At last, Trapper Tony, the footballing world (and it's media) are beginning to realise what a box of tricks Wes can be. Here's a nice piece in tribute to him http://www.footballfriendsonline.co...d-makes-his-belated-international-break.html?
Love the goal at 7.46 which leaves the defender standing looking at his own feet as if to say, 'What the hell happened there?.'
Where would we be without Wes? I remember the Chelsea game this season on boxing day, I know we lost but Wes was great. He ran at 2 defenders one of them David Luiz and they closed him off side by side, he lifted the ball over both of their feet and squeezed through the middle and Luiz was like, WTF?! We would still be in the Championship if it wasnt for Wes.
The man is a magician. His instinctive pass across the whole Man City defense let Snods in to cross to Holt for the second goal. He sees things others don't! Thanks Cromer.
If he didn't already play for us, we'd all be clamouring to sign him based on that video compilation. Super Wessi
Funny thing is that at the end of the season I intended to start a thread in praise of Wes but never got round to it. Like others on here I think that as well as a results driven business football should also be an entertainment and I find no entertainment value in the sort of football provided by Stoke as an example. In the course of my 63 years attendance at Carrow Road I have seen legends such as George Best, Stanley Matthews and Bobby Charlton and even today I would travel miles and pay good money to watch Ryan Giggs, Lionel Messi and Barcelona, and, although I hate him as a person, to watch the ball control, space finding and finishing ability of Luis Suarez. I have also seen some lovely skillful players in the yellow and green starting with Jimmy Hill and followed by Tommy Bryceland, Colin Suggett and the best of them all - Martin Peters. I would put Wes up with the best of them. Very often I spend large portions of games watching Wes rather than following the ball. You should try it sometime and you will see what he brings to the team. It is not just the points already mentioned on this thread but his overall contribution. Even if a pass from him is intercepted just look what he was trying to do - invariably beyond the inteception is a defence splitting pass. I watched him a lot during the West Brom game when he completed an effective triangle on the left with Howson and Garrido. On one occasion he suddenly turned and hammered a 50 yard pass in the other direction. Only a despairing lunge from a defender prevented Russell Martin having a clear run at goal. West Brom marked him closely with one midfielder picking him up in the middle third of the pitch and another taking over in the final third. On two occasions whilst we were bringing the ball out of defence Wes suddenly scampered off sideways across the pitch. In the confusion both midfielders went with him and looking back saw Howson running forward unchallenged. Everyone saw the runs from Howson - how many saw who created the space? Like many players of his standing we probably won't realise what he brings to the team until he is no longer there. Enjoy him whilst you can - skillful players like Wes do not come along very often.
