Ashley Westwood - Sold to Burnley

[Hookeysmith]

Taken from a recent interview.

'...I would have come here for nothing,' says Westwood. 'In fact I didn't even know how much I was getting until after I'd signed the contract and started reading it. I just wanted to play Premier League football.'

​How refreshing.

Quite

Always thought that with the right players around him he was a carbon copy of Carrick. With gifted players around him he is the tempo setter for midfield and moves the ball very well indeed

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

Sanchez on a bad day is a much better option than Westwood.

[Summers]

Sanchez on a bad day is a much better option than Westwood.

Having seen Sanchez on a bad day, that's a very wrong statement.

[aj2k77]

Sanchez on a bad day is a much better option than Westwood.

Sanchez on a bad day plays like a pissed up puppeteer is controlling him.

[LeeB]

Sanchez on a bad day is a much better option than Westwood.

Football is about opinions, and sometimes those opinions are plain wrong.

[KRS]

Sanchez on a bad day is a much better option than Westwood.

Errrr...no.

[Percy McCarthy]

Sanchez on a bad day is a much better option than Westwood.

I like Sanchez, he's first pick sitting midfielder in one of the best teams in the world. But I've never seen Westwood play anywhere near as bad as Sanchez at Arsenal (0-5).

You didn't mean Arsenal's Sanchez did you?

[pauliewalnuts]

I'll say one thing for Sanchez, judging by the photo he's just posted on Instagram and twitter, his Mrs is absolutely stunning.

[peter w]

I think there's too much negativity around someone who supposedly is a fingerpointer. Yes, there are those who stand and point as a means to a general lack of ability end. But there are those who are organisers. That understand and can organise a team to be set up to be difficult to break down. A point can get a player to stand in a specific spot on a pitch simply to get that space covered. that stops the attacking team advancing into that area. it really is very much like a chess game with many many more variables. If a player can read a game and knows how to organise a team then standing and pointing is more of a skill then many know, and is not one that can be taught.

[Chris Jameson]

Sanchez on a bad day is a much better option than Westwood.

That's one of the silliest things I've ever seen on here.

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

Sanchez on a bad day is a much better option than Westwood.

I like Sanchez, he's first pick sitting midfielder in one of the best teams in the world. But I've never seen Westwood play anywhere near as bad as Sanchez at Arsenal (0-5).

You didn't mean Arsenal's Sanchez did you?

I forgot about that humiliating defeat at the hands of Arsenal. I wonder why!

Let's change it to Sanchez on an average day then 

[passitsideways]

Sanchez on a bad day is a much better option than Westwood.

I like Sanchez, he's first pick sitting midfielder in one of the best teams in the world. But I've never seen Westwood play anywhere near as bad as Sanchez at Arsenal (0-5).

You didn't mean Arsenal's Sanchez did you?

I forgot about that humiliating defeat at the hands of Arsenal. I wonder why!

Let's change it to Sanchez on an average day then 

The problem with that is I'm not sure we've seen Sanchez have too many days that are even average so far at Villa.

[PeterWithesShin]

Sanchez has had some shockers for us, so bad that we'd have been better off with only 10 men and him off the ptich. I can't recall Westwood ever being that bad for us despite playing 3x as many games. He's been ineffective etc, but never a liability like Sanchez.

[castlefields_villan]

Sanchez has had some shockers for us, so bad that we'd have been better off with only 10 men and him off the ptich. I can't recall Westwood ever being that bad for us despite playing 3x as many games. He's been ineffective etc, but never a liability like Sanchez.

I agree PWS - Sanchez at times has looked like an accident waiting to happen, Westwood whilst not being the best midfield player around always seems to give 100% and never looks disinterested - on last season's showing I would pick Westwood ahead of Sanchez any day.

[adrenachrome]

Sanchez has had some shockers for us, so bad that we'd have been better off with only 10 men and him off the ptich. I can't recall Westwood ever being that bad for us despite playing 3x as many games. He's been ineffective etc, but never a liability like Sanchez.

But Westwood never tries to tackle anybody, because he he usually several yards away from them. The comparison is invidious.