Mile Jedinak - Released

[mamuu]

BFR always said the hardest bit of his job was knowing when to move players on when their legs were starting to go. Sounds like a good move for both parties - Palace get a decent fee and we get a no nonsense presence in the middle who can probably cut it for a couple of years in this league.

not overly optimistic then that we'll be back with the big boys next year?

after making the trip up on Saturday evening it's looking like a good bit of business from Pardew's perspective, jet lag or not.

[in exile]

He's crap

[Ron Manager]

He hasn't had a half decent performance yet, perhaps tonight will see a change in his luck. He certainly needs it and so do we!

[brian green]

Most Aussies in sport give their all and hate to lose.  He looks to be the exception.  Perhaps tonight he will be worth his place but I am not over confident.  It is not even that he has been poor, he has been downright bad.

[onje_villa]

And yet he is an integral part of the Aussie team and was universally liked at Palace. Players are getting worse at Villa, being happening for years.

[old man villa fan]

Club low on confidence, unsettled team and more than half a team of new players.  Not easy to come in and make a mark. Have any of the new players delivered on their past form.

[footyskillz]

bit of a rip-off paying 4m for a 32 year old in the last year of his contract. Just hope he's not injury prone/past it

We need a short term fix or two to get us up! And £4m is a bargain for a player of his quality anyway.

if he's fit and his legs haven't gone yeah. looking at his career you wonder why he got to 27 only playing 200 games

Have you the right player? He is 32 and played almost 400 games. He was also virtually an ever present for two season for palace a couple of season ago and made 34 appearances last season.

If you are talking about before his England debut, you do realise they play less games in Australia?

Sickbeggar you called it right with your cautionary tale.one if only few looking back at the pages before he started and when he signed on this thread there was far too much fanfare about some passionate Australian gladiator when really we got the other sterotype of the lazy thoughtless and simple player. I think he's settled in early retirement and would be better playing mls or a league as he's without doubt the worst of the summer signings. I never rated him at palace other than an agressive so and so with a decent dead ball  (learnt skill not natural) .

[ChicagoLion]

His legs have gone.

[ASHTONVILLA]

He played alright in his last game at Palace. Like many of our squad, we need to work out where to best to play them (leave them out the team if we don't have a formation to suit) and get them fit and motivated.

Too many players come to Villa looking great, leave under a cloud, and then become good again at the next club. We need better coaching (although we seem to turn good coaches bad as well).

[RussellC]

I thought he played well for an hour against Brentford. I don't think his international trips have helped with his settling-in at all. He definitely needs some younger legs alongside him though, and Tshibola hasn't quite found his feet yet.

[in exile]

His legs have gone.

What about the rest of him?

[PaulWinch again]

How do he play yesterday?

[cheltenhamlion]

How do he play yesterday?

His passing was shit but he looked decent to me in a "stop in front of the central defenders and let fuck all through" sort of role.

[PaulWinch again]

How do he play yesterday?

His passing was shit but he looked decent to me in a "stop in front of the central defenders and let fuck all through" sort of role.

Good well that's essentially what I see his function to be.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

How do he play yesterday?

His passing was shit but he looked decent to me in a "stop in front of the central defenders and let fuck all through" sort of role.

that'll do