DCJonah Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 An absolute panic signing Looking back it still amazes me how long some fans remained convinced that all he needed was service. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 We should tell them the truth, Hogan fee and wages off the books had helped to pay for Jacks new contract 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Good got rid of some dead wood and wages. Championship is probably his level. It was a stupid signing as Bruce never, ever, played to his strengths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 1 minute ago, The Fun Factory said: Good got rid of some dead wood and wages. Championship is probably his level. It was a stupid signing as Bruce never, ever, played to his strengths. I enjoy getting on bruce as much as anyone but what are his strengths to play to? He's not fast, he's not good with the ball at his feet, his hold up play is atrocious and his finishing is poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 3 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: Good got rid of some dead wood and wages. Championship is probably his level. It was a stupid signing as Bruce never, ever, played to his strengths. Reportedly on 60k a week so that's 3m saved + 1 or 2m we may of got for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
est1874 Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Good riddance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Wages off our bill. Would have got a promotion pay rise so that 45k or what ever he was on is now bringing our summer spending back down. Just jota, 2 keepers and lansbury to go and that should be another 100k plus pw saved. I'm guessing the hogan wages just go to jack now ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted September 16, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2020 Could the announcement be any briefer Not much love from the club. We must surely be paying a percentage of his wages? They wouldn't be able to get anywhere close to whatever dumb deal we offered him. Suprised a better club didn't come in for him to be honest. He did score a load of goals before lockdown and has obviously before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 18 minutes ago, DCJonah said: I enjoy getting on bruce as much as anyone but what are his strengths to play to? He's not fast, he's not good with the ball at his feet, his hold up play is atrocious and his finishing is poor. Hence the reason Dean never opted to Use him, we all thought Dean Smith would have gotten the best out of him here but Hogan and Villa where not meant to be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted September 16, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2020 1 hour ago, hippo said: I was just saying £2m would be fantastic - I don't believe we got anywhere near that myself. I think we may have. We will have to have paid off most of his wages so a £2m fee would cover most of that and just go straight into his back pocket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted September 16, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Pez1974 said: Hearing it was around £1.5m fee, but we've paid up part of the last part year of his contract (41 weeks, at about £12.5k - the difference between his contract here and the contract in Mordor). So about £1m cash in the bank. But in reality - received £1.5m. Saved £0.5m in wages that we were expecting. We're £2m richer this year than expected. Not in a billion years will there be a £12.5k difference between what we are paying and what they are offering. He will have been paid out by us to the tune of around £2m I reckon. Any transfer fee probably straight to him. All we've done is lose his wages. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pez1974 Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 46 minutes ago, sidcow said: Not in a billion years will there be a £12.5k difference between what we are paying and what they are offering. He will have been paid out by us to the tune of around £2m I reckon. Any transfer fee probably straight to him. All we've done is lose his wages. He has 41 weeks left on his contract, and we would only be liable for any reduction in salary for this period - there is no compensation, just his earnings, which we can offset against his new contract. Your £2m over this period is almost £50k a week as a drop in salary, and with them giving him what, £5k - £10k a week, this would mean he was on almost £60k a week here? No, Lansbury was on the highest a couple of years ago, at around £40k (FFS). The website below has a list on contracts (no idea if they're right, but they seem pretty close overall), and they list Hogan on £910k a year - £17.5k a week. I was told it was a bit higher than this, but I have no evidence.https://www.spotrac.com/Premier League/aston-villa-fc/contracts/ In either case, there is no way he was on anything like £55-60k a week. Given recent salary info, he'd account for nearly 10% of our wage bill. On this basis, I'm happy with what I put. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villastine Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 3 hours ago, Demitri_C said: Omg superb ! Off to off topic you go. One of the biggest flops in our history I didn't want to think of the list in front of him for that prize. (It's extensive) Have to admit, every time he played I raged. But he was merely a symptom not the diseases. I honestly think he tried so good luck to him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 No hard feelings, but I can't wish him luck as he's gone to the rabble down the road. Would personally prefer it if he goes a whole season without scoring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-R Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 (edited) One last Dance Hogan, farewell and goodluck at the junkyard, shame it didnt work out. It feels like a massive cloud has lifted over VillaPark with Hogan leaving I must say. Edited September 17, 2020 by Dave-R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-R Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Now its giggle time at the City, I give you there sillyness to read, what a day. https://www.smallheathalliance.com/read.php?1,2910952 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, Dave-R said: Now its giggle time at the City, I give you there sillyness to read, what a day. https://www.smallheathalliance.com/read.php?1,2910952 Even the formatting and website design is desperate. Some of those can't spell. My eyes why did I click on that shit. The Birmingham mail is better. Now I'm off to gouge my eyes out I can't unsee that crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-R Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Sulberto21 said: Even the formatting and website design is desperate. Some of those can't spell. My eyes why did I click on that shit. The Birmingham mail is better. Now I'm off to gouge my eyes out I can't unsee that crap. Lmao nice one. Some of the comments made me laugh, especially the one where someone said Hogan can be there Jamie Vardy. Another comment that to save face wed charge 200k so it didnt make us look like idiots that we were giving him away free. ( What a bunch of idiots to think we wouldn't of came and dropped him off and paid them to take Hogan from us. Weve been looking for so long for someone stupid enough to take the bloke off of us that it had to be them didnt it) Edited September 17, 2020 by Dave-R 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponky Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Not sure what to say. You may not have been the most prolific of goal scorers but at least you were capable of opening your gates when called upon to do so. May the Stockholm syndrome kick in quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Will do a decent job for them. No hard feelings, it didnt work out with us , it is what it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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