Popular Post Indigo Posted January 18, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 18, 2020 (edited) Love this guy. Some of the criticism is fair in that he can be inconsistent, and gets caught napping on the ball without moving it quick enough at times, but that's the kind of thing you'd expect from a 21 year old that is in his first season in the Premier League. Under normal circumstances it'd be less of an issue as he'd be eased into life in the league but unfortunately our situation dictates otherwise so he's having to learn the hard way. He's our best (fit) midfielder outside of Grealish though, and I think he should play more often than not as for his occasional faults he just offers us more on the ball than our others do in terms of retaining it and actually providing an option. It's more than you can say for other players but he never shies away from showing for the ball, one of the faintest silver linings from the Watford disaster was him showing some bottle when others didn't and even at 3-0 always dropping for and demanding possession in the shallow hope of making something happen. Until Drinkwater gets up to speed (if he can) Luiz does what he's been brought in to do better, he showed that when he came on and the KDB-lite assist for Jack just topped it off. Edited January 18, 2020 by Indigo 7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skruff Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Helped a lot getting on a midfielder with a better range if passing and ability to switch play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 He's a lot better than Drinkwater. Him and Nakamba is our best midfield for the time being. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnski Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Once he sorts his consistency he will be a top player, hopefully he carries his form from today into the Watford game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 I just don't get the feeling we'll have him for that long - he's going to be a top player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV82 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Let's not get ahead of ourselves, he was rightfully dropped but took advantage of his chance off the bench. I hope he starts our next game and shows more consistency because he has bags of talent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sulberto21 Posted January 18, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 18, 2020 Ive said it before if we can somehow persuade N’Zonzi to come and play for us Douglas Luiz’s level will rise considerably. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 51 minutes ago, VillaChris said: And next off the Douglas Luiz random performance generator...an excellent cameo off the bench. His drive and quick passing really got us on the front foot in the second half so would expect him to start on Tuesday. 'Random performance generator' is exactly right. He couldn't be more inconsistent if he tried. Will he score from 30 yards against Watford, or give Deeney another soft penalty to score? Who knows. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted January 18, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 18, 2020 Made a big difference when he and Vassilev came on. Got to start against Watford. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 He seems much better coming off the bench, he did well today and I remember he changed the game to some effect against Chelsea too. If he could find some consistency he’d be a starter every week. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Baller! We have to be patient with him, just a shame we're in a high pressure relegation battle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danishlad Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Hmmn, everyone getting excited because of one pass. He needs to play at a higher tempo with the ball and close down the opposition much quicker when defending. At the moment he is playing below Premier league quality football imo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbcuk Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Better than Nakamba and drinkwater, should be starting midweek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 5 minutes ago, Danishlad said: Hmmn, everyone getting excited because of one pass. He needs to play at a higher tempo with the ball and close down the opposition much quicker when defending. At the moment he is playing below Premier league quality football imo. ‘One pass.’ Winning the ball solo in our own half and taking three touches to turn it into the best assist of the season. Wanting people to not get excited is fine but let’s give credit where it is due. Your points on how he needs to improve are absolutely correct, and exactly what I would expect of any 21 year old with 20 PL appearances to his name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 One pass created the goal. He also had a second that nearly ended up with a goal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 He’s going to be a good player. He’s not there yet but he’s going to be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 It seems whoever we start in midfield the reaction after the game is that they're not good enough and such and such player should be starting instead, and when said alternative midfielders start instead, they do just as poorly, and so we go around and around in circles, because in truth none of our midfielders have been that great except for McGinn. I think we're just weak in midfield full stop whoever starts. Luiz is the one with most promise and will probably become a very good player, but needs help. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 (edited) McGinn was poor after he was pushed back to accommodate Jack moving forwards. We got the best out of Jack doing that but sacrificed Johns early season form. It might just be he was as knackered as he looked but the timing wasn't a coincidence. If we can get the best out of Luiz, Jack and John at the same time. For 4 or 5 games in a row, it might just keep us up. They will all be good Premier League players, maybe all Great Premier League players. Having one of them have a good game and not the other 2 isn't enough. Edited January 18, 2020 by HalfTimePost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 38 minutes ago, Danishlad said: Hmmn, everyone getting excited because of one pass. He needs to play at a higher tempo with the ball and close down the opposition much quicker when defending. At the moment he is playing below Premier league quality football imo. I thought he played well in other aspects aside from the assist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 3 minutes ago, VillaChris said: I thought he played well in other aspects aside from the assist. Defensively was extremely poor from my view, they just passed the ball and zero effort made 4 or 5 times. That's in the limited time he was on. CH gets pelters for only scoring or assisting, yet one good assist and louiz is a world beater ? I'm not saying you said that, you didn't, but others are very easily pleased. He gets too high up the pitch too often and point blank refuses to track back leaving us terribly exposed every game he plays. I dont think he is a dm if he is he is a lazy one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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