I wasn't overly impressed with him in those 3 early games. If you count them as good games and the recent 2 that's still a handful. Of them I would only say the sunderland game was a very impressive 90 minute performance, the west brom game he was decent, take away the set pieces and he wasn't good enough I would have him in ahead of Gaston and Adam on form like most people however I would challenge anyone to state that he is a better player than them. In terms of ability I would have him at 6th choice for front 4 and 4th choice for holding mid.
I haven't said he is better than those two. I agree with you. He is however an extremely talented player and I think you are undervaluing the importance of having his type of player in the team. I have believed for a long long time that English fans never properly value a player who keeps things simple with a short pass. I'll have to throw out my Nobby Stiles line in a minute. Football is a game about combinations all over the pitch for 90 minutes; it is not about playing the best or most talented players.
Guys there is already a James Ward Prowse thread out there can you please take your discussion on to that thread please!!!
The discussion has been primarily about JWP and his attributes.......As I said please take it to the Ward-Prowse Thread.....
Could you please paste the relevant posts into tge relevant thread then so we can continue this discussion.
OK will give it a go.....have been trying to merge the discussion to the Ward-Prowse thread already but will Cut and paste for you
sorry chaps and chappessess... we'll head over there now ...don't tell the rabbit man that I'm going out now, so he'll be sat there waiting for my replies
No, the discussion might have come on the back of a discussion around Victor Moses but it has clearly been about JWP primarily and there is a thread for him already. Speculating on vague rumours is exactly what this thread is for... to stop a new thread popping up for every little rumour that appears in the media. How do you think we would have got to the 5th iteration of the thread with 3 signings otherwise?
Ba is an interesting one, playing a game of Football Manager at the moment and he has ended up being a top european CB after 3 seasons or so, Porto's stat man obviously feels he is a player of some potential. He is a 6"6 CB, 22 with 60 league appearances to his name. Only 6 of those have come with Porto's first team but he has also managed 4 appearances for the Senegal national team as well. I don't see much point in signing him on loan (DM reporting...) for that reason though, I don't think he would go straight into the first team (ahead of Jos maybe?) but in a few years he certainly could be. The fee being mentioned seems to be in 6 figures though, pretty impressive for an international.... I'd say his market value is more around £2M. I think he is worth a punt. I also noticed he was linked with Stoke earlier on in the window so they could come back in for him as well as Villa.
