N'Zogbia injured

[villan from luton]

He's shit, move on.
Sorry to be so blunt.

I think he is far from shit

[eamonn]

For £10m he's been desperately disappointing.

[villan from luton]

He has been disappointing Eamonn, but he is not shit. He didnt join the noses cos of McLeish, it was a worry when he joined Villa and true to form, N'Zog was right in worrying that he would not let him express himself. I think he has done okay under Lambert, but agree he does not justify his alleged 60k figure especially when we are now begging Benteke to sign something like 40k, ffs get a grip, even if we pay Benteke 100k for another year, that is an extra 3 million, he will be worth far more than that after his world cup. He is a world beater

[eamonn]

He's not shit, far from it. The nadir of our season, away at Millwall and Bradford, he was the one player not afraid to get the ball and look to do something with it. I forgive the blind alleys and impetuousness he shows, there's quality there. Fantastic free kick against West Ham, wonderful trap and shot for his goal at Blackburn last season. Very unlucky to hit the bar with a thunderbolt against Newcastle when Cabaye had scored with a similar shot moments before (or was it after?). He just hasn't shown enough of that quality. Like Ireland, it's in him but for whatever reason it doesn't come out enough.

[Villafirst]

Still think Lambert can get more out of him. Anyway, get well soon Charlie.

[*shellac*]

Charlie Can't Surf.

[Villafirst]

Charlie Can't Surf.

Bad taste. That's a serious injury. Can't see the funny side myself.

[phantom limb]

There's certainly a player in there but we've only seen him in fits and starts. He's certainly nowhere near the level of general uselessness of Steven Ireland, I hope he makes a full recovery from the op.

[Ads]

We need an alternative to him in the squad now. Is this Popov similar?

[supertom]

He's shit, move on.
Sorry to be so blunt.

I think he is far from shit

Yep, he could only dream of being as good as shit.

[supertom]

That doesn't sound good with the injury. I've known a coupla of people who had it and it takes a while to recover from. 6 months if he's lucky. Even then once it's fully healed he's got to get back into serious training. I don't see him being full fit for another 1-2 months after full recovery. That said, I don't think he's in Lambo's plans anyhow. We may see him leave for next to nothing next summer.

[DrGonzo]

Charlie Can't Surf.

Bad taste. That's a serious injury. Can't see the funny side myself.

 Someone's woken up in a shitty mood this morning... pass me my #7 handbag...the big one with the metal clasp.
 I'm glad we signed Tonev and Helenius before this happened, you get the feeling Charlie was one of the players earmarked for the off and we might not have got both in if Randy knew he'd still be on our books.

[Mister E]

He's shit, move on.
Sorry to be so blunt.

I think he is far from shit

Posting after a few drinks is never very smart, so maybe I overstated it. But, when I made the comment I was referring to his attitude and overall impact on games: he may be a fantastic footballer, but his output is rubbish.

In fact, even at Wigan and Barcodes his overall output was pretty limited (bar one half-season at Wigan).

[Diablo]

Charlie Can't Surf.

Bad taste. That's a serious injury. Can't see the funny side myself.

In the interest of balance I think "Charlie can't surf" is pretty funny.  It also goes without saying I obviously wish Charlie a full and speedy recovery

[sirlordbaltimore]

I don't think he's been shit either, but he hasn't been worth 10m that's for sure. Then again he didn't put that fee on his own head

Last season when he actually started to shine he got dropped which must've been a kick in the teeth for the lad. The fact we improved without him was down to the system change as much as anything i reckon

He can still be a match winner i'm sure