Philippe Senderos

[Mister E]

the footballing and herpetological minutiae of this forum never ceases to amaze me! And here am I thinking Fab was just a cnut.

Lacking vertebrae, I'm sure he could curl himself up into the right sort of shape, if that's what floats your boat.

Lacking vertebrae, he probably blows himself off each night*.




*Wasn't it Marilyn Manson who had a vertebra removed so that he could fellate himself?

[LeeB]

the footballing and herpetological minutiae of this forum never ceases to amaze me! And here am I thinking Fab was just a cnut.

Lacking vertebrae, I'm sure he could curl himself up into the right sort of shape, if that's what floats your boat.

Lacking vertebrae, he probably blows himself off each night*.




*Wasn't it Marilyn Manson who had a vertebra removed so that he could fellate himself?

* I thought it was Prince

[joe_c]

Not seen this posted elsewhere but it seems we have conducted some business this window.

Philippe Senderos departs Villa
Defender leaves B6. 27th Jan 2016

Aston Villa and Philippe Senderos have mutually agreed to terminate the defender's contract.

Senderos arrived in June 2014 and made nine appearances in claret and blue.

The club wishes Philippe all the best in his future career.

[supertom]

Philippe despite his reputation played well for us in his 9 games. But the problem with Philippe, and a reason why we shouldn't have signed him, is that he's always injured. It was inevitable. We had Blancmange Ron here taking up the treatment table so what did we do? We signed his Swiss cousin.
Good luck to him. I think perhaps moving to a less physically demanding league, he might be able to extend his playing career a bit longer. For someone we all expected to be an utter disaster he never really let us down on the pitch. The trouble is, as expected, he just didn't get on the pitch.

[The Laughing Policeman]

That's a relief. I was expecting to read that we'd extended his contract and given him a pay rise.

[Witton Warrior]

Philippe despite his reputation played well for us in his 9 games. But the problem with Philippe, and a reason why we shouldn't have signed him, is that he's always injured. It was inevitable. We had Blancmange Ron here taking up the treatment table so what did we do? We signed his Swiss cousin.
Good luck to him. I think perhaps moving to a less physically demanding league, he might be able to extend his playing career a bit longer. For someone we all expected to be an utter disaster he never really let us down on the pitch. The trouble is, as expected, he just didn't get on the pitch.

His performance when he bullied Ballotelli was a real highlight ;-)

[AVH87]

31 next month, right move. That's him and Cole shifted this window, Hope CNZ and GA follow before it closes.

[chrisw1]

I can't understand why we never played him again.  I don't accept he has not been fit since that injury nor that he wouldn't have had anything to contribute to one of the worst defences I have seen in 30 years.

[saunders_heroes]

I can't understand why we never played him again.  I don't accept he has not been fit since that injury nor that he wouldn't have had anything to contribute to one of the worst defences I have seen in 30 years.

It seems bizarre because when he did play at the start of his Villa career he actually looked solid, then he vanished. I think he was just a latter day member of the Villa bomb squad who we just wanted off the wage bill.

[chrisw1]

I can't understand why we never played him again.  I don't accept he has not been fit since that injury nor that he wouldn't have had anything to contribute to one of the worst defences I have seen in 30 years.

It seems bizarre because when he did play at the start of his Villa career he actually looked solid, then he vanished. I think he was just a latter day member of the Villa bomb squad who we just wanted off the wage bill.

Which is criminal really, as there have been loads of times we have been crying out for his experience.  In those fist 9 games he was very, very good.

[Duncan Shaw]

Sherwood didn;t put him in the 25 man squad, so we couldn't play him.

[PaulWinch again]

Played well in his 9 games, but far too injury prone. It looks like Garde is clearing the decks it'll be good to see the likes of Senderos, Cole, Richardson, Gabby and N'Zog gone.

[PeterWithesShin]

4 of those 5 would/will be gone in the summer anyway. Still, it's nice that Garde knows who is shit/a drain on the club.

[eddiemunster]

4 of those 5 would/will be gone in the summer anyway. Still, it's nice that Garde knows who is shit/a drain on the club.

Gabby contracted till 2018.
19 under 21 players out of contract at end of season (including Donacien & Robinson who are both on loan).
Crespo,Steer,Baker,Bennett and Gardner out on loan till the end of the season.
How many of these will go cheaply as per the previous seasons loanees?
4 under 18 players out of contract at end of season.
How many of them (the 19 + 4) will be offered new contracts?
If Hollis' previous comments are anything to go by, probably none if them.

[supertom]

Philippe despite his reputation played well for us in his 9 games. But the problem with Philippe, and a reason why we shouldn't have signed him, is that he's always injured. It was inevitable. We had Blancmange Ron here taking up the treatment table so what did we do? We signed his Swiss cousin.
Good luck to him. I think perhaps moving to a less physically demanding league, he might be able to extend his playing career a bit longer. For someone we all expected to be an utter disaster he never really let us down on the pitch. The trouble is, as expected, he just didn't get on the pitch.

His performance when he bullied Ballotelli was a real highlight ;-)

Loved that. I'll always remember him for that game.