Nathan Baker - Sold

[Matt C]

Surprised to see him go but if we've got the reported 4m then we've done OK.

[Exeter 77]

Only 1 game?  Really?  Ok, I hadn't realized that as it was a straight red?

3 game ban is for violent conduct or what is considered 'serious foul play' although the FA's attitude to Villa in recent years has allowed this to become more 'fluid' - see Bacuna's 6 game ban last season.

[brian green]

And Keith Wyness 's ten grand fine and month ban for commenting indirectly on the useless tosser of a referee in the Brighton game.  One level of punishment for Aston Villa another for everybody else.

[Malandro]

Hard working defender but I wouldn't think he'd be near the first team now.
He's always going to pick up a injury too.

Good luck.

[darren woolley]

Good luck Nathan.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Bruces Dads army, his whole reign is/will be a fucking disaster

Cheer up John, he'll be gone one way or another in the next 9 months.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Bizarre. He's a solid, fairly reliable defender, especially in this league.

Why haven't we dumped Samba, Elphick and Richards instead?

I'd have kept him too. No problems with Samba but Elphick we don't need and as for Richards. Total twat.

[paul_e]

Like Hutton people always seem to willing to overlook the bad bits of his game because he was a trier.  We need to get over that and start expecting technical competence from the whole squad as a minimum.

As a third or fourth choice CB he was fine, especially at this level. You could flip what you said and say that people tend to overlook that 3rd/4th choice players at a Championship club are hardly going to be top players.

I agree, but if you get an offer of £4m for him and you have a squad as big as ours it's no great loss.

[Tayls_7]

Good luck to a decent committed player.  Terry, Chester,  Samba, Jedinak, Bree. It was the right decision. 

[paul_e]

If nothing else it means the very real prospect of Bruce playing him at left back has gone.

[Drummond]

I'm sure he wanted the move. But one wonders whether a season learning from Terry etc would have done him the world of good. We'll never know.

[Hairbandinho]

Why are people considering Jedinak and Bree as replacement central defenders? Neither are that. Surely one of the reserve/youth players would be next up when we get an injury or ban to Terry,Chester or Samba.

Unless this signals 4-4-2 will be the formation of choice.

[Tayls_7]

Why are people considering Jedinak and Bree as replacement central defenders? Neither are that. Surely one of the reserve/youth players would be next up when we get an injury or ban to Terry,Chester or Samba.

Unless this signals 4-4-2 will be the formation of choice.

You forgot to add "in my opinion ".

[Hairbandinho]

It's a forum.That's generally a given.

In my opinion.

[eamonn]

If true I'm surprised Brizzle have that type of money to spend on a centre back. I guess it works-out at £7m + Baker for Kodjia which seems pretty decent for us.