rodders0223 Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Hat trick against a putred Norwich side aside and a half against Burnley he rarely rarely looked like a PL footballer. If we are actually being honest and not overly kind due to the horrific injury he suffered. You can point to the goal ratio and his age and a new league...he couldn't control a football, he couldn't use his strength properly, he had no balance, hardly any coordination, his shooting technique was bad, really bad. I remember many people just laughing in disbelief at some of his moments in that first season at VP. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Tomaszk said: Ah, he'll be fine if he can control and kick the ball. Definitely agree with you on that. Our midfield is going to be so much better next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMelvillan Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 45 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: Hat trick against a putred Norwich side aside and a half against Burnley he rarely rarely looked like a PL footballer. If we are actually being honest and not overly kind due to the horrific injury he suffered. You can point to the goal ratio and his age and a new league...he couldn't control a football, he couldn't use his strength properly, he had no balance, hardly any coordination, his shooting technique was bad, really bad. I remember many people just laughing in disbelief at some of his moments in that first season at VP. He ran strangely too. Most awkward gait since Ross McCormack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 17 minutes ago, TheMelvillan said: He ran strangely too. Most awkward gait since Ross McCormack Thats because one of his legs is shorter than the other, he walks like he’s injured 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villastine Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 1 hour ago, rodders0223 said: Hat trick against a putred Norwich side aside and a half against Burnley he rarely rarely looked like a PL footballer. If we are actually being honest and not overly kind due to the horrific injury he suffered. You can point to the goal ratio and his age and a new league...he couldn't control a football, he couldn't use his strength properly, he had no balance, hardly any coordination, his shooting technique was bad, really bad. I remember many people just laughing in disbelief at some of his moments in that first season at VP. Capped by Brazil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 (edited) 14 minutes ago, IrishVilla10 said: Thats because one of his legs is shorter than the other, he walks like he’s injured 50 doesn't approve.... Edited June 5, 2022 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 8 minutes ago, Villastine said: Capped by Brazil. Yup, 4 minutes in an exhibition game against Argentina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 43 minutes ago, TheMelvillan said: He ran strangely too. Most awkward gait since Ross McCormack I see what you did there 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 (edited) Classic VT thing of a player being better and better the longer he’s been away from the team. He was crap. He looked like a boss against the Liverpool cup team consisting of spotty pre teens. But otherwise, he was the epitome of barely bang average. No ill will towards him, he’s a nice chap who has had a huge setback and has fought back and I hope the best for him but literally the only meaningful memory of him at Villa will be Mee breaking him in half. Edited June 5, 2022 by Ingram85 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 2 hours ago, the_eristic said: Aside from the typical woes of adapting to a new country/league/slipshod side, the main issue was he's naturally a false 9, while everyone expected him to be a Benteke as we played him like a Heskey. Either he wasn't scouted properly by Suso and co, or Deano and ROK saw him and said, there's a big lad, just pump it up to him (or maybe both). With that classic Villa irony, he'd probably have been a much better fit for how we're trying to play now than Ollie, and Ollie much better for the promoted side. Not that I want to join the procession of people laying into Wesley, because I thought he had some untapped potential pre-injury, but this is a maniacal take. Ollie Watkins is better at pretty much every single facet of the game. Please explain to me how you think Wesley would be an improvement over Watkins in this system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 52 minutes ago, sne said: Yup, 4 minutes in an exhibition game against Argentina 4 minutes more than Diego Carlos at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Just now, Zatman said: 4 minutes more than Diego Carlos at the moment He has a Olympic gold thou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 3 hours ago, the_eristic said: Aside from the typical woes of adapting to a new country/league/slipshod side, the main issue was he's naturally a false 9, while everyone expected him to be a Benteke as we played him like a Heskey. Either he wasn't scouted properly by Suso and co, or Deano and ROK saw him and said, there's a big lad, just pump it up to him (or maybe both). With that classic Villa irony, he'd probably have been a much better fit for how we're trying to play now than Ollie, and Ollie much better for the promoted side. Yep. You could tell about about 2 games he was not a natural striker. They must have got the scouting wrong on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 (edited) A firm VT favourite of mine, the anneal Wesley pile on. Yeah he was shit, yet he was better than Davies. Some folk who happily slam Wesley, want to keep Davies or have buy back clauses in his sale. They both are unfortunately… meh oh well, never mind Edited June 5, 2022 by CarryOnVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceoftheshamen Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 I could never fathom how such a big guy was so useless in the air tbh. Always find it bizarre how we have/had so many big players none of whom seemed able to guide a basic header on target from a corner!? I include in that Mings, Davis, Wesley, Konsa, Hause (although he did finally get a rather good one at Old Trafford of course) etc Surely we should've had far more headed goals with players like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 He was woeful most games. Its a bit of a myth that he was just about to become a good player when he got injured. One of the main issues we had as a newly promoted team. Seemed a nice guy and his history meant he was easy to root for but he just wasn't very good. No idea what we saw in him to suggest he was ready for the Premier league. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post briny_ear Posted June 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2022 You know it’s a quiet time when Wesley is trending top of the Villatalk list! 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CVByrne Posted June 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2022 Pages and pages and pages of nonsense. 1. Our entire team were performing terribly in the first half of the season in 19/20. 2. He had such a bad injury it's impossible to think of him as the same player with the same potential prior to the injury as he is post injury 3. We'll never know what player he could have been. Maybe he was going to be a total flop. Maybe he would improve with his teammates the more he adapted to the league and the more the team created chances for him. Remember Luiz became a quality player only after lockdown. Konsa only really became a good CB the season after we stayed up. We never saw nor will we ever know what Wesley would have done. I think I know he's have scored more goals in the season than Danny Ings did this season in a significantly better team. Conclusion: We'll never know 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 5, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 5, 2022 4 hours ago, sne said: Yup, 4 minutes in an exhibition game against Argentina 4 minutes more than Bosko Balaban. He wouldn't get near to The Brazilian team in any format 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 32 minutes ago, sidcow said: 4 minutes more than Bosko Balaban. He wouldn't get near to The Brazilian team in any format Wouldnt be surprised if a player somewhere in Brazil called Balabanson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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