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In other words, he will retire a league 1 player
Your opinion on him as a player Neil is wrong. Admittedly he's not up to speed yet, which is understandable with his lack of preparation, but last season he was our stand out player by a furlong.
OK, 'inconsistent' is probably unfair and I stand corrected.But during the course of a game I find him very frustrating because for every 'killer' pass he delivers, he makes several others which concede possession in key areas and put us on the back foot. At which point he invariably looks around for someone to blame.And why does he never shoot?!I'm sorry, I agree he's got a lot of ability but when you analyse his positive contribution to scoring or creating goals I think he's over-rated. Not least by himself.
An interesting interview which could be summarised as follows:1. Wellens has an inflated opinion of his ability and believed he would get attractive offers from Championship clubs when we were relegated;2. Despite this, no Championship club of any note was remotely interested in taking him, even on a free;3. Blackpool were an exception, but they were a basket-case so Wellens realised that would be a bad move;4. Faced with the reality that no Championship club wanted him, despite the fact that he believes he is better than many young players which Championship clubs were prepared to sign, Wellens took his bat home and lounged about on his sofa, watching telly and getting in his wife's way;5. Having made derogatory statements about the club which was paying his wages for doing nothing, he realised Rovers were the only show in town so the Great Richie Wellens had to accept he'd have to slum it and actually play for Donny Rovers in League One. Even though none of us are worthy of his presence. We can only be humbly grateful that the Great Richie Wellens is prepared to stoop to our level.Now maybe he can actually get his head out of his arse and start contributing, which he certainly hasn't so far.Who was it who said: "Ringo - the best drummer in the world?! Don't make me laugh...he's not even the best drummer in the Beatles""Wellens - the best midfield player in League 1?! Don't make me laugh....he's not even the best midfield player in the Rovers"Wake up Wellens, get a reality check, and start contributing to the team because we've got a battle ahead.
5 goals in over 170 games.Not great eh?
Quote from: Canadian Rover on September 20, 2014, 01:35:45 am5 goals in over 170 games.Not great eh?Says it all really , I wonder what his stats are for assists though.I also agree with Neil Grainger's post.
Quote from: hoolahoop on September 20, 2014, 06:54:04 amQuote from: Canadian Rover on September 20, 2014, 01:35:45 am5 goals in over 170 games.Not great eh?Says it all really , I wonder what his stats are for assists though.I also agree with Neil Grainger's post.Says it all?? It doesn't say anything. Truly amazes me what people see when the watch a football match. RD, as for de Val, he looks to have something. Good on the ball as you would expect, likes to try and pass it forward and not scared to get stuck in. It's hard to really judge someone on such few games but I'd definitely like to see more of him. I have a bit of a doubt about him when we are not in possession though, I think sometimes the game seems a bit quick for him and passes him by a little bit. That's something he will get uses to the more he plays in this country. Like I say it's hard to tell with what we have seen of him but I think his mobility has improved a bit this year, last season he seemed to be running in quicksand, he seems a bit more lively now. Definite work in progress.
Some very harsh criticism of wellens on this thread imo,he has been outstanding for us yes he spat his dummy out but on the pitch he had always given 100 percent and creates far more than anyone else,the let down for him is goals which is poor but the same is said for copps as a attacking player his goals ratio is awful
I agree too Neil/Hoola/Filo