Richard Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 So either Lambert cut and pasted the 30 game dossier from a document with Norwich FC letterhead on it , or McLeish and his scouts were the ones tracking him ?? The former 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Enjoyed watching him scream at Benteke to hurry up and give the ball to Bannan prior to one of our corners. Future Captain, this boy is grayveee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Best player on the pitch. One solitary mistake where he rolled it short for someone. Not just composed on the ball, but also impossible to panic. Instead of giving it away to someone quickly, he'll put his foot on it, turn around and look for a better ball, constantly probing. Some of his passes cut straight through their defence causing them lots of problems. If we weren't so wasteful with Gabby's lack of talent, Weimann's lack of composure and Benteke's lack of pace, we would have had quite a few goals from them. I'll leave the Bent debate for somewhere else though. Finally. not only was he superb with the passing and composed on the ball, he was also tactically excellent. As soon as the ball was lost from another Bannan or Baker long ball to Benteke's head, he was scurrying back into position, giving everyone else instructions on where to go and who to pick up. He was the main reason we kept Reading out, and also the main reason we scored. As about a complete a player as I've seen for a while. The button "like" does not do justice to this post. I dont just like it, I absolutely adore it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceoftheshamen Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Agreed.. future captain for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 The button "like" does not do justice to this post. I dont just like it, I absolutely adore it Why thank you, Richard. I enjoy your new found optimism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Agreed.. future captain for me. Agree, more so than Clark imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaGoMarching Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Interesting, but i can't believe for a 2nd McLeish was scouting this type of player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 So either Lambert cut and pasted the 30 game dossier from a document with Norwich FC letterhead on it , or McLeish and his scouts were the ones tracking him ?? Well Mcleish was tracking KEA during his time here so who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Best player on the pitch. One solitary mistake where he rolled it short for someone. Not just composed on the ball, but also impossible to panic. Instead of giving it away to someone quickly, he'll put his foot on it, turn around and look for a better ball, constantly probing. Some of his passes cut straight through their defence causing them lots of problems. If we weren't so wasteful with Gabby's lack of talent, Weimann's lack of composure and Benteke's lack of pace, we would have had quite a few goals from them. I'll leave the Bent debate for somewhere else though. Finally. not only was he superb with the passing and composed on the ball, he was also tactically excellent. As soon as the ball was lost from another Bannan or Baker long ball to Benteke's head, he was scurrying back into position, giving everyone else instructions on where to go and who to pick up. He was the main reason we kept Reading out, and also the main reason we scored. As about a complete a player as I've seen for a while. Could you care to give us some examples of these passes that cut straight through the defence? I don't remember any Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quizme Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Maybe not through the defence but alot of his passes cut through their midfield to our players in space between the midfield and their back four. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smetrov Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Wonder how long the dossier on hutton was ? [30 words] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 30? Even a theasaurus doesn't have that many alternative words for "Shit". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted November 28, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted November 28, 2012 I think Westwood will be a bit of a marmite player, similar to Carrick. Some fans seem to really appreciate having a player in the squad who will always do the simple things, be in space, willing to receive the ball, and move it on quickly whilst waiting for the right opportunity to go forward. Whereas some fans just want a player to be more direct and kinda run at players. Personally I love players like Westwood, just keep the ball moving patiently til the right opportunity occurs, if we have the ball they can't score and he's a player who's essential to that philosophy. I don't care if he passes it sideways, backwards or forwards, as long as we have the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 I think Westwood will be a bit of a marmite player, similar to Carrick. Some fans seem to really appreciate having a player in the squad who will always do the simple things, be in space, willing to receive the ball, and move it on quickly whilst waiting for the right opportunity to go forward. Whereas some fans just want a players to be more direct and kinda run at players. Personally I love players like Westwood, just keep the ball moving patiently til the right opportunity occurs, if we have the ball they can't score and he's a player who's essential to that philosophy. I don't care if he passes it sideways, backwards or forwards, as long as we have the ball. FWIW, I hate players like Carrick. Think its too early to say whether he will be like that tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 He's more Xavi than Carrick tbh, just in terms of his passing style. No talking about ability. And im not comparing Westwood to Xavi, im just using Xavi as an example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Could you care to give us some examples of these passes that cut straight through the defence? I don't remember any There were absolutely loads. Where Bannan and Holman were hurrying passes out wide or back to the defence, Westwood would time and again put his foot on the ball, turn and look for someone else making space with a run. We had about 4 or 5 in the first half where any of our front 3 suddenly found they had the ball with space between the 2 CB's only to fluff it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 No way in Hell was McShit monitoring Westwood. Can't think of a player less suited to the dinosaur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Well Mcleish was tracking KEA during his time here so who knows. was he? 1st I heard. thought he be searching for a Karl Henry type Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Would be nice if Lambert was able to uncover another Westwood in the January window. Maybe he'll be back in for Dale Stephens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 was he? 1st I heard. thought he be searching for a Karl Henry type I think KEA was mentioned once in an article back in February but I expect it was Arthur Newman that was tracking him, not McLeish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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