Wurzel Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Very true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommo Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 I'm worried about Buendia - I can sort of see there's a serious player in there. There were glimmers against Wolves and it was a decent finish against Brentford. He doesn't have the benefit in my eyes of having watched him previously that much. Because I more or less only watch Villa I can only compare him to two players so far: Jota and Carles Gil, due to their high skill set but low physical stature. Jota had some ability but no pace or physical presence, and who since Villa has disappeared from the sport. Buendia has a £40m price tag and he is in Jota's ball park currently for me. Gil on the other hand, came from nowhere, more or less every touch was gold for Villa, and has since disappeared (at least from Europe). Buendia barely looks half the player of Gil. I hope things work out for Emi, and they probably will in some way. I made the Jota comparison with my dad and said he didn't look fit to lace Voldemort's boots after the first few games and checked myself immediately, but today vs Arsenal... woah, not too far off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 If he doesn't do the business at some point I'm never trusting Norwich fans again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Looks so much worse live. Weak as piss. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 59 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: I haven't given up on him yet. Just as we have Ollie and Ings cancelling each other out, we need to put him in a system which allows him to play. We have some good individual players, but we are wasting them currently. That’s garbage. He continually takes the ball into opposition players when his own team mates are available. And loses it. Talk about systems till the cows come home but you gotta start with accountability. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Villarocker said: Saying that playing centrally isn't his strong point is fine but, for £40, I expect a player to be able to: 1) Control a ball from a throw-in 2) Be able to make a simple pass He looks like a child amongst men. He was terrible last night. Agree with this and agree with whoever compared him to Carles Gil. I think this could well go down as our worst signing in history but I’m willing to give him time and pray that that is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 7 hours ago, LondonLax said: Being good for Norwich in the championship doesn’t mean a lot. He’s not got the time and space he had there and seems to be struggling with the step up. He was good when they were in the PL too, which is why his form is so confusing. One of his standout qualities was how deceptively strong he was on the ball...very hard to push off with his low center of gravity. He seems to be made of paper now, gets brushed off with ease. I think that preseason injury messed up his rhythm, I suspect something similar for Watkins too who also looks off the pace and we know he was mint in the PL last season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digavilla Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 He’s a quality player , but need to play in the right position & formation. He’s not the central midfielder himself , better in a unit with light minded skillful player .. Behrama , or even David Silva needed a season to get up to speed too if I remember correctly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 He's looking an absolute bust of a signing so far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 5 hours ago, Tomaszk said: If he doesn't do the business at some point I'm never trusting Norwich fans again. Buendia rarely played as a 10 for Norwich. I think we need to play 4-3-3 and play Buendia RWF to get the best out of him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 It's interesting to go and read some thoughts in this thread from a week ago, at which point it was widely considered a really promising performance, and he was only bested to MotM by McGinn., Now he could be on track to be our worst signing in history. Just a handful of the appraisals from a week ago, that were all very fair and reasonable based on the performance,. He was shocking last night, but so were plenty of others. Writing him off this early is ridiculous. On 16/10/2021 at 17:07, villalad21 said: Our best player. Should never be taken off and need to start every game. On 16/10/2021 at 17:11, VillaChris said: Given him stick so only fair.....MOTM by a mile. Nice to see the Norwich Buendia finally turning up in Aston. On 16/10/2021 at 18:13, Spoony said: I’ve been wanting something from him and got it today. If he keeps that up he will be vital to any progress we make On 16/10/2021 at 17:32, Farlz said: Better today, some good moments and his tracking back/work rate was excellent. Thought at the time subbing him off was fine but obviously not, hindsight and all that. On 16/10/2021 at 17:13, Stevo985 said: His best game for us today. Second only to McGinn. Should have stayed on 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted October 23, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted October 23, 2021 The answer is quite simple, Bench him until his replacement loses the shirt, rinse repeat. Same with all of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHY Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 He’s weak, slow, poor passer, moans a lot, his most annoying habit though is the number of times he turns into trouble. Personally think we’ve looked better and more balanced in midfield when he isn’t in the team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughable Chimp Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 47 minutes ago, Davkaus said: It's interesting to go and read some thoughts in this thread from a week ago, at which point it was widely considered a really promising performance, and he was only bested to MotM by McGinn., Now he could be on track to be our worst signing in history. Just a handful of the appraisals from a week ago, that were all very fair and reasonable based on the performance,. He was shocking last night, but so were plenty of others. Writing him off this early is ridiculous. People are reactionary. Who woulda thunk it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHY Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 50 minutes ago, Davkaus said: It's interesting to go and read some thoughts in this thread from a week ago, at which point it was widely considered a really promising performance, and he was only bested to MotM by McGinn., Now he could be on track to be our worst signing in history. Just a handful of the appraisals from a week ago, that were all very fair and reasonable based on the performance,. He was shocking last night, but so were plenty of others. Writing him off this early is ridiculous. It was a massive over reaction last week though and said it at the time. He was better last week but it wouldn’t have been hard. He’s been poor in general since we have signed him. Unless he suddenly gets faster and stronger I don’t see much improving for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Arsenal fans thanking us for signing him now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted October 23, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted October 23, 2021 Ramsey looks a better player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCU Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 I think he’s learning the prem ain’t like the championship. Look how quick arsenal were closing down yesterday, Buendia didn’t have chance to think. It’ll come for him but we’ve got to stay patient. Use him as a sub and ease him in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 He was being way overrated in the summer, people were reacting as if we'd signed a galectico, I got called a troll for pointing out that the last time he was in the Premier League he only scored once, if he was as good as being made out we would have had more competition for his signature, and that Smith Rowe would have been a bigger signing... And also that despite it being our record transfer fee, £30m doesn't get you guaranteed quality these days, that's the kind of money that Everton paid for Iwobi and Leicester paid for Pérez, for the money we paid him being an improvement on Trezeguet, El Ghazi, and Traore, would make him a good signing for the money we paid... He was being way overrated then, and is equally being too easily written off now, he hasn't even played five games worth of football in the premier league for us yet, the most important thing is to play him in his correct position, playing him in a midfield three means not only do we not get the best out of him it also weakens our midfield because we sacrifice a specialist midfielder to fit him in. I think he will come good, maybe not as good as some were predicting in the summer - ark, if he was that good he would have cost £60m plus never mind £30m - but good enough to justify the money we paid for him, maybe more than justify it. Needs a run of games in a settled line-up so he can start developing an understanding with our other attacking players. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody1000 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 8 hours ago, Sulberto21 said: High expectations there mate. He’s looking every bit a £40 player! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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