MarkLillis Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 On 17/10/2016 at 14:46, TRO said: I am not being disrespectful, because some fans are clearly learned students of the game and are well worth listening to.....but in terms of the mass.....( message to Tone) they could get you hung. I agree with this 100% whilst I love Villa and know the club and team reasonably well, what I've learnt over the years is when it comes to football is I know nothing and (no offence) the majority of other football fans are the same 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 84% pass success rate last night, for what it's worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 (edited) Much, much, MUCH better today. Effective with the ball (most of the time, there were a couple of howlers), held his position well and was very vocal in organising those around him. Made us really solid and alongside Gardner, gave Bacuna the freedom to get forward, shame he was pretty rubbish at it tbh. Good game from Jedi, got a decent reception too when he came off, which will help. Edited October 22, 2016 by wazzap24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted October 22, 2016 Moderator Share Posted October 22, 2016 Do people still think he is useless? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted October 22, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted October 22, 2016 2 hours ago, wazzap24 said: Much, much, MUCH better today. Effective with the ball (most of the time, there were a couple of howlers), held his position well and was very vocal in organising those around him. Made us really solid and alongside Gardner, gave Bacuna the freedom to get forward, shame he was pretty rubbish at it tbh. Good game from Jedi, got a decent reception too when he came off, which will help. I have nothing more to add to this excellent review of his performance today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 As many of us said, when the midfield is structured so it isn't overrun, we will see the best of him. How we expect him to pass the ball and make tackles when he us up against two or three, i'll never know. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 So much better today. Did his job well but was naff on the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted October 23, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted October 23, 2016 5 hours ago, StefanAVFC said: So much better today. Did his job well but was naff on the ball. You may be right (I didn't see the game), but this kind of criticism is nothing new. Same was said about our previous Defensive midfielder (Sanchez). In fact, I recall it also being said about NRC, Petrov and even McCann. There's definitely an element of that in all of them - but as a defensive midfielder, their responsibility is to break up opposition play, support our defensive line, win possession and hand it off. Not come up with an immediate defense splitting pass by which our forwards can stroll onto the ball and nonchalantly tap it in. Now I know you didn't say all that and I'm not trying to pick on your post - but if he has to do more with the ball than you can reasonably expect from a defensive midfielder (as he had to under RDM) then he's either going to be naff, or he's going to be waaaaay out of our league. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Absolutely immense. Brilliant performance from him today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Immense. Was a man mountain out there. Goes to show that judging players who play poorly while the team is horribly mismanaged might be a bit premature. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 This is the type of performance we need from him. Superb, hope he keeps it up now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Much better in a midfield 3, as expected. Passing still leaves a lot to be desired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Immense. Keep him in a 3. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 This is why we shouldn't give up on a new player after a few performances, who was playing for a manager who had no clue how to use him. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Glad to see he is getting better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Brilliant today. i was very critical of him after the first few shockers, but today he was fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 As people have said has to play a midfield 3 and was MOTM for us today. An absolute rock in front of the defence in a big derby game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjvilla Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 On 17 October 2016 at 09:30, Woodytom said: Really? 4m for an ageing cm who couldn't get into a poor premiership team. The clues were there that jedinak was really not going to be all that. Not sure him being this piss poor was expected but I certainly didn't expect anything special. This whole 'letting players settle into a side' thing I mentioned many times really isn't a new concept. Not surprising though this reactionist shit, might dig into a few other threads later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 Colossal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 best game for the club and crucially wasnt taking any nonsense 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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