villa4europe Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 10 hours ago, roadoftrinity said: Thought he was really poor and gave away too many fouls He gave away 2 maybe 3, mixture of over exuberance and inexperience paired with like I said they put him tighter on barkley than anyone else, his fouls were part of him pressing more aggressively Didn't see a problem with it myself, the foul in a dangerous area was Luiz not him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 From what I've seen of him for our U21s and at QPR, giving away cheap free-kicks seems to be one of his weaknesses, to be fair I don't think he was as bad at it at QPR, but gave away a few frustrating ones last night, top prospect though, and good sign for him that he was trusted to come on when we were struggling, and essentially it worked, as we regained our lead, hopefully more game time to come for him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Thought he did OK but has to avoid the fouls that adds to the pressure on the team. One positive of him playing is that it frees McGinn to play further forward which made some difference yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Starting! Big night for the lad. Go on Tim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 The ability is there. Is the tactical nous there as well. Go on Tim. Show everyone that u are good enough to stay with us for many many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 No alternative but to start him. Huge moment for him, hope he doesn't make a ballz of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooJung Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Miles off it tonight. Concerning that he's our only alternative in midfield 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Wouldn’t get in a non league team on that performance … but great experience for him and hope it helps with his learning curve 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Think people are being harsh. Won the ball in dangerous areas a couple of times. Sure was a little sloppy in possession and not on the level of Kamara as a CDM but Kamara is genuinely top quality. Give him a little more time and he'll get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pregra Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Was shite and looked like an 80 year old moving around out there. Shocking stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Only saw second half but thought he played a couple of decent passes when it was tight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 (edited) Nowhere near as bad as I expect people will make out. Ajax were tactically spot on and locked off our midfield completely, none of them done much. Full debut away at Ajax in a European competition isn't going to be easy. I'd be perfectly happy seeing him get more minutes. Edited March 7 by Farlz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Tim, Rogers and Tielemans where all way off it. Tim and Rogers are learning and likely felt the weight of the moment. Tielemans had no excuse to be that sloppy as he was in the first half. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enda Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 He was poor tonight, a level beyond him, but I'd rather have Tim out there getting work experience than Dendoncker playing a similar level but getting a pension. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPAngel Posted March 7 VT Supporter Share Posted March 7 Bloody hell, I didn't expect to see these reactions in here. I thought he played decently well in a tough centre midfield battle in his first start AND it was away to Ajax. The fact Emery trusts a 20 year old youngster to do that in a European knockout game speaks volumes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post useless Posted March 7 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 7 Yes I'm baffled by the reactions, other than mistake before he went off, I thought he had a solid game, won possession back a number of times, and at other times when he couldn't win it back, he was still making sure they couldn't pass it exactly as they wanted, kept it simple in possession, but given the circumstances was probably told to do so. Also as I've stated numerous times, he's not actually used to playing as the main DM, given it was his first start for us, and it was away to Ajax in a European Quarter-Final I thought he did okay, 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Yeah - he wasn't expansive but he was also never on a walkabout. A bit nervy with some of the touches he took, but he kept possession relatively well for his first in a pretty hostile atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 1 minute ago, useless said: Yes I'm baffled by the reactions, other than mistake before he went off, I thought he had a solid game, won possession back a number of times, and at other times when he couldn't win it back, he was still making sure they couldn't pass it exactly as they wanted, kept it simple in possession, but given the circumstances was probably told to do so. Also as I've stated numerous times, he's not actually used to playing as the main DM, given it was his first start for us, and it was away to Ajax in a European Quarter-Final I thought he did okay, Agree, it's not the QFs though is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Expected more from a 40m experienced midfielder like Tim tbh.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthEastVillan Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 He was second best a lot tonight. Crowded out in midfield and spent the entire match chasing balls he'd lost. No getting away from the fact it was a poor performance. Not judging him as a player but that wasn't good to watch at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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