Alan McCafu

[Goldie.7]

Sigh.

[darren woolley]

Hutton deserves another year. He may not be the most talented player but he gives his all and has been the player in a couple of our games. Is Bree ready to step in and play for us? De Laet's injury is serious so will he be the same player he was? And he was signed by RDM so does Bruce rate him or will he try and get rid off him? If the latter then Hutton is needed.

This.

[adrenachrome]

From The Express and Star.

The 32-year-old’s deal had been due to expire at the end of the current campaign but the extension will keep him at Villa Park until the summer of 2018.

Hutton has experienced vastly fluctuating fortunes since joining Villa from Tottenham in 2011, at one stage being frozen out of the first-team squad for more than two years and told he had no future at the club by then boss Paul Lambert.

But he was recalled at the start of the 2014-15 campaign and signed a new three-year deal shortly afterward.

This season he has made 26 appearances and according to boss Steve Bruce is deserving of the extension.

“There’s an automatic clause which kicks in which I’m delighted to see,” said Bruce.

“He (Hutton) has seen off the challenge of many here.

Read more at http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/aston-villa-fc/2017/03/03/alan-hutton-triggers-aston-villa-contract-extension-clause/#eixc4oeSjkoRbbsW.99

[old man villa fan]

First we have GA being brought back, then these comments.  What's Bruce's next move, bringing back CNZ.

I thought we had sunk low enough to basically start again and rebuild but the Club seem as though they can't let go of the past.

[Goldie.7]

Hutton deserves another year. He may not be the most talented player but he gives his all and has been the best player in a couple of our games. Is Bree ready to step in and play for us?

All you have to do at Villa is do this and you get millions for another year. Who gives a shit about the other 44 games.

[garyshawsknee]

Ye gods, yes he has played quite well recently, but it shows how far we have sunk.

[peter w]

He'll need to be replaced but no problem with another year. He'll spend more time on the bench the better become and his delivery less of an issue. How many clubs right backs are seen as the main deliverer of crosses/chances anyway? We should just phase him out when we have a better defender at right back not just someone who can cross a ball into the box in the absence of anyone else.

[ChicagoLion]

It's almost as if the saying "flatters to deceive " was invented for him.

[TheMalandro]

I can't say I'm bothered either way, he's played well recently, he has good attitude, the extension was in his contract and he will probably be a sub at best next year.

Good luck to him.

[TheTimVilla]

I'm bothered. I wish we could just bin him off.

[PeterWithesShin]

We're all hoping for a promotion push next season, for about £1.5m, if that, we'll have a decent back up. Makes sense to me as long as it's a 1 year extension and not 3+ years.

[Gareth]

I don't think we can let Hutton go.  From what Bruce said he has triggered a clause where he get's another year.

I just don't get this.  What kind of clause is that?  If it's simply a case of having to play in a certain number of games to be guaranteed a contract extension then whoever agreed such a contract needs a good kicking.

And if he had been playing well all season and left for free we'd all have been saying surely the club has a clause in the contract to get another year if he has played enough?

Those clauses are loaded in the clubs favour so they are no bad thing, if the club hadn't wanted to trigger it Bacuna would have played plenty of games at right back this season.

I'm no Hutton fan but this is standard contract behaviour.

[adrenachrome]

We're all hoping for a promotion push next season, for about £1.5m, if that, we'll have a decent back up. Makes sense to me as long as it's a 1 year extension and not 3+ years.

That's the size and shape of it, and the long and short of it. 

It's a trigger, but not a hair-trigger as he is as bald as a coot or a badger's rear end.

We call him Attila the Hu(tto)n because of his tendency to go a-raiding off at the drop of a hat without a bye your leave or cover from the wide midfielder.

[ASHTONVILLA]

I like him. Think he is OK at this level and adds some experience and guts to the team.

[Gareth]

We're all hoping for a promotion push next season, for about £1.5m, if that, we'll have a decent back up. Makes sense to me as long as it's a 1 year extension and not 3+ years.

That's the size and shape of it, and the long and short of it. 

It's a trigger, but not a hair-trigger as he is as bald as a coot or a badger's rear end.

We call him Attila the Hu(tto)n because of his tendency to go a-raiding off at the drop of a hat without a bye your leave or cover from the wide midfielder.

Always been Hutton dressed as Lahm to me