hippo Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 19 minutes ago, sparrow1988 said: It really would be counter productive to internally suspend him when he needs minutes to gain some fitness and sharpness, unless of course he's gone all Drinkwater on it and headbutted a teammate in training but I'm sure something like that would have come out. Although with the Grealish circus last week it could have easily flown under the radar. Just to be clear to those reading from the Birmingham Mail I am not suggesting something like this happened so don't go reporting it. In general you put your best 11 players on the pitch. With those not making that cut on the bench. On the above criteria it's easy to see why Wesley wasn't included . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 (edited) 26 minutes ago, hippo said: In general you put your best 11 players on the pitch. With those not making that cut on the bench. On the above criteria it's easy to see why Wesley wasn't included . Well the post was in relation to him potentially being internally suspended not whether or not he should have been on the bench. In general you have cover for all positions in a friendly. There were two goalkeepers on the bench yesterday. Using that criteria you would have expected him to make the bench. I'm going to go with he has either picked up a knock or he is finalising a move away from the club as opposed to the Dean Smith thinks Sinisalo is a better striker than Wesley or internal suspension theories. Edited August 9, 2021 by sparrow1988 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, sparrow1988 said: Well the post was in relation to him potentially being internally suspended not whether or not he should have been on the bench. In general you have cover for all positions in a friendly. There were two goalkeepers on the bench yesterday. Using that criteria you would have expected him to make the bench. I'm going to go with he has either picked up a knock or he is finalising a move away from the club as opposed to the Dean Smith thinks Sinisalo is a better striker than Wesley or internal suspension theories. I think any move away will come later down the line. Right now I don't think he is under consideration for first team duties hence not involved Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 IMHO he is not playing because he picked up a really really stupid red card FFS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 5 hours ago, DCJonah said: I think he's done here. I just can't see any scenario where he is once again a regular player for this club. I really wanted him to succeed when we first signed him but it was obvious early on that he's not good enough. And now a serious injury has probably put an end to it in this league. I hope he goes and finds success elsewhere. Not his fault, but arguably our biggest transfer error under this ownership. Possibly this. Still think he might be a good bench option now that we have both Ings and Watkins potentially playing together. Still not given up 100% on the man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 An odd signing. Injuries aside, never looked like catching fire. I don’t think we’ll see close to what we got for him. Our only hope is to loan him out, he does well, market value increases or at least runs parallel to what we bought him for. Villa would take a huge loss if they sold him now. Player back from injury, didn’t look great prior to it. We aren’t coming from a position of strength in terms of bargaining power selling Wesley. Loan him out. We’ve done it before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 (edited) It’s a shame really. He was just starting to get into his flow. New country, new style, and in a pretty poor team which had just come up. 1 goal in every 4 games not bad considering all that, but even in Belgium he only managed 1 in 3. I think there was a lot of frustration with his moaning and rolling around tactics at first, but he was just starting to get over all that too. Would he have come good? Who knows. The only thing we know for sure is that Ben Mee has robbed him of his opportunity of a lifetime. The saddest part of it all? Mee just gets to carry on like nothing happened. Edited August 12, 2021 by Thug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_eristic Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Weren't Lazio rumored to want him a while back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Surely Al Hilal are interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Mourinho? I heard he likes big lumps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Not long enough to really effect the game, but lovely to see him back today. Worked really hard and looked a handful. Welcome back big fella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 I actually thought he looked physical for once. Quite a promising little cameo. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Wesley offers us something different. We definitely don’t need both him and Davis in the squad so hopefully a move for one of them will materialise in the next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermon Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 14 minutes ago, DCJonah said: I actually thought he looked physical for once. Quite a promising little cameo. Yeah agree, thought he had a purpose about him, did some harassing too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanpablosaliceband Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 He was only on for a few minutes but I liked the look of Wesley today. He seemed to have a bit of a pep in his step and put himself about. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Needs a game now and Tuesday night is an ideal opportunity. Hopefully a goal or two will do him the world of good. Perhaps after Tuesday we then make a decision on whether to loan him out or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danishlad Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 I was surprised by Wes, he looked good a real handful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 The new refereeing guidelines may have saved Wesley’s career. Definitely a place for a big unit who can throw his weight around and hurt defenders. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 He needs regular games otherwise no-one will buy him. Hopefully he gets a good loan to someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Just now, KentVillan said: The new refereeing guidelines may have saved Wesley’s career. Definitely a place for a big unit who can throw his weight around and hurt defenders. When he’s not pretending to be unconscious, yeh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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