Follyfoot Posted October 20 VT Supporter Share Posted October 20 49 minutes ago, GrootVilla said: Berson, surely? What about the man so good they named him twice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 8 minutes ago, Follyfoot said: What about the man so good they named him twice. Sasa Curcic? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Waring Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 1 hour ago, Brumstopdogs said: Yeah he was good but not quite Salifou level! How about the rock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 Read the posts around page 68. Fans saying will be sold in the summer and we've been done over etc. So quick to make up minds about player's. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 My biggest worry is Madrid will have him for a Modric replacement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 He always looks like he's too slow and cumbersome, but then he always keeps it, wins it, plays a devastating ball - and he was free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post leemond2008 Posted October 20 Popular Post Share Posted October 20 Has anyone spotted what he did when Fulham were taking the penalty? He copied the run up and was perfectly in sync with their player. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 2 hours ago, VillaJ100 said: My biggest worry is Madrid will have him for a Modric replacement Is this a villa thing to fear losing players as soon as they hit a bit of form? Tielemans was already known throughout Europe as an elite level midfielder when we signed him on a free. Real Madrid could have easily brought him in then instead of paying 80m now, as Modric was already 37 at the time. Not to mention that their recruitment policy has gone a bit Di Caprio and don't tend to buy many big signings over 25. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishywashy Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 I imagine a big draw that helped Villa beat presumably many, many top clubs from signing Tielemans on a free would have been that signing for Villa from Leicester means no need to move house, family, country etc. Wouldn't be surprised if he's simply very settled in the Midlands. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted October 21 VT Supporter Share Posted October 21 (edited) There's a case to be made that he's not just been our best midfielder but the best midfielder in the league this season. Unbelievable player. Edited October 21 by StefanAVFC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 34 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: There's a case to be made that he's not just been our best midfielder but the best midfielder in the league this season. Unbelievable player. Was thinking this earlier. Going through the top teams and wondering who you’d have ahead of him. Rodri obviously but injured. Rice, Partey no. From what I’ve seen of Gravenberg at Liverpool - maybe. Caicedo has been very good this season, but probably not. Bissouma is having a decent season but no again. Tielemans is just brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamingDad Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 12 hours ago, leemond2008 said: Has anyone spotted what he did when Fulham were taking the penalty? He copied the run up and was perfectly in sync with their player. My favourite part of that was at the start when she states that Jiminez was the 'strongerist' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheltenham_villa Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 12 hours ago, leemond2008 said: Has anyone spotted what he did when Fulham were taking the penalty? He copied the run up and was perfectly in sync with their player. i can only assume this was to get next to the ball for any possible rebound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 1 hour ago, StefanAVFC said: There's a case to be made that he's not just been our best midfielder but the best midfielder in the league this season. Unbelievable player. For what it's worth, he's the 2nd highest rated CM in the Prem on Whoscored this season, after Maddison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted October 21 VT Supporter Share Posted October 21 19 minutes ago, lexicon said: For what it's worth, he's the 2nd highest rated CM in the Prem on Whoscored this season, after Maddison. Yeah but Maddison is a word removed so he doesn't count 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 On 20/10/2024 at 00:07, Brumstopdogs said: So much for the opinions of the Leicester fans.... In fairness he was poor for them in his last season and he has proven a lot of people wrong including me as I thought he was finished Looks like that first 6 months being a rotation player has actually revitalised him and also he has become so much fitter. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 12 hours ago, Made In Aston said: Is this a villa thing to fear losing players as soon as they hit a bit of form? Tielemans was already known throughout Europe as an elite level midfielder when we signed him on a free. Real Madrid could have easily brought him in then instead of paying 80m now, as Modric was already 37 at the time. Not to mention that their recruitment policy has gone a bit Di Caprio and don't tend to buy many big signings over 25. Errr, not really. He was playing pretty poorly all season for a team that was relegated. He was very much in the 'not a bad pick up for a free' bracket, it's only now he's showing elite form. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 40 minutes ago, VillaJ100 said: Errr, not really. He was playing pretty poorly all season for a team that was relegated. He was very much in the 'not a bad pick up for a free' bracket, it's only now he's showing elite form. This. His stock was the lowest it had ever been for him as a professional footballer, but Emery wanted to give him the chance to reignite his career. It was far from a no-brainer, risk-free signing because he's on a fair whack of wages. Emery being proven right is no shock to anyone, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 12 hours ago, wishywashy said: I imagine a big draw that helped Villa beat presumably many, many top clubs from signing Tielemans on a free would have been that signing for Villa from Leicester means no need to move house, family, country etc. Wouldn't be surprised if he's simply very settled in the Midlands. I think you make a good point. Youri seems a genuine, family guy; there was a video of him endorsing a company who did some work in his garden. This shows what he's like and he lives in a non-too fancy type community, at least not what you'd expect from a PL footballer. Again looked good against Fulham, he's a classy player and he often keeps it simple yet often tries to look for the forward pass; it really keeps the opposition guessing as they don't know what he's going to do. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icouldtelltheworld Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 On 20/10/2024 at 18:41, Vive_La_Villa said: Read the posts around page 68. Fans saying will be sold in the summer and we've been done over etc. So quick to make up minds about player's. Now he's better than Dougie ever was. What was it O'Leary said about us again? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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