Glenn Whelan signs one year deal with Hearts (title updated)

[number-16]

22 minutes ago, Mikey1874 said:

 

Cross border transfers need an extra stage even if, I think he has left club. 

 

"International clearance". 

Sinclair signed for Celtic from Aston Villa on a Saturday and made his debut against us the following day.

 

It's possible (although maybe not for us non-Glasgow sides)

[Debut 4]

1 minute ago, Morgan said:

You did ask, D.

 

 

😁

[Section Q]

14 minutes ago, Debut 4 said:

Any one know a quick cure for swelling around the groin area?

 

Edited August 2 by Section Q

[BarneyBattles44]

19 minutes ago, Never Let Them Forget said:

                    Bobby 

       Souttar Berra Halkett

Smith                            Hickey

           Whelan     Clare

                  Walker

      Washington Naismith 

 

 

This Please 

[Gav M]

3 minutes ago, Section Q said:

 

Nope, looks like Josh widdicomb to me

[Gashauskis9]

14 minutes ago, Lovecraft said:

I’ve said it before and will say it again - leave Eddie Izzard out of this!!!

[Debut 4]

5 minutes ago, Section Q said:

 

Nice in her/his day....

[BarneyBattles44]

1 minute ago, Gav M said:

Nope, looks like Josh widdicomb to me

 

WTF

 

Swifty likes that

 

A lot

[highlandjambo3]

39 minutes ago, Mikey1874 said:

 

Cross border transfers need an extra stage even if, I think he has left club. 

 

"International clearance". 

Is this a hard signing or a soft one.....

 judging by some responders, I’d say hard......

😂

[Cwapsy]

13 minutes ago, BarneyBattles44 said:

 

 

This Please 

Washington injured

[4forDevries]

Guess that swelling went after those pics....

[Inch Hearts]

Decent cover if a year.  

[Ugly American]

Having not seen him play, I assume from his quote that he's a classic holding mid, sitting just in front of a back 4?

 

Good mentor for Cochrane if nothing else.

[stuart500]

20 minutes ago, Gav M said:

Nope, looks like Josh widdicomb to me

Widdicomb but then ah saw her coupon..

[loveofthegame]

5 minutes ago, Ugly American said:

Having not seen him play, I assume from his quote that he's a classic holding mid, sitting just in front of a back 4?

 

Good mentor for Cochrane if nothing else.

 

Yeah from the little I know on him - does the dirty stuff, breaks up play and moves the ball in. Almost 100caps for a consistently decent RoI side and over 10 years of EPL/English Championship experience. On a year's deal feels very, very low risk and like a great signing. EEN saying he played 70 games for Villa over last 2 seasons - so a regular, not a bit part.

[TypoonJambo]

57 minutes ago, Gorgie_Rules said:

                     Bobby

        Souttar Berra Halkett

Smith    Whelan Haring      Hickey

            Naismith  Walker

                     Uche

 

Solid looking side with plenty of backup

That side shouldn't be conceding many. 

[Ugly American]

Just now, loveofthegame said:

 

Yeah from the little I know on him - does the dirty stuff, breaks up play and moves the ball in. Almost 100caps for a consistently decent RoI side and over 10 years of EPL/English Championship experience. On a year's deal feels very, very low risk and like a great signing. EEN saying he played 70 games for Villa over last 2 seasons - so a regular, not a bit part.

 

Saw on Twitter he started 14 of the last 18 games for a Villa side that just got promoted.

 

Sounds like a lot what we need -- we've got the pace, talent, and skill in the side right now, just need to put the pieces together, and a cool head at the back of the midfield could go a long way.

[Gorgieshed]

1 hour ago, Gorgie_Rules said:

                     Bobby

        Souttar Berra Halkett

Smith    Whelan Haring      Hickey

            Naismith  Walker

                     Uche

 

Solid looking side with plenty of backup

Mulraney starts every day of the week for me. Wouldn't have thought I'd ever say that. 

[Absolute Scenes]

1 hour ago, Gorgie_Rules said:

                     Bobby

        Souttar Berra Halkett

Smith    Whelan Haring      Hickey

            Naismith  Walker

                     Uche

 

Solid looking side with plenty of backup

Uches done nothing to merit starting this season. Washington for me

[jamboiain13]

1 hour ago, Mikey1874 said:

SFA to open Sunday again to get it over the line. 

If he was signing for Smeltic or Rankgers then the doors would be open on Sunday...for us though not a chance!

 

[Des Lynam]

45 minutes ago, Section Q said:

 

 

Is that Boris? 

[johnthomas]

13 minutes ago, Absolute Scenes said:

Uches done nothing to merit starting this season. 

Apart from getting fit .

[Flappy Hands]

A thread about Glenn Whelan on the Aston Villa forum if anyone is interested. 

https://www.villatalk.com/topic/16608-glenn-whelan/page/97/

 

Started in 2017 when he signed for them but from page 97 onwards is from this year. 

[whodanny]

1 hour ago, To Be Frank said:

 

 

You’re welcome 👍🏻

Paul Mccartney's looking rough.

[TypoonJambo]

1 minute ago, whodanny said:

Paul Mccartney's looking rough.

Veggie food, or in her case carpet, does that to you 

[whodanny]

1 minute ago, TypoonJambo said:

Veggie food, or in her case carpet, does that to you 

Shriveling from the inside oot.

[Dusk_Till_Dawn]

Saw him a few times last season. Was pretty pish tbh.

[BarneyBattles44]

1 hour ago, Cwapsy said:

Washington injured

Yeah I know

 

My post was refering to potentially our strongest side

Edited August 2 by BarneyBattles44

[Icon of Symmetry]

2 minutes ago, Dusk_Till_Dawn said:

Saw him a few times last season. Was pretty pish tbh.

 

Details plz

[Dusk_Till_Dawn]

4 minutes ago, Icon of Symmetry said:

 

Details plz

 

Off the pace, poor on the ball. Championship is a hard league though and he’s getting on

[Flappy Hands]

Mixed bag of opinions from the villa fans, 

Some of them think his legs have gone, he plays suicide passes and misses penaltys. 

Some of them think he's a top pro that had a good influence behind the scenes and could still do a job for another championship side.

[Icon of Symmetry]

1 minute ago, Dusk_Till_Dawn said:

 

Off the pace, poor on the ball. Championship is a hard league though and he’s getting on

 

Cool, thanks. I wasn’t being wide by the way, I just don’t have enough interest in the English leagues. 👍

 

Theres a fair few folk saying he was a linchpin in their promotion, certainly over the last 15 games or so. Do you disagree with that?

[jonnothejambo]

21 minutes ago, TypoonJambo said:

Veggie food, or in her case carpet, does that to you 

 

[Icon of Symmetry]

1 minute ago, Flappy Hands said:

Mixed bag of opinions from the villa fans, 

Some of them think his legs have gone, he plays suicide passes and misses penaltys. 

Some of them think he's a top pro that had a good influence behind the scenes and could still do a job for another championship side.

 

You’ve just described JKB discussing every midfielder over 30, in my time on here.

[PB21]

13 minutes ago, Dusk_Till_Dawn said:

Saw him a few times last season. Was pretty pish tbh.

Lets take opinions of fans who

seen him week in week out

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/avfcofficial/status/1117110184462159878?lang=en

[Flappy Hands]

4 minutes ago, Icon of Symmetry said:

 

You’ve just described JKB discussing every midfielder over 30, in my time on here.

 

Yeah, I suppose we'll just have to see him for ourselves.

I've got a good feeling that he'll sign for us if he's playing golf at dalmahoy.

World class golf course 1 minute from the oriam and the sun is shining! He'll be over the moon lol. 

[Debut 4]

9 minutes ago, Flappy Hands said:

Mixed bag of opinions from the villa fans, 

Some of them think his legs have gone, he plays suicide passes and misses penaltys. 

Some of them think he's a top pro that had a good influence behind the scenes and could still do a job for another championship side.

As well getting Don Cowie back...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Icon of Symmetry]

Just now, Flappy Hands said:

 

Yeah, I suppose we'll just have to see him for ourselves.

I've got a good feeling that he'll sign for us if he's playing golf at dalmahoy.

World class golf course 1 minute from the oriam and the sun is shining! He'll be over the moon lol. 

 

I’ll be honest with you, and face the flak; I genuinely don’t know a lot about him. I don’t follow Irish internationals and EPL/Championship football closely enough. He seems pretty highly regarded by most though, and that side of it seems to outnumber those who are less enthusiastic.

 

Who knows though. Hope he’s still a really good player, and he signs for us. 👍

[Hercules]

1 hour ago, BarneyBattles44 said:

 

 

This Please 

Not Clare. 

[BarneyBattles44]

1 minute ago, Hercules said:

Not Clare. 

 

Mulraney then n we're sorted ?

[Icon of Symmetry]

3 minutes ago, Hercules said:

Not Clare. 

 

With solid defensive players beside/behind him, and clever forward players in front of him; Clare will do just fine.

[Flappy Hands]

8 minutes ago, Icon of Symmetry said:

 

I’ll be honest with you, and face the flak; I genuinely don’t know a lot about him. I don’t follow Irish internationals and EPL/Championship football closely enough. He seems pretty highly regarded by most though, and that side of it seems to outnumber those who are less enthusiastic.

 

Who knows though. Hope he’s still a really good player, and he signs for us. 👍

 

I hope he signs for us and proves to be an influential player. I'd rather we take a chance on him than not take a chance on him!

At 35 years of age though, there's always going to be an element of doubt for me. If he can still do a job in the championship, why is he not in talks with a championship side?

I recognise that our league isn't that standard but you've still got to do a lot of running! 

Joey Barton came here late in his career and look what happened there. 

 

Edited August 2 by Flappy Hands

[Hercules]

3 minutes ago, BarneyBattles44 said:

 

Mulraney then n we're sorted ?

Take that. A positive Mulroney though 👍🏻

[highlandjambo3]

1 hour ago, stuart500 said:

Widdicomb but then ah saw her coupon..

It’s ok..... I got it.  Just thought I’d let you know.

[Hercules]

2 minutes ago, Icon of Symmetry said:

 

With solid defensive players beside/behind him, and clever forward players in front of him; Clare will do just fine.

I know you’ll find this hard to believe, I never want a Hearts player to fail, but I still fail to see what he offers ? People say he’ll come good when he’s next to certain players. It’s up to him  to show something. If he was next to a solid defensive player and he got sent off, do we sub Clare ? 

[innerjambo]

Hoping this one doesn't come off, we don't need an over the hill midfield passenger.

[Flappy Hands]

Just now, innerjambo said:

Hoping this one doesn't come off, we don't need an over the hill midfield passenger.

 

1 year deal won't be too deadly if he flops. 

I'd rather we sign him than sign nobody. 

[Finny1981]

rather it was Danny Williams to be fair 

[BarneyBattles44]

Just now, Hercules said:

Take that. A positive Mulroney though 👍🏻

If We sign a MF maybe Whelan battles can be won

 

Clare becomes a player with the ball on front foot and we are potentialy more effective

 

Jake gets shifted to bench for me 

He is a still a prospect to stake a weekly claim 

[Jambosteve1902]

3 minutes ago, innerjambo said:

Hoping this one doesn't come off, we don't need an over the hill midfield passenger.

Facepalm could be a big difference maker weve not had someone to compete vs hibs and Aberdeen etc in middle park when things get nasty hel do just that. And win most battles too