Joe Willock has not trained yet but is making 'good progress' (Howe)

[Vinny Green Balls]

2 minutes ago, tomlynnherrington said:

Ffs !!!!

You’re our poorest poster today, so you should feel a sense of kinship with him.

[cubaricho]

20 minutes ago, Menace said:

Another one for the ignore list

I love when they make it quick and easy in their first few months. 

[maze]

Unable to see the match today. Did Howe play him higher up the pitch today?

[joeyt]

1 minute ago, Hovagod said:

Yeah, but I was initially panicked Wilson was offside. That would have been a little annoying. 

 

I thought that too but he must have known he was behind the ball and nick the goal. You'd hope he'd have just let it if he knew it was going to be a tight one

[Pata]

6 minutes ago, Klaus said:

Did Wilson nick his goal? Thought it was going wide

 

 

 

I would say it was going in or hitting the post, can’t really blame Wilson for tapping it in to make sure.

[MrRaspberryJam]

5 minutes ago, tomlynnherrington said:

Ffs !!!!

 

Just spit it our we're all grown ups here. You're not impressed with 2 assists, that's fair enough it's your opinion. What more would you have liked from him this afternoon? 

[Hovagod]

12 minutes ago, joeyt said:

 

I thought that too but he must have known he was behind the ball and nick the goal. You'd hope he'd have just let it if he knew it was going to be a tight one

Yeah, during that interminable var check I was thinking that maybe they were looking at that given how obviously onside the first touch was, but both were miles on.

[Kid Icarus]

17 minutes ago, LionOfGosforth said:

I'm not his biggest fan but you give credit when it's due. Still don't really know what his best position is, he clearly functions best in a counter-attacking team. I don't see him as a true CM really, he lacks the attributes generally needed, but he contributed today.

He's a shadow striker AM hybrid for me. It looks like today suited him.

[Gawalls]

56 minutes ago, black_n_white said:

Got no problems with Willock, he’s a decent footballer

Yeah - at least he’s not murphy

[cubaricho]

[Kanj]

Good, now show it weekly. Show it when we need another player to step up. Show it when Bruno can’t, Or Maxi can’t. It’s time to step up in his career. The excuses need to stop. He’s talented as hell.

 

 

Edited October 1, 2022 by Kanji

[LionOfGosforth]

3 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

He's a shadow striker AM hybrid for me. It looks like today suited him.

 

Fair

Aye, there may only be a few games a season that truly "suit" his style. He may integrate better as time goes on and EH's coaching sinks in, maybe he'll just be a late bloomer, it's hard to say. He's still young, definitely needs support and time if he's ever going to truly get it.

[Disco]

Was class today. Involved in everything good we did going forward and provided so many overloads, particularly down the left. Some lovely tricks and flicks when it was game over too.

[RodneyCisse]

45 minutes ago, Kanji said:

Good, now show it weekly. Show it when we need another player to step up. Show it when Bruno can’t, Or Maxi can’t. It’s time to step up in his career. The excuses need to stop. He’s talented as hell.

 

 

 

Watched his highlights from the Fulham match 2 year ago and he was unplayable.

 

Anything like that or today going forward and he’ll be hard to take out the team.

[Aiston]

There is clearly a PL quality player in him, needs to show it more often.

[HaydnNUFC]

Stood out for me today, played really well. Best he's been for a while. Some lovely touches and link up play and unlucky not to score.

[TRon]

1 hour ago, tomlynnherrington said:

He didn’t have a good game though.A good cross for Miggy’s second mind.Not playing on the right allowed Trippier to get numerous crosses in today.Bruno and to a lesser degree Longstaff ran the midfield.Wilson and Miggy were a right handful today.The back three were superb.Are you suggesting Willock was better than any of the players I have mentioned? Being anonymous for most of the game didn’t  impress me today.

 

Just because Bruno and Longstaff did their jobs, doesn't negate Willock's contribution. I'm not here to write a detailed breakdown of his contribution for you. Either you weren't watching the game or you had made your mind up he played badly before the game was played.

[STM]

Tom Lynn is from Herrington and writes for a Sunderland fanzine.

[STM]

Type Tom Lynn SAFC in Google.

[Bimpy474]

I know we all have different takes on players, on how they play and how the performances go, but to think Willock didn't have good game is mad.

 

Same with Murphy, i think he's not good enough, but he also played well today and you have to admit it to be fair and balanced. Or you're just trying to find holes in good performance because you just don't like the player.

 

 

Edited October 1, 2022 by Bimpy474

[MrRaspberryJam]

3 minutes ago, STM said:

Type Tom Lynn SAFC in Google.

 

Post in thread 'does Tom Lynn get on here?'

 

https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/does-tom-lynn-get-on-here.577674/post-9629491

[Conjo]

PL quality if we can play against a demotivated 10 man team every week. Anderson > Willock every time for me.

[Happinesstan]

Didn't see all the game but what I did see he impressed me a lot more today. Thought his showboating was unnecessary mind, and put us under pressure.

[Heron]

I just cannot put my finger on him, but he works. Such a silent, unsug hero, a lot of the time. 

 

 

Edited October 1, 2022 by Heron

[r0cafella]

He was good, to suggest otherwise is likely someone who is extremely bias. 
 

As some others have said, his willingness to attack space and create overloads is invaluable and really speaks of his stamina and willingness to contribute.