Jean Deux?

[Rick_avfc]

I think they said Makoun was injured for up to 2 months so im guessing that when he is fit again at the end of this month/midway through feb then he will go back to Greece to finish his loan spell. 
Although we are paying Jenas' wages, I do think we are paying Makoun's.  Olympiacos (spelling? ) are in the same situation as us in regards to paying a loanee's wages.

[JUAN PABLO]

Jenas must be signing for us permantly then.  I still cant believe we are paying his wages , cant we have corluka instead , mind , he would have be better than Hutton.

[Rick_avfc]

I think its a clause in the loan agreement that we have to keep paying him for the length of the deal.  I pretty much doubt we will be signing him permanently.

[JUAN PABLO]

this club is run like Woolworths was.

[Shrek]

this club is run like Woolworths was.

In fairness, that's common practise. We have loaned him for a season, he got injured playing for us, so it's only right we fulfill the contract.

[old man villa fan]

They caught us on an off night and we made them look a lot better than they are.

The trouble is that this is not the first time that we have made lesser teams look better than they are.

[wookster]

this club is run like Woolworths was.

In fairness, that's common practise. We have loaned him for a season, he got injured playing for us, so it's only right we fulfill the contract.

He was injured when the loan started, we should have left him at Spuds then

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Swansea are one of the best passing teams I've seen down Villa park, add to that one of the tightest defences.

I just wish we still had Houllier in charge, he had a vision and a plan.

Swansea played us off the park after about 20 minutes. Because they ran for each other and worked hard and kept possession. We resorted to hoofball far too often as we increasingly panicked. Credit to Swansea they never panicked and looked very slick. A team full of average players playing to their strengths against a team of overrated players having little desire, clue or apparent skill.
Bugger innit?

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Back to the thread....Makoun would be ideal in a team IF we played a passing game, as would a good number of our players - Clark, Bannan, Ireland, Stan, Herd, Delph, Gardner, even Dunne.  ONE good passer of the ball won't make us any better. Someone has clearly made the decision not to play a passing/possession game and we are paying for it.

[adrenachrome]

Swansea are one of the best passing teams I've seen down Villa park, add to that one of the tightest defences.

I just wish we still had Houllier in charge, he had a vision and a plan.

Swansea played us off the park after about 20 minutes. Because they ran for each other and worked hard and kept possession. We resorted to hoofball far too often as we increasingly panicked. Credit to Swansea they never panicked and looked very slick. A team full of average players playing to their strengths against a team of overrated players having little desire, clue or apparent skill.
Bugger innit?

They would have panicked if they had The Schizoid Man at left full back gifting us a goal early doors with a brainless act of breathtaking ineptitude. This would have raised the most pertinent question in their minds: can we afford to pass the ball to anybody else in our half without a major fuckup ensuing?