Mile Jedinak - Released

[andyh]

His big bearded head was everywhere yesterday and he won so many headers.
He has an uncanny knack of being in the right place at the right time,
I said yesterday that he is 'almost' McGrath-like in reading the game.

Note - 'almost'.

[Matt Collins]

McGrath was doing that against roberto baggio and the best players in England

[Witton Warrior]

Liked the way he was covering that back line in the second half. A ball would come across and his big beardy head would appear and knock it back. His passing seems calmer and more accurate as well.

[darren woolley]

He played well against Cardiff long may it continue.

[Toronto Villa]

A month or so ago most of us thought he was shit, now we need another one like him. As a famous philosopher once said, "it's a funny old game".

I think it was more the case that clueless Robbie had every player looking lost and confused. There was no defined shape or system, and no sense of tactics being employed. It appears now that Bruce has simplified the objectives for players like Jedinak which is allowing him to settle down and do what he is best at doing. And we are starting to see the player we all hoped for when he signed.

[Hoppo]

It says it all when Palace fans are saying the reason their struggling is because they haven't replaced him..

[achilles]

A month or so ago most of us thought he was shit, now we need another one like him. As a famous philosopher once said, "it's a funny old game".

I think it was more the case that clueless Robbie had every player looking lost and confused. There was no defined shape or system, and no sense of tactics being employed. It appears now that Bruce has simplified the objectives for players like Jedinak which is allowing him to settle down and do what he is best at doing. And we are starting to see the player we all hoped for when he signed.

I think that is absolutely right, as he certainly looks like a totally different player under Bruce.

[martin o`who??]

My MOTM on Saturday, lost a challenge and i said it was the first one he`d lost all game, looked at my watch and it was about 10 minutes from the end - that isnt bad going.

[mattjpa]

Fast becoming a cult hero, immense for the last 2-3 games. Out of absolutely nowhere as well - I wonder if his fitness was a part in his dodgy early form, certainly the first  yard he stuggled to make up has disappeared

[old man villa fan]

It was always going to take time to build an understanding. These things cannot be turned on like a tap. He is no different now to the player we signed. The reason why he's looking better is that he is taking control, rather than waiting for others to do it.

[Risso]

It was always going to take time to build an understanding. These things cannot be turned on like a tap. He is no different now to the player we signed. The reason why he's looking better is that he is taking control, rather than waiting for others to do it.

There has to be more to it than that. His performance away at Preston was truly pathetic.

[old man villa fan]

It was always going to take time to build an understanding. These things cannot be turned on like a tap. He is no different now to the player we signed. The reason why he's looking better is that he is taking control, rather than waiting for others to do it.

There has to be more to it than that. His performance away at Preston was truly pathetic.

He is not a top class player but has strengths that are very useful at the level we are at.

Football is a team game unless you have a world class player.  When a team starts to function, the individual player's strengths start to show.  That is what I think has been the case with Jedinak.  When he first came he looked very static as if he was waiting for others to take the lead.  Seeing this was not happening, he started to become more involved.  I think his fitness and numerous international breaks didn't help him either.

[Dante Lavelli]

A month or so ago most of us thought he was shit, now we need another one like him. As a famous philosopher once said, "it's a funny old game".

I think it was more the case that clueless Robbie had every player looking lost and confused. There was no defined shape or system, and no sense of tactics being employed. It appears now that Bruce has simplified the objectives for players like Jedinak which is allowing him to settle down and do what he is best at doing. And we are starting to see the player we all hoped for when he signed.

I think you're spot on there.  Defining his role as solely protecting the back four and equally removing this responsibility from Grealish has made the midfield function much better.  Asking Westwood to be the athletic link between the two does not seem a natural fit to me, however credit to Bruce for quickly organising the squad.

[KevinGage]

I think Bruce is about as far removed from a tactical genius as it is possible to be, but he did say that after the Wolves game he knew he had to change it as Jedinak was getting too isolated.  Or "The way we were playing was doing him no favours."

Since then, we have had Gardner helping with some of the workload and we have more pace in the side, often tying up the oppositions attacking threat and making his job a bit easier.

Bobby D seemed to think his work was done just signing players and throwing then onto the pitch together.

[Toronto Villa]

Bruce may not be a tactical genius but you've just lumped him with RDM, Sherwood, Black and Lambert by suggesting he's as far away from that as it is possible to be. He might not be Ancelotti or Pep but he's not the other idiots I identified. He's somewhere in the middle.