MaVilla Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Will be interesting to see him in action on Sunday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 12 hours ago, MaVilla said: Will be interesting to see him in action on Sunday. Yes, will be interesting to see him in action. Do we think he will be first choice along side Mings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, AvfcRigo82 said: Yes, will be interesting to see him in action. Do we think he will be first choice along side Mings? Personally I would hope it's Engels or Konsa first choice alongside Mings. Tbh I could see them being better in different situations, if we expect a more direct approach and higher balls etc Engels might be better, if it's more agile on the ground type play maybe konsa as he's quite rapid and agile himself? Who knows though, either way it's Engels or Konsa for me with Mings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenfly Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 9 minutes ago, AvfcRigo82 said: Yes, will be interesting to see him in action. Do we think he will be first choice along side Mings? I wouldn't be surprised to see Hause play alongside Mings for a bit. They have established chemistry already. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 54 minutes ago, Greenfly said: I wouldn't be surprised to see Hause play alongside Mings for a bit. They have established chemistry already. And Hause is pretty good at a couple of things Mings isn't brilliant at, like (surprisingly perhaps) aerial duels. I think Hause is underrated personally. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_jW Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 2 hours ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: And Hause is pretty good at a couple of things Mings isn't brilliant at, like (surprisingly perhaps) aerial duels. I think Hause is underrated personally. I agree, and he looked pretty sharp against Minnesota. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny_Villaman84 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Bjorn Engels, I'm looking forward him play this sunday if he is picked, as i never see him playing at moment i hope Smith picking Engels to pair with mings to task if they, can play and work together first choice partner, if not shaft to that try with Konsa with Mings. But what to do with Chester? Sell him and play Raven and Sulliman as 3rd choice partner? off the topic:- Minnesota vs Villa I can see Konsa and Hause is good partner in make as both have pace and strength, also good feet as well. if we rest Ming and Engels and I am complete trust with Konsa and Hause in first team week in and out and good future and long term partner as they are very impressive me but i know it is early day but maybe i am wrong with this, i'm hope not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted July 21, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2019 I imagine he will get minutes against Walsall. Saw on Twitter Chester had to come off at the end today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 1 hour ago, villan-scott said: I imagine he will get minutes against Walsall. Saw on Twitter Chester had to come off at the end today? At the end of the second 45 mins? Not good if so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 On 20/07/2019 at 19:40, Danny_Villaman84 said: Bjorn Engels, I'm looking forward him play this sunday if he is picked, as i never see him playing at moment i hope Smith picking Engels to pair with mings to task if they, can play and work together first choice partner, if not shaft to that try with Konsa with Mings. But what to do with Chester? Sell him and play Raven and Sulliman as 3rd choice partner? off the topic:- Minnesota vs Villa I can see Konsa and Hause is good partner in make as both have pace and strength, also good feet as well. if we rest Ming and Engels and I am complete trust with Konsa and Hause in first team week in and out and good future and long term partner as they are very impressive me but i know it is early day but maybe i am wrong with this, i'm hope not. I'm also looking forward to seeing him play. I wonder why he didn't get any minutes today. As the season is only threee weeks away and Engels is new to the league I guess he wont be first choice together with Mings. If so it's about time he gets some minutes on the pitch. If Chester is fit enough I would pair him with Mings as the first choice CB:s. I'd have Konsa as third choice and then Engels and House depending on how good Engels is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monsieur Hazdazler Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Keener window-cleaner said: I'm also looking forward to seeing him play. I wonder why he didn't get any minutes today. As the season is only threee weeks away and Engels is new to the league I guess he wont be first choice together with Mings. If so it's about time he gets some minutes on the pitch. If Chester is fit enough I would pair him with Mings as the first choice CB:s. I'd have Konsa as third choice and then Engels and House depending on how good Engels is. I heard he had a small knock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wezbid Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 10 hours ago, Monsieur Hazdazler said: I heard he had a small knock It's what you do with it that counts, not the size. Oh, you said knock.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monsieur Hazdazler Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 11 hours ago, Wezbid said: It's what you do with it that counts, not the size. Oh, you said knock.. I can neither confirm or deny have intricate details of his small knock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 I think of all the new signings we will be most impressed with Engels. He seems to be very intelligent and he has a calmness about him which will benefit us greatly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted July 24, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 24, 2019 He looks class on the ball, very composed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Not particularly tested, but did well for his debut. Seems a cool customer on the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 (edited) Thought I'd find some examples of Engels playing against top class attacks... PSG 4 - 1 Reims One of the best attacks in Europe, so obviously he was going to have a hard time, but interesting anyway as you get to see plenty of him in the highlights. 0:47 - I think Engels (number 2) is probably at fault for PSG's first goal. Gives Cavani too much space initially, does a weird offside step, and then he's slow with his recovery. Admittedly the movement from Cavani is excellent, and he was probably expecting an inside pass rather than a lob at the end. 1:15 - don't think he does anything wrong on the second goal. Can see he likes to stay on his feet and doesn't dive in. 1:45 - third goal he seems to get a call from the keeper so pulls out of the header. Keeper fumbles. Blameless I think. 2:22 - PSG's fourth goal is a superb move starting with a Neymar run, but it's Engels's man who finishes it off. Watch the replay around 2:40 / 2:41 and Engels seems to get his body shape all wrong, and then doesn't have the pace to make up the ground when Meunier breaks through. Reims 1 - 1 Lille Lille came second in Ligue 1 with the famous Leao up top. 0:42 goalscoring chance for Lille. Not sure if Engels could have done much with this one. 1:09 goal from a corner. Blameless. 1:45 attacking corner and Engels gets a good head on a difficult chance. Lyon 1 - 1 Reims Lyon came third. Really decent attack with Memphis Depay and Bertrand Traore up top, Fekir sitting in the hole, and Ndombele in midfield. A proper test for a defender. Scoreline suggests he did okay. 0:25 disallowed goal for Lyon (very tight offside). Long ball for Traore who is playing off the shoulder of the other centre back. This wouldn't have been his fault, but he's a bit slow to chase. 1:48 chance for Lyon. Nothing wrong with the positioning or decision making, but again looks a little bit slow. 2:03 goal for Lyon. It's his man who plays the goalscorer through, and maybe Engels is a touch too deep? Overall, these highlights videos are always going to be unfair on a defender, because you only see the goals and chances, so reserving judgment on him until I've seen him play a few times for us. My only concern at the moment would be his pace on the turn, since we're not going to coach that into him. He looks much slower than all our other defenders. Reminds me a bit of Mertesacker. Edited July 24, 2019 by KentVillan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 looked good versus Walsall. calm, comfortable, confident, played the ball around well, looked like he had a good partnership with Mings. Granted will need to see how he does versus better opponents, but absolutely nothing wrong with that debut, and either him or Konsa would be fine imo, will be interesting to see who starts alongside Mings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 ^ Agreed, looked very composed last night with the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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