Zhan_Zhuang Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 I thought Buendia was good tonight, possibly his best game so far? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Starting to get better, lost the ball a few times in dangerous areas, but also created a good chance. He has a good football brain, he’s very good at slick little one touches and putting people into space. Hopefully he continues to improve and shows his worth. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 I've been one of his biggest defenders on here, but I thought he was just so-so tonight. He was a real threat in the final third, but didn't look quite as impressive in the centre of the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 (edited) 35 minutes ago, icouldtelltheworld said: Swear I watch a different game to some of you lot sometimes. Still not 100% but he had a good game tonight, creative players need time to gel with their team mates and build understanding, you can really see that happening now and he looks much better for it. He's going to be really good for us and pretty much everything good in the second half involved him. I like him a lot He looks like he enjoys Dougie being a bit further forward. Great linkup for the Carney chance. Edited December 2, 2021 by Tom13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 I'm glad Gerrard kept him on for the full 90. That will do his confidence the world of good. He was great today. Still a ways away off where he can be at. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 2 hours ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: I thought Buendia was good tonight, possibly his best game so far? Yeah still not at his best but definitely improving, few times he misplaced a pass that on form would have had someone through on goal, but should have had a couple of assists if people had had more composure - the ball to Chukwuemaka for his chance was delicious. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Should have had a great chance to make it 1-0 if Bailey wasn't a potato 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Farlz Posted December 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 2, 2021 I have more faith in Buendia coming good than I do Bailey at least 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 He was picking up some great positions and showed some lovely touches again. Shame he was ignored inexplicably every time. Taking longer than I thought, but he’s getting there… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted December 2, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 2, 2021 Thought he was good vs Citeh. Most of our nice interplay and better attacking raids has Buendia in it - the lad can pick a pass. Some slick stuff with Bailey, Watkins and that chance for Chuck - more please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAlex Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 The longer Beale works with the players on the training pitch the better Buendia will become I think. The little interplays is where his talent really comes alive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Club record signing and we are nearly half way through the season. He hasn't been good enough and he lost my patience and sympathy when he **** off to Argentina when the club asked him not to. Glimpses of excellence but that's not enough for the fee we paid. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted December 2, 2021 Author Share Posted December 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Club record signing and we are nearly half way through the season. He hasn't been good enough and he lost my patience and sympathy when he **** off to Argentina when the club asked him not to. Glimpses of excellence but that's not enough for the fee we paid. 100%. Glimpses aren’t enough. He needs to be better than he has been. Agree with others that he was better than he has been at times last night. Still a ways to go for me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 (edited) 13 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Club record signing and we are nearly half way through the season. He hasn't been good enough and he lost my patience and sympathy when he **** off to Argentina when the club asked him not to. Glimpses of excellence but that's not enough for the fee we paid. Gerrard seem to disagree with you. Gerrard said he had a good game and I tend to agree. Funny how we all see the games so differently. Bailey on the other hand I thought put out a disgraceful performance. Edited December 2, 2021 by villalad21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattVillaPortsmouth Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Showed last night in glimpse of his talent, some of his touches were class, some of runs were great and some of his passing sublime - have been critical so far, but I (think) I saw last night what we brought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Looks like there's a player in there somewhere. The problem is that I think the only position he can play is number 10 because he doesn't have any pace or ability to go past a defender. I'm not sure he'll really fit into our system long term but let's see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 (edited) I think he’s a very talented player he’s just not record signing talent. I think we got mugged off with what we paid. Unless he can some how build his upper body strength to not get shrugged off the ball so easily I think he will always be a useful squad player rather than the player many thought we had signed. Edited December 2, 2021 by Vive_La_Villa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 2 hours ago, VillaAlex said: The longer Beale works with the players on the training pitch the better Buendia will become I think. The little interplays is where his talent really comes alive. He plays a mean through ball as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Other Mat Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 (edited) His confidence has obviously taken a knock but you could see as the game wore on he was getting in the flow and his confidence grew. He finds space and links play brilliantly and he puts at least one opportunity on a plate for another player, every game, he'd have at least another 3 assists if Ings/Carney had put them away. No other player in our squad does that as regularly as Buendia. Edited December 2, 2021 by The Other Mat 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 We actually need the other players to adapt to him rather than the other way round - he made some great runs that were ignored in the first half and the rest of the team didn't quite play at his tempo or see what he was doing at times. He's the most creative player we have and when we're all singing off the same hymn sheet, he could be a very important player for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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