Hutton & Jenas set to sign.

[Dave]

I suppose that now this is all but official it may as well have its own thread.

Villa can confirm that Alan Hutton and Jermaine Jenas are currently undergoing medicals.

If the deals are completed, right-back Hutton would join permanently while the move for midfielder Jenas would be a season-long loan.

Hutton, fair enough. Jenas is possibly the most under-whelming signing since Routledge.

[Risso]

I don't have anything against either player really, I just can't see that either of them are an improvement on players that we've got rid of this summer.

[Brend'Watkins]

erm.....welcome I suppose.

[Dave]

I suppose the silver lining would be that even Jenas would play better in Heskey's current role than Heskey would.

But I'd rather have any of N'Zogbia, Ireland or Bannan playing there over Jenas.

[PeterWithesShin]

5 years into the Bright Future, I really thought we'd be doing better than Jermaine fucking Jenas on loan.

Welcome to happy camp Villa lads.

[TheSandman]

Agree with all the posts so far in this thread.

Welcome to the pair of them. I've always thought Hutton was reasonable enough and we need a right back. The best thing I can say about Jenas is that I hope he proves me wrong.

[Vanilla]

I can almost here the clatter of feet, as all those stay away fans come rushing back to Villa Park en masse.

[Brend'Watkins]

Agree with all the posts so far in this thread.

Welcome to the pair of them. I've always thought Hutton was reasonable enough and we need a right back. The best thing I can say about Jenas is that I hope he proves me wrong.

This is turning into the season oh hoping to be proved wrong. 

[LeeB]

Hutton's similar to Walker in that he's good going forward but a bit shaky at the back. A good deal though for me, as tidy as Luke Young was he offered nothing going forward.

Jenas is probably going to be more useful than Makoun, it's a loan, and he's an experienced international so on paper it's a tidy bit of work.

We'll see, but I reckon just having a couple of new faces will help freshen things up, allowing us to re-introduce the concept of competition for places.

[pauliewalnuts]

Hutton for Young is pretty much like for like - not  a downgrade, not a major upgrade.

Jenas is rubbish, but he's better than no other option.

If only we'd done something to address the already existing gaping holes in our squad rather than the ones we created for ourselves on top last week.

[Clampy]

Hutton fair enough, we did need another right back. Jenas is probably the last type of player we wanted. Best of luck to them both though.

[El Hurricane]

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.

[Vanilla]

5 years into the Bright Future, I really thought we'd be doing better than Jermaine fucking Jenas on loan.

Welcome to happy camp Villa lads.

If this is the quality of player we are signing after 5 years, what will be the quality in 10 years. Is it possible to get a player cheaper than free?

[Chris Smith]

I think because I came to terms a few weeks ago with us unlikely to be doing any business other than "trading" I'm less bothered than some of you.

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

[garyfouroaks]

Hutton redefines the phrase undistinguished.A dreadful signing.