lapal_fan Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 (edited) Second best player we have at the club after Jack for me. I think he's absolutely brilliant. He's not taken a bad step yet. Assured to take the ball from defenders, good at passing, calming, tall, strong, collects crosses which are further than 1 yard either side of him, makes good decisions to go long/short with his passing, catches some difficult shots other keepers would spill, sets up defensive walls well, palms shots out of danger, often collects the rebounds and he even has swept up on the odd occasion. Perfect. Edited October 18, 2020 by lapal_fan 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 How many times yesterday did we see Adrian and Pickford spill the types of shots Emi was catching? Pickford cost £30m from a relegated side. £20m is an absolute snip. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Emi is amazing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 This guy. Tony Adams was talking about this, and said that Arteta made the wrong decision with regards to the keepers. Not sure if implying should have been their no1 or just shouldn’t have sold him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldVilla Posted October 19, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 19, 2020 Just outstanding so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 4 hours ago, Thug said: This guy. Tony Adams was talking about this, and said that Arteta made the wrong decision with regards to the keepers. Not sure if implying should have been their no1 or just shouldn’t have sold him. Probably both but to be honest Leno is a very good keeper too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Quality. Pure class this man. Up there with Konsa as one of our top signings in recent times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Emi is making such a massive difference to our whole team. He is cool, calm and composed and gives the whole back line confidence. His shot stopping, decision making, ball handling and leadership qualities are plain to see. Add in his distribution and we’ve got a top class keeper. There was one moment last night where he gathered the ball and tried to start the counter, a low and hard pass up to someone (Grealish maybe?), the Leicester player cut it out but if it had made it through we’d have been through on the counter. Having a goalie that can see counter attacking opportunities and have the ability to execute the pass, is massively valuable. He’s such a nice bloke too. One of my favourite players already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 i think he's giving us a calmness and organisation that you cant see on the highlight reels and maybe not fully understand until you've seen us play both with and without him, he's fit our team like a glove its not the saves, catches , distribution etc its that he's made our defensive unit better, we're playing with a lot of confidence at the back, that's where the stuff like "better than leno" becomes near impossible to measure, his best skill might be his ability to talk to mings, how do you put that in to a stat? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 It's really hard to pick our your favourites of the summer transfers, but Emi certainly is up there. Superb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen_Evans Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 10 hours ago, Dave-R said: Wasnt tested was he apart from when he had to run out and deal with a run at edge of box, dealt with it wonderfully. Contrast that with Reina’s mad dash out of the same goal in March... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusr Posted October 19, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, KenjiOgiwara said: It's really hard to pick our your favourites of the summer transfers, but Emi certainly is up there. Superb. No I don’t think it is that difficult. He provides not only quality saves but provides some much needed confidence for the defence in front of him. Without Emi I reckon we could easily be 6-9 points down. If he didn’t save that penalty we would have lost/drawn against Sheffield. He made a couple of early key saves against Liverpool, which if they had scored, Liverpool would have likely kicked on. Last night, whilst it was limited chances, good keepers never lose focus. If he didn’t make that deflected save (which given how late he saw it, was a good save) then Leicester would be the ones celebrating a close win in a very marginal game. Whilst I am excited by all the signings, he has already made so many key contributions and it has only been 4 games. Edited October 19, 2020 by cyrusr Clarity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCU Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Love him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 The defence does seem to be so much more confident and it must have something to do with having Emi behind them. He is a giant between the sticks and he is so comfortable with all the back-passes. I hope he keeps up this standard of performance throughout his career with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 That save of the deflected shot was really impressive 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MaVilla Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 1 hour ago, ciggiesnbeer said: That save of the deflected shot was really impressive I thought that too, could easily have missed it or mis judged it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 We would probably have about 4 points if Nyland was playing. A good goalie just make such a big difference. Also noticed he's so active on Insta on all our players posts. He's absolutely loving it here, feeling appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 19, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 19, 2020 He's been excellent. With Heaton on the way back I'd have said in the window that we didn't need a first choice keeper to be signed. I was wrong. he's made a massive difference 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Im sure he has super glue on those gloves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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