alreadyexists Posted September 29, 2020 Author VT Supporter Share Posted September 29, 2020 4 hours ago, maqroll said: I almost felt bad for the guy Me too, but then I remembered he’s a word removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 He really was excellent. Such an annoyance to play against. I can say with no doubt he'll be winning nothing long balls against Gomez and van Dijk as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tomav84 Posted September 29, 2020 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2020 i genuinely think he'll be one of the most complete forwards ever to wear the villa shirt. and i'm not exaggerating there. he gets in so many different positions; tap ins, long range, cutting inside from wide, headers, the lot. he will get loads for us this season but also can see him getting a load of assists too. he'll play for england one day, for sure 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: He really was excellent. Such an annoyance to play against. I can say with no doubt he'll be winning nothing long balls against Gomez and van Dijk as well. Did everything but score, fantastic signing, surprised by how physically strong he is too, when he fully gets used to his team mates he will be an absolute beast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilbertoAVFC Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 3 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Ultimately he will be judged on goals and as long as he continues to play how he has the last two games the goals will come. Shouldn't really be the case though if we are scoring three away from home and he is at the centre of it. If he does a Firmino for us, no one will complain. Think he will score plenty though, just could do without people moaning if he doesn't score for a couple more games. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 1 hour ago, gilbertoAVFC said: Shouldn't really be the case though if we are scoring three away from home and he is at the centre of it. If he does a Firmino for us, no one will complain. Think he will score plenty though, just could do without people moaning if he doesn't score for a couple more games. I agree it shouldn’t be the case but we have quite a few stattos about. Seem to ignore what they see and judge the player on the stats instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Anybody else notice him interchanging with Trezeguet at times last night with Ollie occupying the left and Trezeguet in the middle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 1 minute ago, gwi1890 said: Anybody else notice him interchanging with Trezeguet at times last night with Ollie occupying the left and Trezeguet in the middle? Yeah. Will work even better with Watkins, grealish and traore. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rightdm00 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 29 minutes ago, MaVilla said: Yeah. Will work even better with Watkins, grealish and traore. Trez had a really good run cutting in from the left. Shows how badly we needed that inverted winger option on the right. GWT™ is going to unlock a whole new level of attack for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 6 hours ago, tomav84 said: i genuinely think he'll be one of the most complete forwards ever to wear the villa shirt. and i'm not exaggerating there. I think Wesley and Samatta has put the bar really low. That being said this guy looks like a proper striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 I really like him, he has added a dimension to our front running. I also found it interesting listening to Jamie Carragher, talking about Firmino and highlighting his lack of goals, but still keeps his place due to his workrate and pressing and other attributes other than scoring. We are all sometimes pre-occupied by strikers scoring and that is understandable and helpful.....but as long as the team is scoring, we've cracked it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenfly Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 1 hour ago, TRO said: I really like him, he has added a dimension to our front running. I also found it interesting listening to Jamie Carragher, talking about Firmino and highlighting his lack of goals, but still keeps his place due to his workrate and pressing and other attributes other than scoring. We are all sometimes pre-occupied by strikers scoring and that is understandable and helpful.....but as long as the team is scoring, we've cracked it. This is why I think the term "striker" should be retired. It implies emphasis on goalscoring, but a well rounded centre forward offers so much more than that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 1 hour ago, TRO said: I really like him, he has added a dimension to our front running. I also found it interesting listening to Jamie Carragher, talking about Firmino and highlighting his lack of goals, but still keeps his place due to his workrate and pressing and other attributes other than scoring. We are all sometimes pre-occupied by strikers scoring and that is understandable and helpful.....but as long as the team is scoring, we've cracked it. 4 minutes ago, Greenfly said: This is why I think the term "striker" should be retired. It implies emphasis on goalscoring, but a well rounded centre forward offers so much more than that. Really with a modern front 3, as long as all of them have some contribution to goals, general play, channel running, pressing etc, you have cracked it. I reckon watkins, grealish and traore will end up being a very good front 3 for us this season. (I hope) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MaVilla Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 8 hours ago, Brumstopdogs said: i cant believe thats true, didnt Mitrovic win about 500 aerial duels??? (granted he didnt score, but sure he got his head on a lot of crosses) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 7 minutes ago, MaVilla said: i cant believe thats true, didnt Mitrovic win about 500 aerial duels??? (granted he didnt score, but sure he got his head on a lot of crosses) 7 (Watkins) vs 5 (Mitrovic) according to whoscored.com 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Greenfly said: This is why I think the term "striker" should be retired. It implies emphasis on goalscoring, but a well rounded centre forward offers so much more than that. Indeed, alot of the top teams no longer have a "striker " IMO. Goal come from all over the pitch, mostly from wingers and attacking midfielders etc. It's more of a forward line all playing their parts more than anything. EDIT: Just realised @MaVillabasically said the same thing above. Edited September 29, 2020 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 1 hour ago, MaVilla said: Really with a modern front 3, as long as all of them have some contribution to goals, general play, channel running, pressing etc, you have cracked it. I reckon watkins, grealish and traore will end up being a very good front 3 for us this season. (I hope) Its crucial the 2 wide players also defend too when it’s required. Full backs have been supported much better by our wide players since lockdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 3 hours ago, Greenfly said: This is why I think the term "striker" should be retired. It implies emphasis on goalscoring, but a well rounded centre forward offers so much more than that. So people have just woken up to Heskey being a good player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Get used to seeing this a lot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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