Hutton & Jenas set to sign.

[cdbearsfan]

I see the point in getting Hutton in with Lichaj injured and Luke Young seemingly keen to leave for about the last three seasons. Jenas though I'm struggling to see the logic behind.

We need a dirty bastard ball-winner, not someone who will be out for six months at the meerest hint of a tackle. I worry as well that he will stifle Bannan's development.

Ah well, best of luck Jermaine and Alan.... I'm assuming they have actually signed?

[dave.woodhall]

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.

How many of those 12 would get a sniff of the first team?

[brice jovial]

Regards signing of right back i heard rumours of a world class defender signing for Villa but that was denied - apparently it was Hutton dressed as Lahm

[Ozzjim]

Jenas will shock people I think. Put my neck on the line, I reckon he will be in quite a few peoples top 3 players of the season, providing he gets games.

[Phil from the upper holte]

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.

Me neither Dave, me neither.

We started gettin linked with jenas when Mon came, I didn't want him then but I'd rather have had him then rather than 6 years later. I never thought being a Villa fan would go back to being this shite and underwhelming

[curiousorange]

Jenas will shock people I think. Put my neck on the line, I reckon he will be in quite a few peoples top 3 players of the season, providing he gets games.

Not that I'm agreeing with that prediction, but I seem to recall there was a time he was getting regular games under Rednkapp and he looked very tidy. I'm open-minded about him.

[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.

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.

Ready for what?

I would rather keep an experienced international midfielder in whom we have invested time and money and who offers us cover in our weakest area of the pitch, over an inferior player who belongs to somebody else. Robbie Savage and Lee Bowyer are both experienced Premier League players and I wouldn't want them either.

As for Makoun struggling to impose himself against Hereford, Jenas tends to struggle to impose himself on an empty room.

Oh well, what's done is done.

[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.

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

Yeah, if he hadn't thrown money at overpriced shite while MON was here then we wouldn't owe him so much.

[Gerrin]

Jenas will shock people I think. Put my neck on the line, I reckon he will be in quite a few peoples top 3 players of the season, providing he gets games.

He won't shock me, he's talented enough, but it's always been his head that's been wrong. He'll fade in to the background. Back up at best.

[Louzie0]

A big welcome and good luck to both of them - my first time watching a transfer window on this site and it's been an education!

[Vanilla]

It seems like we just emailed all Premiership teams and asked 'Who have you got spare that you want to get rid of?' And only Spurs replied.

[JJ-AV]

I'm OK with Hutton. We finished the game against Blackburn with only three outfield players over 6 foot, so an extra bit of height in there for set pieces is good.

He's only 26, quick and good going forward. Plus it enabled us to get a fee for Luke while we could.

Jenas is shite. Makoun is a better player and I'd rather have kept Michael Bradley.

[brontebilly]

Stinking lack of ambition shown this summer.

Walker and Milner wouldn't have been crazy money in the same positions and had us chasing Europe.

Worried to be honest that Lerner isnt doing the same as that Pompey chairman and looking for his money back.

Mid table mediocrity here we come

[Macho Man Randy Savage]

I think these signings destroy any illusions I had that the sales and releases were part of a plan to rebalance the squad so that we had quality experienced players mixed with cheaper, promising youngsters. They are average, older, on reasonably good money, and probably going to be played over our younger players who would benefit from match experience.

[Villan For Life]

Time to get behind these 2 and the rest of the squad.