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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #315 on: February 10, 2019, 12:13:24 AM »
I'm not sure it's unfair, when he starts a game he's fucked by half time and slows down more and more through the game, yesterday is a much better way to use him but it relies on us having someone starting who isn't a liability and yesterday Jedinak put in one of the worst central midfield performances I've seen for years, he was so far short of the pace of the game it was scary.

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #316 on: March 02, 2019, 07:42:05 PM »
I thought Whelan was excellent today. He could actually be a key player next Sunday.

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #317 on: March 02, 2019, 10:34:08 PM »
Could it be that part of the problem is that Whelan simply doesn’t have the legs to play 2/3 games per week? We have 8 days until the Blose game so good time to be fully rested, and now being able to utilise a fully fit squad could be the best way to squeeze the best out of him even if that’s just to steady the ship as a a sub with his experience.

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #318 on: March 03, 2019, 06:16:03 AM »
My "Man of the Match" yesterday. Sorry Jack. Whelan was everywhere. At the right time. Gives such confidence to the defence when he plays like that.

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #319 on: March 03, 2019, 07:55:24 AM »
Also my man of the match yesterday

Offline colin69

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #320 on: March 03, 2019, 08:07:59 AM »
He was superb yesterday, I struggle to see how SJM will get back in next week.

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #321 on: March 16, 2019, 10:11:04 PM »
Doff my hat to you Glenn.

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #322 on: March 16, 2019, 11:09:11 PM »
Doff my hat to you Glenn.
Agreed. Excellent today.

Offline villan from luton

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #323 on: March 16, 2019, 11:21:33 PM »
Great to see you he is being respected for his footballing ability and am sure he is a top bloke in the dressing room. Jack Grealish made one comment, Kante, says it all

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #324 on: March 16, 2019, 11:26:04 PM »
Chuffed for Whelan because despite what others claim, he has been one of our better players all season, even during the poor run. He is just a lot more appreciated when we win. That said, Derby and today are his best two individual performances for us and he doesn't deserve to be left out next game so I hope he isn't.

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #325 on: March 17, 2019, 12:10:05 AM »

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #326 on: March 17, 2019, 12:35:16 AM »
Fantastic alround performance.

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #327 on: March 17, 2019, 05:40:38 PM »
My issue with Whelan this year has been the number of games, like the Blues match, where he looks fucked after an hour and his game falls apart. By all acconuts that didn't happen yesterday and he's rightly being praised for his performance

The other side of the problem was when he was DM with Jedinak and Chester behind him they looked slow and immobile as a unit and only Jedi offered any physical presence which saw us bullied repeatedly. In a team with Mings and Hause behind and McGinn and Jack in front he's a very different player because his weaknesses are covered much more effectively.

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #328 on: March 17, 2019, 09:29:20 PM »
Is his contract up in the summer? The cynic in me wonders whether he's playing for a new deal and whether he would be same if he was given another year. Hopefully that's just because of past experience though.

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #329 on: March 17, 2019, 09:33:36 PM »
Is his contract up in the summer? The cynic in me wonders whether he's playing for a new deal and whether he would be same if he was given another year. Hopefully that's just because of past experience though.

I think his deal is up in the summer, I also think as excellent as he was yesterday it helped that everything was in front of him. Middlesbrough had no pace at all to turn him with.

 


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