Youri Tielemans

[rougegorge]

Maybe it's the curse of the number 8 shirt.

Since Milner, we've had:

Pires
Jenas
El Ahmadi
Cleverley
Gueye
Tshibola
Lansbury
Carroll
Sanson
...and now Tielemans

[ASHTONVILLA]

Rather have Yuri Gagarin in midfield at the moment.

I hope we see the form he showed at Leicester eventually, but thus far he's been bobbins.

[Pete3206]

I really hate players that can't put a shift in. For someone who had another opportunity to stake a claim for al league start, Tielemens was absolutely pathetic. He looks like he doesn't give a shit.

[Lastfootstamper]

I'm beginning to feel we massively overpaid for him. I can't get over how consistently shit he is.

[pauliewalnuts]

He looks fat and lazy.

[FrankyH]

Was speaking to a Leicester fan at work today and mentioned how he hasn’t had the best of starts for Villa. I know it’s a totally different situation, but he said he wasn’t sad to see him go as he seemed to give up well before Leicester were mathematically relegated. I’m not writing him off yet as I think everyone realises there a great ( as yet untapped) player on our books.  If he starts whinging again on his next International break he can go and f*cking whistle.

[Des Little]

Maybe it's the curse of the number 8 shirt.

Since Milner, we've had:

Pires
Jenas
El Ahmadi
Cleverley
Gueye
Tshibola
Lansbury
Carroll
Sanson
...and now Tielemans

My mate has been unable to call these players by their name since the days of El Ahmadi. He has simply referred to them as ‘the number 8’ because they’ve all been invariably shit.

[Nii Lamptey]

To whine on international duty, then put in displays like we've seen in recent weeks, he's not got a leg to stand on.

There's a player in there somewhere, but on current effort alone, he's bottom of the list in my book.

[olaftab]

I did say when we signed him that this bloke was one of the main contributors to Leicester’s relegation last season and many here disagreed. Sadly he is doing his best to prove me right.

[eamonn]

I'm beginning to feel we massively overpaid for him. I can't get over how consistently shit he is.

Er, presuming you're not joking, he was on a Bosman. But yeah, an £8m signing-on fee or whatever and £150k a week if true, is too much relative to contribution. Up to Unai's "no excuses" coaching staff to make him shine again.

[brontebilly]

Maybe it's the curse of the number 8 shirt.

Since Milner, we've had:

Pires
Jenas
El Ahmadi
Cleverley
Gueye
Tshibola
Lansbury
Carroll
Sanson
...and now Tielemans

Some list!

[LeonW]

Awful again tonight. He’s not pushing for a starting spot when he turns in dross like that.

[Smirker]

It was worth a punt with it being a free transfer.

Jury still out, for me.

[RichardBatchelor]

Obviously a superb player a couple of years ago but totally lost his mojo last season and I’m suspicious about signing players who’ve lost their mojo in the hope they’ll get it back. Occasionally they do, but usually they don’t. This is likely a Drinkwater orJoe Cole type signing, if not quite as bad as that.

[Ian.]

It was worth a punt with it being a free transfer.

Jury still out, for me.

Same here. There’s shades of a very good player, but I do think he needs to be in a team already flourishing as he’s not that player to make a team thrive and drag them out of a rut.