Dodgyknees Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 11 minutes ago, Zatman said: Not really, we didnt push the full backs crazy forward in Gerrard early days Makelele on his greatest day couldn't clean up the defensive mess from Gerrard system I think we did push them forward, but I don’t think Target was confident and when he did he didn’t track back - and Cash wasn’t quite as confident either. The difference is Nakamba filled in massively, whereas for whatever reason the midfield we currently use don’t have that workrate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Just now, Dodgyknees said: I think we did push them forward, but I don’t think Target was confident and when he did he didn’t track back - and Cash wasn’t quite as confident either. The difference is Nakamba filled in massively, whereas for whatever reason the midfield we currently use don’t have that workrate. But that made the defensive shape more solid. I like Nakamba but people saying he will make us automically better as he is a defensive midfielder is bullshit. Was the same on here with Luke Young and ReoCoker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 26 minutes ago, Zatman said: But that made the defensive shape more solid. I like Nakamba but people saying he will make us automically better as he is a defensive midfielder is bullshit. Was the same on here with Luke Young and ReoCoker Totally different scenarios, because we were better when Nakamba played in this system. Whether that’s to do with a confident team or Nakamba making a difference we won’t know till he’s back in the team (and has had a run of games). We can’t decide after one game, he needs 5 or 6 to see if we revert back to the form we had before he was injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Just now, Dodgyknees said: Totally different scenarios, because we were better when Nakamba played in this system. Whether that’s to do with a confident team or Nakamba making a difference we won’t know till he’s back in the team (and has had a run of games). We can’t decide after one game, he needs 5 or 6 to see if we revert back to the form we had before he was injured. But Nakamba didnt play the system we actually play now. The clips on Twitter of Luiz being exposed by 3 Spurs players each time as the only centre midfielder ... Will be the same with Nakamba 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 15 hours ago, Dodgyknees said: Totally different scenarios, because we were better when Nakamba played in this system. Whether that’s to do with a confident team or Nakamba making a difference we won’t know till he’s back in the team (and has had a run of games). We can’t decide after one game, he needs 5 or 6 to see if we revert back to the form we had before he was injured. We also played Nakamba and Luiz together for a few of those positive games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedge Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Great to see Marv back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywpzq6MoowU 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 13 minutes ago, wedge said: Great to see Marv back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywpzq6MoowU thats some wonderful stuff right there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sulberto21 Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Villadevon said: When the journalist said 6 months I could almost hear Marv say “4 months bellend.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 What's happening with Nakamba now? When he was out injured people were counting the days to his return, now he's been back for over a month but still didn't get on the pitch against Norwich. Is the plan to use him like Smith sometimes used to, against the most difficult opposition where Villa are expecting to spend most of the game defending? If so will he be on the bench against Burnley and then suddenly appear vs Liverpool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 I think he will play against Burnley, well he should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 3 minutes ago, VillaParkAvenue said: What's happening with Nakamba now? When he was out injured people were counting the days to his return, now he's been back for over a month but still didn't get on the pitch against Norwich. Is the plan to use him like Smith sometimes used to, against the most difficult opposition where Villa are expecting to spend most of the game defending? If so will he be on the bench against Burnley and then suddenly appear vs Liverpool? People aren’t normally rushed back after injury, look how it’s affected Bailey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 6 minutes ago, gwi1890 said: People aren’t normally rushed back after injury, look how it’s affected Bailey Absolutely. As long as the injury has healed you'd expect him to work his way back by making shorter appearances. Just curious about what Gerrard's plans are for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 All the hype that his injury caused our downfall he has played 3minutes since his return, Was a perfect game for him to come on and get minutes 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 21 minutes ago, Zatman said: All the hype that his injury caused our downfall he has played 3minutes since his return, Was a perfect game for him to come on and get minutes Nakamba was used by Smith in games where we expected to have very little of the ball so Liverpool would be a typical Nakamba game. Still a bit strange to start him there with almost no warm-up minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 I think he's worth keeping next season as we need players content with limited game time who can do a job when called upon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 21 minutes ago, CVByrne said: I think he's worth keeping next season as we need players content with limited game time who can do a job when called upon. Yes thats a good point although having him around would kind of limit timmys playing time if we signed a bissouma type Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: Yes thats a good point although having him around would kind of limit timmys playing time if we signed a bissouma type I dunno if it would. Nakamba would be there only if there is injury. Tim probably would do a loan anyway to Championship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHY Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Think if he stayed on we would’ve got a point. Midfield looks so much better when he plays imo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvilla28 Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Yep good solid tidy player does his job and will get better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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