VillanousOne Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 why is he not on the bench if he has a protective mask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeps Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 1 hour ago, VillanousOne said: why is he not on the bench if he has a protective mask? Guessing match fitness. think he will make some kind of appearance on Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted October 31, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted October 31, 2019 so guessing the lack of action on this thread means he didn't make an impact last night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 12 minutes ago, tomav84 said: so guessing the lack of action on this thread means he didn't make an impact last night? It was the usual Mr Casual performance. He didn't really look too bothered with the game. Kodjia is not for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheltenham_villa Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 A tough game for a striker as show by davies, wolves played so deep they were swamped when receiving the ball in advanced positions. He didnt do a great deal but linked the play well when given the chance and I though he pressed the wolves back 4 pretty well also. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Not much he could have done, but he did look a little sloppy in what he did do, but we'll put that down to match fitness. He needs to be a bit sharper, a bit more purposeful and get things done quicker if he wants a chance of getting into the first team. BUT, he didn't do anything wrong, which is good. I'm hoping the lack of speed/quickness is due to a lack of playing time, not indicative of a more permanent thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-R Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Since Davis went off he had his chance to make an impact against a very sorry looking wolves side, they were shocking and Kodjia should of capitalized on that, so to should of others. Still a sell for me I'm afraid. I see no need for him to be at Villa anymore, Ill thank him for his service, as he at one point was pretty damn great for us but sometimes a club and player just have to part way and I feel it's what Villa need to do with Kodjia. If he goes in January I wish him all the best, I do think we need to now make space and bring someone in who can fully live up to expectations as a striker if we are to be a Permanent Premier Club. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 I wish he would have made more of the opportunity. Wesley could use some competition. Sadly it looks likes Kodjia isnt going to provide it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, villalad21 said: It was the usual Mr Casual performance. He didn't really look too bothered with the game. Kodjia is not for me. Casual?? I actually some him closing defenders down for once. I don’t rate Kodija but no way did he not try yesterday. Edited October 31, 2019 by Vive_La_Villa 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderball Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 In fairness to him I thought he tried, just didn’t get a break. He is bound to be rusty, he hasn’t played competitively for ages. I am sure he knows this is his chance, it is set up for him to show case his stuff on the big stage now, he would be ludicrous to pass it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 I thought he looked decent. Came on, worried a few defenders, made a couple of smart runs that occupied their back line, and got a feel for being out on a pitch playing first-team football again. Anybody expecting him to come on and bang in a quick brace after having been out for a couple of months is not being very fair. There are still a lot of questions about how he can fit into the side, and sadly I think he's more effective in a front two than as a lone striker, but with Davis out he'll be getting some minutes from now on. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 13 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: I thought he looked decent. Came on, worried a few defenders, made a couple of smart runs that occupied their back line, and got a feel for being out on a pitch playing first-team football again. Anybody expecting him to come on and bang in a quick brace after having been out for a couple of months is not being very fair. There are still a lot of questions about how he can fit into the side, and sadly I think he's more effective in a front two than as a lone striker, but with Davis out he'll be getting some minutes from now on. Kodija made a couple of good runs which I don’t think Wesley has made enough of recently as comes too deep. He didn’t time them right on this occasion though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 Considering he’s been out so much I thought he was ok. I think he may well play a part this season as he gets sharper. His ability to bamboozle defenders is still there ( as is his inability to know when to release the ball) and I see no reason why he shouldn’t score a few goals coming on as sub. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbcuk Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Absolute joke of a player, jogged around when he came on and didn’t even make a challenge on mane for that goal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khizzy Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 He didn't need to come on, we should have taken off Wesley and brought on Konsa to try and defend the lead properly rather than bringing on an attacking option. Stupid from the manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Hawk Posted November 2, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 2, 2019 1 minute ago, Khizzy said: He didn't need to come on, we should have taken off Wesley and brought on Konsa to try and defend the lead properly rather than bringing on an attacking option. Stupid from the manager. You could see smith yelling “keep the ball” to kodjia when he was being subbed on. Clearly the idea was for him to waste time with his feints and dribbles and hopefully earn a free kick in the process to see out the game. It didn’t exactly work, but I don’t necessarily think that’s Smith or Kodjia’s fault. Just didn’t go our way. Hauling Wesley off for Konsa would just invite pressure onto us so I think yours is a pretty silly idea and to blame the manager is equally silly. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 He's just not a player for this level at the end of the day, on top of that he had nothing to work with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Not really quite sure what he could have done tbfh. You can't press an entire backline on your own 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 52 minutes ago, rbcuk said: Absolute joke of a player, jogged around when he came on and didn’t even make a challenge on mane for that goal It wasn't even his man, it was Engels'. He came up from behind him. You expect him to have eyes on the back of his head or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 Not sure on his role in the corner. Was he marking someone or was his job just to head/kick away any low whipped corner, the sort of role Carew and Heskey were pretty good at (Benteke less so). Given the corner went in that exact area I thought he should've got it away. Probably should've just put Konsa on once it went to 1-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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