AvonVillain Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 10 hours ago, Laughable Chimp said: This is funny considering we apparently shipped out Targett because he isn't suited for our system. So we brought in a guy who can't work in our system either. Or defend as well as the player he replaced. Madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 3 hours ago, turvontour said: I dont think they were necessarily put into bad areas though. Just we either didnt burst into the box late or they slightly evaded the runner. He definitely put some good crosses in that were unsuccessful, I think "successful" is a vague variable in regards to crosses as the success of them most of the time is down to the player on the receiving end. Digne is really good at whipping them in, however we don't really have an aerial threat in the box and all of our players are relatively short, I think that is the part that baffles me about wanting to play this way. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 What baffled me was....The cross that Sarr executed for their goal.....Digne just stood off and watched him fidgeting with the ball, until he decided to cross it. It was piss poor defending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 I've never seen a defender less interested in defending. Token efforts all game. I'm all for compact shape and then spring out when the ball goes wide but this guy just let's crosses in for fun. No intent what soever. I get the feeling if we lose 3-2 and he got an assist he'd be buzzing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 23 hours ago, rodders0223 said: I've never seen a defender less interested in defending. Token efforts all game. I'm all for compact shape and then spring out when the ball goes wide but this guy just let's crosses in for fun. No intent what soever. I get the feeling if we lose 3-2 and he got an assist he'd be buzzing. I wouldn't mind of he actually showed something going forward One stage in the first half he bombed forward for no reason when it not just leave us exposed if we lost the ball but he then took up space we needed in attack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 He was excellent the first few games. As were all of them. I think he and the others were helped out by Nakamba, who was doing `that thing' of stopping the opposition and passing to one of the others to take the ball forward. I am not saying Nakamba is the answer, but I think he may have been more important than we appreciated. Perhaps he just shows what we need to bring in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 15 minutes ago, AntrimBlack said: He was excellent the first few games. As were all of them. I think he and the others were helped out by Nakamba, who was doing `that thing' of stopping the opposition and passing to one of the others to take the ball forward. I am not saying Nakamba is the answer, but I think he may have been more important than we appreciated. Perhaps he just shows what we need to bring in. This is the Digne thread buddy, I'm assuming this post is meant for one of our midfielders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughable Chimp Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 38 minutes ago, AntrimBlack said: He was excellent the first few games. As were all of them. I think he and the others were helped out by Nakamba, who was doing `that thing' of stopping the opposition and passing to one of the others to take the ball forward. I am not saying Nakamba is the answer, but I think he may have been more important than we appreciated. Perhaps he just shows what we need to bring in. Nakamba was injured a month before we even signed Digne. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 (edited) Must be doing something right if he got into L'Equipe's team of the week for French players. <br /> Edited February 28, 2022 by sparrow1988 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 I think he’s generally been very good since arriving. He’s very tidy on the ball and has excellent delivery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 1 hour ago, sparrow1988 said: Must be doing something right if he got into L'Equipe's team of the week for French players. He's doing those silly stats things some people aren't interested in because they see what they see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 11 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said: He's doing those silly stats things some people aren't interested in because they see what they see Some people prefer to make a judgement based on what they see rather than numbers. I respect that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 12 hours ago, Kiwivillan said: He's doing those silly stats things some people aren't interested in because they see what they see Aren't L'Equipe a little bit of both. Stats but combined with overall performance. They're also notoriously harsh with their ratings of players. Anyway he was a lot better against Brighton than he was against Newcastle and Watford so long may it continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) 15 hours ago, Delphinho123 said: Some people prefer to make a judgement based on what they see rather than numbers. I respect that. Cash for example will make most tackles in PL in a game week and some in here will complain about his crosses. Many on here are hyperfocused on attacking plays and ignore the rest and has been that way for decades. Stats are a useful complement to watching game because most people focused on ball and attacking plays. Whelan et al would have an amazing game and people would bleat about one bad play or mistake Edited March 1, 2022 by Kiwivillan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 23 hours ago, Kiwivillan said: Cash for example will make most tackles in PL in a game week and some in here will complain about his crosses. Many on here are hyperfocused on attacking plays and ignore the rest and has been that way for decades. Stats are a useful complement to watching game because most people focused on ball and attacking plays. Whelan et al would have an amazing game and people would bleat about one bad play or mistake People on here are obsessed with the ultimate full back who is both amazing going forward and defensively. Cash is amazing defensively and has some weaknesses going forward (he's certainly improving that side though) Digne is very strong offensively yet gets hammered on here for his defensive work as a perceived weakness yet he has just made L'Equipe's team of the week for his defensive actions. A fullback who is in the top 3 in the league (as Cash is defensively and Digne is offensively) for both offensive stats and defensive actions would not be at Aston Villa, be realistic - He'd be Cafu and he'd be at Real or Bayern. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 28 minutes ago, Steero113 said: People on here are obsessed with the ultimate full back who is both amazing going forward and defensively. Cash is amazing defensively and has some weaknesses going forward (he's certainly improving that side though) Digne is very strong offensively yet gets hammered on here for his defensive work as a perceived weakness yet he has just made L'Equipe's team of the week for his defensive actions. A fullback who is in the top 3 in the league (as Cash is defensively and Digne is offensively) for both offensive stats and defensive actions would not be at Aston Villa, be realistic - He'd be Cafu and he'd be at Real or Bayern. People are actually critical of his attacking play as thats what he was brought in for. Since he signed Cash has actually got better attacking stats Of the 3 that have played this season of Digne, Cash and Targett then Digne has the worst attacking stats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 On 28/02/2022 at 18:53, Kiwivillan said: He's doing those silly stats things some people aren't interested in because they see what they see Whats wrong with that?, its called opinions.....doesn't make the person who compiled the lequipe team right. I mean lets be fair here.....one of the centre backs is a CATastrophe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 He looks a more well rounded player than Targett, to me. And I don't think we've seen the best of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, maqroll said: He looks a more well rounded player than Targett, to me. And I don't think we've seen the best of him. Does he really? He doesn't look the superior upgrade we were expecting. Maybe its the managers tactics but so far he cant do any worse than he is now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 1 minute ago, Zatman said: Does he really? He doesn't look the superior upgrade we were expecting. Maybe its the managers tactics but so far he cant do any worse than he is now He looks faster, better on the ball and has a better pass. The team has struggled, and so has Digne. But he clearly has some class. If Gerrard and Co think he's the better guy for the style they want to play, I'll defer to their judgment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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