From AVFC....Release list

[Hoppo]

 Benny Siegrist is more than capable of stepping up.

[TheSandman]

Happy Heskey release day everyone.

I've got the bunting and champagne ready.

[The Left Side]

Happy Heskey release day everyone.

I've got the bunting and champagne ready.

That news made my morning

[mr-villa]

Bit surprised by Guzan's departure, thought he had a future at Villa.  But that will hopefully send a message to Mark Hughes that Shay Given is going nowhere!

That's a shame, thought we could have got decent money for Given and saved a huge wedge on wages, stupid idea to give him five years when he joined last season.  Wrong decision in my opinion, the guy doesn't inspire any confidence in the central defenders, ridgidly stays on his line and can't command a penalty area on set pieces or corners.  A great shot stopper yes but you need more than that as a PL keeper.  Should have gotten rid and developed Guzan who is easily good enough for the PL.

[supertom]

Good luck to all of them. Heskey's a nice guy and a trier, it was always pleasing on the very (very) rare games he played well and it always seems to surprise him as much as anyone else, if he scores a goal.

Cueller will be missed. Top bloke and good pro. However, he's 30 now and replacing him with someone younger on lower wages, would make sense.

Guzan is just teetering between being an excellent number 2, or a good number 1. He has potential to be great as a number 1, but perhaps it just won't happen for him here. I doubt he wanted to stay again. Personally, Given is my number 1, regardless of Guzan playing well when called upon. There were still a few too many question marks. I think he'll do a top job for a low end Prem or decent championship side.

[Rimmy Jimmer]

My prayers are finally answered and Heskey is gone. An example of an atrocious  footballer. Hutton can go next. Shame about Guzan i think he will do well.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Hopefully the next Manager will ship Hutton and Warnock out.
You'd be hard pressed to find two worse full backs in the premier.

[Clampy]

Hutton was abysmal. Warnock looked better towards the end of the season and he worked his arse off against the Albion. We can do better though.

[Greg N'Ash]

Petrov. Weren't we not going to take the option on the last year of his contract? Or has he a year left? Or have we took it up due to the coircumstances?

[eamonn]

Petrov still has a year to go.

[Greg N'Ash]

cheers. could have sworn  someone said pre-illness we had the option of another year that we weren't taking up. Obviously not.

[Louzie0]

Bye bye, Emile.  The best of luckand I hope you'll be very happy in your next job.  I appreciated you and what you did for Villa.

*tin hat on*

[brian green]

I agree that a better option would have been to keep Guzan and let Given go.   Given has deteriorated into a brilliant shot stopper who fails to command the area.   He also is living in the comfort zone of high pay and no threat to his place.   The money we would save on him could be better used replacing the full backs.

[SoccerHQ]

Good riddance to Heskey.

In an ideal world I'd have liked the other two to stay. Carlos rarely let us down and was better at RB than Hutton is which is very worrying. Guzan did as well as Given did in his appearences. Good luck to both of them.

Can't wait till next summer when Warnock, Dunne and Collins will all be out of contract. Happy fcuking days.

[Karlos96]

I'm so glad i'll never have to see that tumbling oaf in a Villa shirt again.