Keyblade Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 1 minute ago, nick76 said: Not too hard though he may get injured again. Kind of unfair. His last injury was a year and a half ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 1 minute ago, Keyblade said: Well we did see the drawbacks to a lack of Prem experience last season. It'll be good to have players that can hit the ground running. It's still no guarantee of goals, just look at his tally for last season. He didn't hit the ground running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Just now, Keyblade said: Well we did see the drawbacks to a lack of Prem experience last season. It'll be good to have players that can hit the ground running. Our current players have a season's more experience. Callum Wilson is hardly the most experienced of strikers. I believe there's better for cheaper in Europe. Big wages too. A signing that imo isn't one that inspires confidence. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chindie Posted September 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2020 £20m+ on a 28yr old who's done both ACLs and scored double figures once in his top flight career, and is almost certainly on big money wages... Yeah, no. At less money alongside a better striker, ok, fine. But as things stand that's £20m gambled on a player that isn't going to bring a return financially and is by no means a safe bet to knock a lot in. If we spend the figures spoken about on Wilson, someone at Villa Park clearly has a drinking problem. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Chindie said: £20m+ on a 28yr old who's done both ACLs and scored double figures once in his top flight career, and is almost certainly on big money wages... Yeah, no. At less money alongside a better striker, ok, fine. But as things stand that's £20m gambled on a player that isn't going to bring a return financially and is by no means a safe bet to knock a lot in. If we spend the figures spoken about on Wilson, someone at Villa Park clearly has a drinking problem. Yep 100% this. It just doesn't fit the model we are going for here. Apparently Spurs want him as well, so hopefully he ends up there. Edited September 2, 2020 by AVFCforever1991 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sulberto21 Posted September 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2020 I'd rather spend £30m on someone like Origi or Ihenacho. Both are experienced in the premier League, and with a full season behind them would score enough goals to get us 12-15th comfortably. Both are also quick and can play the high press naturally. That's assuming that it would cost £30m initially. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 49 minutes ago, MessiWillSignForVilla said: Wilson had a worse record than Wesley last season, why do people want him so much when Wesley got so much stick? Because football is about more than who scored how many goals. Wesley is nowhere near as good as Wilson. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wezbid Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 I think if we had Wilson last season, he would have finished with more goals than he had with Bournemouth. I'm not blown away with him but he's a better finisher than people are giving him credit for imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spray Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Have we officially bid for him Have we had an offer accepted Have we signed him Better start a new thread for no reason again... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Just now, Spray said: Have we officially bid for him Have we had an offer accepted Have we signed him Better start a new thread for no reason again... Thank goodness you're here, fun police 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 1 minute ago, Tomaszk said: Because football is about more than who scored how many goals. Wesley is nowhere near as good as Wilson. I disagree, I watched nearly every game in lockdown. Wilson's touch was woeful movement non existent and passing was poor. Stanislas was much more lively. Imo of course. Wesley was getting better and starting to settle down. His passing against Burnley was sumptuous. Grealish finally had a new play mate until Mee assaulted him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Much rather Watkins over Wilson if that’s the choice being offered here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 This whole only scored double figures once in his top flight career doesn't tell the whole story and people are just being dumb, or negative for the sake of it if they can't see past it. in his first season he scored five goals in thirteen games, in his second season he scored eight in twenty-eight games in terms of minutes on the pitch it was closer to twenty games, and his third season he scored fourteen in thirty games, he wasn't as good last season but if he was we wouldn't have a chance of signing him. Before joining Wolves Jiminez had never scored more than double figures in a season, Ings hadn't score double figures in a season before last season, but like Wilson they had a very good goals to minutes ratio. It's probably also worth pointing out that £20m isn't even a lot of money these days, if Wilson was our player I'd be wanting more than that for him. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted September 2, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 2, 2020 Just now, It's Your Round said: Much rather Watkins over Wilson if that’s the choice being offered here. For 50% more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 I can also see Wilson covering right wing at times if it's a problem area, so he sounds like an alternative to Watkins. But to be perfectly honest I agree with Chindie and I suspect the club does too. This might just be a move to inform Brentford we're done fecking about this deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted September 2, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 2, 2020 Announcement video. The socials team can thank me later. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Why do people still think 20m is a lot of money to spend on a striker nowadays? He's basically a Baros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, useless said: This whole only scored double figures once in his top flight career doesn't tell the whole story and people are just being dumb, or negative for the sake of it if they can't see past it. in his first season he scored five goals in thirteen games, in his second season he scored eight in twenty-eight games in terms of minutes on the pitch it was closer to twenty games, and his third season he scored fourteen in thirty games, he wasn't as good last season but if he was we wouldn't have a chance of signing him. Before joining Wolves Jiminez had never scored more than double figures in a season, Ings hadn't score double figures in a season before last season, but like Wilson they had a very good goals to minutes ratio. It's probably also worth pointing out that £20m isn't even a lot of money these days, if Wilson was our player I'd be wanting more than that for him. For me it's more to do with the style of play. I don't think he's good in a high press style. He's more of a back to goal type. Has he got the pace he had when he was younger.? I'm not confident that he will do the business for us. However if he signs he will get my support during the 90 minutes of games. And I will gladly enjoy it if he proves me wrong and gets 12-14 goals in the league. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 4 minutes ago, Nigel said: For 50% more? I wasn’t particularly thinking about rumoured transfer fees, I hadn’t read the latest on Watkins. For the same price of say £22m I’d prefer Watkins for his work rate, age, energy, durability and recent goal scoring confidence. I can’t really comment on the fees as I’m not privy to what they actually are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 We apparently want both Watkins and Wilson, if it was a choice between the two I'd prefer Watkins. Doesn't really make much sense for it to be one or the other as they're quite different players, Watkins can do a lot of the stuff Wilson can do but he has additonal qualities like holding the ball up and bringing others into play, albeit not proven at an higher leve than the championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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