JoshVilla Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Fantastic at winning the ball, but then he'll play an absolute suicide pass immediately after. Thing is, our midfield is far too lightweight without him. Has to start imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_Jersey_Villa Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 33 minutes ago, JoshVilla said: Fantastic at winning the ball, but then he'll play an absolute suicide pass immediately after. Thing is, our midfield is far too lightweight without him. Has to start imo. Agreed. I really want to love the guy, but then he does something totally retarded. (Passing!) Way too light weight without him though in the middle though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Some monster tackles today and I only noticed one suicide pass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 He's maddening but essential. He plays so many hospital passes that we need to surround him with our players whenever he's in possession. He's slow. He is really poor at tracking runners at corners (yesterday wasn't the first time I've seen him come a cropper - the very first time I ever saw him he was failing to track a runner from a corner for Colombia at the World Cup, which led to conceding a goal). Yet despite all these problems, we don't have a choice selecting him. Every other alternative midfield setup is too weak without him. We've seen this time and again. We need to setup to take account of his weaknesses, and just accept that he always has a howler in him. TINA - there is no alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 People highlight his suicidal passes but, what about that clipped ball to the back post to Westwood right at the end? Should have been a great assist for the winner but Westwood royally cocked it up in a true lack of quality or composure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 This is true. I remember his debut against Newcastle last year, he came on in the 80-somethingth minute and with his first touch chipped an absolutely beautiful pass about forty yards that opened up the whole defence. I thought then we had signed a player better than almost everyone else in the squad. I no longer think that's true, but as I say, he is essential. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Liability. Good player but always has something up his sleeve to screw us up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Has anyone else got 'tuqui tuqui tuqui ta' in their head? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onmeedson Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Has a tendency to do the bad things in the wrong areas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJT123 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 He's actually one of the better passers in the side, he's more than capable of pinging long searching balls all over the pitch, it's just he suffers from lapses of concentration that can put us in a lot of trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 8 hours ago, Dr_Pangloss said: Liability. Good player but always has something up his sleeve to screw us up. you make him sound like DIck Dastardly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 This guy is a good player but he is so sloppy with the ball its unreal, he is a big liability in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 7, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted December 7, 2015 he's a liability at times but he has to play. We've got nobody else who can play DM like he can. I think he's much more of a benefit to the team now that his role is more defined than he has been previously, even if consistency remains his biggest problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) It just highlights how piss poor our squad is that this guy, unremarkable at his best, is pretty much undroppable, regardless of how often he puts us in danger with bizarre lapses in concentration. I think even his biggest fan would admit he's a liability at times.And those times seem to be at least once or twice a match. He makes me look back with rose tinted glasses to the time of Gavin McCann. Edited December 7, 2015 by Davkaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 On 07/12/2015 at 12:49, Stevo985 said: he's a liability at times but he has to play. We've got nobody else who can play DM like he can. I think he's much more of a benefit to the team now that his role is more defined than he has been previously, even if consistency remains his biggest problem. Consistency and massive ****-ups that lead to goals. He probably plays because he's "a defensive rock" but what the hell is he doing for Southampton's goal? Bloody awful from a defensive midfielder. Loses the man, wrong side of him. It's terrible and, essentially, cost us 2 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 9, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted December 9, 2015 2 minutes ago, bobzy said: Consistency and massive ****-ups that lead to goals. Yeah. That's what I meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itdoesntmatterwhatthissay Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 On 12/6/2015 at 00:18, JoshVilla said: Fantastic at winning the ball, but then he'll play an absolute suicide pass immediately after. Thing is, our midfield is far too lightweight without him. Has to start imo. You're right, we are terrible in midfield and very light. He needs to be replaced, not because he's a bad player but because he's not a good enough a player for that position. Loves to try a pass, we don't need that in CDM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 When his passes do come off they can be quite sublime. Maybe he should be our new talisman behind the strikers, ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooJung Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 When was the last time we invested in a physical midfielder? I think it goes all the way back to Reo-Coker. I'm not counting Sylla as he cost us peanuts (and proved to be worth just that). I think one of the main reasons we struggled all these years has been a lack of muscle (and aerial presence) in midfield and Sanchez has been the first player who had both in ages and we all see how important he is, despite his ****-ups. A mifield of midgets won't cut it in thePremier League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 11 hours ago, Wainy316 said: When his passes do come off they can be quite sublime. Maybe he should be our new talisman behind the strikers, ha. Like the ball in for the Westwood chance - awesome pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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