thunderball Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 (edited) Cant see him going due to wages, and he seems to be a desperate last resort choice for the management, his attitude seems to leave a lot to be desired. He has had a golden opportunity with Wesley struggling for form and confidence but he is just picking up wages. Clueless in his last two outings for me, his shortcomings all the more glaring in this division. Looks like we are going to needs two strikers in Jan now as we can't rely on him. Edited January 1, 2020 by thunderball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Chindie said: He's obviously being shipped out and he's got no interest in putting much effort in anymore. He's never been the most hard working or selfless player but when he's not arsed at all he's useless. Yep, it’s pretty clear that he doesn’t want to be here and that has been the case for a while. Shame really, as on his day he’s got something a bit different and he’s the type that can come up with a goal from nowhere. If he wasn’t so selfish and lazy, I actually think he could have done a job for us at this level. Next. Edited January 1, 2020 by wazzap24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 1 minute ago, thunderball said: Cant see him going due to wages, and he seems to be a desperate last resort choice for the management, his attitude seems to leave a lot to be desired. He has had a golden opportunity with Wesley struggling for form and confidence but he is just picking up wages. Clueless in his last two outings for me, his shortcomings all the more glaring in this division. Looks like we are going to needs two strikers in Jan now as we can't rely on him. I agree with this. Kodjia as a lone striker and we're basically setting ourselves up for relegation. time to dive into the market now for two options with Wesley looking like he won't be seeing another game this season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 If Smith don't rate him why not give Archer a shot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rightdm00 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Kodija's NYE party must have been amazing. Had to be hungover. No one is that lazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Something is wrong. The Jimmy I know is much better than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted January 1, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 1, 2020 2 minutes ago, wazzap24 said: Yep, it’s pretty clear that he doesn’t want to be here and that has been the case for a while. Shame really, as on his day he’s got something a bit different and he’s the type that can come up with a goal from nowhere. If he wasn’t so selfish and lazy, I actually think he could have done a job for us at this level. Next. I suspect he's known for a while that he's not in the plans of the management, most likely because he doesn't do the donkey work or style of play Smith likes with his lack of chasing and completely blinkered style, and he thus doesn't care. I also suspect that part of the reason we have barely seen him play has been because we don't want to risk him getting injured and being even harder to shift. I think a Kodjia of a couple of years back, but one who was reliably decent every game, might be good enough as an option for a bottom half Prem side. The Kodjia of 2020, no, even if he was up for it. He's slowed a little, the effort has dropped. But most importantly he's obviously done with being here, so all the little issues and problems are exacerbated. If, going into the rest of the season, Kodjia is the answer, the questions being asked should worry us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted January 1, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 1, 2020 19 minutes ago, Rightdm00 said: Kodija's NYE party must have been amazing. Had to be hungover. No one is that lazy. Think some of the Burnley players were there too.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 This is one thing I am a bit annoyed with with Villa. Why do we never have on of our youth players as bench options rather than players who clearly are not rated. and in many cases rightly so. Every other club seem capable of doing it, is our academy really that bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cizzler Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Dreadful cameo. What a shocking decision not to put Trez in. Whatever Wesley’s diagnosis, we need to sign a striker this month to stay in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 13 minutes ago, sne said: This is one thing I am a bit annoyed with with Villa. Why do we never have on of our youth players as bench options rather than players who clearly are not rated. and in many cases rightly so. Every other club seem capable of doing it, is our academy really that bad? It's the head coach decision. Maybe our academy players are just shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 3 minutes ago, villalad21 said: It's the head coach decision. Maybe our academy players are just shit. It's not a Smith thing, we've been like this for ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 40 minutes ago, momo said: Something is wrong. The Jimmy I know is much better than this. When? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Well, hopefully after that he will be sold. Back to the Championship where he belongs, as a back-up striker to a bottom half team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 4 minutes ago, TheStagMan said: Well, hopefully after that he will be sold. Back to the Championship where he belongs, as a back-up striker to a bottom half team. I think he could easily still do a job in the Championship, he's a good player. The trick is getting him to give a ****, and if doing the business in the top flight can't motivate him, what can? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Delphinho123 Posted January 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 1, 2020 He’s not been the same since his injury. He doesn’t challenge hard, he looks tired constantly and is just a yard off the pace for everything. I genuinely thought he was a prem player when he was banging in the goals for us a couple of seasons back, and maybe he would have been if it weren’t for the injury. Looking at him now however, I don’t know if he’d even get into many championship sides. Im certainly guilty of begging Smith to drop Wesley for Kodjia but based on what I saw today, I got this one horribly wrong. One of the worst cameo’s you’re likely to see, ever. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 He obviously wasn't very good, but he did seem to pick up a knock, and ultimately some of his poor performance may be down to rustiness due to a lack of pitch time. Clearly we can't go through the rest of the season with him as our starting striker, but then again that would never have been a consideration anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 I can hold my hands up here and say I was wrong stating that Kodjia should start games during December instead of Wesley. He just cannot play at this level and I’d have doubts if he could now cut it in the Championship? Terrible cameo today. I wonder if he has the desire anymore or is his body letting him down now? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 1 hour ago, sne said: It's not a Smith thing, we've been like this for ages. Davis is an academy prospect striker who was getting match time before his injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Just now, LondonLax said: Davis is an academy prospect striker who was getting match time before his injury. Should have used rarely rather than never i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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