Ryan Bertrand

[PaulWinch again]

I'd hope he starts, it's not like Luna has been putting in stellar performances and been in complete sync with the rest of the defence.

[bobdylan]

Did he play midfield in the Champions League final? 

[supertom]

Did he play midfield in the Champions League final? 

Yes. He played ahead of Ashley Cole and they both did a very solid job of keeping Robben quiet.

[Dave Clark Five]

Good signing. Guessing he'll be straight into the team tomorrow too.

Given so little time to train with the team, I'd expect him to be on the bench.

It will be a pity if he is. I hope he is straight in, also Holt.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Lambert mentioned Bennett is now available to play as well. Bennett at LB with Bertrand ahead of him wouldnt surprise me.

[class_of_82]

At last a full back that can overlap and add something to our attack and is comfortable on the ball, if only we could clone john gidman

[Toronto Villa]

Good signing. Guessing he'll be straight into the team tomorrow too.

Given so little time to train with the team, I'd expect him to be on the bench.

with Baker out I would expect him straight in. Luna has had all of the training and it hasn't helped him. I'm sure Bertrand has kept fit at Chelsea.

[Mazrim]

Lambert mentioned Bennett is now available to play as well. Bennett at LB with Bertrand ahead of him wouldnt surprise me.

Definitely the other way around. Bertrand is several levels ahead as a defender.

[Matt C]

Wonder if Bennett will be loaned out now.

[Steve kirk]

As other people have said Lambert probably knew a while back that he had dropped a bollock signing Luna and has acted quickly to fix that in the window, good to see posters are happy about this new player after the meltdown on here over Holt arriving which I didnt quite understand.

[Steve kirk]

At last a full back that can overlap and add something to our attack and is comfortable on the ball, if only we could clone john gidman

 John Gidman, what a player he was, one of my all time favourites.

[danlanza]

As other people have said Lambert probably knew a while back that he had dropped a bollock signing Luna and has acted quickly to fix that in the window, good to see posters are happy about this new player after the meltdown on here over Holt arriving which I didnt quite understand.

I am sure Luna will come good once he has adapted to the Premier league, and no i am not joking.

[cdbearsfan]

Just heard about this. Decent signing I think and good luck to him.

Has anyone suggested the nickname "Plastic" for him yet? If not, I will.

[JUAN PABLO]

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[JUAN PABLO]

For those interested, here are all the players Chelsea have out on loan:

You could make a pretty good squad from that selection!

A Chelsea Loanee XI could beat our first team comfortably quite frankly.

Good to hear Ryan saying the right things though (courtesy of F365):

'It's Always Been A Dream Of Mine' #2
"Whenever I've played for Chelsea here at Villa Park the fans have been fantastic and have always created a great atmosphere." Ryan Bertrand expresses his delight at moving to Aston Villa.

We'll leave you to guess the number of times Ryan Bertrand has played for Chelsea at Villa Park in front of Villa fans.

Yep, that's right, none. Zilch. Zip. Zero.

At least he's trying- 'It's Always Been A Dream Of Mine #1' was Jelavic replying 'Because it was the only concrete offer' when asked why he decided to join Hull.

on the bench counts as playing doesnt it - he might have been playing candy crush on his phone