markavfc40 Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 He was excellent and will look even better against some of the crap in the Championship. Another astute move by Bruce. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted July 29, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 29, 2017 1 minute ago, markavfc40 said: He was excellent and will look even better against some of the crap in the Championship. Another astute move by Bruce. Agreed. If this is his standard on the pitch, he should absolutely boss the Championship. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 What a revelation for me. He was excellent today - probably my MOM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Yes, he's a very good signing, hopefully takes the place of Jedniak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 He looked as good playing in his proper position as Lansbury has on the rare occasion he has played in his. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted July 29, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 29, 2017 Played really well, calm, he battled, ran, played some lovely balls and bossed it. He's what we've been missing in the middle for a long while. Even better than Jedi (although different players I know)... but it was just one game and it wasn't even competitive. I think he'll do very well for us this year though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 On 26/07/2017 at 18:43, dont_do_it_doug. said: What's your worry? Mile Jedinak is 32 and Whelan 33. As a 33 year old man I take umbrage with you labeling that as 'mid 30's' yes mid 30s is 34/36 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 I will still wait until he plays competitive football for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted July 29, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 29, 2017 Excellent at midfield and defense today. Looking really good, like everyone is saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 On 29/07/2017 at 19:06, PaulC said: yes mid 30s is 34/36 Which is a big difference in football. Glenn Whelan hasn't shown any signs that his legs are going, even unlike Jedinak who has been fantastic for us regardless. Two very good options there, doing very different jobs. I suspect we will see more of Jedinak in the latter stages of games and in central defence because as much as I love Mile and still recognise what he gives us, Whelan is a much better footballer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mjvilla Posted July 31, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2017 Sign seasoned, premier league quality and what do you get? Seasoned premier league quality. The reactions to this signing and that of Elmo and Terry were ridiculous because of the above statement. Taylor and Chester are more cases in point. Its not a 100% guarantee (Lescott and there will be more examples) but you have a higher chance of success rate in signing this sort of player against young foreign players. It's the safe bet don't get me wrong, and when you get a good young foreign player (Benteke), the rewards are huge, but in our position the safe bet was the sensible bet. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 A million quid for a footballer who played over 30 Premier League games for a side that did not get close to getting relegated is ridiculous value for money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted July 31, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 31, 2017 I think he's going to be our most important player this year. Not highest scorer, or most mins played, but most important in terms of his role in midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 On 29.7.2017 at 17:11, TRO said: Eamonn Dunphy disagree's with just about everything. If he agreed with me.....i would be questioning myself. He provides good entertainment. There is never really any substance or reasoning to his opinion. He's been known to call Cristiano Ronaldo a spoofer, Arjen Robben a birdbrain and last season after one of the Champion's League games declared that Lionel Messi is finished. My personal favourite though was shen he reffered to Sergio Ramos as Paul McShane on steroids.... Back on Whelan though, he's played for Ireland for nearly ten years now an dwas meant to be replaced by the next generation many times just like was meant to happen at Stoke. If we had bought him around Lambert's tenure we would have been much better off as he was exactly what we were missing. He's not the most technically gifted but he will provide a lot of traits that have been missing from our midfield for years now apart from maybe last year with Jedinak. Leadership, ability to read the game, steel and bite and of course the all important pointing (see link below). I think that he'll become very important to us. https://www.balls.ie/football/tribute-glenn-whelans-total-mastery-craft-midfield-pointing-336280 Like every successful team in a match of 5-a-sive, a good team needs a good pointer. Someone who will stand in the middle and tell everyone where every pass should be played next, at the local 5-a-side it can get quite annoying when one lad essentially tries to become player-manager, but at the professional level it is an underrated leadership trait that keeps teams ticking over. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 1 hour ago, sparrow1988 said: He provides good entertainment. There is never really any substance or reasoning to his opinion. He's been known to call Cristiano Ronaldo a spoofer, Arjen Robben a birdbrain and last season after one of the Champion's League games declared that Lionel Messi is finished. My personal favourite though was shen he reffered to Sergio Ramos as Paul McShane on steroids.... Back on Whelan though, he's played for Ireland for nearly ten years now an dwas meant to be replaced by the next generation many times just like was meant to happen at Stoke. If we had bought him around Lambert's tenure we would have been much better off as he was exactly what we were missing. He's not the most technically gifted but he will provide a lot of traits that have been missing from our midfield for years now apart from maybe last year with Jedinak. Leadership, ability to read the game, steel and bite and of course the all important pointing (see link below). I think that he'll become very important to us. https://www.balls.ie/football/tribute-glenn-whelans-total-mastery-craft-midfield-pointing-336280 Like every successful team in a match of 5-a-sive, a good team needs a good pointer. Someone who will stand in the middle and tell everyone where every pass should be played next, at the local 5-a-side it can get quite annoying when one lad essentially tries to become player-manager, but at the professional level it is an underrated leadership trait that keeps teams ticking over. My wife could do that. She'd be brilliant. Does it all the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 There was a bit in the Watford friendly where he went up to a player from the other team and actually took the ball from him. I was amazed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 11 minutes ago, Phumfeinz said: There was a bit in the Watford friendly where he went up to a player from the other team and actually took the ball from him. I was amazed. Won't take long for us to beat that out of him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 5 hours ago, wilko154 said: Won't take long for us to beat that out of him I can hear the shouts at BMH - "IF YOU CAN'T NOT WIN THE BALL, MAKE SURE YOU PASS IT STRAIGHT BACK!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Thought he was decent, everything went through him in the first half but he tired massively in the 2nd. He's a non-flash central midfielder. He'll inevitably get pelters on here for it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted August 5, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted August 5, 2017 Good in the first half, except for that one blunder towards the end. He'll be important to us this season. Way better than Jedinak. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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