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Offline brian green

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Re: Ashley Westwood
« Reply #615 on: September 21, 2015, 09:18:32 PM »
Didn't he own Bristol St Motors?

Offline Louzie0

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Re: Ashley Westwood
« Reply #616 on: September 21, 2015, 09:33:59 PM »
I don't know, Brian, but I am backing Ashley Westwood to do great things and carry on being a force in the midfield with amazing stats.
Not that stats are everything but I like the way he plays.

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Re: Ashley Westwood
« Reply #617 on: September 21, 2015, 10:36:16 PM »
but I like the way he plays.
Lou . You are easily pleased

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Re: Ashley Westwood
« Reply #618 on: September 21, 2015, 10:44:41 PM »
but I like the way he plays.
Lou . You are easily pleased
I don't think so, Silhill, I have seen him and think that he has a bit of a thankless job, tbh.
He does it very well.


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Re: Ashley Westwood
« Reply #619 on: September 21, 2015, 11:21:10 PM »
but I like the way he plays.
Lou . You are easily pleased
I don't think so, Silhill, I have seen him and think that he has a bit of a thankless job, tbh.
He does it very well.

I'm afraid you are Lou, he's even shit at thankless tasks. He was worse than useless on Saturday not for the first time. I'm afraid he just doesn't have the physicality required for Premier League football.

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Re: Ashley Westwood
« Reply #620 on: September 22, 2015, 08:53:06 AM »
Don't forget Lou was a big fan of Heskey, just to put things in perspective. 😉

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Re: Ashley Westwood
« Reply #621 on: September 22, 2015, 05:25:14 PM »
Still am Risso. You don't just forget about Emile.

Sad to hear Ashley has not pulled up any trees, lately. Maybe tonight's the night for him and the team to turn it around.

Offline KevinGage

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Re: Ashley Westwood
« Reply #622 on: September 22, 2015, 05:31:33 PM »
My concern is we could spend another £50 million and Sherbert would still start with Westwood and Gabby.

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Re: Ashley Westwood
« Reply #623 on: September 23, 2015, 07:35:50 AM »
Still am Risso. You don't just forget about Emile.

Sad to hear Ashley has not pulled up any trees, lately. Maybe tonight's the night for him and the team to turn it around.

The game once again mostly passed him by, okay so in the first half it was the whole team that was rubbish, but in the second when Ayew and Jack stole the show he became even more peripheral. I fear that our Ashley is going to find himself permanently benched if we finally get some of our injured troops back.

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Re: Ashley Westwood
« Reply #624 on: September 23, 2015, 07:57:39 AM »
Still am Risso. You don't just forget about Emile.

Sad to hear Ashley has not pulled up any trees, lately. Maybe tonight's the night for him and the team to turn it around.

The game once again mostly passed him by, okay so in the first half it was the whole team that was rubbish, but in the second when Ayew and Jack stole the show he became even more peripheral. I fear that our Ashley is going to find himself permanently benched if we finally get some of our injured troops back.

I thought he did OK in keeping things ticking over and doing the donkey work to allow those ahead of him to do their thing. I do agree though that once everyone is up to speed he might become less of a fixture.

Offline AGRIPPA

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Re: Ashley Westwood
« Reply #625 on: September 23, 2015, 08:21:46 AM »
Right.... Can anyone tell me what he offers to the team?

I can see nothing

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Re: Ashley Westwood
« Reply #626 on: September 23, 2015, 08:33:19 AM »
Right.... Can anyone tell me what he offers to the team?

I can see nothing

Discipline, for a start. When you have players who like to move all across the pitch in front then you need somebody to hold their position otherwise you end up with 7 players on one side of the pitch. Secondly he keeps the ball moving and the play ticking over. There might be others who will, in time, do it better but for now I think Grealish etc need a player doing what he does to give them the freedom to do what they do.

Offline Dante Lavelli

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Re: Ashley Westwood
« Reply #627 on: September 23, 2015, 11:13:10 AM »
Right.... Can anyone tell me what he offers to the team?

I can see nothing

He is the player which shows for the ball most often by constantly moving into space to receive a pass from the defenders.  That in itself does not hurt teams but it does provide a platform which the team can play from. 

Offline tomd2103

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Re: Ashley Westwood
« Reply #628 on: September 23, 2015, 11:28:54 AM »
Still am Risso. You don't just forget about Emile.

Sad to hear Ashley has not pulled up any trees, lately. Maybe tonight's the night for him and the team to turn it around.

The game once again mostly passed him by, okay so in the first half it was the whole team that was rubbish, but in the second when Ayew and Jack stole the show he became even more peripheral. I fear that our Ashley is going to find himself permanently benched if we finally get some of our injured troops back.

I thought he did OK in keeping things ticking over and doing the donkey work to allow those ahead of him to do their thing. I do agree though that once everyone is up to speed he might become less of a fixture.

I thought he was awful in a more advanced role in the first half.  Easily outmuscled and second to evry ball.  Looked more comfortable playing further deeper in the second half, but I still think he is one that we need to replace if we are going to move forward.

Offline passitsideways

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Re: Ashley Westwood
« Reply #629 on: September 23, 2015, 11:57:44 AM »
If keeping things ticking over was as half as easy as people on here make it out to be and such a basic skill that any old midfielder knows how to do it, England wouldn't have had a chronic problem with keeping possession, but they have.

Westwood's problem is that we're starting to collect more midfielders who can do that, and he hasn't improved any other facets of his game so far, which means he's increasingly guilty of offering nothing unique to the team.

 


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