sidcow Posted July 17, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2022 3 hours ago, VillanousOne said: and definitely not rapid except for when he is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 20 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: I have a feeling he’ll start ahead of Buendia against Bournemouth. I’m not saying that’s the right or wrong decision, I just don’t think Gerrard fancies Buendia for whatever reason. Maybe he does but feels Coutinho and Bailey when firing are both better players? If he does I’d have to agree. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philosopher Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 4 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Maybe he does but feels Coutinho and Bailey when firing are both better players? If he does I’d have to agree. I agree with this mostly. I'd say Coutinho and Bailey offer better pentration and Bailey is a more direct threat to Buendia. I think Buendia offers more industry though. Bailey brings something that none of our other creative players do. Which is direct running at pace. We have more variety with Bailey and Coutinho as a result. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 9 minutes ago, Philosopher said: I agree with this mostly. I'd say Coutinho and Bailey offer better pentration and Bailey is a more direct threat to Buendia. I think Buendia offers more industry though. Bailey brings something that none of our other creative players do. Which is direct running at pace. We have more variety with Bailey and Coutinho as a result. Either way, it’s great to have 3 players vying for those two positions. If Bailey does come good, that’s real depth and quality there for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vancvillan Posted July 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 17, 2022 Imagine a world here the Villa first 11 is based on attacking the opponent's weaknesses, rather than having to pick the 11 best players because the rest aren't good enough. Leon's going to be much more effective against some teams, less so against others. And a decent number of those he won't be as dangerous against will be perfect for Emi. As a side bar, has a player ever gone through the VT stages of a new signing so quickly? 1. Sign - "can't believe we got him, what a coup". 2. Debut / early games - "he's better than I thought!" 3. Injury - "we need him back, in he'll be like a new signing" 4. Comeback - "he's shit" 5. Another injury - "waste of money - we've been done here" 6. Comeback - go back to step 2 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 37 minutes ago, Vancvillan said: Imagine a world here the Villa first 11 is based on attacking the opponent's weaknesses, rather than having to pick the 11 best players because the rest aren't good enough. Leon's going to be much more effective against some teams, less so against others. And a decent number of those he won't be as dangerous against will be perfect for Emi. As a side bar, has a player ever gone through the VT stages of a new signing so quickly? 1. Sign - "can't believe we got him, what a coup". 2. Debut / early games - "he's better than I thought!" 3. Injury - "we need him back, in he'll be like a new signing" 4. Comeback - "he's shit" 5. Another injury - "waste of money - we've been done here" 6. Comeback - go back to step 2 Question. Which teams do you think he’ll be more effective against? I’m not arguing against the post, I think its a good one, I’m just wondering who you think Buendia will be better suited to playing and who Bailey will be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Philosopher said: Coutinho and Bailey offer better penetration 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post avfc1982am Posted July 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 17, 2022 24 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: Question. Which teams do you think he’ll be more effective against? I’m not arguing against the post, I think its a good one, I’m just wondering who you think Buendia will be better suited to playing and who Bailey will be. I can see Leon being better against the teams that attack us more often. He's a great counter attacking threat and allows us to keep opposing FB's on their toes. I think where more industry in the final third is needed, against teams that sit back emi can split defences better with his passing. It's just my opinion though and both could end up playing together at some point. I'm sure they will as they both bring different qualities into the 11. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted July 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 17, 2022 5 minutes ago, Made In Aston said: Argentina, 5,8' Brazil, 6.3" Jamaica, 6.4" II mean... going by the internet, he could be on to something 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancvillan Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 2 hours ago, Delphinho123 said: Question. Which teams do you think he’ll be more effective against? I’m not arguing against the post, I think its a good one, I’m just wondering who you think Buendia will be better suited to playing and who Bailey will be. I was going to reply but @avfc1982ampretty much read my mind and worded it better than I could. Could even be stages of the same game - if we have a narrow lead and the opposition is pressing high and keeping us in our half, bringing on Bailey would change the dynamic as we could get it out long to the wings. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anything11 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Thought he looked a lot more settled in this game and less chicken-with-its-head-cut-off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 All of the things we saw from him at Leverkeusen were on show. Acceleration, beating full backs with skill, ultra quick changes of direction , ball control. Even bravery and tenacity. A run of games without injury is key now and it will be really like a new signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Injuries really did him over last season. Even when he returned you could see his confidence was shaken and he was scared of getting injured again. He seems a lot happier and settled at the moment and able to show what he can do. Hopefully stays that way. He’s a quality player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, MWARLEY2 said: All of the things we saw from him at Leverkeusen were on show. Acceleration, beating full backs with skill, ultra quick changes of direction , ball control. Even bravery and tenacity. A run of games without injury is key now and it will be really like a new signing. 5 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Injuries really did him over last season. Even when he returned you could see his confidence was shaken and he was scared of getting injured again. He seems a lot happier and settled at the moment and able to show what he can do. Hopefully stays that way. He’s a quality player. I think he knows who his competetion is, and seems to have added some Bite and workrate to his game as well. Very good signs. Edited July 18, 2022 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 From the very outset, and I could be completely wrong here, I thought Bailey and his camp perhaps thought they were bigger than Villa and this was a stepping stone for him to move to a 'top' club. I say this based on the comments his dad made and the attitude he perhaps showed at times last season. Maybe he thought the PL would be easier than it was and he'd be our standout man like he was at Leverkusen. I think reality has hit home now though based on some of his comments on social media. Probably realised the PL is a different beast to the Bundesliga and that he will have to be at the very top of his game to even feature in our starting XI. I don't know because I don't know the individual but I just sensed some arrogance from the very start. I really hope he has a great season and proves his doubters (me included) wrong next year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tom13 Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 On 17/07/2022 at 20:39, Vive_La_Villa said: Maybe he does but feels Coutinho and Bailey when firing are both better players? If he does I’d have to agree. Not for me. Buendia the best of the three. His vision is next level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Goal and Assist! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefeet1980 Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Looking like the player we thought we were signing… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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