TRO Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Keyblade said: His chance creation stats are consistently among the best. That's what he's in the side to do. He can definitely improve on his goal scoring, but assists are just as much on his strikers (*cough* Pukki *cough*) as they are him. you need Benylin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 1 hour ago, useless said: I rate Buendia, that doesn't change the fact that he needs to improve his goals and assists ratio, not sure how anyone can possibly disagree with that, if we have someone taking a place in our front three we need them to be scoring more than five goals over two Premier league seasons. I also rated both Veretout and Gana, Gana especially, as I think most Villa fans did, so not sure what they have to do with anything. Goals I agree but he's been in the top 5% in the league for xA per 90 in his two seasons which is a better barometer to work off in terms of creativity. Hard to put up better numbers than he does on the chance creation front, where you're then relying on teammates to finish the job for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Other Mat Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 (edited) 13 hours ago, useless said: I rate Buendia, that doesn't change the fact that he needs to improve his goals and assists ratio, not sure how anyone can possibly disagree with that, if we have someone taking a place in our front three we need them to be scoring more than five goals over two Premier league seasons. I also rated both Veretout and Gana, Gana especially, as I think most Villa fans did, so not sure what they have to do with anything. I agree in terms of goals, but he did get 6 assists, so falls joint 7th in the league for assists... Along with that, he created some real clearcut chances, I can think of at least 4 instances where Ings (x2) , Watkins and Chuk were all in on goal and should all score. So, theres no issues with him creating the opportunities, just players finishing them. Edited August 3, 2022 by The Other Mat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jas10 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Play him regularly (and actually finish the chances he creates) and he’ll be likely to top this list this season. It just comes naturally to him and he’s excellent at it: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Sorry for the picture of that goofy b****rd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, Jas10 said: Play him regularly (and actually finish the chances he creates) and he’ll be likely to top this list this season. It just comes naturally to him and he’s excellent at it: and he only played half of the frickin season..... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Jas10 said: Play him regularly (and actually finish the chances he creates) and he’ll be likely to top this list this season. It just comes naturally to him and he’s excellent at it: Everyone in that list bar De Bruyne (~300) have played over 800 minutes more than him too. He's ridiculously good at it. Only De Bruyne can rival him in this league imo. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chine Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 1 hour ago, MaVilla said: and he only played half of the frickin season..... When you think how much game time and team possession % the others had , wow ! get him on the pitch ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 He retweeted that as well, he knows he's a baller 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Jas10 said: Play him regularly (and actually finish the chances he creates) and he’ll be likely to top this list this season. It just comes naturally to him and he’s excellent at it: Archer would love them through balls. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 (edited) Buendia & Coutinho are two of our best players. It should not be beyond a premier league coaching staff to find a successful way of playing them together. Hell one plays well in the right the other on the left, it cannot be THAT difficult. Edited August 4, 2022 by ciggiesnbeer 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zhan_Zhuang Posted August 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 4, 2022 It's not happening, but I think this front three would be awesome - Bailey Coutinho Buendia 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Gerrard will look a right wally if (yet again) we're flat and he comes on to be our best player. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: It's not happening, but I think this front three would be awesome - Bailey Coutinho Buendia 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burchy Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 10 hours ago, Jas10 said: Look at the body language there, I don’t think he’s a happy camper at the moment. In truth I’m a bit worried about the Gerrard Coutinho love in. Buendia is outshining him at present yet not getting game time. All smells a bit too Southgatey for me. Play our in form players…simples…..or go Ings Coutinho Bailey Buendia Kamara Luiz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted August 5, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 5, 2022 Yeah I fear he will get pissed off and want to leave even though he's looked one of our brightest players over the past 12 months. It's kinda criminal how little game time he's had. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 9 hours ago, ciggiesnbeer said: Buendia & Coutinho are two of our best players. It should not be beyond a premier league coaching staff to find a successful way of playing them together. Hell one plays well in the right the other on the left, it cannot be THAT difficult. They played together in our last PL game and played together a heap of times last season. The issue with the two of them playing was really the lack of passing quality in CB and Midfield. Buendia had to go so deep to get the ball as nobody was getting it to him. We've Carlos and Kamara now and if we play Luiz we're looking very good at playing from the back which means they'll get on the ball more often as we'll retain possession more. Bailey gives a different option as he's got pace for over the top direct balls. So it depends on the opposition who suits best for the right forward position. With Bailey and Coutinho we get one staying wide and one coming centrally which opens space for JJ to bust into (or McGinn if he plays LCM that day). We've options which is fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 (edited) 28 minutes ago, CVByrne said: They played together in our last PL game and played together a heap of times last season. The issue with the two of them playing was really the lack of passing quality in CB and Midfield. Buendia had to go so deep to get the ball as nobody was getting it to him. We've Carlos and Kamara now and if we play Luiz we're looking very good at playing from the back which means they'll get on the ball more often as we'll retain possession more. Bailey gives a different option as he's got pace for over the top direct balls. So it depends on the opposition who suits best for the right forward position. With Bailey and Coutinho we get one staying wide and one coming centrally which opens space for JJ to bust into (or McGinn if he plays LCM that day). We've options which is fantastic Might be better starting Buendia against Bournemouth then, they will sit quite deep I'd imagine, Bailey might not have the space to run behind. Bailey will be lethal against teams playing a high line. Edited August 5, 2022 by duke313 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMelvillan Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 8 hours ago, Tomaszk said: Gerrard will look a right wally if (yet again) we're flat and he comes on to be our best player. agreed. He keeps doing it time and time again - how often in pre season did our "second half team" put in a better performance than the starters. There's no point in having this culture of everyone fighting for their place if it isnt rewarded fairly. I feel like poor emi seems to have to prove it more than others. It must get demoralising after a while 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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