Knutserov13 Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Very good today, will be one of our most important players this season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHY Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 I’m not a massive a Luiz fan but thought he was MOTM today. He looked sharper than he usually does, hopefully he continues like this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 I think even when he doesn't necessarily have a great game individually we still just function better with him in the side. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastmix Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Defo needs one of those Monster energy drinks though. Always looks half-asleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 3 hours ago, WHY said: I’m not a massive a Luiz fan but thought he was MOTM today. He looked sharper than he usually does, hopefully he continues like this! Came here to write just that. I really hope him and McGinn can function well in those two central midfield positions this season. It’s so key to our season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 MOTM for me too today. Number of big players out for us today we needed him to have a good game and he stepped up. Keep it up Dougie! Talent never been in doubt it’s all consistency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Another one here v impressed with Dougie today. I'm not always a fan but if he can keep this up we might not miss that DM a lot of us have been calling for so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Played all summer really (or at least trained) so no surprise to me he's more up to speed than many of the rest. Will obviously need resting at times so good he'll have a two week break as we'll need him at Chelsea to have any chance of a result. We also still need a DM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 On 23/08/2021 at 07:48, Kiwivillan said: We beat Liverpool 7-2 playing 4231 with Luiz McGinn amongst other wins so this argument doesn't fly Against Liverpool we had the surprise factor in Barkley. We were also ready defensively and other team were set to attack. Same goes against Arsenal. Apart from that, Fulham was a great game but we had 3 CM’s. Sheff Utd can’t be judged as it was one goal but no creativity. Leicester was an ok match but they played for a draw. we had some of our worst halfs against Leeds and Southampton. But we were more consistent when Grealish came to the middle. It gave our wingers the chance to shine. I won’t mind playing a proper CM as an advanced player, but not a winger. Jack developed as a CM, so it’s not as it’s a new position for him. I won’t mind introducing A.Ramsey or Chukuw there, or even McGinn himself. But I don’t prefer seeing Buendia or Traore there. Ofcourse for certain games or during a game things could be different, but I’m against making it our main formation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Hope we're working on a new contract for him. Especially since we don't have to fear City buying him back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MaVilla Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 5 minutes ago, Olof82Mellberg4 said: well, thats wonderful n all, but Luiz has 2 years on his contract left, so we either need to get him on a new contract or look to get some profit for him. We dont want to be messing around next summer when he has 1 year left on his contract. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killeen30 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 8 minutes ago, MaVilla said: well, thats wonderful n all, but Luiz has 2 years on his contract left, so we either need to get him on a new contract or look to get some profit for him. We dont want to be messing around next summer when he has 1 year left on his contract. That would be an Arsenal move. Like to think we are more sensible than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 I am utterly convinced this is the season he finally puts it all together. I'm not exactly sure why, maybe it's that a player with as much potential as he has must nail it down at some point or flame into insignificance, and I am choosing to have faith in the former. The guy who almost single handedly kept us up then provided the base upon which our brilliant start to last season was built, the midfielder who was in such a rich vein of form that we were concerned about losing to Manchester City for £35m, is definitely in there. Covid broke him last season, either directly or indirectly. Perhaps Olympic Gold will put him back together again. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 7 minutes ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: I am utterly convinced this is the season he finally puts it all together. I'm not exactly sure why, maybe it's that a player with as much potential as he has must nail it down at some point or flame into insignificance, and I am choosing to have faith in the former. The guy who almost single handedly kept us up then provided the base upon which our brilliant start to last season was built, the midfielder who was in such a rich vein of form that we were concerned about losing to Manchester City for £35m, is definitely in there. Covid broke him last season, either directly or indirectly. Perhaps Olympic Gold will put him back together again. Post-lockdown Luiz was one of my favourite Villa players in many a year. Praying he makes a comeback. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, Keyblade said: Post-lockdown Luiz was one of my favourite Villa players in many a year. Praying he makes a comeback. I think there has been a generalised bout of amnesia amongst the fanbase when it comes to how good he actually was during that period. I was amazed City never bought him on the spot. I remember going into the following season, with the signing of Barkley (derp), thinking we had the best midfield outside of the top 6, with Luiz being the cornerstone of it. For a couple of months, he duly delivered. We know what happened from there, but I myself am guilty of writing him off as an afterthought at stages over this summer. The one shirt we have all highlighted as a 'must improve', and it is in his hands to prove us wrong. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adman Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: I think there has been a generalised bout of amnesia amongst the fanbase when it comes to how good he actually was during that period. I was amazed City never bought him on the spot. I remember going into the following season, with the signing of Barkley (derp), thinking we had the best midfield outside of the top 6, with Luiz being the cornerstone of it. For a couple of months, he duly delivered. We know what happened from there, but I myself am guilty of writing him off as an afterthought at stages over this summer. The one shirt we have all highlighted as a 'must improve', and it is in his hands to prove us wrong. Exactly, and it's a good job his employers have more faith and patience than us lot, to get him back to his best 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 He's still only 23 as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 If we were linked to him this summer and people watched the below he'd be getting raved about as the missing link. Big facts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPJCB Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 7 hours ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: I think there has been a generalised bout of amnesia amongst the fanbase when it comes to how good he actually was during that period. I was amazed City never bought him on the spot. I remember going into the following season, with the signing of Barkley (derp), thinking we had the best midfield outside of the top 6, with Luiz being the cornerstone of it. For a couple of months, he duly delivered. We know what happened from there, but I myself am guilty of writing him off as an afterthought at stages over this summer. The one shirt we have all highlighted as a 'must improve', and it is in his hands to prove us wrong. I vaguely remember being almost as concerned about losing luiz as grealish that summer which feels bonkers now. Hope he can recapture that form Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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