Stephen Ireland

[OzVilla]

Last week, he did an interview on one of those cringe worthy Sky football build up shows - not sure if you saw it.

I know these things get edited but he basically just spoke about how great his time was at Man Citeh and how he loved the fans there, and him putting money into a Charitable home in Manchester.  It just came across as the Villa (that barely received a mention) were all abit of an inconveinience to his life.

Absolutley pathetic!

[richardhubbard]

Get the wanker out on loan to a championship side , least his off the wage bill and then get rid in the summer.

The guy is a waste of talent.

[SheffieldVillain]

Get the wanker out on loan to a championship side , least his off the wage bill and then get rid in the summer.

The guy is a waste of talent.

He wouldn't be off the wage bill though - which championship side is going to pay his wages, or even 25% of his wages? 

No, we're stuck with the waste of space until his contract's up or we decide to cut our losses and pay him off. 

I really hate this idea of making him and his like train with the youth team though. What kind of example is he to the youth players?

[OzVilla]

Get the wanker out on loan to a championship side , least his off the wage bill and then get rid in the summer.

The guy is a waste of talent.

He wouldn't be off the wage bill though - which championship side is going to pay his wages, or even 25% of his wages? 

No, we're stuck with the waste of space until his contract's up or we decide to cut our losses and pay him off. 

I really hate this idea of making him and his like train with the youth team though. What kind of example is he to the youth players?

I said at Christmas we should terminate his contract and I stand by that. 

Galling as it would be to give this nerk more cash the truth is he's more trouble than he's worth.  We made a shocking (one of many) boardroom decision to include him in the Milner deal - shocking as he (Ireland) stated at the time that he didn't want to come.  That should have been enough for us to realise he wasn't going to be what we wanted.

[PaulTheVillan]

Always hoped Ireland would come good, can't see it now. He just doesn't seem to have the desire. I don't think he actually likes football anymore.

[rob_bridge]

Ireland is a fucking leech

He casn fuck off with the other ne'er do wells who have dissed / toook the piss out of the club over the last 25 years

One of a long list - Callaghan, Hodge, Collymore, Alpay to scratch the surface.

FUCK OFF!!!!!!

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Pointless him being here whilst we're in a scrap.
He's disinterested and clearly not a team player.

[Ads]

When is his contract up? I thought we gave him a four year deal, so does he have until summer 2014?

[richtheholtender]

Just know he will be quality at another club.

[rob_bridge]

When is his contract up? I thought we gave him a four year deal, so does he have until summer 2014?

That is my understanding - we should pay him off

[saunders_heroes]

Just know he will be quality at another club.

I doubt it. He's your classic 'one season wonder'. I've never rated him, and I think he's pound for pound one of the worst signings this club has ever made. The most mind boggling part of the deal is that he was signed while we were manager-less.  So who signed him, Lerner, Faulkner, the bloke who cuts the grass? Absolute madness, and it's just another in a long line of bonkers decisions this club has made under Lerner over the last few years.
Even after saying that though I still think its wrong of Lambert to be alienating senior players while we're in this dangerous predicament. We may need Ireland at some stage in this relegation run in, so why do this now? Another pathetic decision by Lambert.

[Ron Manager]

Well  as I see it  Ireland doesnt get on with the manager or the way the manager wants the team to play.

Our only hope is that a team in the States takes him on. Never been made absolutely clear who exactly brought him to this club or if he was forced on us by Man City.

What is clear however is the fact that he is on a lot of money which he cannot hope to pick up elsewhere.

He may sit out the rest of his contract  unless we pay him off.

Could be he will outstay Lambert if we go down.

I agree with Saunders Heroes. Lambert could be holding another grudge here which could work against the club  The club is the only thing that matters.

[PaulTheVillan]

Ireland has about 16 months left on his deal. I think he'll be off somewhere like Sunderland in the summer for next to nothing, get him off the wages.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

As we were managerless, i'm assuming Carbon Neutral did all the negotiations with him.

£63,000pw by all accounts. Shocking.

I think he'll end up going abroad.

[SamTheMouse]

What I want to know is, who exactly was it that decided to sign him? Why the hell didn't we just tell City to stump up a few extra million?