Jordan Willis (6 Viewers)

[Deleted member 2477]

Stretchered off after 5 min last night in the Sunderland game with a suspected ruptured patella ligament injury in his knee. Expected to be out for the rest of the season now having only just returned from several months out with another knee injury.

dont think his injury record was great with us either but was sorry to see him go and think he would have made the step up to the championship in time but given his history of injuries it looks like Robins has again made the right decision in letting him go

 

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[Bugsy]

Stretchered off after 5 min last night in the Sunderland game with a suspected ruptured patella ligament injury in his knee. Expected to be out for the rest of the season now having only just returned from several months out with another knee injury.

dont think his injury record was great with us either but was sorry to see him go and think he would have made the step up to the championship in time but given his history of injuries it looks like Robins has again made the right decision in letting him go

Robins didnt let him go he wanted him to stay, Jordan wanted to go and left on a free transfer if i recall right...PUSB

 

[pastythegreat]

Robins didnt let him go he wanted him to stay, Jordan wanted to go and left on a free transfer if i recall right...PUSB

Robins offered him a new contract. Willis was stalling in the hope of a better contract (using an offer from a Championshipnclub as bait) which Robins refused. Pretty much said if you can get a championship club/wage then good luck. Look how it ended up
He was an ok player whos speed saved him from time to time, but really don't see where he would get in to our current team. On the bench ahead of Pask is all he could make i'd say.

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[Magwitch]

Willis was okay but we have better now, all four.

 

[Skybluemichael]

And he’s out of contact at the end of the season

 

[rob9872]

Born in Coventry, played over 200 games for us. I'll always wish him well whatever the circumstances.

 

[TomRad85]

Liked Jordan Willis, stuck with the club through some real shit years. Shame he went to Sunderland but wish him well.

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[stay_up_skyblues]

I blame Robins’ training methods.

 

[Frostie]

Born in Coventry, played over 200 games for us. I'll always wish him well whatever the circumstances.

Absolutely. Was a fine servant & deserves our gratitude

All those that pine for him back now are clouded by that somewhat though, he's miles off the standard required.

 

[cc84cov]

Absolutely. Was a fine servant & deserves our gratitude

All those that pine for him back now are clouded by that somewhat though, he's miles off the standard required.

Probably played his last game for them,decent enough at league 1 level

 

[fernandopartridge]

Robins offered him a new contract. Willis was stalling in the hope of a better contract (using an offer from a Championshipnclub as bait) which Robins refused. Pretty much said if you can get a championship club/wage then good luck. Look how it ended up
He was an ok player whos speed saved him from time to time, but really don't see where he would get in to our current team. On the bench ahead of Pask is all he could make i'd say.

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He'd get in the current side, I'd have him over Hyam tbh

 

[PVA]

Decent defender but he doesn't get into the current team as his distribution is nowhere near good enough for the way we play

*hits long ball into the channel*

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Decent defender but he doesn't get into the current team as his distribution is nowhere near good enough for the way we play

*hits long ball into the channel*

Scored more headed goals than Biamou so get him up front

 

[MusicDating]

Born in Coventry, played over 200 games for us. I'll always wish him well whatever the circumstances.

As well as appearances, scored the goal of his life at Wembley to help get us out of L2. I really don't see how anyone can say a bad word about him.

 

[cc84cov]

He'd get in the current side, I'd have him over Hyam tbh

 

[rob9872]

He'd get in the current side, I'd have him over Hyam tbh

Based on what though? The last season they played together which was at L1, Hyam was player of the season. He has struggled of late but that imo is the massive gulf between Championship and L1 and nothing to suggest Willis would have stepped up any better. The issue is the quality of the forwards that we now come up against. Not much in most of the teams but all those doing well have a top clinical striker that is beyond our budget and most of them have scored against us too.

 

[Mcbean]

Scored a worldie goal at Wembley - good solid player in our dark times

 

[Frostie]

Based on what though? The last season they played together which was at L1, Hyam was player of the season. He has struggled of late but that imo is the massive gulf between Championship and L1 and nothing to suggest Willis would have stepped up any better. The issue is the quality of the forwards that we now come up against. Not much in most of the teams but all those doing well have a top clinical striker that is beyond our budget and most of them have scored against us too.

Spot on.
Willis was frequently dominated by big, strong centre forwards - the likes of Smith, Moore, Deeney etc would have a field day with him. His use of the ball is poor too. Yes, Hyam's has been a bit erratic this season but levels above Willis.

 

[fernandopartridge]

Hyam constantly gets found out in the channel between him and McCallum

 

[fernandopartridge]

Based on what though? The last season they played together which was at L1, Hyam was player of the season. He has struggled of late but that imo is the massive gulf between Championship and L1 and nothing to suggest Willis would have stepped up any better. The issue is the quality of the forwards that we now come up against. Not much in most of the teams but all those doing well have a top clinical striker that is beyond our budget and most of them have scored against us too.

Based on the fact that his athleticism is more beneficial to us against the current level of opposition than Hyam

Granted, he's not great on the ball

 

[steve101]

Willis' pace would be an asset at championship level. His use of the ball surely would have developed playing in a team that train and play that way.

 

[Frostie]

Hyam constantly gets found out in the channel between him and McCallum

Yes, but I think Willis would be even worse on his weaker side.

 

[cov donkey kick]

He was great for us, but had a better offer money wise and don't blame anyone moving to secure there family in the longterm so I wish him well in recovery.

 

[Kilclines curly mullet]

Might be controversial but I was ok when he left. Decent defender but in my opinion poor distribution - I can’t see where he would fit in todays line up.
That said, wish him well in his recovery

 

[mark_ccfc]

I wish him well too, if he was getting more money at Sunderland then he made the right move. If he had stayed here then he would more than likely had the same injury and been on lower money with reduced future prospects. Loyalty from players is rarely repaid financially in the modern game, from a players point of view it's every man for himself.

 

[higgs]

If he's available on a free in the summer maybe we might resign him?

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[cc84cov]

Yeah nice lovely shame about the injury etc etc...

We’ve got bigger things going on let’s focus on staying up...he wanted to move south closer to London and his mrs ended up making the wrong move up north and will probably never play higher than league 1,followed the money decent servent while he was here,the ship has sailed

 

[MusicDating]

Yeah nice lovely shame about the injury etc etc...

We’ve got bigger things going on let’s focus on staying up...he wanted to move south closer to London and his mrs ended up making the wrong move up north and will probably never play higher than league 1,followed the money decent servent while he was here,the ship has sailed

There are, and that's what all the other threads are for. This one's to highlight the sad news about one of our former players.

Also, it's amazing the insight you have into the machinations of Willis's transfer. Being so 'ITK', I'm surprised you talk so much shite on here...

 

[cc84cov]

There are, and that's what all the other threads are for. This one's to highlight the sad news about one of our former players.

Also, it's amazing the insight you have into the machinations of Willis's transfer. Being so 'ITK', I'm surprised you talk so much shite on here...

It was openly known he wanted a move south closer to his mrs who was from London...anyway it’s old news

 

[Liquid Gold]

Hopefully he gets fit again as he's a decent player. I hope there are no calls for us to sign him again in the summer as we're looking to establish ourselves in this division not the one below.

 

[Frostie]

Hopefully he gets fit again as he's a decent player. I hope there are no calls for us to sign him again in the summer as we're looking to establish ourselves in this division not the one below.

Now that they've dodged a bullet with the salary cap he'll probably get a new deal at Sunderland anyway.

 

[Deleted member 2477]

Yeah nice lovely shame about the injury etc etc...

We’ve got bigger things going on let’s focus on staying up...he wanted to move south closer to London and his mrs ended up making the wrong move up north and will probably never play higher than league 1,followed the money decent servent while he was here,the ship has sailed

Does that mean we wont have any more negative threads from you about MR ?

 

[Deleted member 2477]

Now that they've dodged a bullet with the salary cap he'll probably get a new deal at Sunderland anyway.

By all acounts he was one of the few players they were happy with and saying how good he was. The same cant be said of Burge unfortunately

 

[Frostie]

By all acounts he was one of the few players they were happy with and saying how good he was. The same cant be said of Burge unfortunately

Yep, dropped Burge last night... Still lost though

 

[cc84cov]

Does that mean we wont have any more negative threads from you about MR ?

See how we go earlier subs will help me when their clearly needed