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Re: Rory Wilson
« Reply #150 on: October 21, 2023, 10:28:32 AM »
A loan to the J league next season perhaps?

Yes, let's send an 18 year old kid to the other side of the world. Obvious thing to do to one of our best striker prospects for decades.

It says in that interview that he struggled a bit to settle when he moved from Glasgow to Birmingham, so sending him to Japan makes absolute sense.

Yet two of Vissel Kobe’s talented Under 16 !! Are coming to train at Villa!
There's scope for academy players to be utilised in Japan as well as players from Kobe coming to England.
As detailed by the official partnership announcement.

If Kobe's best young players are coming here, it's because the set-up, facilities and footballing standards are better here.  There is absolutely no way we are sending some of our most promising youngsters in the other direction.  Zero.

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Re: Rory Wilson
« Reply #151 on: October 21, 2023, 10:34:25 AM »
A loan to the J league next season perhaps?

Yes, let's send an 18 year old kid to the other side of the world. Obvious thing to do to one of our best striker prospects for decades.

It says in that interview that he struggled a bit to settle when he moved from Glasgow to Birmingham, so sending him to Japan makes absolute sense.

Yet two of Vissel Kobe’s talented Under 16 !! Are coming to train at Villa!
There's scope for academy players to be utilised in Japan as well as players from Kobe coming to England.
As detailed by the official partnership announcement.

If Kobe's best young players are coming here, it's because the set-up, facilities and footballing standards are better here.  There is absolutely no way we are sending some of our most promising youngsters in the other direction.  Zero.

I'd say you're probably 100% correct here, mate.

I've been here for 10 years and I've never heard anything about Vissel's youth system.

Reysol and Bellmare, yes. But then their young talent gets snapped up by the likes of Marinos, Urawa and occasionally a German/Belgian team.

No chance any of our better youth players going to Jleague. It's probably League 1 standard most of the time. Maybe I'm being cruel, but every JLeague game I've ever been to, I've been bored to death / not been impressed by the level of football.

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Re: Rory Wilson
« Reply #152 on: October 21, 2023, 10:47:52 AM »
The Kobe youngsters are coming as part of the visit by the Japanese team at the end of the month. The Villa OS says they'll be here for the duration of the visit, so it's going to be a few days to a couple of weeks; however long the visit lasts. That's very, very different from sending teenagers halfway round the world on a season-long loan.

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Re: Rory Wilson
« Reply #153 on: October 21, 2023, 03:06:37 PM »
Wilson is another one like Kellyman who is quite tall, and still needs to fill out a bit.

Didn't realise he was fairly tall (apparently he's 6ft) till I read that. That's encouraging and as you say gives him scope to fill out a bit.

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Re: Rory Wilson
« Reply #154 on: October 21, 2023, 07:44:06 PM »
Wilson is another one like Kellyman who is quite tall, and still needs to fill out a bit.

Didn't realise he was fairly tall (apparently he's 6ft) till I read that. That's encouraging and as you say gives him scope to fill out a bit.

A Rangers fan I know reckons he is about 6'2" / 6'3"...

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Re: Rory Wilson
« Reply #155 on: October 21, 2023, 07:46:37 PM »
1.83m according to Transfermarkt, which translates to exactly 6 foot.

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Re: Rory Wilson
« Reply #156 on: October 22, 2023, 10:27:31 PM »
Two more goals yesterday.

Too easy for him.

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Re: Rory Wilson
« Reply #157 on: March 24, 2024, 04:11:07 PM »
Been offered a new five year contract. Either an exciting prospect getting closer to breaking through or protection of a FFP compliance sale asset.

https://x.com/fabrizioromano/status/1771931866594988538?s=46

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Re: Rory Wilson
« Reply #158 on: March 24, 2024, 04:45:11 PM »
Been offered a new five year contract. Either an exciting prospect getting closer to breaking through or protection of a FFP compliance sale asset.

https://x.com/fabrizioromano/status/1771931866594988538?s=46

Hope he signs it, seems one of our more exciting prospects..

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Re: Rory Wilson
« Reply #159 on: March 24, 2024, 05:07:14 PM »
36 in 42 is some return.

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Re: Rory Wilson
« Reply #160 on: March 24, 2024, 09:46:37 PM »
Never seen him play but his numbers suggest he has talent.  Our hoovering up of youth players is a good strategy in two ways, firstly the chance of unearthing a gem, secondly the ability to offset income against our expenditure.  Also read a positive article about Rico Richards that suggests he is gaining confidence in replacing Louie Barry, their coach was suggesting he was a very reserved character and that his last couple of performances show increased belief in his abilities.  Exactly the reason that finding good loan positions is an extremely important step in our youth team's progression.  I think a loan for Wilson to a club at League One level next season would be exactly what he needs to take his game to the next level,

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Re: Rory Wilson
« Reply #161 on: March 25, 2024, 11:39:19 AM »
Is he filling out a bit and getting stronger?

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Re: Rory Wilson
« Reply #162 on: March 25, 2024, 12:40:31 PM »
We just have to hope that he doesn't pull a Chukweumeka on us & fuck off to Chelsea after refusing the contract...

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Re: Rory Wilson
« Reply #163 on: March 25, 2024, 12:54:29 PM »
We just have to hope that he doesn't pull a Chukweumeka on us & fuck off to Chelsea after refusing the contract...

Well, in fairness, he did join us after rejecting Rangers' contract offer after they'd looked after him since he was a kid.

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Re: Rory Wilson
« Reply #164 on: March 25, 2024, 12:59:08 PM »
We just have to hope that he doesn't pull a Chukweumeka on us & fuck off to Chelsea after refusing the contract...

Well, in fairness, he did join us after rejecting Rangers' contract offer after they'd looked after him since he was a kid.

They deserved it though.

 


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