- Jun 13, 2008
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I think that's pretty harsh. He didn't have any moments of pure genius, but he was Villa today. He popped up all over the park, was practically impossible to get the ball off, his passing is always expertly measured and precise and he won what felt like 30 fouls. He also got an assist and would've had another were it not for that Davies block. If he wasn't in this Villa team they would've been as good as relegated by now.
He was up against Serge who was having one of his days where he'd left his brain at home, and Toby who was showing he's not far off matching Jan in the decrepit stakes. The one where he just waddled past him down the flank and left him trailing was a borderline retirement moment for Alderweireld to be honest.
I don't think he's a bad player at all, but he does have quite major glaring limitations still, and today he basically had free run of proceedings and didn't ultimately do that much to capitalise on that. Certainly not to the levels of praise he's been getting all afternoon on here.