Jenas

[Chris Smith]

Itvwill not have been McLeish negotiating the terms of the deal.

[Iago]

It is disappointing for Jenas and for us. I was quite excited to see him given a full run in the team, he does have the technical ability to be a offensive threat, if used correctly of course.

[Dante Lavelli]

Ok, Tim Abraham of the express and star has just tweeted saying that AVFC will be paying Jenas' wages for the remainder of his loan deal as there was clauses put in by the club!  here's another scary stat, for the 108 mins he has been on the pitch, it will cost AVFC somewhere in the region og £18k - £19k per MINUTE! seriously, the moron's who didn't put any clause in should be given their marching orders - oh what, that would prob be Eck so that wont be happening any time soon.
So MON was accused of wasting money and rightfully so but Eck should be accused of the same.  This is an absolute joke.

I very much doubt that McLeish negotiates the minute detail of player's contracts.  At least i hope he doesn't. 

[Chris Harte]

If it *is* true we've been saddled with Jenas' wages for the season then whoever negociated the small print of this deal (it wouldn't have been AM) should by right be at the very least sitting very uncomfortably. I know I would be if I'd made a mistake at work that is probably going to cost around a million quid between now and next summer.

[PeterWithesShin]

If it *is* true we've been saddled with Jenas' wages for the season then whoever negociated the small print of this deal (it wouldn't have been AM) should by right be at the very least sitting very uncomfortably. I know I would be if I'd made a mistake at work that is probably going to cost around a million quid between now and next summer.

Considering it appears that every penny counts for us right now, if, and I do mean if, that is the agreement then whoever agreed to it a) is very very fucking stupid b) should probably be sacked for spunking away £1million needlessly and c) is very very fucking stupid.

Now I know C is the same as A, but I felt it such an important point that it needed to be made twice.

[taylorsworkrate]

That is absolutely mental.

It is also symptomatic of the way the club is being run at the moment.  Directionless and careless. 

Sort it out Randy.

[bob]

MatKendrick

Already doing the rounds elsewhere, but McLeish confirms #avfc are committed to paying Jenas' wages for the rest of the season

[PaulWinch again]

Well that is pretty diabolical.

[achilles]

If that is true, someone should be sacked for gross incompetence, unfortunately it just reflects what an absolute shambles the club is becoming!

[Clampy]

This must be a common clause in loan deals otherwise i can't imagine it would have been agreed to. It does sound strange, bearing in mind we've also paid a loan fee as well.

[myf]

Seems as though he's brought the gypsy curse with him

[Risso]

So we have differing stories, none of which have been confirmed or denied, nobody knows anything for certain, but we can still form judgments based on them. How very clever.

Now that McLeish has confirmed that we've got to honour the agreement, can we form the judgement that it was another really poor piece of business?

[taylorsworkrate]

So we have differing stories, none of which have been confirmed or denied, nobody knows anything for certain, but we can still form judgments based on them. How very clever.

Now that McLeish has confirmed that we've got to honour the agreement, can we form the judgement that it was another really poor piece of business?

I don't think we could possibly form any other judgement.

[PeterWithesShin]

This must be a common clause in loan deals otherwise i can't imagine it would have been agreed to. It does sound strange, bearing in mind we've also paid a loan fee as well.

I always thought it was the norm that if the player gets crocked he gets shipped back and the loan ends.

To pay a fee and not have a get out clause when signing an injury prone player on loan seems a very risky gamble. I reckon the less than 90 mins that Jenas played is going to cost us £2million+ depending on how much of a fee we paid.
And we're meant to be counting the pennies?

[Chris Smith]

It clearly is an awful deal for us but I've a feeling it's the standard terms.

Think of it if we were on the receiving end, having to pay the wages of a payer who we'd loaned out for the season but who then got crocked and came back. We'd be feeling we'd got the worst of it.