stewiek2 Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 (edited) Was impressed with him when he came on yesterday. Was direct, surprisingly pacier than I thought, and he won practically every header. Edited August 22, 2021 by stewiek2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post It's Your Round Posted August 22, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2021 I’d start him at Barrow, maybe he can get on the scoresheet and find a bit of form. Would love to see him make it with Villa, as unlikely as that seems sometimes. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 1 hour ago, stewiek2 said: Was impressed with him when he came on yesterday. Was direct, surprisingly packer than I thought, and he won practically every header. Yeah i noticed he was putting alot more effort into winning headers than i'd ever seen. Also notoriously was one of his weak points, even according to Brugge fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitvilla Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 1 hour ago, stewiek2 said: Was impressed with him when he came on yesterday. Was direct, surprisingly packer than I thought, and he won practically every header. I too was impressed with Wesley ... he was definitely makin a nuisance of himself with the Newcastle defence. Kudos too to Dean ... a bit of recognition for Ings, a bit of time management, and of course a five minute run for Wesley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Hopefully he gets a couple against Barrow then ship him off on loan then re-asses. Selling him on the cheap might hurt our FFP so keeping him might be financially better. I'm sure someone can correct me on the FFP stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 I don’t think we sell him , he sticks around as third choice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 1 minute ago, gwi1890 said: I don’t think we sell him , he sticks around as third choice Hopefully we can get some money out of him though. Would benefit both parties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheltenham_villa Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Another one impressed. The work rate was there. Def needs a run out at barrow and needs to show he's a great option for villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 1 minute ago, villalad21 said: Hopefully we can get some money out of him though. Would benefit both parties It would but I think he’ll be given the opportunity to get back to full fitness here this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czarnikjak Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 26 minutes ago, Sulberto21 said: Hopefully he gets a couple against Barrow then ship him off on loan then re-asses. Selling him on the cheap might hurt our FFP so keeping him might be financially better. I'm sure someone can correct me on the FFP stuff. We would need to get about £12m for him this summer to break even. Nobody in their right mind will pay that much. Probably the best option for all parties involved is to loan him to Belgium, Turkey or similar place. He will get to play and rebuild his confidence and we will benefit from his value hopefully increasing again. We could keep him around, but how much game time is he gonna get? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 39 minutes ago, Czarnikjak said: We would need to get about £12m for him this summer to break even. Nobody in their right mind will pay that much. Probably the best option for all parties involved is to loan him to Belgium, Turkey or similar place. He will get to play and rebuild his confidence and we will benefit from his value hopefully increasing again. We could keep him around, but how much game time is he gonna get? By keeping him I meant send him on loan until his contract is up if there's any takers , if not then hopefully get us as much as we can. I should have made that a bit clearer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 I think he'll stay. Davis injured so problem with loaning Wes out and keeping Davis for yet another season is we won't have another striker on the bench if we're starting Ings and Watkins and Davis is out with a "knock." Wes can at least do that role and hopefully score the odd goal off the bench as he gets his match fitness up. Actually interested if he'll start at Barrow as feels the sort of game where it would make sense to at least give him significant minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withnail Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Czarnikjak said: We would need to get about £12m for him this summer to break even. Nobody in their right mind will pay that . Small Heath you say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withnail Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Couldn’t do that to him though. There should be no sentiment in football but I like Wes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 18 hours ago, stewiek2 said: Was impressed with him when he came on yesterday. Was direct, surprisingly pacier than I thought, and he won practically every header. I'm not here to have a dig he showed good effort but he didn't win every header though did he. I think he won one and it was a foul. Not that he had much time mind you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinRichardsonsMoustache Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Hoping he is being coached regarding how to use that frame to his advantage. I hope he bullies the sh*t out of the defenders tomorrow, but I fear he might be surprised at their physicality. If the latter does happen, I hope he doesn't let it get to him like in the Stoke game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinRichardsonsMoustache Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Just now, KevinRichardsonsMoustache said: Hoping he is being coached regarding how to use that frame to his advantage. I hope he bullies the sh*t out of the defenders tomorrow, but I fear he might be surprised at their physicality. If the latter does happen, I hope he doesn't let it get to him like in the Stoke game. A lot of hoping in this post...apologies. I suppose, with Wes, this is all we have left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YLN Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Wesley looks 32 years old and he has done since he moved here at the age of 22. I wonder if that is to his disadvantage on here. People seem to act like he's a spent force, when he's still only 24. I suspect that if this was a young looking 24 year old, like Todd Cantwell, people would subconsciously be more patient with his development. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMcGrath_5 Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 2 minutes ago, YLN said: Wesley looks 32 years old and he has done since he moved here at the age of 22. I wonder if that is to his disadvantage on here. People seem to act like he's a spent force, when he's still only 24. I suspect that if this was a young looking 24 year old, like Todd Cantwell, people would subconsciously be more patient with his development. I really don't think that would make any difference at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 25 minutes ago, YLN said: Wesley looks 32 years old and he has done since he moved here at the age of 22. I wonder if that is to his disadvantage on here. People seem to act like he's a spent force, when he's still only 24. I suspect that if this was a young looking 24 year old, like Todd Cantwell, people would subconsciously be more patient with his development. Ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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