Concrete Ron

[silhillvilla]

He's been a big disappointment . Who cares he played well in Brazil ?

[Walmley_Villa]

He's been as injury prone as Martin Lauren but is nowhere near comparable.

[pbavfckuwait]

The statement that both him and Delph will not be allowed to go in January, just seems to me another case of bad management, we have played a large part of this season without them and the financial place we find ourselves in, just seems madness to let both of them run their contracts down and go for nothing.
Any money we raised from them maybe used to get players who want to play for AVFC, as a lingering thought in my head would be two players running down their contracts, may not be the sort of characters we would require on the pitch for the annual relegation scrap.

[ROBBO]

Vlaar i can understand because you don't want to be offering a three year deal to someones who stuggles with injuries. Delph is a puzzle, probably our best player this season with the best years in front of him yet his contract has been allowed to run down, is there something else going on?

[aj2k77]

Vlaar i can understand because you don't want to be offering a three year deal to someones who stuggles with injuries. Delph is a puzzle, probably our best player this season with the best years in front of him yet his contract has been allowed to run down, is there something else going on?

Yes, it's called Delph having the ambition to not want to play shit football week in week out in a losing side.

[Rudy65]

Vlaar i can understand because you don't want to be offering a three year deal to someones who stuggles with injuries. Delph is a puzzle, probably our best player this season with the best years in front of him yet his contract has been allowed to run down, is there something else going on?

Yes, it's called Delph having the ambition to not want to play shit football week in week out in a losing side.

The thing is he isn't good enough to play for a top 6 team so his options for real progress will be limited. Although better than playing for us in the championship!

[silhillvilla]

Delph will end up at a club just outside the sky4/5 . Eg Everton , spurs .

[kippaxvilla2]

Fabian has allegedly agreed graciously to stay with us to the end of the season then leave.  I'd like to offer him my personal thanks.

[aj2k77]

Vlaar i can understand because you don't want to be offering a three year deal to someones who stuggles with injuries. Delph is a puzzle, probably our best player this season with the best years in front of him yet his contract has been allowed to run down, is there something else going on?

Yes, it's called Delph having the ambition to not want to play shit football week in week out in a losing side.

The thing is he isn't good enough to play for a top 6 team so his options for real progress will be limited. Although better than playing for us in the championship!

I think he's a great fit for Tottenham and Pochettino, busy midfielders and slightly better than what they have.

[aj2k77]

Fabian has allegedly agreed graciously to stay with us to the end of the season then leave.  I'd like to offer him my personal thanks.

The first couple of players we've had that could get a few pennies in the coffers for a good few years and they're going on a free, pisses me off.

[Duncan Shaw]

Fabian has allegedly agreed graciously to stay with us to the end of the season then leave.  I'd like to offer him my personal thanks.

According to the Times today, we are negotiating a swap deal for Delph and Holtby with Spuds in January.  All the rights wrongs and wherefores, this is probably about as good a deal as we could hope for out of a ridiculous situation.

[OzVilla]

Fabian has allegedly agreed graciously to stay with us to the end of the season then leave.  I'd like to offer him my personal thanks.

The first couple of players we've had that could get a few pennies in the coffers for a good few years and they're going on a free, pisses me off.

It's ok though. Randy's done another one of those corporate video thingys so we can all feel good about ourselves while he blunders from one fuck up to the next.

Their collective level of buffoonery is perfectly summed up in the contract situation we've got on our hands.

[kippaxvilla2]

I don't blame the club for a bloke turning down a £50k a week contract and leaving on a free from the club who gave him his big break and supported him through many months of layoffs when the easy thing to do would have been to cart him off to the Championship.  I don't think he's as good as he thinks he is either.

[PaulWinch again]

Fabian has allegedly agreed graciously to stay with us to the end of the season then leave.  I'd like to offer him my personal thanks.

According to who?

[aj2k77]

Fabian has allegedly agreed graciously to stay with us to the end of the season then leave.  I'd like to offer him my personal thanks.

The first couple of players we've had that could get a few pennies in the coffers for a good few years and they're going on a free, pisses me off.

It's ok though. Randy's done another one of those corporate video thingys so we can all feel good about ourselves while he blunders from one fuck up to the next.

Their collective level of buffoonery is perfectly summed up in the contract situation we've got on our hands.

Exactly, no one has their eye on the ball. Lerner and Lambert as bad for our health as Benson and Hedges.