There's no easy way to do it though? The fact is, Jedinak wasn't first choice, therefore it made sense to have the captaincy with someone who was going to play week in, week out.

Did Pardew and SP know they were going to get an offer for him at that point? There was certainly no mention of it in the press? From what I can gather he was told face to face what the situation was. I'm not sure how else they could have handled it?

Employee of the month is a good example of how someone can be both a winner and a loser at the same time.

Not really sure about that, if you look at it from a one in one out viewpoint, we swapped a 32 year old player who, whilst a hero, had known limitations, for a 32 year old with Champions League experience and got £4m in a transfer fee.

I really don't think Pardew was desperate to get rid of Jedinak completely, but as with Murray, we got an offer that we couldn't refuse.

I'm not saying it was perfect, the fact that Flamini has only just started contributing is pretty farcical. Just that in August it didn't seem that ridiculous...

Employee of the month is a good example of how someone can be both a winner and a loser at the same time.

Not doing well at Villa, are you joking? I mean single handedly (yes completely) Stopping Birmingham equalising because he had a brain to not celebrate in a corner. Or maybe Steve saying how much they are going to miss him whilst he plays for Aus, yup he is doing terrible for them.

Edited by CPFCwetrust (09 Jan 2017 4.33pm)

Someone posted these comments a couple of weeks ago from a villa forum:

sirdennis

Massive disappointment. I really thought he would help sort our midfield problems , but he is nowhere near the player I saw playing for Palace.

Whether the travelling has taken its toll I don't know , but Gana looked pants last season and is now starring for Everton , so I think it's a mix of Jedinaks decline and the fact that our midfield as a unit is dysfunctional.

fat loser

Have to say I thought this would prove to be a very good signing ( unfortunately I appear at this stage to be wrong)

Legs seem to have gone, leadership qualities questionable .... Disappointing

glensider

The only positive that I can see so far regarding our signing of Mile Jedinak, is that the guy cannot be as bad as he looks?

Hence, surely things can only get better?

Oh yes, he's renowned for his pointing. He's different class.

Every time he points I jump out of my seat in expectation.

Martin, we've both been watching Aston Villa home and away for many, many years.

I personally struggle to bring up the name of any other individual wearing the claret and blue, who offered so little, contributed so little, yet played so many games.

It completely baffles me.

david-avfc

I can't believe how poor this guys passing is. It's embarrassing that this guy is apparently a good player and he plays like that

holtelower

I am absolutely stunned on what we have actually got.

No pace, no skill, no hunger.

I dont know why he is like that, is it travelling, is it age, is it hunger - I have no idea.

The only thing I do know is that he does not deserve a place in our team at the moment, and if that means playing Ashley Westwood, then so be it.

Employee of the month is a good example of how someone can be both a winner and a loser at the same time.