Dr_Pangloss Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Delighted to be honest. His ability and application at this level fell radically short of the standard required. At £15m I'd say he has been a 'decent' signing overall. Excellent first season and was crucial in helping to stabilising us. 9 goals last season was a decent return and at times he made important contributions which helped us in our promotion. Smith never rated him at this level and is 100% justified, the fact that we got a fee for him is terrific. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 The fact we ran Wesley into the ground then refused to play a striker for me indicates he might have been a bad egg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Happy he has gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Bye Kodj. Just shows the risk of recruitment. Nearly 4 years on and a lot of salary money later, we finally get to unravel one of the early mistakes of the Xia/diMatteo era. Worth remembering though that he got a fair few goals in his first season but never really regained form after his injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbcuk Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Dean Smith: “Why was Kodjia sold? Because he wasn't up to the standard, in my opinion. He hadn't got to the level of fitness that, for me, was required for the Premier League. That's the minimum standard to play Premier League football.” [birmingham live] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Some great moments in that first season and will always be grateful for that equaliser against SHA but it’s the best decision for all parties I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Did he move on a free? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Just now, MaVilla said: Did he move on a free? Think I read we’re getting £2.75m for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Just now, Wainy316 said: Think I read we’re getting £2.75m for him. Blimey, I expected it to be a free to get rid. 2.75m is a good deal for us tbh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 25 minutes ago, rbcuk said: Dean Smith: “Why was Kodjia sold? Because he wasn't up to the standard, in my opinion. He hadn't got to the level of fitness that, for me, was required for the Premier League. That's the minimum standard to play Premier League football.” [birmingham live] Yet Drinkwater is barely fit enough to play a Sunday league game. Why keep him around pre season then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornso Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 51 minutes ago, MaVilla said: Blimey, I expected it to be a free to get rid. 2.75m is a good deal for us tbh. Especially when he was out of contract in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted January 21, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2020 One of the worst team players I've seen in a Villa shirt. When he was on form, he was fun to watch though. Can't remember what that was like though! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 1 hour ago, villarule123 said: One of the worst team players I've seen in a Villa shirt. When he was on form, he was fun to watch though. Can't remember what that was like though! Try to list the players who we had in the last decade. I'm sure you'll find much worse than him. He wasn't one of the worst at all. You've already said when he's on form, he was fun to watch. I could name a lot of players that don't have form at all. I appreciate some players attitude and effort for the team, but really some of them were technically much more worse than him! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornso Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 44 minutes ago, abdulaziz1 said: Try to list the players who we had in the last decade. I'm sure you'll find much worse than him. He wasn't one of the worst at all. You've already said when he's on form, he was fun to watch. I could name a lot of players that don't have form at all. I appreciate some players attitude and effort for the team, but really some of them were technically much more worse than him! He said team player. As in a player who works well with his teammates and is not selfish... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 (edited) The disrespect to Kodjia in here is embarrassing. Kodjia isn't lazy. He may not run around like a headless chicken like Weimann used to do, not all strikers do. He is a fox in the box and prefers to conserve he's energy for what's happening in the final third. Smith says he isn't up for the fitness standard yet got no problems playing a totally unfit Drinkwater. Does not add up to me. Clearly an agenda. Did Kodjia sleep with his wife or something? I wish him all the best and thank him for the memories. Edited January 21, 2020 by villalad21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, villalad21 said: The disrespect to Kodjia in here is embarrassing. I wish him all the best and thank him for the memories. But if everybody was thanking him then you would be moaning about him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WakefieldVillan Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Thought the penalty and performance as sub at Rotherham was absolutely crucial to why we are playing Premier League football right now, for that alone I think he has proved a hit rather than a miss. Wish him all the best but trust Smith and the coaches decision to let him go, I just hope we are in for at least one other striker (in addition to Samatta) because we are looking extremely thin in this department. Good Luck Kodj! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Scathing comments from smith on Kodjia. I defended kodjia in the past but sounds like I was wrong to do so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 26 minutes ago, villalad21 said: The disrespect to Kodjia in here is embarrassing. Kodjia isn't lazy. He may not run around like a headless chicken like Weimann used to do, not all strikers do. He is a fox in the box and prefers to conserve he's energy for what's happening in the final third. Smith says he isn't up for the fitness standard yet got no problems playing a totally unfit Drinkwater. Does not add up to me. Clearly an agenda. Did Kodjia sleep with his wife or something? I wish him all the best and thank him for the memories. yeah he is lazy, he's also greedy, theres a good player in there somewhere but he didn't show it enough, never looked like a PL striker when we were in the championship and then post injury never really looked that sharp I see where you're coming from with drinkwater but if drinkwater is grafting in training every day trying to get to the level he needs to be and kodjia wasn't then you cant really compare the 2, I then look at where kodjia has gone rather than a mid table French team or a championship team (for that price he should be a good signing for a lot of clubs) and that says a lot to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted January 21, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2020 He was a terrible team player, even when he was banging the goals in. Glad he's gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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