AvfcRigo82 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 (edited) On 28/02/2021 at 09:49, Brumstopdogs said: Those stats are interesting. I've been impressed with him this season. I wasn't sure if he could make the step up to the PL but he looks like he is doing okay. Edited March 1, 2021 by AvfcRigo82 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, AvfcRigo82 said: Those stats are interesting. I've been impressed with him this season. I wasn't sure if he could make the step up to the PL but he looks like he is doing okay. He appears to be on a mission, work rate looks to be up as well, ball striking is good, id like to see him and Targett taking all the corners. Always gives me the impression that he needs a lot of love. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 13 minutes ago, Phil Silvers said: He appears to be on a mission, work rate looks to be up as well, ball striking is good, id like to see him and Targett taking all the corners. Always gives me the impression that he needs a lot of love. Definately, A man with a point to prove and he is doing that this season. I think bringing Shakespeare in won't have done him any harm either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 42 minutes ago, Phil Silvers said: He appears to be on a mission, work rate looks to be up as well, ball striking is good, id like to see him and Targett taking all the corners. Always gives me the impression that he needs a lot of love. He was in that game, sure. He frustrates because we know what he's capable of when his head's in the right place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 5 minutes ago, lexicon said: He was in that game, sure. He frustrates because we know what he's capable of when his head's in the right place. Exactly. My worry is for every Leeds/Crystal Palace performance, there is a Burton/West Ham performance in there too. Like I say, he's an enigma. Incredibly frustrating player but also very hard to argue he shouldn't be starting on the left for us as he carries such a goalscoring threat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onmeedson Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Think's he's Mo Salah, but we need a Sadio Mane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermon Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 That double step over at the end was just filth, wish he scored from that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 he cant be left out after a performance like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 I think the enigma has been solved in all honesty Playing on the left this season he has been consistently good. 1 blip in the several matches he played there when the whole team were playing rubbish and arguably he shouldn't shouldn't been subbed off over Barkley. Playing anywhere else, he has been poor. The level of the performance on the left goes from ok to excellent depending on his confidence, but if we keep him there, I would not be expecting a categorically bad performance from him. If Dean has finally seen Ross isn't working, then the choice we now face is do we keep AEG there when Jack is fit, and move Jack to the middle, or do we drop AEG again and use Ramsey/Mcginn in the offensive middle position. AEG has consistently shown he cannot play anywhere else (for whatever reason), so this is the only choice to make. My first choice would be : -----------Watkins----------- AEG---Grealish----Traore for the record, I'd probably go with Nakamba and 1 from Ramsey/McGinn/Luiz in the remaing midfield positions. Probably going for 2 of the latter against the lower teams in the league. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 8 minutes ago, MrBlack said: I think the enigma has been solved in all honesty Playing on the left this season he has been consistently good. 1 blip in the several matches he played there when the whole team were playing rubbish and arguably he shouldn't shouldn't been subbed off over Barkley. Playing anywhere else, he has been poor. The level of the performance on the left goes from ok to excellent depending on his confidence, but if we keep him there, I would not be expecting a categorically bad performance from him. I'm not sure. He's racked up plenty of average to bad performances on the left as well. He is what he is: an inconsistent winger. If he can work on pushing the bad games like West Ham up to more "average" performances that'll be a big upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Problem with starting on the right, as a right footer, there's really only 1 place to go and that's on the outside of the fullback. This isn't 2000 anymore, you're not beating most fullbacks for pace in short bursts. On the left though, the fullback now has to worry about you cutting inside on your right foot, and if you're like Anwar, you're still comfortable going on the outside on your left and putting in a cross, so you have more strings to your bow and the fullback has more to think about (especially if there's a good overlapping LB playing with you like we do with Targett). I liked that him and Traore were switching wings during the game though as it's good to mix things up. Traore looked kind of useless on the left as he doesn't have Anwar's pace and he couldn't cut in on his left foot which kind of shows the overall point I was making here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Tomaszk said: I'm not sure. He's racked up plenty of average to bad performances on the left as well. He is what he is: an inconsistent winger. If he can work on pushing the bad games like West Ham up to more "average" performances that'll be a big upgrade. No doubt about it, that West Ham half was dire, and honestly the worst 45 minutes of football I’ve seen from a player in a long time. But aside from that he’s been largely above average, and sometimes superb. He will no doubt have another West Ham half. And if he does, he should get hooked off again. But, I believe he’s done enough up until now to warrant a starting place, with Jack being moved to the middle. If he remains consistently good for the remaining 13 games, he would have had a superb season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 7 hours ago, onmeedson said: Think's he's Mo Salah, but we need a Sadio Mane. Mane has just one goal more than him this season and played 1000 minutes more 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV82 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Piss poor at creating chances but brilliant at finding the back of the net. Hope he continues to improve and works on his all-round game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 I think we finally found someone to take set pieces and corners. He put in some very good corners on Saturday, and we know he has a good free kick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onmeedson Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 The Mane point is to try and play as a pair not about goals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 23 hours ago, Phil Silvers said: He appears to be on a mission, work rate looks to be up as well, ball striking is good, id like to see him and Targett taking all the corners. Always gives me the impression that he needs a lot of love. Playing for the wrong side really, isn't he?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 27 minutes ago, bobzy said: Playing for the wrong side really, isn't he?! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post omariqy Posted March 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 2, 2021 I still don't get why people expect him to be brilliant every single game. Every player bar the best have off games. For £8m odd he is an absolute steal. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Fun Factory Posted March 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 2, 2021 (edited) Milot Rashica who will probably never play for us, has 140 pages of more comments than El Ghazi. This is a man who has scored one of Villa's most important goals in our entire history. Gets on with his job and scores some useful goals. Might not be first choice but a big part of the matchday squad and has been an excellent signing for us. Edited March 2, 2021 by The Fun Factory 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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