he can get from box to box, he works tirelessly, is good on the ball and can also get you a goal."
eh?
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Anyone else expecting a screamer in the 93rd minute at VP later in the season?
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Good riddance to the most useless pile of cack ever to wear a claret and blue shirt (West Ham and Burnley included).
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Another MON disaster. Going to be a lot more of these tearful goodbyes in the coming months.
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"On the pitch he can get from box to box, he works tirelessly, is good on the ball and can also get you a goal."
eh?
Must have him confused with another ginger midfielder, Paul Scholes perhaps.
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Good riddance to the most useless pile of cack ever to wear a claret and blue shirt (West Ham and Burnley included).
Bit harsh he wasn't that bad, there have been worse.
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I've already ordered the indoor fireworks.
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"On the pitch he can get from box to box, he works tirelessly, is good on the ball and can also get you a goal."
Sounds about right. He scored a goal in his time here at Villa; against Everton, right? Honorable mention for his sideline assist...
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Thanks for the memories Steve, his goal at Everton and his work as a ball boy but then there was the gift for Tuncay against Boro, erm... see ya!
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"On the pitch he can get from box to box, he works tirelessly, is good on the ball and can also get you a goal."
Sounds about right. He scored a goal in his time here at Villa; against Everton, right? Honorable mention for his sideline assist...
That's about it, really.
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This could be the first positive move we have made in the transfer for some time!
Good riddance ginger bo**ocks!
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Good riddance to the most useless pile of cack ever to wear a claret and blue shirt (West Ham and Burnley included).
Bit harsh he wasn't that bad, there have been worse.
Fair enough Steve.
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I never thought Sidwell was good enough for a top 6 team, not a bad bloke in a relegation scrap maybe
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Never worked out for him/us and for the best that he has left for pastures new but I wish we'd leave off the good riddance stuff.
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Never worked out for him/us and for the best that he has left for pastures new but I wish we'd leave off the good riddance stuff.
Why? We were paying him 50 odd grand a week to not play for us. Surely it makes sense to thank the lord he has gone. Plus he was sodding useless.
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"On the pitch he can get from box to box, he works tirelessly, is good on the ball and can also get you a goal."
Sounds about right. He scored a goal in his time here at Villa; against Everton, right? Honorable mention for his sideline assist...
He scored a cracker at Wigan too. I always saw him as a really poor version of Frank Lampard; let him make late runs into the box and surround him with midfielders capable of covering up for his technical deficiencies and he'd probably score a decent amount of goals, as he did in his good season at Reading.
Good lump off the wage bill.
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I will miss his very expensive cloak of invisibility.
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3 medicals at 3 clubs in a week must love having his balls cupped by a doctor and coughing let alone the rectal probe.
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I never thought Sidwell was good enough for a top 6 team, not a bad bloke in a relegation scrap maybe
lets sign him back then on double the wages
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No offence to him but he won't be missed. The fact that he earns (and probably will continue to earn ) 50k a week for his contributions sums up football today really.
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No offence to him but he won't be missed. The fact that he earns (and probably will continue to earn ) 50k a week for his contributions sums up football today really.
And your views on the new manager/club paying £90,000 pw for Man Citeh's 3rd choice left back who is aged 29
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I wasn't that unhappy to see Barry go as I thought Sidwell would evolve into a better player, more mobile, bigger goal threat etc.
Its up there with thinking Mark Blake would go on to be world class.
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No offence to him but he won't be missed. The fact that he earns (and probably will continue to earn ) 50k a week for his contributions sums up football today really.
And your views on the new manager/club paying £90,000 pw for Man Citeh's 3rd choice left back who is aged 29
Crazy if it's true.
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I'm glad we have got him off the wage bill now hopefully we can go out and bring one in to replace him.
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He was pretty poor but not as bad as some are saying. Glad he's gone though, it might free up a wage to bring someone in.
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No offence to him but he won't be missed. The fact that he earns (and probably will continue to earn ) 50k a week for his contributions sums up football today really.
And your views on the new manager/club paying £90,000 pw for Man Citeh's 3rd choice left back who is aged 29
Crazy if it's true.
I'd take Wayne Bridge if its a permanent 3 year deal on a third of those wages.
£90000 a week would be insanity, or anything close for that matter.
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Well done for selling him on. Thought he was here for the duration.
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i have never been so happy to see the back of a player in my life...
i literally, danced a little jig when it was confirmed...
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I'm glad we have got him off the wage bill now hopefully we can go out and bring one in to replace him.
Yeah, but still initially for only 6 months with a view to a 4 year deal. Seems strange to me. He wasn't out of contract in the summer, was he?
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I'm glad we have got him off the wage bill now hopefully we can go out and bring one in to replace him.
Yeah, but still initially for only 6 months with a view to a 4 year deal. Seems strange to me. He wasn't out of contract in the summer, was he?
i think so. Doesn't say much for their confidence in his ability that they won't commit beyond 6 months.
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Most of us got him really badly wrong. So many people (myself included) thought he would be great for us but he only reached excellence in the field of ineffectiveness.
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Most of us got him really badly wrong. So many people (myself included) thought he would be great for us but he only reached excellence in the field of ineffectiveness.
agreed,
i thought he would be a great signing at the time and for the money,
as it turned out he would probably be in my all time top 6 of worst players i've ever seen at VP.
same goes for Ireland, thought he'd be the next Sid, could end up being the next sasa curcic,
then again i was telling everyone that would listen that Cook would be the weak link in the England team this winter !!
only evened up with my constant bigging Tremlet up over the last few years, so evens i suppose
it does just go to show how difficult it is sometimes when you cant just go and buy a top proven performer, you have to take risks, and some will come of and others not,
mind you Man City have spent big, and not got it right all the time, in fact i think there record is pretty poor, but i suppose it doesnt matter to them when its just monopoly money your playing with
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No offence to him but he won't be missed. The fact that he earns (and probably will continue to earn ) 50k a week for his contributions sums up football today really.
Agree, he is an average footballer at best.
When he comes on from the bench he looks like he means business, bouncing about, correcting his shorts -- it's quite funny really...... !
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I really did think we were getting a talented player but he spent so much time not wanting the ball that its hard to know if he actually has any talent apart from a talent to go missing. He did so very little during his time at Villa, although that goal away at Everton was a bit special.
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£3.5 million? Bloody hell, Fulham really have got a bargain...
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I thought he'd be a good signing too, based on his form at Reading. Was hoping he was going to recapture that.
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£3.5 million? Bloody hell, Fulham really have got a bargain...
we got less than half a mill for sidwell. the 3.5 deal being thrown around included the wages if he remains at fulham beyond the 6 month contract they signed him on, if they had really just paid 3.5 million they would have given him more that 6 months with an option to extend at clubs descretion.