How well is Wilf playing? time to bite the bullet?
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 Teddy Eagle  26 Oct 22 10.28am |
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NEILLO  Shoreham-by-Sea 26 Oct 22 10.38am |
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Originally posted by Phil’s Barber
True but these moments are few and far between and his ineffective ‘gone missing / not interested’ performances far out weigh these. He has been great for our team but he rarely beats his man anymore and gives away possession far too often. He occupies a team place that could be filled by someone who would contribute just as many goals (but more assists). A good percentage of Wilfs recent goals have also been penalties, yet he should be nowhere near them, as his conversion rate is very poor. Wilf is now more effective up top through the middle as he has lost his pace and fullbacks have him in their pocket when he plays out wide. On the plus side I think his finishing has improved and is the best it’s ever been and I believe he does track back and defend (certainly way more effectively than Eze or Olise when they play in midfield). Ultimately I reckon it’s the same situation as when all the members on here said Hodgson was the only manager capable of keeping us in the Premier League each year and dreaded the thought of him leaving. Edited by Phil’s Barber (26 Oct 2022 10.17am) But who would that be ? Who do we have that looks capable of scoring 14/15 goals in a season ? It's certainly not someone already at the club. And our recent striker purchases, Mateta and Edouard have hardly been huge successes. You said it yourself, he's improved parts of his game. I don't agree it's a similar situation to Hodgson. We all know that Wilf is going some day and we need to learn to play without him. But while we have him, in my opinion, that's a huge positive for us.
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Croydon-Trucker  26 Oct 22 10.56am |
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Yes agree with all the above. We have to learn to get on without him at some stage , i do think he will be leaving in the summer if not Jan. Im looking forward to the end of the will he stay will he go Circus that follows him every season . It must be very unsettling for the rest of the team and manager. Eze is already a good replacement. Eduard didnt do to bad on the left wing either . Dont think either player has 15 goals a season in them . IMO of course .
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sprites  Auckland 26 Oct 22 9.20pm |
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Originally posted by VinceHilaire
My view on Zaha… Tend to agree with other..perhaps time to use others on the wings and move Wilf more central - he is not a great header of the ball - so perhaps with JP? 4-4-2 Eduoard.
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| dreamwaverider London 27 Oct 22 1.26am |
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Well if this money driven sport finally lure Wilf and his very powerful skills to Arsenal to test the champions league, then it won’t be long after that the rare talents of Olise are drawn into PSG, whose stable of global ball players would welcome another sublime performer of Michaels talents. Heaven forbid them going, but inevitably their super skills should elevate them to the highest levels. Edited by dreamwaverider (27 Oct 2022 1.28am)
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| aashman12 27 Oct 22 11.50am |
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Originally posted by taylors lovechild
We currently have three right-wingers (Ayew, Olise and Ebiowei) and one left-winger in Wilf. I would argue the second-half against Wolves was his only good performance since the transfer window closed, but as it stands he still carries more threat than most if not all of the rest of the squad. He normally scores against Southampton, so we can probably look forward to the Wilf/JWP pantomime this weekend. Eze is a left winger too.
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| aashman12 27 Oct 22 11.54am |
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Originally posted by dreamwaverider
Well if this money driven sport finally lure Wilf and his very powerful skills to Arsenal to test the champions league, then it won’t be long after that the rare talents of Olise are drawn into PSG, whose stable of global ball players would welcome another sublime performer of Michaels talents. Heaven forbid them going, but inevitably their super skills should elevate them to the highest levels. Edited by dreamwaverider (27 Oct 2022 1.28am) Olise has a lot to do before psg come calling
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 27 Oct 22 1.39pm |
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I like Olise, and he’s going to get better and better imo, but right now his defending and awareness of the role is suspect and an obvious target, to put it lightly.
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| ambrose7 Croydon 27 Oct 22 6.50pm |
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Originally posted by dreamwaverider
In other words play like PSG do. And look how they perform. 7-2 last night champions league Are you comparing Jeffrey Schlupp to Neymar? The only games we've taken points in this year where Wilf didn't have a huge part to play were the two 0-0s. Note that as a team we didn't score in those. Liverpool - scored
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| sprites Auckland 28 Oct 22 1.50am |
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Originally posted by aashman12
Eze is a left winger too. Not ideally he's not.
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Nicholas91  The Democratic Republic of Kent 28 Oct 22 8.31am |
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Originally posted by sprites
Not ideally he's not. Is my opinion too.
Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!! |
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| aashman12 28 Oct 22 11.28am |
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Originally posted by sprites
Not ideally he's not. He's certainly not a cm. Was lw in Roy's last season and got himself in the England squad from it.
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