Mile Jedinak - Released

[Stinkin_Thinkin]

Parker played like an old man just safe 5 yard back passes or square ball. He rarely wasted it but didn't attempt anything risky. like a shit pirlo really.
Jedinak will attempt little dinks forward now and again

[Old Kodjia]

Did anyone on the Witton Lane side of the ground see when Ayew  trod on the ball and fell to the floor?

The ball landed at Parkers feet and he promptly played a 5 yard pass wide.  The only problem was, there was nobody there and the ball ran out for a throw in.  Parker then claimed that he had played the ball out because Jordan was down and all his team mates backed him.  We gave the ball back to them.

100% no chance did Parker put the ball out for any reason of fair play-He played the ball without looking up, the cheating b#%@£$!

Funny how they never once put it out when one of our players was genuinely injured.

[UK Redsox]

Jedi does also tend to kick/head the ball up in the air or gluck it forward without looking.

He's been better the last two games but i expected more control

[Matt Collins]

Jedi does also tend to kick/head the ball up in the air or gluck it forward without looking.

He's been better the last two games but i expected more control

He is quite a good block in front of the defence. But as you say the ball does tend to come off at any angle - often straight i in the air

[VillaLoyal]

All,

Our Mile`s stats from yesterday 

15 duals won out of 17 (11 were in the air)
7 Clearances
6 Interceptions
2 Tackles

Our MOM. We would have really struggled to get a point from this game without him.

If he can meet this level of consistency maybe he can show the doubters wrong that think his legs have gone and he is useless (he will never be a speed merchant for us).

[paul_e]

All,

Our Mile`s stats from yesterday 

15 duals won out of 17 (11 were in the air)
7 Clearances
6 Interceptions
2 Tackles

Our MOM. We would have really struggled to get a point from this game without him.

If he can meet this level of consistency maybe he can show the doubters wrong that think his legs have gone and he is useless (he will never be a speed merchant for us).

Before I post this I'd like to say he was rightly man of the match yesterday and did everything he was asked to but 1 other stat to add to the list:

Pass Success - 39%

[Smoke]

Stepped back into the Blues half whilst the team celebrated the goal yesterday so Blues couldn't kick off.

Speaks volumes that for his experience, football brain and awareness. He'll come good.

[PaulTheVillan]

Thought he was excellent yesterday.

[VILLA MOLE]

All,

Our Mile`s stats from yesterday 

15 duals won out of 17 (11 were in the air)
7 Clearances
6 Interceptions
2 Tackles

Our MOM. We would have really struggled to get a point from this game without him.

If he can meet this level of consistency maybe he can show the doubters wrong that think his legs have gone and he is useless (he will never be a speed merchant for us).

Before I post this I'd like to say he was rightly man of the match yesterday and did everything he was asked to but 1 other stat to add to the list:

Pass Success - 39%

I would say some of the 61 % passes to the opposition were clearances where we had no outlet where we sat far too deep in the 2nd half 

[paul_e]

All,

Our Mile`s stats from yesterday 

15 duals won out of 17 (11 were in the air)
7 Clearances
6 Interceptions
2 Tackles

Our MOM. We would have really struggled to get a point from this game without him.

If he can meet this level of consistency maybe he can show the doubters wrong that think his legs have gone and he is useless (he will never be a speed merchant for us).

Before I post this I'd like to say he was rightly man of the match yesterday and did everything he was asked to but 1 other stat to add to the list:

Pass Success - 39%

I would say some of the 61 % passes to the opposition were clearances where we had no outlet where we sat far too deep in the 2nd half 

Exactly, I wasn't using it to have a go at him in any way and did try to caveat that by saying he was the clear motm.  The real value of having someone do the dirty job that Jedi did yesterday is if you can use the ball you're winning back to llaunch something yourself but because of how we played that was never an option so it became a job of just lumping it away and being ready for the next attack.

[VillaLoyal]

All,

Our Mile`s stats from yesterday 

15 duals won out of 17 (11 were in the air)
7 Clearances
6 Interceptions
2 Tackles

Our MOM. We would have really struggled to get a point from this game without him.

If he can meet this level of consistency maybe he can show the doubters wrong that think his legs have gone and he is useless (he will never be a speed merchant for us).

Before I post this I'd like to say he was rightly man of the match yesterday and did everything he was asked to but 1 other stat to add to the list:

Pass Success - 39%

I would say some of the 61 % passes to the opposition were clearances where we had no outlet where we sat far too deep in the 2nd half 

Exactly, I wasn't using it to have a go at him in any way and did try to caveat that by saying he was the clear motm.  The real value of having someone do the dirty job that Jedi did yesterday is if you can use the ball you're winning back to llaunch something yourself but because of how we played that was never an option so it became a job of just lumping it away and being ready for the next attack.

It's a fair point I think in the stats I looked at passes and long balls were counted different and his successful shorter pass conversion rate was indeed 39%. Saying that the short passing success rate of Westwood was only 50% (with half as many passes as Mile) and Gardner's was around 35% (also with  less passes).

[martin o`who??]

Parker played like an old man just safe 5 yard back passes or square ball. He rarely wasted it but didn't attempt anything risky. like a shit pirlo really.
Jedinak will attempt little dinks forward now and again

The words "Shit" and "Pirlo" do not belong in the same sentence (even though i've used `em here).

[Percy McCarthy]

Sorry for the link to the rag:

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/watch-aston-villas-mile-jedinak-12111208

[Rudy65]

All,

Our Mile`s stats from yesterday 

15 duals won out of 17 (11 were in the air)
7 Clearances
6 Interceptions
2 Tackles

Our MOM. We would have really struggled to get a point from this game without him.

If he can meet this level of consistency maybe he can show the doubters wrong that think his legs have gone and he is useless (he will never be a speed merchant for us).

Before I post this I'd like to say he was rightly man of the match yesterday and did everything he was asked to but 1 other stat to add to the list:

Pass Success - 39%

Which given our passing yesterday was probably the highest in the team

[Matt Collins]

The thing that's odd about Jedinak is that he mostly seems to head or kick the ball straight up in the air a lot

He was excellent v blues but was essentially an auxiliary centre back. Remains to be seen if he can do it in games we want o dominate