Vive_La_Villa Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) I have a lot of respect for Chester. Decent defender and a great character. But if he was that good he would have been snapped up when the club was about to go bankrupt. Ill leave it at that. Edited July 18, 2019 by Vive_La_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 If we judge Chester for those last few months when Bruce was in charge, then we also have to judge Grealish. Grealish was pretty poor under Bruce before getting sacked. Grealish was also playing with an injury much like Chester was... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 1 minute ago, Czechlad said: If we judge Chester for those last few months when Bruce was in charge, then we also have to judge Grealish. Grealish was pretty poor under Bruce before getting sacked. Grealish was also playing with an injury much like Chester was... If Jack was 30 years old, was out all season and also said the words ‘I have injured my body indefinitely’ in an interview. I’d be saying the same thing about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 3 hours ago, TRO said: Jack is team captain......Chester is Club Captain......Hence him sharing the lifting of the play off trophy. Ahhh, as Gabby the great was 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Indigo Posted July 18, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 18, 2019 That Chester often gets judged so harshly for some below-par performances where he was more or less the only centre back at the club and playing through a by all accounts career-damaging injury is absolutely staggering. At a club where Alan Hutton was given a pass for years for "always giving 100%" Chester should be absolutely deified for what he did for us in comparison. Not to mention he was brilliant before his injury too. If nothing else he'll be very good back up for an otherwise inexperienced group of CBs we have, I'd keep him because we're not going to get enough for him to be worth the loss. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 18, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Vive_La_Villa said: F*** me it’s amazing how sentiment clouds judgement. Chester was awful last season. It’s no coincidence he played no part in our 10 game winning run. Well it is a bit of a coincidence to be honest considering some of the players who did play at CB in that winning run. I’m not against selling Chester. I worry about his injuries and perhaps his best years are behind him, plus we are buying potentially better CBs. But I think you’re being overly harsh on him last season considering he, by all accounts, played most or all of what he did play with a significant injury in a defence that was in tatters in front of a goalkeeper who was dreadful. Edited July 18, 2019 by Stevo985 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 1 minute ago, Stevo985 said: Well it is a bit of a coincidence to be honest considering some of the players who did play at CB in that winning run. I’m not against selling Chester. I worry about his injuries and perhaps his best years are behind him, plus we are buying potentially better CBs. But I think you’re being overly harsh on him last season considering he, by all accounts, played most or all of what he did play with a significant injury in a defence that was in tatters in front of a goalkeeper who was dreadful. I’m not doubting the ability he once had. I just don’t think he will be able to cope at a high level anymore. Happy to be wrong about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Albert Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Im totally against selling him as it wont be 7.5 million we get for him, more like 2 3 or at a max 4. hes openly said hes got to manage his career from now on, no championship club are gonna pay 7.5 million for player especially a centre back who may only play 19 20 games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkiller1981 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 I think as good a servant as he has been for us in terms of loyalty if not playing ability (thinking about that penalty he gave away against reading) I would say this is business and getting a few million back given his age at this point we should be snapping hands off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 If we aren't desperate for money, I think he's worth a lot to keep around as a squad member. We have so many new players, attitude continuity is vital and Chester is a top pro. If you take that out of it, £7-8m is great money for him. Last season he was horrible but injured, fair enough. But for me, he's only looked good next to Terry. He was average before Terry and poor after him. He's 4th or 5th choice now, and in theory, his value will be going down as opposed to up like all our other CB options. If the offer/interest is real it's up to Smith to decide if he's of value just being around the squad. I think he might be actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 16 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I have a lot of respect for Chester. Decent defender and a great character. But if he was that good he would have been snapped up when the club was about to go bankrupt. Ill leave it at that. Did we sell anyone when we about to go bankrupt? Also, this is an incorrect statement considering strong reports were saying we were selling him to Stoke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 5 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: Did we sell anyone when we about to go bankrupt? Also, this is an incorrect statement considering strong reports were saying we were selling him to Stoke... Stoke? If he was that good wouldn’t he have been snapped up by a top flight club? I have no problem with him staying. I genuinely hope he is over his injury problems and can play a part next season. But if 7.5m is true then that would be very good business in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Stoke? If he was that good wouldn’t he have been snapped up by a top flight club? I have no problem with him staying. I genuinely hope he is over his injury problems and can play a part next season. But if 7.5m is true then that would be very good business in my opinion. That wasn't the original statement. Goalposts well and truly moved. Anyway, what that, I bow out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 4 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: That wasn't the original statement. Goalposts well and truly moved. Anyway, what that, I bow out. So what if It wasn’t the original statement? I just responded to what you said about Stoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenfly Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Even if he makes no appearances this season, I think having someone respected and professional enough to be looked up to as Captain by the squad is invaluable. Camaraderie and togetherness is absolutely essential to a successful team, and his presence alone could be vital to that. Nobody knows how this Premier League season is going to go. The less we rock the boat in terms of players who are trustworthy with a good attitude, the better. If he helps keep the team's morale up, he'll be worth more than 7.5m for that alone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted July 21, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2019 Read he had to come off towards the end of the game today. Hopefully a precaution with his knee and nothing too serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 He did... and when he was on he struggled, relied on his wits. He certainly won’t be starting games for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 In the recent BBC podcast, Chester was saying that Wesley hasnt learned everyone's names yet, and he was calling Taylor "number 3" and Chester "number 5". Not sure if serious.....buy funny all the same 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Read his latest interview, previously I would have been happy to have thanked him and moved him on. Not now. He speaks with knowledge of our club over the last 6 years and the standards which he says fell well below what is expected of our club. It's not like we now cant afford to keep him IF he wants to move to the coaching and mentoring side of things bearing in mind our signing strategy of signing players under 26 from now on. Dont under estimate the influence a decent model international pro can have on the moral of the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 On 21/07/2019 at 16:25, villan-scott said: Read he had to come off towards the end of the game today. Hopefully a precaution with his knee and nothing too serious. Hamstring apparently back at the end of the month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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