Cameron Archer

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

With the creativity in the team now his pace should mean he is a twenty goal a season striker in the championship. I had not appreciated this. I hope Tonda noticed.

[ErwinK1961]

Former Villa player puts in a shift against Birmingham.

Let’s see if he brings the same attitude to other matches. Based on what we’ve seen so far, I’m not holding my breath. 

[saintwbu]

8 minutes ago, ErwinK1961 said:

Former Villa player puts in a shift against Birmingham.

Let’s see if he brings the same attitude to other matches. Based on what we’ve seen so far, I’m not holding my breath. 

He must still really love Villa because it was like he was playing for them when we played at Villa Park last year.

[Badger]

13 hours ago, Harry_SFC said:

Better option off the bench than Downs, that's for sure. 

I’d expect a bit more for the money we spent, than his only redeeming feature being “better option off the bench than Downs”.

 

[Greedyfly]

3 minutes ago, Badger said:

I’d expect a bit more for the money we spent, than his only redeeming feature being “better option off the bench than Downs”.

 

Then I feel like you might end up pretty disappointed 

[Ex Lion Tamer]

Now we have a manager who can get the team performing without a big target man, hopefully he can get a tune out of Cam. There's talent there

[Badger]

26 minutes ago, Greedyfly said:

Then I feel like you might end up pretty disappointed 

Think you’re probably right. I’m surprised some are enthused by his performance yesterday. In fairness he did bring a bit of needle to the game from a local West Midlands grievance and more willingness to run than often seen but no surprise he ballsed up his decent chance which his pace had helped create.
 

Didn’t do enough to take himself out of the ‘waste of money, waste of space’ category in my book. 

[Greedyfly]

6 hours ago, Badger said:

Think you’re probably right. I’m surprised some are enthused by his performance yesterday. In fairness he did bring a bit of needle to the game from a local West Midlands grievance and more willingness to run than often seen but no surprise he ballsed up his decent chance which his pace had helped create.
 

Didn’t do enough to take himself out of the ‘waste of money, waste of space’ category in my book. 

Yeah mirrors my thoughts.  Fast, but that just means he gets to miss sooner than if he didn't have any pace.

[saintant]

7 hours ago, Badger said:

Think you’re probably right. I’m surprised some are enthused by his performance yesterday. In fairness he did bring a bit of needle to the game from a local West Midlands grievance and more willingness to run than often seen but no surprise he ballsed up his decent chance which his pace had helped create.
 

Didn’t do enough to take himself out of the ‘waste of money, waste of space’ category in my book. 

I have to disagree because I saw signs that made me think he'll do much better under Tonda and we need to factor in that he hasn't played much.  I'd like to cut him some slack and see how he does in the next few games. 

[Greedyfly]

1 hour ago, saintant said:

I have to disagree because I saw signs that made me think he'll do much better under Tonda and we need to factor in that he hasn't played much.  I'd like to cut him some slack and see how he does in the next few games. 

Based on a previously stellar goal scoring record?  He ran a bit.  He often does.  Its the rest he's no good at.

[saintwbu]

13 minutes ago, Greedyfly said:

Based on a previously stellar goal scoring record?  He ran a bit.  He often does.  Its the rest he's no good at.

His lack of physical presence is a huge hindrance - same size as Arma but offers nothing against a CB. Mind blowing that we turned to him after missing out on Delap last summer, what on earth was the profile we were looking for if we ended up in that position - presumably ‘young and English’ was the only specification, couldn’t get two more different forwards.

[Badger]

3 hours ago, saintant said:

I have to disagree because I saw signs that made me think he'll do much better under Tonda and we need to factor in that he hasn't played much.  I'd like to cut him some slack and see how he does in the next few games. 

Okay, let’s revisit this one in a few months. 

[Sheaf Saint]

On 07/12/2025 at 21:58, Badger said:

Okay, let’s revisit this one in a few months. 

How much longer do we give him?

He was anonymous when he came on today. I know Cov were playing a compact deep defensive shape by then, but he was appalling. Did nothing of any note whatsoever.

Despite very occasionally showing a decent finishing ability, he's been a truly dreadful signing so far. I thought he might fare better in the Championship than he did last season, but if anything he's even worse now having dropped down a level.

I'd be looking to ship him out at the first possible opportunity, personally.

[dsrdorset]

Archer is total shit. And I think his attitude & effort stinks too. Get rid asap. 

[S-Clarke]

We've totally ruined this lad, he had a decent enough rep at Sheffield United and Boro before that - but he's now a shadow of that player, looks L1 at absolute best - maybe lower end L1.

We'll do well to get rid, it will be loans until the end of his deal.

Adds more criticality to the need for us to buy an actual striker though.

[Lord Duckhunter]

38 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

We've totally ruined this lad

Don’t talk soft. He’s totally ruined himself. Shit player, with a shit attitude. It’s on him, not the club.

[saintant]

Time to move in on if anyone will take him along with Aribo, Edozie and a loan move for Downs.

[Badger]

3 hours ago, Sheaf Saint said:

How much longer do we give him?

He was anonymous when he came on today. I know Cov were playing a compact deep defensive shape by then, but he was appalling. Did nothing of any note whatsoever.

My view has already been stated. The comment about revisiting it was in response to Saintant who suggested he’d seen something in Archer v Birmingham so was prepared to give him longer.

He was replying to my earlier comment:

On 07/12/2025 at 10:33, Badger said:

Didn’t do enough to take himself out of the ‘waste of money, waste of space’ category in my book. 

He reinforced my view again today