Villarocker Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 22 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: That successful tackles and tackle success stats are slightly concerning! Unless he played for such a good team that he didn't need to make many tackles? Can be the only reason otherwise that state is mystifying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted July 16, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2019 Do we have his interception stats? Maybe reads the game well that he doesn’t need to tackle as often, and positioning may be very good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyjavfc Posted July 16, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2019 Wow another centre back through the door! It’s like our defence has been Bjorn again... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 And through it all he offers me protection A lot of blocks and deflections Whether I’m right or wrong And down the Villa Park wherever it may take me I know that life won’t break me when I come to call he won’t forsake me... I’m lovin ‘ Engels instead 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 5 centre-halves in the squad! Screw you Bruce!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moustache of Teale Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 30 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: That successful tackles and tackle success stats are slightly concerning! Stats aren’t everything. I believe in Engels. Something good in everything I see. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 1 minute ago, Vive_La_Villa said: 5 centre-halves in the squad! Screw you Bruce!! It’s a Mcleish wet dream - he’d play them all 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
privateer Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 9 minutes ago, colhint said: On corners we could have Bjorn 6' 4 Wes and Ty 6'3 and Anwar 6'2 in the box. That'll be a handful. Your point is right but even more so than you're saying because AFAIK Tyrone is 6' 5". We'll know for sure soon enough but I'm pretty sure we'll see he's still the tallest guy in the team, even with the recent addition of a couple more big ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 32 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: That successful tackles and tackle success stats are slightly concerning! I was about to say 11 successful tackles? That's got to be wrong as that's shocking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 16, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2019 35 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: That successful tackles and tackle success stats are slightly concerning! There are lies. There are damn lies. And then there are statistics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 32 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: That successful tackles and tackle success stats are slightly concerning! Could be a brilliant reader of the game. Reims was the joint 5th best defence in the league 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 16, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2019 Anyone know what religion he is? I was wondering if he is a Björn Engels Christian. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted July 16, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2019 25 minutes ago, hippo said: Looks a good addition. CB always get injured so you need 4 to get you through the season Any mention of the fee ? I’ve seen £7m - £9m quoted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 He said in the video that he wanted to emulate Benteke. We'll be happy if scores half as many as he did. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted July 16, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2019 1 minute ago, Demitri_C said: I was about to say 11 successful tackles? That's got to be wrong as that's shocking I saw that, 11 tackles in 33 games, weird. Just looked and Virgil Van Dijk only made 38 last year... maybe I don’t understand what a ‘tackle’ is in the statistical sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Welcome Björn! Anyone with the name Björn is warmly welcome at Villa, hopefully he can play a bit as well. Would be interesting to compare him to Webster. Seem to be quite a few similarities, height (or was that length? ), age, capped at U21 and youth level, good in the air and good at passing, but not the fastest of defenders, if what I've read somewhere is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 10 minutes ago, villan-scott said: Do we have his interception stats? Maybe reads the game well that he doesn’t need to tackle as often, and positioning may be very good. 1.3 per game which puts him in the top 70 in Ligue 1. Interestingly he's tied for 6th in the league for clearances per game and in the top 20 for blocks which might go some way to explain his lack of tackling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 8 minutes ago, The Moustache of Teale said: Stats aren’t everything. I believe in Engels. Something good in everything I see. You can stick your other four centre backs where the sun don't shine. I'm loving Engels instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted July 16, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 16, 2019 Enjoying all this tackle talk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 6 minutes ago, alreadyexists said: I saw that, 11 tackles in 33 games, weird. Just looked and Virgil Van Dijk only made 38 last year... maybe I don’t understand what a ‘tackle’ is in the statistical sense. We seem to have signed a centre half that doesn’t tackle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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