He looks old. I said in the summer players get old overnight after 32, so it’s risky to give him a multiple year contract.
You would expect the club to learn from past mistakes by now. We have Pepe and we could've rotated 1-2 young players with him. Now, we have a 32years old guy doing nothing on 150k/w, Pepe on the bench and young players can't make the match squadI've been insistent that while I haven't been happy with Willian, his performances have been largely OK without being particularly good. Basically, his floor has been "not bad" this season.
That said.....he was utter **** today, and not even a decent 20 min **** with edging, a really **** 5 minute one with no build and a constant threat of disturbance. Gave the ball away, didn't take anybody on, didn't seem to want to create any chances, defended poorly for the opening goal and just generally added a negative input for this game. Pepe has his detractors, but at this point he must play. Even Reiss at his most unconfident would be 100x better than what we saw today. Going well off this signing already.