Mile Jedinak - Released

[GarTomas]

He was bad, but I still think Hourihane was worse.

Hourihane just looks lost. Doesn't appear to know what he's doing or where to go.

Just a nothing footballer. Can't run, tackle, press or pass particularly well.

Someone will post his stats for goals and assists but given the number of fouls we win and set prices and free kicks we have it's not a great return.

[andyh]

Hourihane but be right up there at the top of the stats for “throwing his arms up after being robbed of the ball again”.

[LeeB]

Hourihane but be right up there at the top of the stats for “throwing his arms up after being robbed of the ball again”.

Or "needlessly giving away a free kick because you're the wrong side of your man and lack pace to recover".

[GarTomas]

Hourihane but be right up there at the top of the stats for “throwing his arms up after being robbed of the ball again”.

Or "needlessly giving away a free kick because you're the wrong side of your man and lack pace to recover".

This quote competition has legs and could run and run. Unlike Conor.

[Risso]

They were going to rename the Doug Ellis stand after Conor, but decided it wasn't appropriate as it runs the entire length of the pitch.

[Ads]

Retire.

[LeeB]

They were going to rename the Doug Ellis stand after Conor, but decided it wasn't appropriate as it runs the entire length of the pitch.

Retire.

It wasn't that bad a joke.

[Ads]

Sorry Risso, I like that quip!

[Clark W Griswold]

Jedinak did at least look quite fit again. He just looked very rusty but he has done in the past in his first couple of games back. We have always had far better results with a fit and fully functioning Jedinak in the team and if he's got a bit more in the tank still i'd persevere.

As for Hourahane, he's just a massive piss flap of a footballer, the quicker Grealish comes back to relieve him of his duties the better.

[Risso]

Jedinak did at least look quite fit again. He just looked very rusty but he has done in the past in his first couple of games back. We have always had far better results with a fit and fully functioning Jedinak in the team and if he's got a bit more in the tank still i'd persevere.

As for Hourahane, he's just a massive piss flap of a footballer, the quicker Grealish comes back to relieve him of his duties the better.

The results thing isn’t true any more. He was especially poor away at Sheff U.

[brontebilly]

I'm sure it was partly rustiness. But by god that was awful.

You can't play him and hourihane as a pair and expect to knock the ball around with creativity and match their intensity

wasnt much of an issue last season particularly in the second half of the season, a solid duo then

but time has caught up with Jedinak and Hourihane limitations have been brutally exposed all season

Hourihane had a good run of form before Grealish got injured, same for a number of our players

[Matt Collins]

I disagree. First half of last season the quality of attacking play was generally pretty poor. Put grealish in and it improved massively

But take him out again and the limitations were brutally exposed as said above. I also sat very high up at Wembley and watched jedinak and hourihane completely Labour against Fulham, with again the only creativity coming from grealish

I think Bruce reached the same judgement. Hence taking jedi out of midfield to play CB and buying mcginn despite hourihane's goals

[ChicagoLion]

I would not write him off yet, he maybe an asset if he gets match fit.
He was woeful last night though.

[brian green]

Worst passer of the ball in a Villa shirt I have ever seen.

[PaulWinch again]

Worst passer of the ball in a Villa shirt I have ever seen.

Yep he’s always been a poor passer, but he was worse than amateur yesterday.