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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #195 on: September 05, 2017, 11:10:32 AM »
I would expect Jedinak to be taking his place anyway sometime soon

I hope you're right (starting with the Brentford game)

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #196 on: September 05, 2017, 11:15:14 AM »
I think he's been okay so far, played well against Norwich anyway. 

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #197 on: September 05, 2017, 11:54:16 AM »
Is he on a 1 or 2 year deal?

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #198 on: September 05, 2017, 11:58:05 AM »
I think he's been okay so far, played well against Norwich anyway. 

Me too. He went missing against Hull second half, we were universally rank from 20 minutes on at Cardiff, but beyond that, he's done fine.

I have absolutely no interest in how well he plays for Ireland.

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #199 on: September 05, 2017, 12:03:18 PM »
How about if he forges a good partnership in green with Hourihane? Might have a good knock-on effect at club level.

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #200 on: September 05, 2017, 12:08:09 PM »
Fair enough he may, but I've never been concerned about how our players get on internationally.

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #201 on: September 05, 2017, 12:15:33 PM »
I think he's been okay so far, played well against Norwich anyway. 

Me too. He went missing against Hull second half, we were universally rank from 20 minutes on at Cardiff, but beyond that, he's done fine.

I have absolutely no interest in how well he plays for Ireland.

It became immediately clear that he hasn't got the legs to play in a two man midfield.  He has been fine playing in the holding role with Onomah and Hourihane in front of him though and is far better on the ball than Jedinak. 

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #202 on: September 05, 2017, 08:46:13 PM »
I've been a bit underwhelmed - tho agree he's a much better passer than Jedinak

I had hoped we'd finally actually be able to play a two man midfield

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #203 on: September 09, 2017, 06:15:44 PM »
I literally could not believe how poor Glen Whelan was. Part of it might that he's been asked to do too much, but even so he was utterly dreadful today.

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #204 on: September 09, 2017, 06:23:27 PM »
He looked knackered. International football and being asked to run around like a headless chicken out of position for 90 minutes is too much for him. What happened to the composed ball winner that we all saw on his debut, running the shop rather than chasing shadows?

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #205 on: September 09, 2017, 07:36:54 PM »
I literally could not believe how poor Glen Whelan was. Part of it might that he's been asked to do too much, but even so he was utterly dreadful today.
100% agree.

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #206 on: September 09, 2017, 07:39:51 PM »
Whelan is nothing. A nothing sort of player. Adds nothing to the team and far too old to be playing for us.

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #207 on: September 09, 2017, 07:50:41 PM »
Bit worrying as I would say of our options at the club Whelan-Hourihane-Onomah is our most balanced midfield trio at the club.

For Whelan to work effectively he needs legs around him and Onomah currently provides that.

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #208 on: September 09, 2017, 09:06:36 PM »
He was like an oil tanker turning around in that midfield today.

I hope we're not paying him lots of money to do that.

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Re: Glenn Whelan - SIGNED
« Reply #209 on: September 09, 2017, 09:22:53 PM »
Whelan is nothing. A nothing sort of player. Adds nothing to the team and far too old to be playing for us.

Mate, I watched Huddlestone last night. The same sort of player at this stage of his career. No pace, you wonder what he's there for? Then you realize he is simply asked to keep the play moving. Not asked to run around. To chase balls. He is just asked to a job based on his ability and limitations, and he does it well. Whelan was asked to do the job of a 25 year old, in his defence. What I was amazed about was how inaccurate he was in his passing, how indecisive he was in his decision making, how off the pace he was in his football knowledge.

 


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