Youri Tielemans

[brontebilly]

Best midfielder at the club .

Probably on current form he is. Luiz hasn't looked right for weeks. McGinn had a good game last night though.

Just look at his career and what he's achieved . Class player above Luiz for me and Kamara , McGinn is close .

Recency bias kicking in there I think. His form improved towards the end of the season, think those goals for Belgium v England gave him a boost. Technical ability has never been in question, fitness and desire more so. Luiz carried our midfield most of the season, gets quickly forgotten.

[Ian.]

Best midfielder at the club .

Probably on current form he is. Luiz hasn't looked right for weeks. McGinn had a good game last night though.

Just look at his career and what he's achieved . Class player above Luiz for me and Kamara , McGinn is close .

Recency bias kicking in there I think. His form improved towards the end of the season, think those goals for Belgium v England gave him a boost. Technical ability has never been in question, fitness and desire more so. Luiz carried our midfield most of the season, gets quickly forgotten.

Also adapting to the Emery’s vision. Must have been very different to previous coaching.

[Brazilian Villain]

Recency bias kicking in there I think. His form improved towards the end of the season, think those goals for Belgium v England gave him a boost. Technical ability has never been in question, fitness and desire more so. Luiz carried our midfield most of the season, gets quickly forgotten.

Also adapting to the Emery’s vision. Must have been very different to previous coaching.

You'd imagine so, his previous coach was Deano at Leicester.

[AV84]

Youri>>>>>Maddison

Early in the season I somewhat jokingly suggested we'd signed the worst Leicester player out of the teams around us. But between Barnes' injuries and Maddison's form diving off a cliff, I think I retract Mt statement.

[Toronto Villa]

If it proves anything, and we have all been a little guilty of this, is that we need to give every player a chance while under the tutelage of Unai Emery.

[Somniloquism]

Recency bias kicking in there I think. His form improved towards the end of the season, think those goals for Belgium v England gave him a boost. Technical ability has never been in question, fitness and desire more so. Luiz carried our midfield most of the season, gets quickly forgotten.

Surely Kamara did as him being out coincided the most with Luiz's drop in form. It might have also coincided with Tielemans rise as well as he was allowed to play a bit deeper which might have suited him slightly more.

[Dave]

Recency bias kicking in there I think. His form improved towards the end of the season, think those goals for Belgium v England gave him a boost. Technical ability has never been in question, fitness and desire more so. Luiz carried our midfield most of the season, gets quickly forgotten.

Surely Kamara did as him being out coincided the most with Luiz's drop in form. It might have also coincided with Tielemans rise as well as he was allowed to play a bit deeper which might have suited him slightly more.

I reckon it's definitely easier to look like you're playing well. When we had the midfield four of DL - Kamara - McGinn - Tielemans with Bailey and Watkins ahead of them, it was his job to be furthest forward and find through balls and final passes, which is always going to mean you give the ball away more often than not.

Doing the same job thirty yards further back with less pressure and "easier" passes and you're probably going to feel busier and more involved.

[Ads]

Especially the way we bait the press by recycling g the ball between centre halves and Martinez.

[Smithy]

Recency bias kicking in there I think. His form improved towards the end of the season, think those goals for Belgium v England gave him a boost. Technical ability has never been in question, fitness and desire more so. Luiz carried our midfield most of the season, gets quickly forgotten.

Surely Kamara did as him being out coincided the most with Luiz's drop in form. It might have also coincided with Tielemans rise as well as he was allowed to play a bit deeper which might have suited him slightly more.

That partnership of Kamara and Luiz was really firing, and Doug's form definitely suffered due to not having his regular partner.  A friend of mine - a Hibs fan - said after our tie against them, that "Kamara and Luiz could keep the ball off you in a phone box", and he was right, the number of times they played the ball between themselves to create space for one or the other was often overlooked because it wasn't particularly flash.

That said, without that injury, I'm not sure Youri gets the regular run in the side that he's had, and we don't get to see just how good a player we've got on our hands.

[Footy-Vill]

Considering Tielemans is now chief play maker I think he'll have a major say and main share of set piece duties he's 5 down pages on the main discussion board !!
No one to have discussed on him all summer on his thread ? and he even played the Euros and he's going to be a big player for us and even pen taker now Luiz has left.

Well Youri Tielemans is now in his second season and think we'll have plenty to talk about so have promoted his cause for discussion because he's out creative force. Has the passing range , ability to create chances and can have some more licence with Onana as pivot in midfield.

Last season 32 matches in the league, 15 sub and 2 goals.
With or without pens expect him to improve his goal tally too.

In 6 seasons YT never scored more than 6 in a season with Leicester. Which he did twice and the other 4 seasons 3 goals each time.

Let's get behind Tielemans!!

[Footy-Vill]

Class performance today v West Ham
Chief creator and lovely corner for Onana.

[Footy-Vill]

Loving Tielemans start to the season. Think he's been very good.
And he's the go to guy now for the indirect free kicks.
I can see him on pen duties if it's not Watkins

[Footy-Vill]

After scoring in Friday international that's 4 goals now in his last 6 matches for Tielemans.
Before that hadn't scored since 2022!

[Brazilian Villain]

Loving Tielemans start to the season. Think he's been very good.

I thought it was a decent deal to get him on a free but was a bit wary given some of his performances towards the end at Leicester. However, he's surpassed my expectations, and I'm looking forward to seeing him and Onana playing together this season.

[Footy-Vill]

Tielemans is our chief creator.
He has a thunderous shot and excellent passing vision.

He's basically brilliant, so calm on the ball and he is a champions league level player. I enjoy the way he's playing in our system and it is vital for him to stay injury free.

Being the creative spark and set piece taker heres hoping he replicates Douglas contribution of last season.