Jordan Bowery

[PeterWithesShin]

Do you think Bent would have been any use on the right of midfield?

[Somniloquism]

We need mature, proven quality. That's Bent. Not Bowery.

And for most of the season, it has been the experienced players letting us down more then the others, especially attacking. If that is the standard you have set, we should drop Weimann and Benteke and only play Bent and Gabby.

[rob_bridge]

Bowery put a shift in for the team. Fact!

The boy did OK - nothing great. Just OK.

[ozzjim]

Interesting Joe Royle before the game said Bent played wide right a lot under him as a kid at Ipswich and knows the role well.

[Jockey Randall]

I don't know what people were expecting for £500k from Chesterfield. He's better than I thought he'd be, as is the case with most of the Lambert signings. Plus he's only 21 so can only get better. Hopefully he'll be a decent squad player for us in the future. Worked hits nuts off today and deserves praise for that imo.

[DrGonzo]

I'm hoping that nerves got the better of Bowery today because his first touch was fairly awful.  That being said he didn't get to see much of the ball, and when he did West Ham were playing very tight.  On the whole disappointing but I've seen N'Zogbia and Ireland play as badly.

[Chrisupnorth]

For what it's worth, I'd have played Weimann on the right of midfield and Zog in behind Bent and Benteke. As I said, we have a manager who is paid to get the most out of the players in his charge. He's not doing that with Bent.

[Lky]

I admit I've only seen Bowery start twice plus subsitute appearances.

Ok. Lambert see's something in him and he obviously played today to add height in the team. Ultimately it worked.

But

What are his qualities ?

Don't say hard work, determination etc. as i could do that.

[Jockey Randall]

For what it's worth, I'd have played Weimann on the right of midfield and Zog in behind Bent and Benteke. As I said, we have a manager who is paid to get the most out of the players in his charge. He's not doing that with Bent.

The thing about Bent is that he's great in a side creating lots of chances. We're a poor premier league side that very rarely dominate anyone possession wise so we can't afford any passengers. I think the way Bent is being used is correct. If we still had players like Young/Downing/Petrov in the side I'm sure he'd be starting a lot more games.

[PeterWithesShin]

Bowery has started 2 games for Villa, we've won both. That will do for me considering how rarely we win over the last 18 months.

[Somniloquism]

I'm hoping that nerves got the better of Bowery today because his first touch was fairly awful.  That being said he didn't get to see much of the ball, and when he did West Ham were playing very tight.  On the whole disappointing but I've seen N'Zogbia and Ireland play as badly.

I didn't see anything too wrong with the first touch, his main let down was his running with the ball. He seemed to slow down alot more with it when he could have just gone for it.

[barrysleftfoot]

 Defensively i thought he played well, has a bit of pace, nice touch, laid , and kept the ball well.

 Going foward, he looked very nervous, but is young and will get better, left footed playing on the right won't help though.

[Ad@m]

I don't know what people were expecting for £500k from Chesterfield. He's better than I thought he'd be, as is the case with most of the Lambert signings. Plus he's only 21 so can only get better. Hopefully he'll be a decent squad player for us in the future. Worked hits nuts off today and deserves praise for that imo.

Well for a start I doubt people expected a £500k signing from Chesterfield to be starting for us in the Premier League.

Whilst yes, he's probably better than you'd expect for £500k and he's probably worth more now as a result of having the Villa on his CV, he's indicative of Lambert's strategy of buying players who are not good enough and treating them as first teamers.  I'd have no problem with Lambert buying these players if they were alongside players who actually make the quality in the team better.

The reality is that Bowery shouldn't have been good enough to sign for us and has shown nothing to suggest he'll be good enough for us in the future.  But then you could probably level the same accusation at Delph, Bennett, KEA & Stephens.

[DrGonzo]

Which Stephens is that?  And Delph is looking better and better.

[Lky]

"Defensively i thought he played well, has a bit of pace, nice touch, laid , and kept the ball well."

I watched a different player.