Wesley Moraes - signed (confirmed)

[Clampy]

For me he is the new Rudy Gestede without Rudy's excellent temperament.  A Billy Big Bollocks I fear.

I think Bily Big Bollocks is a tad harsh. I've not seen much evidence of that. He was excellent against Everton but other than that, I've not been overly impressed so far but it's early days.

[KevinGage]

It would be nice if we were in a position to bring him along gradually, that is, as an option from the bench to supplement or replace a more experienced forward.

We're asking him to make a big step up and I'm sot sure he's ready.

Some promising signs, but we need more - in all facets of his game. 

[brontebilly]

Beneteke scored twice in his first dozen or so league games for us, Wesley may not make it but it's a bit early to be writing him off imo.

Benteke was raw early on but still looked a threat in the box. Wesley doesn't look a threat at all in the air. His hold up play isn't bad, as he showed v Everton, and can improve further. Not much point playing wide players if there isn't movement and a threat from our lone striker. We start playing through the middle more with Grealish and McGinn getting beyond Wesley and I'm convinced we will improve. It means Smith throwing his current tactical script in the bin, mind.

[Chipsticks]

Good insight from a Club Brugge fan:

As a Club Brugge supporter I’ve been watching Villa closely this season.

We all agree on one thing. You’re not using Wesley in the right way, although he’s doing ok.

Even though he’s a big lad and has a lot of strength, his real strength are his feet. He can a pass a ball, as you could see in preseason.

He really should be used in a way that Firmino is used at Liverpool. He creates a lot of space and he can give your wingers a great pass. He should stay that high up the pitch all game long. He used to be an attacking midfielder.

I can understand why you’re using Wesley the way you’re doing though. He benefits a lot from wingers with a big load of pace. The wingers at Villa aren’t slow, but they really rely on their technical abilities.

I could really see a Redmond type of player succeeding at Villa while Big Wes is playing.

I’m sure he’ll work out great for you. He’s a fantastic player.

The best of luck to you guys and up the Villa!

[PaulWinch again]

Way too early to judge him. Also he needs proper support from the team.

[JUAN PABLO]

1in 3 so far and we aint clicked yet

so he will come good.

[Risso]

He got one goal in his last 13 games at Bruges, so not sure they were getting the best out of him either.

[curiousorange]

Well, he needs a partner or a spell on the bench.

[GarTomas]

With the exception of Engels, he’s been thrown in at the deep end and at the moment isn’t really performing.  It’s unfortunate we’ve not been able to bring him into the side slowly.

I still think there is a player there.

[curiousorange]

The guy has too many attributes not to be able to fit in somewhere. But it's not as a lone striker in a 4-3-3, we know that much.

[glinch]

The pretending to be kicked in the head / hit by the ball in face incident appeared to be completely ridiculous. Was he remotely injured/concussed?

[danno]

The pretending to be kicked in the head / hit by the ball in face incident appeared to be completely ridiculous. Was he remotely injured/concussed?

Good acting by the ball, if he was only pretending to have it kicked in his face.

[themossman]

Davis deserves some starts.

[achilles]

Basically he can't head a ball which I understood to be a basic requirement of a centre forward (or control a ball for that matter) otherwise apart from not even looking like he might score he is absolutely perfect at ambling around the pitch!

[brontebilly]

Not physically competing despite his physique is the most galling of all. Utterly bullied today