Glenn Whelan

greenmachine68 wrote: Prepare yourself for a roasting from the DOC pipkin

I am very particular about who i roast as the quare wan will testify, i have seen pipsqueak and he is like a young mr bean and in all fairness people take him as serious as mr bean, and most of the time he is 3 SHEETS to the wind so can never be taken serious about his take on players

I almost think that Villa are suffering from the problem of being almost "too dependable" or too "workmanlike". I don't see a great degree of ingenuity in the squad, even though there are plenty of dependable players in the team. A backline of De Laet, Terry, Chester and Taylor should not be leaking goals, while a midfield with Whelan anchoring should not be overrun. Equally, the likes of Lansbury, Hourihane, and Scott Hogan are a number of "been there, done that" players in the Championship. On paper that looks tough and robust, but that could equally be insufficient to tackle the current Championship which is becoming a savagely difficult league, and is seeing the influence of large expenditure in transfer fees.

pre Madonna wrote: I agree , to a point. Villa have a very decent squad, but there are flaws that seem to be emerging. In signing EBJT, they dismantled the strongest area of their team for a star player who spends half his week training with Chelsea. Lacuna played their first game of the season and was woefully bad, although I don't think he has played since. Then Hourihane and Hogan, haven't really "been there, done that", over a long period. Both have the ability to come good, but both aren't at the moment, which leaves them open to questions.  I also think the Championship, like what happened in the first tier of English football, is diminishing slightly in quality because of the money being bandied about. A lot of very average players are coming for the pay-day alone. As for Whelan, I thought he was their best player against Hull on the opening day, if not at his best either. It does appear that Bruce has got the balance wrong in the team and, for all the criticism that may fly about for any of the individual players, including the Irish lads, the buck seems to rest quite rightly with him.

Zinedine Kilbane 110 wrote: McG wrote: Serious flak on twitter from Villa fans. A few games back on the Villa forum they were sayings things like this about him <span style="color: rgb53, 60, 65; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"Easily our motm today I thought. Tackled, passed and covered well for out of position defenders."</span> <span style="color: rgb53, 60, 65; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span> <span style="color: rgb53, 60, 65; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"I already look stupid for moaning when he was linked, he was excellent today"</span> <span style="color: rgb53, 60, 65; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span> <span style="color: rgb53, 60, 65; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"we have been missing a player like this for years."</span> <span style="color: rgb53, 60, 65; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span> <span style="color: rgb53, 60, 65; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"We have been too soft in midfield for far too long. Whelan will not fade away under pressure and instead help our more creative players finally emerge from their shells.  Not sure he would work alongside Jedinak but equally I wouldn't expect us to lose any physical game with them both on the pitch and Samba at the back!"</span> https://www.villatalk.com/topic/16608-glenn-whelan/?page=13

When was the last time we won a game against decent opposition when Whelan started? Villa fans are in for a torturous campaign.

Yep, and he got an assist for the first goal. 

Roy Keane stands firmly behind ‘courageous’ Glenn Whelan

If people stop the easy sh1te talk and actually look at his contribution in games, such as our most recent game against Austria, you will see the key role he plays.  

Stoked Up wrote: Pipkin wrote: UK football fans finally seeing what Irish fans have had to endure for years. Great servant but way over the hill. You never, ever thought he was a great servant. I agree that his time at the top is coming to a close both at club and country, but after 81 caps for us, what the fcuk have you had to endure? Some of yis here haven't a clue. I mean really haven't a clue.

 

Edited by Double Maxim - 31 Aug 2017 at 7:29am

John Wick wrote: Dedicated Yes...talented No.

I'm guessing you know f**k all about football if you say Whelan is not talented.

Most of the work Glen does goes unnoticed mostly by people who only follow the ball.

Did you know he has the most interceptions in the group ? The 3rd best tackling % (behind Alaba and Allen).

People complain about him passing backwards or sideways, well next time he makes a pass look at the shape of the opposition in front of him. How they have to react, how he reacts.

Whelan is one the players who influences our games a lot more then people give him credit for, so to say he has no talent is just clear wrong