Alan McCafu

[ROBBO]

Great attitude yes makes mistakes but which full back doesn't, Hope we hang on to Grealish he must put five thousand onto gate receipts.

[Drummond]

one or two of our plethora of right backs needs to go. I'd keep Bree as i honestly think he has talent.

Hutton left with Taylor as cover, Bree on the right.

Elmo to be right wing with Snoddy going.

[sirlordbaltimore]

Can anyone pinpoint what Hutton is actually good at as a footballer?

And i mean on the pitch, week in week out.

[chrisw1]

Can anyone pinpoint what Hutton is actually good at as a footballer?

And i mean on the pitch, week in week out.

You mean other than being the best fullback at the club and one of the better fullbacks in the league?

[sirlordbaltimore]

Can anyone pinpoint what Hutton is actually good at as a footballer?

And i mean on the pitch, week in week out.

You mean other than being the best fullback at the club and one of the better fullbacks in the league?

That's not really answered the question though has it ?

[Drummond]

Can anyone pinpoint what Hutton is actually good at as a footballer?

And i mean on the pitch, week in week out.

You mean other than being the best fullback at the club and one of the better fullbacks in the league?

That's not really answered the question though has it ?

Yes it does. It just isn't the reply you wanted.

[jwarry]

I must admit I’m not really a Hutton fan, but right now he is the kind of player we need

[Blagg]

There are two alternative futures.  One in which Alan Hutton is no longer a Villa player, the other in which he is still playing for us and is the best fullback in League Two

[Ads]

Erm?

[sirlordbaltimore]

Can anyone pinpoint what Hutton is actually good at as a footballer?

And i mean on the pitch, week in week out.

You mean other than being the best fullback at the club and one of the better fullbacks in the league?

That's not really answered the question though has it ?

Yes it does. It just isn't the reply you wanted.

No, i wanted someone to the question. As i just said.

[ASHTONVILLA]

No, i wanted someone to the question. As i just said.

He is easily the best fullback at the club. He is tenacious, strong in the tackle, and breaks forward well. He is excellent at marking. The downside is that at the end of his runs he lacks a good cross, but the fact he makes the runs tends to create space for our forwards anyway, which he gets little credit for.

Plus he has a very good attitude and clearly loves playing for the club.

I am very glad he is staying put.

[paul_e]

To answer the question (as someone who has complained about Hutton plenty of times on here) He's a good man marker, he's pretty quick and he works hard. It's also hard to criticise his attitude and determination and he seems to have eventually learned how to tackle without risking a red card.

Where he struggles is where he's marking an area because he tends to not pick up runners and he's a waste of space in the opposition half.  The former is why the idea of him covering at centre back scares the shit out of me and the latter is why he's better on the left than the right because he plays with a lot more discipline and sticks to what he can do.

In the championship, when we've got no money to fund a decent replacement, I'm ok with him staying around for another year despite thinking he's easily the most over-rated player in the squad right now.

[Toronto Villa]

The jury is still out on Bruce and we won't hear one way or another for a couple of weeks. Not ideal but that is the way it is.

I imagine Chelts given his personal challenges and with all this other stuff about to blow up, the future of the manager wasn’t an immediate priority. And who, as much as I want him gone, if we sort out the finances as best as possible him being in charge in the grand scheme of all of the crap going down around us isn’t the end of the world.

[old man villa fan]

No, i wanted someone to the question. As i just said.

He is easily the best fullback at the club. He is tenacious, strong in the tackle, and breaks forward well. He is excellent at marking. The downside is that at the end of his runs he lacks a good cross, but the fact he makes the runs tends to create space for our forwards anyway, which he gets little credit for.

Plus he has a very good attitude and clearly loves playing for the club.

I am very glad he is staying put.

I would disagree on creating space. I think he holds on to the ball too long when he is running with it and reduces the space. The play becomes congested, the game slows down and we end up passing the ball backwards.

[tomd2103]

one or two of our plethora of right backs needs to go. I'd keep Bree as i honestly think he has talent.

Hutton left with Taylor as cover, Bree on the right.

Elmo to be right wing with Snoddy going.

Yep, if Elmohamady is going to be used primarily as a winger next season and it means we won't have to bring one in, I think we could probably keep De Laet, Bree, Hutton and Taylor as our full-back options (though Taylor will probably be a bit too costly to be a reserve).