VillaChris Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Good tonight even before the excellent first goal. I wonder how he'd do as the go between midfielder. We played him in number 10 role against Preston which didn't work. He's doing fine as a DM but for play offs I wouldn't be against it being Jedinak-Bjarni-Grealish. It's a close call I think between him and Hourihane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vreitti Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 1 minute ago, VillaChris said: It's a close call I think between him and Hourihane. No it's not, Connor's scored ten goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weedman Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 1 hour ago, bobzy said: Played as well as he did during our run of form without Jedinak. No brainer against poorer teams, but we may have messed up our chances of automatic by not playing him tbh. Was also amusing that, whilst his goal was beautiful, he had another 3 shots that were utter garbage. He should have stopped shooting after the goal, the subsequent shots were so bad it just made it seem like a total fluke! He played well though in general, pretty much all our play started with him, helped no doubt by Reading showing absolutely zero interest in closing down even before the Red card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Just now, vreitti said: No it's not, Connor's scored ten goals. Bjarni's scored 3-4 since New Year hasn't he? I don't mind Hourihane, neat and tidy and we finally have a central midfielder who can hit double figures. I just wonder the best balance for our midfield in the crunch play off games. I think when it's Jedinak-Hourihane against say a Fulham there isn't enough mobility or athleticism to counter the opposition midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 I prefer him so much more than Jedinak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 4 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Bjarni's scored 3-4 since New Year hasn't he? I don't mind Hourihane, neat and tidy and we finally have a central midfielder who can hit double figures. I just wonder the best balance for our midfield in the crunch play off games. I think when it's Jedinak-Hourihane against say a Fulham there isn't enough mobility or athleticism to counter the opposition midfield. Don’t play jedinak then. For me the two today are our best combination Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 If Cardiff end up in the play offs we will need Jedinak otherwise we will get done by a set piece. Against footballing teams e.g. if Brentford sneak in then yeah I wouldn't be against Hourihane-Bjarni. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornso Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Credit to him for some of his performances since Christmas. Looked like he wasn't going to get near the team at one stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 bjanaldo strikes again! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withes_shin Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 12 hours ago, bobzy said: Played as well as he did during our run of form without Jedinak. No brainer against poorer teams, but we may have messed up our chances of automatic by not playing him tbh. Was also amusing that, whilst his goal was beautiful, he had another 3 shots that were utter garbage. I think those three other shots were maybe influenced by the crowd chants of "SHOOOOT" whenever he got the ball around the area after his goal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Quickly becoming a hero here. Useless on the left but awesome in the middle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 He offers us something different to Whelan and Jedinak in that he can run and turn around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Bikir and Conor should be our first choice CM. Grealish in the attacking role. If we wanted to be a bit more defensive ( no need imo) Whelan/Mile with Bikir and Conor in the attacking role. Grealish out of the side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 from the highlights he was always on the ball and stats were 91% pass completion from 93 passes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 12 minutes ago, Zatman said: from the highlights he was always on the ball and stats were 91% pass completion from 93 passes tbf tbf tbf tbf I could have played CM yesterday and got a 90% pass completion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 1 minute ago, rodders0223 said: tbf tbf tbf tbf I could have played CM yesterday and got a 90% pass completion. that is true Reading looked shoddy but a lot of midfielders would have been in awe coming up against Bacuna 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 4, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted April 4, 2018 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Zatman said: from the highlights he was always on the ball and stats were 91% pass completion from 93 passes This isn't a dig at BB as some will probably accuse me of, but crazily that pass completion only ranks him 9th out of the players that played yesterday! Seems like a weirdly high pass completion for most of our players yesterday. Even Neil Taylor had 95%!! Edited April 4, 2018 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Some of the passes that Thor was spraying around were fantastic. His pass completion percentage would probably have been higher if he’d opted for the usual sideways and backwards passes that we see from DMs. Also, for a player who apparantly is much weaker in the air compared to the hairy Australian, he seemed to win a fair few headers last night. He had a good leap on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 I managed to find an exclusive interview where he was asked for the secret to his amazing goal yesterday. Spoiler Seems he may have forgotten that for his later strikes though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 I'd still play Jedinak against Cardiff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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