Popular Post Steero113 Posted December 7, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2021 (edited) 23 hours ago, TomC said: I don't think the club ever expected him to be a player of the same ilk as Grealish. I think Bailey was brought in to replace Jack's abilities carrying the ball through midfield, and Buendia to replace his abilities passing in the final third. Think he can at least get close to Jack's carrying ability, albeit not fully replace. Once he's hit his stride I feel a lot of people will be very impressed with how he carries. He brings ball carrying and final 3rd passing. Edited December 7, 2021 by Steero113 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughable Chimp Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Steero113 said: Think he can at least get close to Jack's carrying ability, albeit not fully replace. Once he's hit his stride I feel a lot of people will be very impressed with how he carries. He brings ball carrying and final 3rd passing. That stat is quite an outlier. For 80% of the games so far, he didn't record more than a single successful dribble the entire game. He's been much more of a passer than a dribbler for us. Edited December 7, 2021 by Laughable Chimp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 Just now, Laughable Chimp said: That stat is quite an outlier. For 80% of the games so far, he didn't record more than a single successful dribble the entire game. Think that's part of the point, he is on a massively upward trajectory under Gerrard. For example, he wasn't even in the top 25 for chances created per 90 for the first 10 matches of the season. Now he's first. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 On 07/12/2021 at 18:48, Steero113 said: Think that's part of the point, he is on a massively upward trajectory under Gerrard. For example, he wasn't even in the top 25 for chances created per 90 for the first 10 matches of the season. Now he's first. It's also a bit redundant to compare him pre-Gerrard as he wasn't settled yet and it's taking time to get him on the team's wavelength or more accurately, they're getting on his. I was also thinking about how some people being a bit snippy about his body language or so-called attitude and I'm just wondering if it's because they've not had much exposure to that culture or players from that part of the world. Besides Buendia, I think the only Argentinian we've had was Gustavo Bartelt, and he never featured, so they're not used to the passion/competitiveness that you can get from these players. I worked with an Argentinian guy who was as nice as anything for the most part, into his Buddhism and zen stuff, but get him on the football pitch or basketball court and he transformed into an absolute monster - just couldn't really control it because that's how they're brought up in a sporting capacity. The Uruguayans are pretty similar culturally and call this sort of pathological determination to win 'Garra Charrua' - I read an article about it the other day if anyone's interested - https://thesefootballtimes.co/2020/08/12/garra-charrua-and-the-psychology-of-uruguayan-football/ 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 On 26/09/2021 at 16:26, Delphinho123 said: I wonder if we’d be a better side with Buendia playing as a 10 behind Watkins/Ings in our current formation? Personally, I’d have him behind Watkins, but it’s a tough call to leave Ings out. I don't think it will be a fixed 11 like it was......Rotation will be the formula, moving forward, with tactics and energy upgrades, changing mid game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 (edited) Buendia is really wild hearted, in the game when he was subbed and some thought he had a attitude problem, watching the replay whenever the cameras showed the bench you could see him getting really animated watching the game. Shows that he cares a lot, maybe that's part of the reason why he hasn't been at his best yet, possibly trying too hard Edited December 9, 2021 by useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 15 minutes ago, lexicon said: It's also a bit redundant to compare him pre-Gerrard as he wasn't settled yet and it's taking time to get him on the team's wavelength or more accurately, they're getting on his. I was also thinking about how some people being a bit snippy about his body language or so-called attitude and I'm just wondering if it's because they've not had much exposure to that culture or players from that part of the world. Besides Buendia, I think the only Argentinian we've had was Gustavo Bartelt, and he never featured, so they're not used to the passion/competitiveness that you can get from these players. I worked with an Argentinian guy who was as nice as anything for the most part, into his Buddhism and zen stuff, but get him on the football pitch or basketball court and he transformed into an absolute monster - just couldn't really control it because that's how they're brought up in a sporting capacity. The Uruguayans are pretty similar culturally and call this sort of pathological determination to win 'Garra Charrua' - I read an article about it the other day if anyone's interested - https://thesefootballtimes.co/2020/08/12/garra-charrua-and-the-psychology-of-uruguayan-football/ SG must have had South American ancestary.....He is "Garra Charrua" personified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Other than Jack Villa don't usually have many flair players down the years. The last one previous was probably Merse. I think he just needs to rein in a bit and not always go for the most difficult through ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Steero113 Posted December 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2021 (edited) 58 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: Other than Jack Villa don't usually have many flair players down the years. The last one previous was probably Merse. I think he just needs to rein in a bit and not always go for the most difficult through ball. Introducing the most flair-like player I've ever watched at Villa. (He's never fit) Edited December 9, 2021 by Steero113 13 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 On 07/12/2021 at 16:46, Laughable Chimp said: That stat is quite an outlier. For 80% of the games so far, he didn't record more than a single successful dribble the entire game. He's been much more of a passer than a dribbler for us. He's much too slow when running with the ball. He's got quick feet to get past a player, but when running with the ball he gets caught by opposition players very easily. I think he'll be more of a beat a man, and play a nice through ball, than a ball carrier like Grealish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MotoMkali Posted December 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Steero113 said: Introducing the most flair-like player I've ever watched at Villa. (He's never fit) The man's all flair. Every single goal he scores is magnificent. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sparrow1988 Posted December 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Steero113 said: Introducing the most flair-like player I've ever watched at Villa. (He's never fit) 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 For what it's worth if you're talking about ball carrying then a better measurement than dribbles is progressive carries/carrying distance, which Buendia's numbers for this season aren't exactly amazing. I think that was more so what Bailey was brought in for though, and in any case I think comparing it to Grealish's is a tad unfair given there has been points in the last couple of years where his numbers in that regard have literally been the highest in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaslash Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 5 hours ago, Steero113 said: Introducing the most flair-like player I've ever watched at Villa. (He's never fit) Man, miss that guy. He’s even got a flair celebration. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Great cameo, starts next game for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilbertoAVFC Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Yeah I think he had a knock in the week otherwise really no reason he shouldn't start over Ramsey or Young in one of the 10s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Has to start Vs Norwich. Should've been on sooner. I understood why we went with Ramsey and Young but we missed an out ball all game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 I've moaned about Buendia an awful lot since he signed but I'm really not sure why he didn't start today. Unless there's a slight injury I didn't know about then there's no reason he shouldn't have been starting, I wasn't particularly hopeful before the game but when the team was released I lost all hope completely. We weren't going to create anything whatsoever and it showed today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, Farlz said: I've moaned about Buendia an awful lot since he signed but I'm really not sure why he didn't start today. Unless there's a slight injury I didn't know about then there's no reason he shouldn't have been starting, I wasn't particularly hopeful before the game but when the team was released I lost all hope completely. We weren't going to create anything whatsoever and it showed today. Yes that was my take on it. Gerrard went with a defensive attitude but maybe if he didnt we would have lost by more, who knows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 He Dictates tempo, I think he’s being managed well , he most definitely starts vs Norwich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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