Andreas Weimann

[SoccerHQ]

Played well again, got his shots on target, very unlucky with the low shot as that was a brilliant save from Krul.

Apparently there is disrepancy between values from him and the club in the new contract offer. Get him on a 5 year deal ffs.

I feel he'd stay if we went down and he's likely to get 20 + goals against weaker defences in the championship so it's a no brainer to me.

[Clampy]

Yeah he was great when he came on. He's becoming a favourite of mine.

[danno]

I was sitting in the north stand tonight, and saw him get completely wiped out.
Nothing was given, no free kick, no yellow card.
Was it as bad/late as I thought, or just an honest 50/50 that he came off worse from?

[ozzjim]

Weimann and Gabby together in the Championship would be enough to get us back up I reckon. Also, you would have the Fonz fresh from a season at that level and Bowery as backup.


Getting Weimann on a new, long term deal is vital.

[curiousorange]

It's imperative we keep this lad. If we're going to come straight back up, he's the one that's going to get us the majority of the goals.

[ozzjim]

I was sitting in the north stand tonight, and saw him get completely wiped out.
Nothing was given, no free kick, no yellow card.
Was it as bad/late as I thought, or just an honest 50/50 that he came off worse from?

He was taken twice by Perch. Once when he got his shot off, way after the ball had gone and should IMO been a penalty for a quite horrible tackle and at least a booking, then again Perch left his foot high and took him studs on his knee just outside the box, again nothing given.

[OCD]

I feel he'd stay if we went down and he's likely to get 20 + goals against weaker defences in the championship so it's a no brainer to me.

I think he would stay too. It's substantiated with the knowledge that he's discussing a new contract with us when he doesn't know where we will be next season too.

He's a natural finisher like Bent but he puts a shift in. He really seems to love the club too.

[bertlambshank]

I am suprised one of bigger German clubs haven't come in for him.

[danno]

I was sitting in the north stand tonight, and saw him get completely wiped out.
Nothing was given, no free kick, no yellow card.
Was it as bad/late as I thought, or just an honest 50/50 that he came off worse from?

He was taken twice by Perch. Once when he got his shot off, way after the ball had gone and should IMO been a penalty for a quite horrible tackle and at least a booking, then again Perch left his foot high and took him studs on his knee just outside the box, again nothing given.

Thanks, I was incensed at the time. So much for giving the referee the benefit of the doubt.
Sounds like he bottled it.

[SoccerHQ]

What we have to remember is unlike Benteke he's only played once for his country and he's still not quite an automatic pick for us so while I imagine clubs will be monitoring him I can't see any bids until he has a real goalscoring season, say 15 + goals which I think would be a shoe in next season if we go down.

[ozzjim]

I was sitting in the north stand tonight, and saw him get completely wiped out.
Nothing was given, no free kick, no yellow card.
Was it as bad/late as I thought, or just an honest 50/50 that he came off worse from?

He was taken twice by Perch. Once when he got his shot off, way after the ball had gone and should IMO been a penalty for a quite horrible tackle and at least a booking, then again Perch left his foot high and took him studs on his knee just outside the box, again nothing given.

Thanks, I was incensed at the time. So much for giving the referee the benefit of the doubt.
Sounds like he bottled it.

He did IMO. I thought Pardew hooked Perch straight after the second relieved he was not walking the plank. In fairness, Lowton should have gone, and Ameobi easily could have for the Vlaar challenge.

[Chipsticks]

I feel like I'll be getting his name on the back of my next Villa shirt.

[Clark W Griswold]

If we do go down he's one i'd be hopeful of keeping and in such a situation i'm going to predict him for our player of the year for next season.

[Somniloquism]

It is very rare a ref gives a pen (or anything) when a shot is made at goal and the player is caught late. As mentioned elsewhere, other places in the park and it is called back. I don't know if this is because the ball is normally out of play at that point and they can't do much from there for standard tackles but as I said, it is rare.

[SoccerHQ]

I was sitting in the north stand tonight, and saw him get completely wiped out.
Nothing was given, no free kick, no yellow card.
Was it as bad/late as I thought, or just an honest 50/50 that he came off worse from?

He was taken twice by Perch. Once when he got his shot off, way after the ball had gone and should IMO been a penalty for a quite horrible tackle and at least a booking, then again Perch left his foot high and took him studs on his knee just outside the box, again nothing given.

Thanks, I was incensed at the time. So much for giving the referee the benefit of the doubt.
Sounds like he bottled it.

He did IMO. I thought Pardew hooked Perch straight after the second relieved he was not walking the plank. In fairness, Lowton should have gone, and Ameobi easily could have for the Vlaar challenge.

Ameobi should've walked without question, two footed lunge off the ground into Vlaar.