Quote from: silhillvilla on August 18, 2015, 08:58:44 PMQuote from: Drummond on August 18, 2015, 08:51:44 PMHe reminds me of Petrov.Not in the same league Imho , in fact not even close. Let's not revise everything because of the circumstances of Stan quitting the game but he wasn't that good and in fact below average for a season and half.
Quote from: Drummond on August 18, 2015, 08:51:44 PMHe reminds me of Petrov.Not in the same league Imho , in fact not even close.
He reminds me of Petrov.
It's easier to be a good defensive midfielder in front of a very good defence and with genuine quality to play to ball up to. Petrov played in a side with some very good players around him; Barry, Young and Milner in particular gave him a great platform to play from.I'm not saying you're wrong about Petrov or Westwood I just think people are sometimes too keen to ignore the context of the squad Westwood has played in. When we played with a bit of freedom and good movement after new year in 2012/13 Westwood looked a very good player, he was making defence splitting passes and changing the point of the attack brilliantly. Then we spent the next 50 games or so playing long ball safety first shit where Westwood was bypassed when we had the ball and he didn't look great. Even when Lambert decided to play possession football is was slow and pointless and again Westwood struggled because all he was able to do was link up with the centre backs and pass around in his own half.Under Sherwood with us looking to get movement from the forwards and looking to move the ball faster Westwood is once again looking a very good player, add Grealish, Gil and Traore to the mix and get Veretout up to speed with the league and playing more central and I think we'll see Westwood step up another level, lots of clever, technically accomplished players offering movement in front of him is exactly what anyone playing that role wants.
Quote from: olaftab on August 18, 2015, 09:29:42 PMQuote from: silhillvilla on August 18, 2015, 08:58:44 PMQuote from: Drummond on August 18, 2015, 08:51:44 PMHe reminds me of Petrov.Not in the same league Imho , in fact not even close. Let's not revise everything because of the circumstances of Stan quitting the game but he wasn't that good and in fact below average for a season and half.I think there is a point here about people revising their opinions on Stan as many people did criticise him in his first season but a lot also recognised the food things he did, which is common for midfielders of his type. But he was very good for us and is the reason we didn't miss Barry really when he left, as in Barry's last season Petrov had been the better player.
Quote from: Ryu on August 19, 2015, 01:20:33 PMQuote from: olaftab on August 18, 2015, 09:29:42 PMQuote from: silhillvilla on August 18, 2015, 08:58:44 PMQuote from: Drummond on August 18, 2015, 08:51:44 PMHe reminds me of Petrov.Not in the same league Imho , in fact not even close. Let's not revise everything because of the circumstances of Stan quitting the game but he wasn't that good and in fact below average for a season and half.I think there is a point here about people revising their opinions on Stan as many people did criticise him in his first season but a lot also recognised the food things he did, which is common for midfielders of his type. But he was very good for us and is the reason we didn't miss Barry really when he left, as in Barry's last season Petrov had been the better player. He was good at bacon up the play.
Quote from: LeeB on August 19, 2015, 01:36:24 PMQuote from: Ryu on August 19, 2015, 01:20:33 PMQuote from: olaftab on August 18, 2015, 09:29:42 PMQuote from: silhillvilla on August 18, 2015, 08:58:44 PMQuote from: Drummond on August 18, 2015, 08:51:44 PMHe reminds me of Petrov.Not in the same league Imho , in fact not even close. Let's not revise everything because of the circumstances of Stan quitting the game but he wasn't that good and in fact below average for a season and half.I think there is a point here about people revising their opinions on Stan as many people did criticise him in his first season but a lot also recognised the food things he did, which is common for midfielders of his type. But he was very good for us and is the reason we didn't miss Barry really when he left, as in Barry's last season Petrov had been the better player. He was good at bacon up the play.Even though some games he was fed on scraps
Quote from: in exile on August 19, 2015, 01:43:50 PMQuote from: LeeB on August 19, 2015, 01:36:24 PMQuote from: Ryu on August 19, 2015, 01:20:33 PMQuote from: olaftab on August 18, 2015, 09:29:42 PMQuote from: silhillvilla on August 18, 2015, 08:58:44 PMQuote from: Drummond on August 18, 2015, 08:51:44 PMHe reminds me of Petrov.Not in the same league Imho , in fact not even close. Let's not revise everything because of the circumstances of Stan quitting the game but he wasn't that good and in fact below average for a season and half.I think there is a point here about people revising their opinions on Stan as many people did criticise him in his first season but a lot also recognised the food things he did, which is common for midfielders of his type. But he was very good for us and is the reason we didn't miss Barry really when he left, as in Barry's last season Petrov had been the better player. He was good at bacon up the play.Even though some games he was fed on scrapsI think he had a better shallot than Westwood, as well.
His corners are atrocious too
Quote from: Deano's Mullet on September 13, 2015, 06:20:42 PMHis corners are atrocious tooHaven't we scored from three of his corners already this season? (admittedly two of them not exactly directly!)