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Thought he was good apart from two or three shaky moments. Still did so much important work.

Only 2nd for tackles? Villa saw us coming.

I was all sorts of wrong about this guy.

Mind you - people go way over the top for so early into his Everton career. I remember signing a defensive midfielder who was much maligned after failing to star for a relegated team - three games in and he was being lauded as the greatest midfielder we'd had in years. And look at the abuse...

Delighted to be proven wrong so far - but I don't think people should be discouraged from posting their opinions of players. That's the point of a forum.

Early days to judge him tbh. 'Looks like the world class midfielder we've been looking for, for years' Direct quote from an Everton forum. About Li Tie.

Nobody has said that on the Villa forum though have they? They all think he's alright but there is a concern that his passing is suspect and he's a bit anonymous. The Villa forums were correct in their overall analysis of Cleverley btw. Personally not a signing I'm excited by.

Stats are great for cricket, or athletics, or baseball. Far too many variables in football to rely on stats. Villa bought players based on stats last season..

Yeah but it's a given that anybody who manages a professional football team likely has a better understanding of football than your average fan. Makes for a dull forum if everybody just says 'another great signing from the manager' though. Bit more interesting if people like, have opinions...

All a bit 'moneyball' for me. I prefer judging players on what I see rather than stats.

Massive overload of defensive midfielders now.

Let's be honest, this is an underwhelming signing.

Not really bothered about him, but surely if we want him, then we are blowing anyone else out of the water. If not, then what hope for real quality this summer?

This feels closer to 'plan Z' than 'plan A'. Don't think it's an upgrade on Gibson, let alone McCarthy.

This signing seems the most likely to me. If only because it's the one I'm most underwhelmed by.

That's not right about Suarez. Was explained yesterday about clauses.

Suspect there will be a lot of people reply to this along the lines of: 'villa fans know feck all..' 'They are just bitter about the whole season'. Etc. Of course we had all those comments when it was apparent we were signing Cleverley. The Villa fans turned out to be right of course. The...

This signing will show some serious intent..

Can you just clarify which game? Was it when we hammered them 4-0 and he was subbed at half time? Or was it when we comfortably beat them 3-1, and the Birmingham Mail scored his display as 5/10 commenting 'offered nothing going forward and gave McCarthy and Barry an easy night against him'...

How come this lad has been playing in the Prem and nobody seems to have seen him play. Yet when there is some jarg link to somebody from the Dutch/French/Russian league then people are falling over themselves to give opinions.