VillaChris Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 16 hours ago, Jonesy7211 said: I'm gutted about Engels. When he first played for us I thought he'd be the one to push on, he looked decent at the start of last season. Now we don't even know when we'll see him again. Really hope his head hasn't gone after the spurs game last season. It wouldn't be the first time this has happened, for example Karius after his Champions League howlers. He played alright in the cup final in fairness two weeks later. Realistically though we'll move him on in one of the next two windows, very much the 4th choice CB and you don't really want that to be a mid 20s type. More a young up and coming prospect or experienced head type like AEM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 22 minutes ago, Keener window-cleaner said: It could also be that he is simply not good enough. He looked good in his debut, but he has also looked slow on the turn, a bit fumbly, and made some howlers. Injuries now and then doesn't help either. If I remember correctly he had a couple of seasons in Belgium, a season in Greece and one in France, but didn't really hit the heights anywhere. Apparently scouted by Brentford, so they saw him as a Championship player. He has been mentioned and been around the Belgium squad, but hasn't really got in the squad. He is obviously talented and could perhaps develop into a good player, but it may also be that he simply will not be good enough. Even if he is injury free and gets into form I'm not convinced he is a player for us where we are now. Now we aim higher. Hope he proves me wrong though We have said plenty of players aren’t good enough over the past year but they keep proving us wrong, something is odd about this one though he hasn’t even featured in cup games if he doesn’t play against Liverpool in the fa cup then he has no future here but we won’t let him go until we find a replacement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, VillaChris said: He played alright in the cup final in fairness two weeks later. Realistically though we'll move him on in one of the next two windows, very much the 4th choice CB and you don't really want that to be a mid 20s type. More a young up and coming prospect or experienced head type like AEM. Shame Chester didn’t stay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 7 hours ago, gwi1890 said: Shame Chester didn’t stay Been very comfortable with all of our outgoings since Smith came in. I haven't looked back at one, with hindsight and thought, we got that one wrong. Chester was a hell of a player for us but ive watched a bit of stoke. He's a championship player now and plays like one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 9 hours ago, Johnnyp said: Been very comfortable with all of our outgoings since Smith came in. I haven't looked back at one, with hindsight and thought, we got that one wrong. Chester was a hell of a player for us but ive watched a bit of stoke. He's a championship player now and plays like one. So have I , but I believe he could have played a bit part role here like Elmo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MotoMkali Posted December 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2020 9 hours ago, Johnnyp said: Been very comfortable with all of our outgoings since Smith came in. I haven't looked back at one, with hindsight and thought, we got that one wrong. Chester was a hell of a player for us but ive watched a bit of stoke. He's a championship player now and plays like one. Bruce ruined him. He was easily the best cb in the championship before his injury and now he is a shell of his former self. He got us promoted though what a legend. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Agreed. Chester has done well to be able to continue his career at all. I think he'd have been good enough to be our third choice, but Bruce ruined his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Given the enormous improvement we’ve seen from our back up players since they have come back into the side this season I’m expecting to see prime Beckenbauer when this guy next gets a run out. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAlex Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Rumours that Club Brugge want him. If we can recoup a decent fee we should probably sell as he is too injury prone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Does he still exist? When was the last time he played for us? About a year ago? Too slow for the prem. Otherwise a technically decent defender. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 On 01/01/2021 at 14:53, VillaAlex said: Rumours that Club Brugge want him. If we can recoup a decent fee we should probably sell as he is too injury prone. I'd definitely sell tbf - he's just too slow for the league. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Eh, not sure why we would move him on unless we had someone else lined up?, i dont think we have any youth CB's ready to step up to backup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Björn Engels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 His wife gave birth the other day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 I think everything points to the fact he doesnt want to be here. Players who move like tug boats don't pick up constant muscular injuries. Good defender. I have good memories of him but he is off. Got found out, targeted and exposed the more the season went on. Be interesting why he could do now in a settled side but doesn't look like it is going to happen. Went from one of the first name on the sheets to 4th choice CB. No coming back from that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 A lot of rumours of fallouts and problems behind the scenes, but I reckon Smith just realised over time that Engels was too easy to expose on the turn, and that isn’t something that can be fixed. Even Mings has the same problem tbh. It’s Konsa who makes our defence watertight against the ball in behind. If we had a quicker LCB, maybe Engels would have got more of a look in, but I think his days have been numbered here ever since Shane Long had his pants down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Thought I will bump the thread. Now that Hause is injured he is the backup central defender. If Mings or Konsa can't play and then Smith puts Elmo on, you know his time at B6 is rapidly coming to an end. Its February and he hasn't played a single game for us this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisvilla4 Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 On the bench tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Starts tonight for the U23s alongside Hause. Game can be watched either on VillaTV or on Leeds' youtube channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 He let a long bread and butter ball go under his foot, Son capitalised to get the winner......and that was the end of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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