Aston Villa Transfers: 5 Reasons Why Paul Lambert Shouldn't Buy Wes Hoolahan

3. Little Evidence To Suggest That He Can Provide Enough Goals, Assists And Key Passes

I have already covered the fact that Hoolahan isn€™t the youngest player and linking up again with Lambert and Holt may not actually work out that well. However, if we ignore both of those issues and consider the player as he is, the news perhaps isn€™t so great anyway. The fact is that the Irish wizard made a serious impact in the lower leagues with some incredible performances in League One and the Championship. At that level of football he was able notch up goals, assist and key passes like there was no tomorrow. However, in the elite Premier League €“ a level that Hoolahan has been playing at for two and half seasons now €“ the end product of his work isn€™t such impressive reading. Data from this season is sparse, so it€™s best to look at what he has down over the previous two seasons. The Irish player has played a good amount of football in that time under both Chris Hughton and Lambert, but has only managed to score seven goals and provide 10 assists. Further stats from last season included 0.9 shots, 1.3 key passes and 1 dribble as well as an average rating of just 6.66; data that suggests that he may not quite be the creative and scoring genius that Lambert is looking for.