Nahki Wells

Damo · Post by **Damo** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 6:46 pm

Joined QPR on loan

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theroyaldyche · Post by **theroyaldyche** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 6:48 pm

FCBurnley · Post by **FCBurnley** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 6:49 pm

chekhov · Post by **chekhov** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 6:51 pm

theroyaldyche wrote:Who?

Nahki Wells, he's one of our players. You might not have seen him.

KateR · Post by **KateR** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 6:53 pm

glad that's worked out, good for everyone I think

KateR · Post by **KateR** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 6:53 pm

glad that's worked out, good for everyone I think

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 6:54 pm

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dpinsussex · Post by **dpinsussex** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 7:58 pm

Steve McLaren is propper screwed now

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 11:01 pm

Good move all round. Hopefully he bags a few goals. Good for his confidence and any fee we look for. Not worked out. Never looked like a sensible move. At any point!

ontario claret · Post by **ontario claret** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 11:01 pm

"The Wally" makes another puzzling move.

Firthy · Post by **Firthy** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 7:49 am

ontario claret wrote:"The Wally" makes another puzzling move.

Not really. Wells has potential but not had the chance to show it at Burnley. He's taken a lot of unwarranted stick on here.

He's been totally professional through it all and I for one hope he does well at QPR

Bullabill · Post by **Bullabill** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 8:39 am

Firthy, I agree. The lad hasn't been given a fair go on here and I, too, hope he gets a good run at QPR - even to the point of proving he has some value to Burnley when his loan ends.

BOYSIE31 · Post by **BOYSIE31** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 8:51 am

Never was the player we needed in the prem as shown when Huddersfield let him go.

Would have been an ok signing if we were still in the championship though.

Down_Rover · Post by **Down_Rover** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 9:21 am

ontario claret wrote:"The Wally" makes another puzzling move.

Not really. transfer embargo so limited choice

Cleveleys_claret · Post by **Cleveleys_claret** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 9:59 am

Absolutely pointless signing. No fault of Nakhi's. Unbelievable that SD bought him and Walters for close to 10 million and wont play them. Also when he goes on about an inflated market so doesnt sign anyone but is happy having these two wage stealers on the books

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 11:40 am

Cleveleys_claret wrote:Absolutely pointless signing. No fault of Nakhi's. Unbelievable that SD bought him and Walters for close to 10 million and wont play them. Also when he goes on about an inflated market so doesnt sign anyone but is happy having these two wage stealers on the books

"Wage stealers" is a bit harsh, we offered them their contracts. They just haven't been able to get in the team.
Having said that, I'd be glad if we could ship them both out for their good as much as our own.

JohnDearyMe · Post by **JohnDearyMe** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 11:44 am

boatshed bill wrote:"Wage stealers" is a bit harsh, we offered them their contracts. They just haven't been able to get in the team.
Having said that, I'd be glad if we could ship them both out for their good as much as our own.

Exactly. The only reason they didn't play was because of how well our other strikers were doing last season. These things happen

Dark Cloud · Post by **Dark Cloud** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 11:54 am

As far as Walters is concerned we'e seen a fair bit of him, despite his injuries and I haven't seen any clue whatsoever as to why the Stoke fans wanted to keep him and were sorry to see him go. If he was ever a force, he appears a well spent one nowadays. Wells is different imo because he was signed already injured (bit weird?) and eventually nursed back to fitness, but once fit he has never been given the opportunity to stake a claim. It might be that it's obvious from simply watching him in training that he isn't up to it, I don't know, but I for one would like to have seen him get at least a couple of starts and bit of a run out before deciding if he's pants or not.

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 12:00 pm

JohnDearyMe wrote:Exactly. The only reason they didn't play was because of how well our other strikers were doing last season. These things happen

I can get where you are coming from on this to a degree because neither are or were good enough but to use the phrase 'because of how well our other strikers were doing last season' is a little hyperbolic because we averaged less than a goal a game last season. The only reason we finished where we did was because of our magnificent defence, teams got relegated with more goals than us last season. Wood, Barnes and Vokes are hard working okay sort of strikers but there is no way any of them, at this point anyway, could be described as 'good' PL strikers because they simply aren't. They are okay but nothing special. Wood has potential because to be fair he did okay last season despite injury and he is looking like he might be okay again if he keeps fit. Barnes' physical presence worries defenders but he lacks real quality and Vokes is just a very good sub who is great in the air but he needs the right service that he doesn't get enough of for him to be effective. I do believe that any one of these three would be an excellent partner to a real quality striker but in themselves they aren't enough.

NickBFC · Post by **NickBFC** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 12:53 pm

Good move for him, and us. Hopefully he bangs the goals in, either giving us a fair shot at getting our money back in the summer, or he comes back to Burnley fit and confident. The team performing so well last season didn't help his cause after finally getting back to fitness. Difficult to say if he'll turn out to be a complete flop YET.

Stayingup · Post by **Stayingup** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 1:47 pm

Very funny if he banged in the winner at Deadwood. I haven't seen much of him but I am told he is quite useful at a lower level.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 2:01 pm

theroyaldyche wrote:Who?

QPR. They used to be our promotion rivals.

FCBurnley · Post by **FCBurnley** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 2:21 pm

Huddersfield must be laughing all the way to the bank.

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 2:27 pm

FCBurnley wrote:Huddersfield must be laughing all the way to the bank.

Really?

Was very well thought of there:

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theroyaldyche · Post by **theroyaldyche** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 5:08 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:QPR. They used to be our promotion rivals.

I was refering to the unheard of player going to QPR

JohnMac · Post by **JohnMac** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 5:23 pm

Neither player answered an advert for 'Footballers Wanted', they were recruited by our club. 'Wage Stealer' is a new low, especially given neither has refused to train or play.

Cleveleys_claret · Post by **Cleveleys_claret** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 6:45 pm

Apologies for my wage stealer comment. I didnt mean it as much more that he had been allowed to through no fault of his own. For a club which says we need a small squad how can players like Walters and Wells be allowed to be alienated from the first team squad so much.

Now the opposite has happened and we need players who are happy to be rotated and can play as such. Being up for one game then knowing they wont be in the next side. These types of players are stockpiled by big clubs and can perform as such. We have a different mentality.

Nobody can tell me that at some point over the last 12 months a sub with pace like Wells wouldnt have beneficial to us

randomclaret2 · Post by **randomclaret2** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 6:50 pm

Wells wasnt particularly prolific in the Championship.Big goalscorer at League 1 Level...not bad at Championship level but never a Premier League player.

Rick_Muller · Post by **Rick_Muller** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 7:03 pm

What most people forget is that Wells (and Walters to a lesser extent) were brought in to offer competition to our existing strike force - which they did, and our existing players improved as a result of the competition, we didn’t know if they would or not. The scenario could easily have been that Wells could have scored just 1 goal and earnt the right to start ahead of Vokes for example, and it could have been Vokes on loan to QPR instead.

Fine margins people, and we don’t see enough of the big picture to understand who’s which side of those fine margins - SD does.

ontario claret · Post by **ontario claret** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 9:28 pm

That's true. But his real value to QPR remains to be seen. Don't really see him "leading the charge". I mean, he's no Ashley Barnes, is he?

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 9:34 pm

Rick_Muller wrote:What most people forget is that Wells (and Walters to a lesser extent) were brought in to offer competition to our existing strike force - which they did, and our existing players improved as a result of the competition, we didn’t know if they would or not. The scenario could easily have been that Wells could have scored just 1 goal and earnt the right to start ahead of Vokes for example, and it could have been Vokes on loan to QPR instead.

Fine margins people, and we don’t see enough of the big picture to understand who’s which side of those fine margins - SD does.

He was also brought in, in case he was needed due to injuries upfront.

But this is all common sense to some of us. To others, it's way over their head and not something they can begin to understand.

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 9:48 pm

FCBurnley wrote:Huddersfield must be laughing all the way to the bank.

A Huddersfield supporting mate of mine who attends every game told me this week that he wished they still had Wells.

JohnDearyMe · Post by **JohnDearyMe** » Sat Aug 25, 2018 12:25 am

houseboy wrote:I can get where you are coming from on this to a degree because neither are or were good enough but to use the phrase 'because of how well our other strikers were doing last season' is a little hyperbolic because we averaged less than a goal a game last season. The only reason we finished where we did was because of our magnificent defence, teams got relegated with more goals than us last season. Wood, Barnes and Vokes are hard working okay sort of strikers but there is no way any of them, at this point anyway, could be described as 'good' PL strikers because they simply aren't. They are okay but nothing special. Wood has potential because to be fair he did okay last season despite injury and he is looking like he might be okay again if he keeps fit. Barnes' physical presence worries defenders but he lacks real quality and Vokes is just a very good sub who is great in the air but he needs the right service that he doesn't get enough of for him to be effective. I do believe that any one of these three would be an excellent partner to a real quality striker but in themselves they aren't enough.

I agree with your assessment; i suppose my point was more related to the fact that our strikers contributed to us finishing 7th as part of the wider team. But there is definitely a lot of room for improvement as you say

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Sat Aug 25, 2018 1:20 am

Rick_Muller wrote:What most people forget is that Wells (and Walters to a lesser extent) were brought in to offer competition to our existing strike force - which they did, and our existing players improved as a result of the competition, we didn’t know if they would or not. The scenario could easily have been that Wells could have scored just 1 goal and earnt the right to start ahead of Vokes for example, and it could have been Vokes on loan to QPR instead.

Fine margins people, and we don’t see enough of the big picture to understand who’s which side of those fine margins - SD does.

You're absolutely correct, lets hire Nahki Wells as striking coach and Jon Walters as the Gawthorpe lollipop man

RocketLawnChair · Post by **RocketLawnChair** » Sat Aug 25, 2018 8:06 am

Wells was/is never going to be the type of striker to suit us. He’s not very good at defending opposition corners!

joey13 · Post by **joey13** » Sat Aug 25, 2018 8:08 am

Rileybobs wrote:A Huddersfield supporting mate of mine who attends every game told me this week that he wished they still had Wells.

So did my Huddersfield supporting mate , neither have seen him play for Town in the premier league

JohnMcGreal · Post by **JohnMcGreal** » Sat Aug 25, 2018 8:22 am

Fair play to Wells. It sounds like he got his head down and did his best during his time here, despite the fact that he was never going to be good enough to play for us. I thought it was a strange move at the time and haven't seen anything during his time here to disprove that. Good luck to him at QPR.

Rick_Muller · Post by **Rick_Muller** » Sat Aug 25, 2018 8:24 am

KRBFC wrote:You're absolutely correct, lets hire Nahki Wells as striking coach and Jon Walters as the Gawthorpe lollipop man

Cracking idea, and let’s hire you as the compere at Turf Moor as you’re perfect for the job with your extensive knowledge of the game and your comedy genius level of wit.

ontario claret · Post by **ontario claret** » Sun Aug 26, 2018 7:05 am

Wow!! All of this for a simple Nahki Wells posting.

SkiptonClaret · Post by **SkiptonClaret** » Sun Aug 26, 2018 10:59 am

Would rather Walters had left than Wells...but who on earth is going to stump up for old man Walters wages ? Exactly.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Sun Aug 26, 2018 11:06 am

Good luck to the lad.

Blackrod · Post by **Blackrod** » Sun Aug 26, 2018 11:22 am

SkiptonClaret wrote:Would rather Walters had left than Wells...but who on earth is going to stump up for old man Walters wages ? Exactly.

This

claretblue · Post by **claretblue** » Mon Aug 27, 2018 9:04 am

beddie · Post by **beddie** » Mon Aug 27, 2018 9:08 am

Still think the two W's were panick buys.