Charles N'zogbia update

[Boz]

I think there's more to this saga than meets the eye.

Are you thinking maybe another richard dunne scenario sil?

so nzogbia will rock up and be the best player in the championship next season then?

May be that's his level 

What training was he actually doing on holiday and was it witnessed?

[dave.woodhall]

I think there's more to this saga than meets the eye.

Such as?

[pauliewalnuts]

I think there's more to this saga than meets the eye.

Are you thinking maybe another richard dunne scenario sil?

 I think it is.  In fact I thought it as soon as I heard about the inury.

Changing his squad number to 36 did suggest he wasn't particularly part of the plans.

Wasn't it pretty early in the summer that he injured himself?

If so, not really surprising he's been given a high number, if he's not going to play this season.

[Richard E]

Villa squad numbers are now the 21st century equivalent of the position of the Politburo member on the Kremlin Wall during the May Day parade. You have to read between the lines to see who is in and out of favour...

[olaftab]

I think there's more to this saga than meets the eye.

Such as?

He is obviously feigning an injury and we have no  qualified medical staff to verify that etc etc. Clearly we are being duped and the player is happy to destroy his career just because he is getting £40K a week. There it's easy to work out!

[ozzjim]

I look forward to him being back. I also hope we sign Zaha as rumoured, as it would give us 2 genuine attacking options for the second half of the season that we need badly.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Really cannot see him kicking another ball for us. Someone has already said he is this seasons Richard Dunne ......

[eamonn]

Zaha and Zoggy - ZZ (up) top..Hmm, why not? At the moment, our out-of-sorts Funboy Trio in attack could do with some competition.

Dunne was out of contract last summer whereas N'Zogbia still has two more years after this one so I'm not sure if the "Pretend he's injured until he leaves quietly when his deal is up" thing works as well here.

[Mister E]

Bet you a tenner he'll still be out injured in February.  He's this year's Richard Dunne.

Exactly my thoughts, although you'd think the club would want to get him out on the pitch.
mind you, Lambert didn;t play him that much last season.

[Mister E]

It's also with the benefit of hindsight. As I recall there weren't many dissenting voices when Given or N'Zogbia were signed, the opposite in fact. Makoun's signing was heralded as he was somewhat of an unknown and it was right at the start of the MON hate campaign so someone coming in from abroad was the ultimate signing. For one reason and another none of them have proved to be good signings. As far as i'm concerned we've got N'Zogbia on our books until his contract runs out and as such he should be utilised when he regains fitness.

agreed. not sure if there was that many dissenting voices even when it came to Hutton. McLeish had managed him before and Luke Young had left. From early on it was clear that Hutton was going to be a disaster. Makoun too struggled despite a good performance at Old Trafford. Given had a fine season I recall under McLeish. Nzogbia at half the price of Downing seemed great value but he arrived overweight and unfit which was damning. With the exception of Given, I suspect the character of the other 3 players is a bit dubious. Hutton has proved a decent player at other clubs and for Scotland but clearly off field issues with him. Remember him playing for Spurs a few times early in Redknapp's reign and his conditioning was a disgrace.

I've never been a fan of N'Zog - as you'll know from having read previous posts from me about him: he has always been an 'in-and-out' player who really only ever had one sustained run (of half a season at Wigan) where he looked genuinely a match winner. Funnily enough, I had more expectation of Hutton when he arrived ...

[Holte L2]

I also think we have another Dunne saga.  He's injury and demoted bomb squad number are all too much of a coincidence for me.

[john e]

hes another player that gets better the longer hes out of the team,

hes not been missed, he doesn't offer enough to the team to make him missed,
 he doesn't seem to have a bad attitude or anything, he just hasnt fitted in that well for whatever reason,  but hes not worth perservering with as I don't think hes all that good

[peter w]

I think there's more to this saga than meets the eye.

Such as?

as he hasn't replied..I guess he means that there must be something behind the scenes that we don't know about.

[Toronto Villa]

I have nothing to back this up but it is possible he got injured doing something he shouldn't have. I know that some athletes now have clauses in their contracts about what they can and cannot do from a recreational standpoint between seasons. They are expensives assets. I wonder if N'Zogbia did something while away that has pissed off the manager outside of what appears to be a regular injury. Off course it's also entirely possible he's just injured and it was bad enough that it is taking more time than expected to heal.

[paul_e]

I don't really get why so many fans want to see Nzogbia back in the, to me he's never looked anything special.  Yes he had a good few months when he saved Wigan from relegation but what else has he done to deserve the fee we paid and the wages we're still dishing out for him?

I don't see much between him and Ireland.