(18) Yaser Asprilla

Discussion in 'The Team Bus' started by reids, May 26, 2022.

  1. wingco

    wingco Reservist

    Yep, totally inexplicable
     
  2. hornetboy1

    hornetboy1 First Team Captain

    Asprilla is to play the rest of the season with the U21’s, on Bilic’s orders.

    He also said he can be called up to the first team at any time.
     
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  3. RS2

    RS2 Squad Player

    Crap decision, he'll learn nothing in the U21s as the level of football is terrible. If Bilic didn't want to use him then he should have been loaned out.
     
  4. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

    Seems more like a case of Bilic trying to prove a point to Gino because he had to use him, so he’s completely thrown the baby out with the bath water and packed him off to the youth team instead.
     
  5. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Shame as he is a good player I think and probably one who will be here next year unlike so many .
     
  6. leighton buzzard horn

    leighton buzzard horn Squad Player

    So he’s going to spend the season flitting between the ressies and the first team - not sure why that’s an issue. Pretty standard approach for young players. Beef him up a bit and get ready for a promotion push next season.
     
  7. Steve Leo Beleck

    Steve Leo Beleck Squad Player

    To be fair at the moment the only reports seem to be Colombian media rather bizarrely quoting Three Counties Radio!

    Be interesting to see what the actual quotes are - if Bilic has said that he'll train with the first team but might not make every matchday squad so will play games with the u23s to retain match sharpness, don't see an issue with that, really.
     
  8. simpleMASH

    simpleMASH Reservist

    Not being utilised properly.
     
  9. Steve Leo Beleck

    Steve Leo Beleck Squad Player

  10. wingco

    wingco Reservist

    Has to be a reason he's not playing, absolutely criminal not to at least have him on the bench
     
  11. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Left out due to that HG/Non HG rule I guess .
     
  12. leighton buzzard horn

    leighton buzzard horn Squad Player

    He’s still travelling and was with the squad yesterday. I’d give him a go - our forward players are woeful currently and he can’t do any worse.
     
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  13. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Definitely add some creativity.

    Disappointed he seems to have been dumped.

    Will be here next season whilst others won’t be too .
     
  14. leighton buzzard horn

    leighton buzzard horn Squad Player

    And that is probably why he’s being protected. It isn’t uncommon for young lads to be in the squad and then taken out for a while. I’d rather the club do what is best for his longer term prospects rather than overuse him now because the likes of Sarr and Davis aren’t performing. This season will fizzle out and we can then rid ourselves of so much dross we have and then rebuild. I expect Asprilla is a big part of the rebuild.
     
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  15. Hogg-DEENEY!!!

    Hogg-DEENEY!!! Squad Player

    It's weird though, he's not some 16/17 year old kid, he's 18/19, but hasn't got a sniff in ages, and when he was last playing, it was mostly cameos off the bench. Now that we look pretty well stocked in midfield, it's not as if he has to play every minute, but he'd be a fantastic option off the bench, but he's not even being afforded that opportunity, it's strange to me
     
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  16. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    So still a young player lacking experience and playing in a new country really.

    Maybe needs to be better physically which might come over time.
     
  17. wingco

    wingco Reservist

    I get his age, but for me he's never made any glaring errors that make me think he's not ready. His default is bang average, just like the rest of them.

    What he can do on occasions though is completely split defenses, and would have been a far more effective sub yesterday than the hopeless tactic of throwing all your strikers on
     
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  18. Hogg-DEENEY!!!

    Hogg-DEENEY!!! Squad Player

    Struggling to think how he gets into this team now, aside from if JP gets injured
     
  19. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Which I think he did ..

    Or went off as a precaution.
     
  20. leighton buzzard horn

    leighton buzzard horn Squad Player

    He was struggling with his thigh. His hamstring was pretty well taped up as well.
     
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  21. Happy bunny

    Happy bunny Cheered up a bit

    I hope you're right. My fear is that Sarr won't fetch as much as Gino expects and Asprilla is thrown into the sales bin.
     
  22. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    I hear Wilder is very strict on his rule of 11.
     
  23. Hogg-DEENEY!!!

    Hogg-DEENEY!!! Squad Player

    If he is being thrown into the sales bin, why bother playing him at all? Suspect that it's just a case of neither manager fancying him, unfortunately the place he'd slot best into happens to be occupied by the best player in the team...
     
  24. reids

    reids First Team

    Porto apparently had scouts at the Colombia U20 game against Wales the other day with Asprilla the main player being monitored. Not watched the clips yet but apparently he bossed everything.
     
  25. lowerrous

    lowerrous First Team

    Lol, Porto's record transfer fee paid is €20mil - we'd probably ask them to at least match, if not exceed that to consider selling so soon. And would they really do that?!
     
  26. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    Suppose it depends how bad our financial situation is if we don't go up? I'm not sure we've got that many players that can command 8 figure fees and so for the right deal with payments up front I can see a way to Pozzo selling Asprilla.
     
  27. reids

    reids First Team

    Their fans seem to think he has a €3.5m release clause which I imagine is absolute nonsense.
     
  28. Hogg-DEENEY!!!

    Hogg-DEENEY!!! Squad Player

    The Pozzos don't do release clauses do they?
     
  29. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Probably nonsense .....but why would they think it ?
     
  30. reids

    reids First Team

    Pretty sure we bought him for £3m which would roughly convert to €3.5m so I imagine someone got their wires crossed and now it's spread.
     
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  31. Hogg-DEENEY!!!

    Hogg-DEENEY!!! Squad Player

    Poor Yáser, yet again the only bright spark on a dismal performance, and he's out injured
     
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  32. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Good goal - probably put his price tag up .
     
  33. GoingDown

    GoingDown "The Stability"

    Don’t play him or Kone again this season, get them some weights and some whey protein and see where they are in July.
     
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  34. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    At a different club?

    Read something about if we don't go (which we aren't..) Kone might get moved onto Udinese.
     
  35. Hogg-DEENEY!!!

    Hogg-DEENEY!!! Squad Player

    Posted pics of him jetting off to Colombia on his social media...
     

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