Joe Willock

[Theregulars]

Wonder what the anonymous racists made of that

[Facundo Ferreyra]

Really happy for him, hope he can build on his performance today. He's not played consistently enough to get back to the level he was at a few years ago. 

[Gazzaschicken]

Great performance but reckon he will be away in the summer based of his comments in the interview after the game. Kids itching to play regularly 

[David Edgar]

He'll need to find a mid to lower table club to play regularly. He doesn't have the all-round game to play for us.

[Nucasol]

3 minutes ago, Gazzaschicken said:

Great performance but reckon he will be away in the summer based of his comments in the interview after the game. Kids itching to play regularly 

Perfect opportunity for him to step in and step up as a league starter for the next three weeks. He should play City, Forest, Liverpool, FA Cup and Brentford if Joelinton needs to be wrapped in cotton wool until at least the West Ham game. That’s a run of six games to get his form up including yesterday’s outing.

[Sibierski]

7 minutes ago, Gazzaschicken said:

Great performance but reckon he will be away in the summer based of his comments in the interview after the game. Kids itching to play regularly 

Up to him to stay fit and claim his spot then. The LCM spot is the one that’s available, then if he wants to play in Europe, he’s not going to be a regular for anyone in Europe.

[Elma]

8 minutes ago, Nucasol said:

Perfect opportunity for him to step in and step up as a league starter for the next three weeks. He should play City, Forest, Liverpool, FA Cup and Brentford if Joelinton needs to be wrapped in cotton wool until at least the West Ham game. That’s a run of six games to get his form up including yesterday’s outing.

 

Brentford is later, in April. Think he'll be involved but there might also be some horses for courses, with Miley getting some game time if we are under the cosh and need to retain possession.

 

I was defending Willock massively last season as I thought he was integral to the fourth place finish, and I get the point he needs minutes, but I'm still thinking that yesterday was against a lower league opposition so I'm not getting too excited yet.

 

Loved his movement for the winner though. 

 

 

Edited Sunday at 09:42 by Elma

[Lotus]

Great cross field pass to Murphy. Think he’s probably a better passer of the ball than we see most of the time because as a team we tend towards progressive running over progressive passing.

[80]

2 hours ago, Gazzaschicken said:

Great performance but reckon he will be away in the summer based of his comments in the interview after the game. Kids itching to play regularly 

Is there a link to his full comments? Saw a brief clip on here earlier but it didn't seem like much of anything, and I don't remember anything significant from when I saw it live.

 

Obviously, he's wanting to get his career back on track because it's been badly derailed, and I think there's a good chance he does leave his summer partly for contractual reasons, but he didn't seem arsey or anything.

[alexf]

2 hours ago, Gazzaschicken said:

Great performance but reckon he will be away in the summer based of his comments in the interview after the game. Kids itching to play regularly 

 

But he hasn't been fit and when he has come in he's been generally poor. 

That's not Eddie's fault and not through lack of opportunities. You can't throw your toys out the pram after your first semi decent performance for awhile (not that I think he has, I think those quotes were talking about frustration with himself not the manager)

[Gazzaschicken]

4 hours ago, alexf said:

 

But he hasn't been fit and when he has come in he's been generally poor. 

That's not Eddie's fault and not through lack of opportunities. You can't throw your toys out the pram after your first semi decent performance for awhile (not that I think he has, I think those quotes were talking about frustration with himself not the manager)

I know, my comment is all just my opinion I got the vibe from his interview and hence why I think he will want away in the summer.

 

[LFEE]

6 hours ago, Gazzaschicken said:

Great performance but reckon he will be away in the summer based of his comments in the interview after the game. Kids itching to play regularly 

Didn’t take it that way personally. He will. Especially if we make Europe. 

[Robster]

https://x.com/NUFC/status/1888685091552977074?t=S32BVK9CidtfciblW6Kd8Q&s=19

 

 

Edited Sunday at 21:01 by Robster

[PauloGeordio]

9 hours ago, Robster said:

https://x.com/NUFC/status/1888685091552977074?t=S32BVK9CidtfciblW6Kd8Q&s=19

 

 

 

[TRon]

On 09/02/2025 at 09:29, Gazzaschicken said:

Great performance but reckon he will be away in the summer based of his comments in the interview after the game. Kids itching to play regularly 

 

 

How many teams would be in for him given he's barely played in the last 6 months due to injury?

 

 

[PauloGeordio]

[Shearergol]

If (and it's a huge IF) he can stay fit, I'd play him alongside Bruno and Tonali. I think those 3 together work better than the other options.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Still not convinced he's tidy enough to be a CM without giving the ball away a lot, but I guess you could say the same thing about Joelinton. 

 

Rooting for him though, hope he can find a role. 

[kingxlnc]

35 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Still not convinced he's tidy enough to be a CM without giving the ball away a lot, but I guess you could say the same thing about Joelinton. 

 

Rooting for him though, hope he can find a role. 

Willock is good enough for depth without ever being able to be first choice. 
If he's happy with that, he's a good option to keep (injuries notwithstanding). If Joelinton is sold this or next summer, a new purple CM would make us fearsome. Not sure whether an enforcer type (to give us power) or a passer/creative type or an all-rounder like Big Joe however. A DM type like a Kante could be useful because Bruno RCM and Tonali LCM could also be very strong indeed. 

[Shearergol]

3 minutes ago, kingxlnc said:

Willock is good enough for depth without ever being able to be first choice. 
If he's happy with that, he's a good option to keep (injuries notwithstanding). If Joelinton is sold this or next summer, a new purple CM would make us fearsome. Not sure whether an enforcer type (to give us power) or a passer/creative type or an all-rounder like Big Joe however. A DM type like a Kante could be useful because Bruno RCM and Tonali LCM could also be very strong indeed. 

 

I don't want to move Tonali now. I think he's just so incredibly good there you'd leave him.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

I’d like a left-footed technical CM with nice movement and energy. Can’t think of an example, someone like Bergvall but  with more physicality and shithousery. 

[Joelinton7]

2 hours ago, PauloGeordio said:

Gan on wor Joe. Hopefully the Bham game and goals boost his confidence in not only his ability (which is undoubted imo) but also his fitness. 

[Matt1892]

When Willock has played on a regular basis he doesn’t look out of place at all, the problem for him and others is that when they are given bit part roles, usually after a period of injury, they look miles off the pace.

 

Hopefully we get European football and that will allow us to rotate and give the squad adequate game time, but as much as Willock looks like he needs games to get up to speed, you have Joelinton who looked like he could do with a rest, playing every week until injury.

 

We need to get the balance right. 

[Mike]

I feel like this guy is going to be trouble as soon as he finds his form/role in the 11.