I see this stat a lot re. Konsa. Really impressive tbh.
Do we think Konsa has reached his full potential as a defender? I think he's been excellent since Emery has come in and whilst Mings, McGinn and Watkins take most of the plaudits in terms of improvement, Konsa has gone under the radar and gone about his business commendably.
I love the fact that Carlos needs to be f****** excellent to get in ahead of him. Top teams have players fighting for the shirt. We need to get to that point and I think Konsa knows he has competition which has perhaps pushed him to be better (which he has been).
I agree with this. I'm actually of the opinion that Buendia can only play as the 10 in a team that wants to challenge for Europe/consistently be top half. He doesn't have the pace or strength to excel in a midfield position in my opinion (I'm aware he's played there this season a lot). Bailey too, needs to be playing out wide, I just think he's miles off it ability wise so we're going to need to upgrade on him regardless. I've said it for a while, but if we can get top quality players in to replace Buendia and Bailey in the starting line up, we're going to have some team. That's not to say Buendia won't play his part, I just know we need better in order to get where we want to be.
Foyth seems like such an obvious target. I can’t say I’ve seen him much but read that Madrid and Barca both wanted him…??
Given he’s Argentinian as well, you’d expect that would work in our favour.
I'd snap your hand off for a 1-0 'boring' win right now if offered. However, I'd love to stick 5/6 past this lot. Not because I dislike Forest, but because it sends a message to the teams around us and continues our momentum.
Don’t buy the ‘Europe is a burden’ idea. We might as well all go home now if we don’t want to target European football because we may have to play a few extra matches. I love watching Villa. I want them to play every night of the week.
We have some decent youngsters. If we get into Europe, it might just mean a couple of them stick around next season. That, and we’ll probably add a couple of players in the Summer anyway.
FWIW, I think we’ll just miss out on Europe. I reckon we’ll finish 8/9th
For me, of the players that consistently start - Young/Cash, Bailey, Buendia and Ramsey are the ones you could perhaps say are the ones we can improve on. If we go out and improve on those positions, well, with this manager, who even knows.
McGinn motm again comfortably for me. What form he’s in. Also thought Moreno was superb and Luiz very good too. Bailey horrific.
Great goal, great win.