villa89 Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 10 hours ago, DRAGONZ_RULE said: Lastly, Villa fans seriously have to calm down with this obsession about being a European team. You are still a long way off that level, We're not though, Fulham are in the last European place at the moment, 3 points ahead of us. West Ham qualified for Europe last season and look at them now. It doesn't take much to get into 7th/8th, the gap is not that big. However if you want to get from 8th to 4th or 3rd then the gap is enormous. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted January 21, 2023 Author Share Posted January 21, 2023 Average. Him and Bailey need to be replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Just now, Delphinho123 said: Average. Him and Bailey need to be replaced. Interesting - I thought Buendia looked decent today. Very bright on the ball, lots of quick interchanges. All slowed down rapidly after he went off. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 4 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: Average. Him and Bailey need to be replaced. i think they'd be both good squad players but having that top tier competition would transform the team. being able to rotate him I think would bring out the best of him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted January 21, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2023 Looks better without the ball than with it atm. Which is a problem for one of our supposed creative players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 8 minutes ago, bobzy said: Interesting - I thought Buendia looked decent today. Very bright on the ball, lots of quick interchanges. All slowed down rapidly after he went off. 100% - Coutinho came on and nothing worked for him. Buendia had a very solid game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 10 hours ago, DRAGONZ_RULE said: Unbelievable how much negative hyperbole there is from a certain few about this guy, despite others posting factual evidence showing he is in fact one of the best performers in the team I'm sure I even saw someone say a few pages ago that he's too slow to start for any top half team in the league. Arsenal currently destroying the league with Odegaard at 10, he might be the slowest player in the league! City have Bernardo Silva, Grealish and Foden, none of whom would be much quicker than Buendia, if at all. Buendia's success or otherwise in this league will not come down to his pace, fmd. Put him in Arsenal's team instead of Odegaard and I don't know how much worse he would perform than their captain - I'm sure not quite as well given the latter is a Real Madrid starlet, but nevertheless I'm also confident he would be doing just fine. Lastly, Villa fans seriously have to calm down with this obsession about being a European team. You are still a long way off that level, and Buendia certainly won't be the first player to be replaced on your way to getting there. Your entire backline, your whole central midfield excluding Kamara, and your striker are all positions that would need upgrading before Buendia. I agree with your first sentence. The rest is nonsense. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 1 minute ago, KentVillan said: I agree with your first sentence. The rest is nonsense. Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Thought he looked alright linking play and like the rest of the team, gash with the final ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 13 minutes ago, bobzy said: Interesting - I thought Buendia looked decent today. Very bright on the ball, lots of quick interchanges. All slowed down rapidly after he went off. Agree with this. ATEOTD I presume his role is fairly explicitly to try passes that are lower-percentage but higher-reward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david-avfc Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Thought he was poor today, gave the ball away too many times and didn't create much either. I like him as a player but he needs to up his game now to reflect his potential if he is going to become a key player for us. I think we need more options in the forward positions to alleviate the pressure on both him and Bailey, and I'm not sure Coutinho is the answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHY Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Whilst we are winning I’m happy for him to be in the team but we need better if we are serious about challenging for Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 We really have wasted so much money. How the people who signed these people are still in employment at the club is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 I thought he was good overall that’s why we dominated the game because he was good along with others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 He was good both off the ball and on the ball first half. Second half he was quiet so he was replaced by coutinho who was a lot worse both on and off the ball 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Start of the second half i think it was Emi who had a 10 min purple patch. Step overs dummies and quick clever passing. Reminded me of prime Lee Hendrie there and thats not a cuss . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Upgrade in summer please unai.literally been a massive disappointment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister_a Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 He’s great when he has someone on his wavelength on the team, like he did with Pukki at Norwich. Unfortunately, we don’t have that player, and until we do we will lose the ball a lot when he is playing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCU Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 I thought he was poor to be honest and he’s looking like the weak link in our team. His work rate is great but some of his decision making is atrocious. I feel like a lot of people are scared to criticise him and I’m not sure why? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 When you’ve to nit pick to “ find “ essentially the good things he did/does , you know he ain’t that good - and he isn’t. Since day 1 the overriding issue is still a problem and will continue to be - he’s too weak physically and still backs himself to take a ball into a ruck and to come out with it, gets turned over and puts us on the back foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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