Charles N'zogbia update

[placeforparks]

The whole McLiesh debarcle has been done to death, but really, that summer, where £5 million was piad in compensation to Small Heath and probably just shy of £18 million in fees. These fees being spent on players who aren't really up to it and the 6 or 7 million in wages we pay out to them annually, shows just how costly those few months of bad decision making was.

It's the 5 year contracts that TSM was authorised to give that is the real killer.

i don't think offering a 5 year contract to a 25 year-old is that mad.

a 5 year contract to 35 year old shay given though....

[SoccerHQ]

The whole McLiesh debarcle has been done to death, but really, that summer, where £5 million was piad in compensation to Small Heath and probably just shy of £18 million in fees. These fees being spent on players who aren't really up to it and the 6 or 7 million in wages we pay out to them annually, shows just how costly those few months of bad decision making was.

It's the 5 year contracts that TSM was authorised to give that is the real killer.

i don't think offering a 5 year contract to a 25 year-old is that mad.

a 5 year contract to 35 year old shay given though....

I think N'zogbia only got a 5 year deal as previously we'd only given Milner and Downing 4 year deals. It's feasible we could've kept Milner for one more season if he'd signed a 5 year deal in 2008 instead of just four.

Sod's law CNZ has done little of note compared to those two...

[GordonCowansisthegreatest]

Now written off for the rest of the season!!

From the o/s

[not3bad]

Well there's a surprise.

[Concrete John]

13/14's Dunne.

[GordonCowansisthegreatest]

13/14's Dunne.

Just what I was thinking.

Should be fit for France in the world cup then?

[Hookeysmith]

Wonder what he has done with his time?

I mean for the first part of the injury he must have been pretty imobile and with the money these players are on i owuld have been the size of a house if left to my own devices

[London Villan]

Not that Lambert has bombed him out or anything... no....

[pauliewalnuts]

Wonder what he has done with his time?

I mean for the first part of the injury he must have been pretty imobile and with the money these players are on i owuld have been the size of a house if left to my own devices

With that sort of cash, and that much spare time, I think I'd almost certainly be dead by now.

[Mister E]

The whole McLiesh debarcle has been done to death, but really, that summer, where £5 million was piad in compensation to Small Heath and probably just shy of £18 million in fees. These fees being spent on players who aren't really up to it and the 6 or 7 million in wages we pay out to them annually, shows just how costly those few months of bad decision making was.

It's the 5 year contracts that TSM was authorised to give that is the real killer.

i don't think offering a 5 year contract to a 25 year-old is that mad.

a 5 year contract to 35 year old shay given though....

5 years for a fella that had only really had half a season of decent football in the previous five seasons seems a little rich to me.

But it's all somewhat academic now; he's history as far as we are concerned.

[richardhubbard]

i do remember the 2 years when we signed Nzogbia and Ireland , some people saying they would be better than young and milner...

[OCD]

Now written off for the rest of the season!!

From the o/s

From the o/s? You mean the Press Review section where they re-print abstracts from the media. It's a valid story but it would be better to quote the original Birmingham Mail story rather than to make it look like there's been some sort of official statement where we've said he won't play again this season.

[Jon Crofts]

i do remember the 2 years when we signed Nzogbia and Ireland , some people saying they would be better than young and milner...

Ireland, how is that world class spunk trumpet getting on at the home of anti football?

[MoetVillan]

Wonder what he has done with his time?

I mean for the first part of the injury he must have been pretty imobile and with the money these players are on i owuld have been the size of a house if left to my own devices

With that sort of cash, and that much spare time, I think I'd almost certainly be dead by now.

Me too.  Maybe thats why he is unavailable?

[Dribbler]

i do remember the 2 years when we signed Nzogbia and Ireland , some people saying they would be better than young and milner...

Ireland, how is that world class spunk trumpet getting on at the home of anti football?

He's no longer at Villa, he moved to Stoke!