Quote from: Risso on December 26, 2019, 08:21:41 PMWesley was crap. At one point he did manage to beat a player somehow, then ran into the area and passed it tamely to a Norwich player. Then his one contribution late in the second half was a shit shot/pass at the Norwick keeper's near post, with no other Villa player anywhere near him. His lack of effort in the last 20 minutes was a complete disgrace. It's not just an H&V thing, people sat around us were screaming for him to be taken off.I think last 10 mins he was knackered, I don't think it was lack of effort. That was the time to sub him. For lack of effort generally see AEG,Trezeguet and Targett.
Wesley was crap. At one point he did manage to beat a player somehow, then ran into the area and passed it tamely to a Norwich player. Then his one contribution late in the second half was a shit shot/pass at the Norwick keeper's near post, with no other Villa player anywhere near him. His lack of effort in the last 20 minutes was a complete disgrace. It's not just an H&V thing, people sat around us were screaming for him to be taken off.
We're 18th.
He didn't have a single shot all game, against Norwich, at home. He's woefully inadequate.
Quote from: Risso on December 26, 2019, 08:49:55 PMHe didn't have a single shot all game, against Norwich, at home. He's woefully inadequate.How many chances did our wonderful midfield create? And our two wide forwards? I agree he's been far from great but I don't think he's as bad as some make out either. It seems you decided long ago he's beyond redemption. Where others can see mitigating circumstances, effort, and some nice touches, you can't. Or is it won't? As someone else said earlier int he season we were creating a lot of chances and Wesley's goal return in the first 10-12 games wasn't that bad, somewhere between 1 in 2 and 1 in 3, without setting the world on fire. Since the midfield has become a basket case and now creates very few opportunities it's hardly surprising he's not looking much like scoring. I've seen him make a fair few runs off the shoulder of the last defender, similar to the one that led to the goal against Everton, and the man on the ball has either not seen it, seen it too late, or chosen not to play him in. For me Trezeguet and to an extent AEG are far bigger problems up front than Wesley.
Arguably its valid under this thread to mention the plight of Sunderland.Yesterday they scraped a 0-0 draw at home to Bolton in front of 33,000 spectators.They now sit in the bottom half of League 1.This could have been us.