Mile Jedinak - Released

[eamonn]

With the ball, Whelan generally kept possession and was composed. Jedinak in possession was generally agricultural and pretty feckin horrid.
Off the ball, little Glenn was not much use and Mile came into his own.

[Sexual Ealing]

I know which of the two I'd rather see take a penalty (Preston notwithstanding).

[Risso]

Help me out here chaps. Whelan was miles better than Jedinak, surely? Which is why he played a lot more under Smith than Jedinak did. Whelan was excellent in the 10 match winning run, and Jedinak hardly had a sniff.

[Sexual Ealing]

Help me out here chaps. Whelan was miles better than Jedinak, surely? Which is why he played a lot more under Smith than Jedinak did. Whelan was excellent in the 10 match winning run, and Jedinak hardly had a sniff.

My memory is that Jedinak was injured for a bit under Smith. I'd always have him as the superior player to Whelan.

[Dogtanian]

Help me out here chaps. Whelan was miles better than Jedinak, surely? Which is why he played a lot more under Smith than Jedinak did. Whelan was excellent in the 10 match winning run, and Jedinak hardly had a sniff.

I do recall one game after which me and my mate started referring to Whelan as The Engine.

[edgysatsuma89]

Jedinak for me, by quite a bit.

[LeeB]

I remember saying around the time that I couldn't think of too many players that carried the presence that Jedinak did when he played for us, he wasn't graceful or skillful in particular but it was like there was an exclusion zone around him, nobody seemed to dare approach him, and he was utterly dominant in the air. We just felt like a much better team with him in it

[Risso]

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

I think you need to check back a mere 4 or 5 pages Lee. Most people were of the view he was a load of shit.

[Clampy]

He was the kind of player we needed at the time, a little like Steve Sims maybe.

[FatSam]

I remember him playing away at Reading I think, winning the ball, then giving it away, winning it, then giving it away.

[Dogtanian]

I think Whelan had the best assist for an opposition goal I've ever seen from a Villa player.

[Risso]

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

Just going to leave this here.

[Richard]

Jedinak was a lot better than Whelan.

[eamonn]

Different types of player. But if you want someone who can keep possession and pass it forward, that brute from Down Under ain't your man.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

He was the kind of player we needed at the time, a little like Steve Sims maybe.

That's cruel. More like Colin Calderwood, came in and did a job, no fuss but too old to keep.