Aaron Wilbraham

City Man said:
Looked decent when he came on yesterday. Seems to have grown and bulked out a bit since he was here.
Gave Curtis Davies plenty to think about when the ball was off the ground, held it up and laid it off well - something we don't have in the building at the moment.
Can't help thinking that he could have done a decent job for us this season, with the lightweight and sulky Arsenal loanee being so inconsistent/injury prone. Not as a main striker, but someone to protect the smaller and lighter forwards we have.
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He was crap in the Prem though which kind of weakens your argument here
 
City Man said:
Walters had phenomenal energy and a fantastic attitude, he never let his head drop despite his off field problems and lack of goals.
He was unlucky in front of goal, always cleared off the line or hitting the post etc. Another one who developed after leaving us (not a dig, just that some players mature later than others).
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Will you be back here in three years saying we should sign him when he hits 36? He wasn't good enough at the time and was rightly let go
 
BOJACKHCAFCMAN said:
He was crap in the Prem though which kind of weakens your argument here
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WTF?
Where did I argue that the 36 year old Aaron Wilbraham should play in the PL in what is probably his final year as professional (19 years as a pro)?
As per the original post, he could have done a job for us this season as he is better in the air, holds it up better and is more physical then anyone we have. Like a poor man's Kevin Davies.
 
City Man said:
The fact that he keeps getting new clubs/contracts from different managers/clubs suggest he has something to offer, even if you, as a distant and far from expert observer, are unable to see it.
Crazy as it may seem, I take that as a far better assessment of his merits than some pithy forum-filling put-down of him as a player.
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Brilliant. So if a player is able to earn a contract at a professional football club, he should be in Hull City's first team.

Guy Branston must feel gutted he missed out.
 
City Man said:
WTF?
Where did I argue that the 36 year old Aaron Wilbraham should play in the PL in what is probably his final year as professional (19 years as a pro)?
As per the original post, he could have done a job for us this season as he is better in the air, holds it up better and is more physical then anyone we have. Like a poor man's Kevin Davies.
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I'm sorry I thought you mentioned somewhere that he played in the Prem, implying he was a good player
 
City Man said:
WTF?
Where did I argue that the 36 year old Aaron Wilbraham should play in the PL in what is probably his final year as professional (19 years as a pro)?
As per the original post, he could have done a job for us this season as he is better in the air, holds it up better and is more physical then anyone we have. Like a poor man's Kevin Davies.
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There are plenty of donkeys in the lower leagues that can hold the ball up better than anything we've got, that doesn't mean we should go and sign them. This kind of thinking has killed us throughout our history when we have ended up signing the likes of Dave Bamber, Francis, Ormondroyd and all kinds of desperados
 
Wilbraham is not good enough for City however I do agree with City Man in so much as he did improve Brizzles attack when he came on yesterday. Gave Curtis a hard time, won most of the headers and held the ball up well.
 
City Man said:
Oh no I don't
It just that some people don't seem to understand the nature of forums and that other people's opinions differ from their own.
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You. You don't seem to understand this.

Then, you reckon Aaron Wilbraham would've been a good signing for us in a team trying to get promoted back to the Premier League. Presumably you thought Dele Adebola was a master stroke?
 
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PoolTiger said:
Wilbraham is not good enough for City however I do agree with City Man in so much as he did improve Brizzles attack when he came on yesterday. Gave Curtis a hard time, won most of the headers and held the ball up well.
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Was hoping someone would read the thread.
In his brief time on, he gave Curtis more trouble than anyone I've seen at City since Chris Martin of Derby in terms of winning the aerial battles and holding it up.
We have no one up front with that presence. Instead we knock it up in the air for Hernandez to win against two big central defenders....and no one to knock it down to even if he did win it.
 
City Man said:
Was hoping someone would read the thread.
In his brief time on, he gave Curtis more trouble than anyone I've seen at City since Chris Martin of Derby in terms of winning the aerial battles and holding it up.
We have no one up front with that presence. Instead we knock it up in the air for Hernandez to win against two big central defenders....and no one to knock it down to even if he did win it.
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Are you a match behind or something
 
Sterling Archer said:
You. You don't seem to understand this.

Then, you reckon Aaron Wilbraham would've been a good signing for us in a team trying to get promoted back to the Premier League. Presumably you thought Dele Adebola was a master stroke?
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He'd be one to add to my list previously. We've had so many of these donkeys over the years, and I bet a few of them even scored more for us than Wilbraham.
 
tigercity said:
Aaron Wilbraham is a Jewish name

The Championship isn't gentile enough for him..
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This thread gave me a few laughs anyway. Wilbraham.. he was one of the worst strikers I've seen at City in recent years, to be fair to the fella posting the thread Walters at least did have something about him but not enough to justify keeping him and I also remember reading he had personal problems to do with his family and other things unrelated to that
 
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