Andreas Weimann

[Mister E]

Weimann is doing okay but not sure how much further he will progress. Still he's young. What he ahsn't got is bags of pace which has the potential to hold him back. He's got okay pace but nothing else.

But he does make up for the lack of burning acceleration with excellent positional nous and good reading of the game.

[pauliewalnuts]

Ireland was clean through with Weimann at one point and he ran it into a defender without even looking up. I was furious.

Didn't look up?  United intercepted his pass to Ireland, he might have played it earlier but he was well aware of his prescence.

Either way, he held onto the ball for way too long. The pass was screaming to be played earlier. He'll learn.

When Albrighton was first coming through, it always struck me that his biggest failing was his decision making - he'd do good work, then usually take the wrong decision re what to do with the ball at the end.

It's not surprising, really, in a kid, as that kind of nous general improves as they get more experienced. Well, it should do, anyway.

[Risso]

Ireland was clean through with Weimann at one point and he ran it into a defender without even looking up. I was furious.

Didn't look up?  United intercepted his pass to Ireland, he might have played it earlier but he was well aware of his prescence.

Either way, he held onto the ball for way too long. The pass was screaming to be played earlier. He'll learn.

That's the problem we have.  The young ones are having to learn now, altogether, instead of having had previous experience by either having odd games at VP or out on loan.  There has been no pathway set up to bring these youngsters through from the academy and gently blood them.

That incident did make him look inadequate at this level. He completely fucked it up.

Hopefully it was just a mentality / over awed thing. His movement in and around the box is excellent

One bad decision and he's "inadequate at this level"?  Fuck me, who was the last Villa player to score two goals against Man U?

[Chico Hamilton III]

Fuck me, who was the last Villa player to score two goals against Man U?

Dean Saunders.

[Monty]

That incident did make him look inadequate at this level. He completely fucked it up.

Hopefully it was just a mentality / over awed thing. His movement in and around the box is excellent

One bad decision and he's "inadequate at this level"?  Fuck me, who was the last Villa player to score two goals against Man U?

In fairness I think Matt didn't mean to say that he is inadequate, just that it did look pretty shoddy.

In any case, I agree. Both goals in their own way showed the qualities he has that could keep him at the top table.

[Brian Taylor]

Guzan has been talking to E&P..he's been reading my posts!
http://www.clubcall.com/aston-villa/star-sees-new-villa-identity-1501366.html

[SoccerHQ]

Weimann reminds me a bit of Dirk Kuyt in how he plays. Liverpool signed him as a striker but he eventually was converted into a right sided midfield.

Could see the same happening to Weimann although I do think he'll be more prolific.

[claret and blue blood]

Weimann will be a top six regular Premier league player , and he will do that with us.We really do have some negative hard to please fans who are too quick to denegrate our own, if he was performing like this for a more "fashionable" club he would be getting  rave reviews, as it is he made that smug t*at Fergie squirm  a bit and he has become a must start in the team.

[Sunny Villa]

Maybe we could ressurect the old Andy Gray song for the new Andi .

WHOA Andi your the greatest the Holte end Say  ect ect

[eamonn]

Brilliant feet to readjust them and steer the balls into the net for both his goals. Compared to Gervinho making a bags of his open goal effort at Bradford.

[Chipsticks]

I used to think he'd become the next Darren Bent when he was beginning to emerge, a bit of a poacher type. He's probed to be far more than that though, he's comfortable on the ball and can create chances as well as finish them. A good prospect and seems like a really top lad.

[SoccerHQ]

Coming on well.

Lambert was vindicated for taking him out of the team to give him a breather after a poor performance against Reading.

[Dave Clark Five]

I used to think he'd become the next Darren Bent when he was beginning to emerge, a bit of a poacher type. He's probed to be far more than that though, he's comfortable on the ball and can create chances as well as finish them. A good prospect and seems like a really top lad.

Its a pity that Hitzlsperger isn't still here. They could speak to each other in Pidgin Brummie.

[Astral Weeks]

One of the things I like about him is that he rarely seems to waste a shot. Nearly always hits the target.

[paul_e]

I'm a big fan of Weimann, I don't think he's ready to start every week but in a 4231 he's great as the right sided player in the 3, if we can get a quick tricky left sided player and a central player who can score goals (preferably not much older than benteke and weimann) we could have an attacking unit of real quality and they can play together for years.