Emiliano Buendía

[Awol]

44 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said:

He's all over the official Twitter, he's starting

That would be great:

Ollie——Ings——Young

SJM——Marv——Emi

Better than last season with Bailey still to come in. Exciting. 

[PaulMcGrath_5]

Perhaps see a diamond 4-4-2 if Buendia starts on Saturday?

Watkins         Ings

          Buendia

McGinn           Chuk/Ramsey

         Nakamba

[Shay]

In an ideal world, i would play Emi in a unorthodox role as a left central midfielder of a 4-3-3 much like how Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid used Angel Di Maria in that 2013-14 season with great effect as they won the Champions League and Copa Del Rey.

Benzema played up top with CR7 and Bale as the wide forwards. Whenever CR7 cut into central positions, Di Maria would move out wide to take up attacking positions on the left wing, providing another option on the wing, essentially changing the formation to 4-4-2 or a 4-2-4 when they were on the attack;

                      Casillas

               Pepe          Ramos 

 Carvajal         Alonso        Marcelo

          Modric         Di Maria    

    Bale          Benzema          CR7                                      

                   

That season was Di Maria best season in his entire career to date. I think Buendia could play this role well. I can see Watkins in the CR7 role. Last season he drifted wide alot of times. The problem is, we dont have Modric and Xabi Alonso to support Buendia in midfield…but i still want to see us try it out;

 

                     Martinez

               Konsa          Mings

 Cash                 Luiz             Targett

                JWP           Buendia

      Bailey          Ings          Watkins

 

Realistically though, wont happen. We’ll probably play a 4-3-3 with a double pivot or something. We dont have JWP, and he’s no Modric either. Luiz isnt Alonso yet. We just dont have the personnel in midfield to support Buendia. 

This role is what i envisioned Grealish could take up, but Grealish who?.. Buendia can do it ten times better. 

Edited August 11, 2021 by Shay

[DCJonah]

2 hours ago, StefanAVFC said:

He's all over the official Twitter, he's starting

After the Grealish thread, I thought we were done with picking up on social media hints from our twitter admin.

[WallisFrizz]

Just now, DCJonah said:

After the Grealish thread, I thought we were done with picking up on social media hints from our twitter admin.

Also, Ross Barkley last season was all over the Villa social media for the 2-3 months he was out injured. I honestly don’t think the social media team get tips from the treatment room as to who to feature and who not to.

[Vive_La_Villa]

Be surprised if Emi starts on Saturday.  Fingers crossed.

 

Edited August 10, 2021 by Vive_La_Villa

[osmark86]

1 hour ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

Be surprised if Emi starts on Saturday.  Fingers crossed.

 

Fingers crossed indeed. Think he'll end up our best player this season.

[DCJonah]

2 hours ago, WallisFrizz said:

Also, Ross Barkley last season was all over the Villa social media for the 2-3 months he was out injured. I honestly don’t think the social media team get tips from the treatment room as to who to feature and who not to.

Yeah exactly. 

I seriously doubt our twitter guy is in the select group that knows the starting line ups days before games are played. 

[dont_do_it_doug.]

Wee bit of bedtime reading for you, kids. 

http://analyticsfc.co.uk/blog/2021/04/05/emi-buendia-jack-of-all-trades-master-of-all/

Quote

Football is often described as a chess match. Unlike chess, though, in football, the pieces move all at once and their movements aren’t restricted to specific squares. Instead, players are expected to fulfil multiple roles and responsibilities at once. Where previously players might have got away with excelling in a single area, elite clubs are increasingly looking for footballers who are adept in multiple areas. 

Emi Buendia is the answer to the many questions we now ask of our forwards in football. He’s not a chess piece performing rehearsed patterns. Rather, he possesses an excellent combination of abilities; a combination that produces more output than any single one could hope to yield. Big clubs shouldn’t just knock on the door for him this coming transfer window: they should break the door down. Here’s why. 

He is going to be phenomenal. 

[Keyblade]

The absolute madman:

http://analyticsfc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Progressive-Passes-1.gif

[MrBlack]

3 minutes ago, dont_do_it_doug. said:

Wee bit of bedtime reading for you, kids. 

http://analyticsfc.co.uk/blog/2021/04/05/emi-buendia-jack-of-all-trades-master-of-all/

He is going to be phenomenal. 

Have felt this way since before we signed him. So glad it was us that secured him and he seems to be right on board the Villa hype train. He getting some serious love from the fans next season

[Keyblade]

I also couldn't think of a better replacement for Jack if I tried. That we got it done so early in the window, with a view for him to play alongside Jack shows our owners are not playing around.

[Thug]

1 hour ago, dont_do_it_doug. said:

Wee bit of bedtime reading for you, kids. 

http://analyticsfc.co.uk/blog/2021/04/05/emi-buendia-jack-of-all-trades-master-of-all/

He is going to be phenomenal. 

I’ll probably get ridiculed, and people will say I’m just saying this with sour grapes…

But he’s gonna be better than Jack.

There, I said it.  Don’t care how many confused and laughing emojis this post gets.

[Kiwivillan]

11 minutes ago, Thug said:

I’ll probably get ridiculed, and people will say I’m just saying this with sour grapes…

But he’s gonna be better than Jack.

There, I said it.  Don’t care how many confused and laughing emojis this post gets.

No I agree in overall metrics and probably less likely to miss as much games injured as Jack has last few seasons

[jackbauer24]

23 minutes ago, Thug said:

I’ll probably get ridiculed, and people will say I’m just saying this with sour grapes…

But he’s gonna be better than Jack.

There, I said it.  Don’t care how many confused and laughing emojis this post gets.

I've suspected that might be the case before. If Jack wasn't 'one of us' it would be a legitimate question in my view.

I think Grealish is an exceptional ENGLISH talent which gets him noticed... but Buendia looked just as skillful, more hard working and more tenacious (not grumpy!) in a much poorer Norwich team.

I think come the end of the season people might genuinely wonder which one is better.

Only issue is we're back to ONE player of that level, would have been amazing to see a couple in the midfield.

[Shay]

7 hours ago, dont_do_it_doug. said:

Wee bit of bedtime reading for you, kids. 

http://analyticsfc.co.uk/blog/2021/04/05/emi-buendia-jack-of-all-trades-master-of-all/

He is going to be phenomenal. 

this analysis shows perfectly that he can play on the left/right of a 3 man midfield. Observe from the clips how often he takes up the inside left/right positions. 

[Sulberto21]

I have a feeling that Buendia to Bailey who scores is going to be a common theme this season.

[It's Your Round]

I really hope he’s fit to start on Saturday, we can wait for Bailey, but I don’t want to wait for both of them. I guess we’ll know more after Friday’s press conference. 

[Awol]

31 minutes ago, Sulberto21 said:

I have a feeling that Buendia to Bailey who scores is going to be a common theme this season.

If he’s got Watkins, Ings and Bailey all running different channels in front of him it’ll be a nightmare for defences. 

[Zhan_Zhuang]

10 hours ago, Keyblade said:

I also couldn't think of a better replacement for Jack if I tried. That we got it done so early in the window, with a view for him to play alongside Jack shows our owners are not playing around.

This. 

Buendia is over a year younger than Greal-hiss and has played almost as many games. His all-round stats are much better, here's hoping he can make the step-up to the PL.

Big season for Buendia.