Ashley Westwood - Sold to Burnley

[saunders_heroes]

Well if they need to find him he's up at Burnley playing in the Premiership, a division our club is currently having great difficulty in finding.

We may have still been there if we hadn't signed players as shit as Westwood.

[PaulWinch again]

I do find it odd that of all the unprofessional and poorly behaved players, who have apparently no issue disrespecting the club, it's Westwood, who yes wasn't very good for us, that seems to be a lightening rod for the vitriol of some people. He wasn't good enough, but he never skipped off training or slagged off the club, I don't really have a big issue with him.

[saunders_heroes]

I do find it odd that of all the unprofessional and poorly behaved players, who have apparently no issue disrespecting the club, it's Westwood, who yes wasn't very good for us, that seems to be a lightening rod for the vitriol of some people. He wasn't good enough, but he never skipped off training or slagged off the club, I don't really have a big issue with him.

He was the mainstay of the worst Villa midfield I've ever seen. The fact that he never skipped training really doesn't make up for it.

[MoetVillan]

Yeah. And we are doing much better since he left

[saunders_heroes]

Yeah. And we are doing much better since he left

Oh that's it! The reason we're shit is because we let Westwood go!
Eureka!

[Risso]

Yeah. And we are doing much better since he left

Oh that's it! The reason we're shit is because we let Westwood go!
Eureka!

We'd better not let Hutton leave then.

[Chris Jameson]

We bought 3 players to replace Westwood and we appear to be even worse.

[Bully2345]

I'm yet to be convinced that Lansbury is anything other than Westwood with a hairstyle, yet he seemed to be getting praise on the radio. It's amazing how much more positive people can see a player just because he's new.

There was a point on Tuesday where Lansbury had the ball passed back to him near the halfway line and he did a full turn and passed it back to Baker. I dread to think the abuse had Westwood done that.

 

[Ad@m]

I'm yet to be convinced that Lansbury is anything other than Westwood with a hairstyle, yet he seemed to be getting praise on the radio. It's amazing how much more positive people can see a player just because he's new.

There was a point on Tuesday where Lansbury had the ball passed back to him near the halfway line and he did a full turn and passed it back to Baker. I dread to think the abuse had Westwood done that.

Sorry but that's massively wide of the mark. Of the January buys Lansbury is the only one vaguely looking like justifying why we bought him so far. His long range passing is a world ahead of anything Westwood will ever be capable of and he can actually put a tackle in, something I never saw Westwood do (successfully) in the four years or so we had him.

[Simon Page]

If this thread ever gets locked or looks like falling from the top of the board, can I make a plea for it to be a sticky. Considering Westwood is a jobbing footballer, seemingly nice bloke, unspectacular and has a bland mediated persona, the emotion he attracts is astonishing. It's also a really good example of how blind hope can turn to hyperbolic bile.

Disclaimer: I like him. Model pro, decent footballer (you simply don't get a career in the pro ranks without being one), clearly cares about his job but sadly wasn't right for us and the job we needed. I reckon the only difference between him and Garry Parker is the club they found themselves in. In the blame list for our current position, he doesn't make my top 100.

[ClaretAndBlueBlood]

If this thread ever gets locked or looks like falling from the top of the board, can I make a plea for it to be a sticky. Considering Westwood is a jobbing footballer, seemingly nice bloke, unspectacular and has a bland mediated persona, the emotion he attracts is astonishing. It's also a really good example of how blind hope can turn to hyperbolic bile.

Disclaimer: I like him. Model pro, decent footballer (you simply don't get a career in the pro ranks without being one), clearly cares about his job but sadly wasn't right for us and the job we needed. I reckon the only difference between him and Garry Parker is the club they found themselves in. In the blame list for our current position, he doesn't make my top 100.

agreed 100%

[luke95]

Well if they need to find him he's up at Burnley playing in the Premiership, a division our club is currently having great difficulty in finding.

We may have still been there if we hadn't signed a full squad of players as shit as Westwood.

Better

[MoetVillan]

We bought 3 players to replace Westwood and we appear to be even worse.

was my point

[tomd2103]

If this thread ever gets locked or looks like falling from the top of the board, can I make a plea for it to be a sticky. Considering Westwood is a jobbing footballer, seemingly nice bloke, unspectacular and has a bland mediated persona, the emotion he attracts is astonishing. It's also a really good example of how blind hope can turn to hyperbolic bile.

Disclaimer: I like him. Model pro, decent footballer (you simply don't get a career in the pro ranks without being one), clearly cares about his job but sadly wasn't right for us and the job we needed. I reckon the only difference between him and Garry Parker is the club they found themselves in. In the blame list for our current position, he doesn't make my top 100.

Disagree.  Parker was a better player than Westwood. 

That said, I've always maintained that Westwood can only really play one specific role and that is the defensive midfielder in a three man midfield.  He is lost in any other position.

[TheMalandro]

If this thread ever gets locked or looks like falling from the top of the board, can I make a plea for it to be a sticky. Considering Westwood is a jobbing footballer, seemingly nice bloke, unspectacular and has a bland mediated persona, the emotion he attracts is astonishing. It's also a really good example of how blind hope can turn to hyperbolic bile.

Disclaimer: I like him. Model pro, decent footballer (you simply don't get a career in the pro ranks without being one), clearly cares about his job but sadly wasn't right for us and the job we needed. I reckon the only difference between him and Garry Parker is the club they found themselves in. In the blame list for our current position, he doesn't make my top 100.

Disagree.  Parker was a better player than Westwood. 

That said, I've always maintained that Westwood can only really play one specific role and that is the defensive midfielder in a three man midfield.  He is lost in any other position.

Parker had a decent shot too