wishywashy Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Sweden. Golf. Aston Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mjmooney Posted June 20, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted June 20, 2023 1 hour ago, wishywashy said: Sweden. Golf. Aston Villa. Is this your WhatThreeWords address? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vancvillan Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 You all take the piss but he'd be in the top ten best players for your Sunday league team. Probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 44 minutes ago, Vancvillan said: You all take the piss but he'd be in the top ten best players for your Sunday league team. Probably. He’d certainly be in the top 10 goalkeepers for my Sunday league team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 He played really well for Sweden yesterday, Austria would have been 3-4 goals up if it wasn't for him in the first half. And continued to make some top class saves in the second. Could have done a bit better on the first goal. Austria is not a bad team either, leading the group. PL still seems to physical for him and too high tempo, and he is not at all suited to Emery's tactics where the GK need to be comfortable on the ball. But it's no question that he is a good international class GK. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 20 minutes ago, Keener window-cleaner said: He played really well for Sweden yesterday, Austria would have been 3-4 goals up if it wasn't for him in the first half. And continued to make some top class saves in the second. Could have done a bit better on the first goal. Austria is not a bad team either, leading the group. PL still seems to physical for him and too high tempo, and he is not at all suited to Emery's tactics where the GK need to be comfortable on the ball. But it's no question that he is a good international class GK. Wonder if a full preseason with Emery and his goalkeeping coach would do him well. Emi actually improved certain aspects of his game since Unai and team have come in. His sweeping , playing out and distribution seems to have improved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 26 minutes ago, Keener window-cleaner said: He played really well for Sweden yesterday, Austria would have been 3-4 goals up if it wasn't for him in the first half. And continued to make some top class saves in the second. Could have done a bit better on the first goal. Austria is not a bad team either, leading the group. PL still seems to physical for him and too high tempo, and he is not at all suited to Emery's tactics where the GK need to be comfortable on the ball. But it's no question that he is a good international class GK. Do Austria have any PL-level attackers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 5 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Wonder if a full preseason with Emery and his goalkeeping coach would do him well. Emi actually improved certain aspects of his game since Unai and team have come in. His sweeping , playing out and distribution seems to have improved. I'm highly sceptical. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 (edited) . Edited June 21, 2023 by Hank Scorpio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 8 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Wonder if a full preseason with Emery and his goalkeeping coach would do him well. Emi actually improved certain aspects of his game since Unai and team have come in. His sweeping , playing out and distribution seems to have improved. his main problem is that he cant move, he has the speed and agility of a sloth, and him getting to the ground looks like a 2500 year old oak tree slowly creaking as it falls. And it really stands out at PL level. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 37 minutes ago, lexicon said: Do Austria have any PL-level attackers? Not really, more of a good allround team, dont know their players that well. They have Arnautovic, and the one famous in the Grealish thread - the Grillitsch guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 36 minutes ago, MaVilla said: his main problem is that he cant move, he has the speed and agility of a sloth, and him getting to the ground looks like a 2500 year old oak tree slowly creaking as it falls. And it really stands out at PL level. Seems like something you have made up in your head there, I could list many things Olsen is not good at and not suited to the PL for, but if it is one thing he is good at it’s getting to the ground quickly, especially for such a tall GK. Lovre Kalinic on the other hand was slow getting to the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 55 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Wonder if a full preseason with Emery and his goalkeeping coach would do him well. Emi actually improved certain aspects of his game since Unai and team have come in. His sweeping , playing out and distribution seems to have improved. I think Olsen is too dodgy with his feet tbh, as much faith as I have in Emery I dont think he can improve on that to a sufficient level. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May-Z Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Keener window-cleaner said: Seems like something you have made up in your head there, I could list many things Olsen is not good at and not suited to the PL for, but if it is one thing he is good at it’s getting to the ground quickly, especially for such a tall GK. Lovre Kalinic on the other hand was slow getting to the ground. I'm with @MaVilla here. Olsen is sooo slow. He goes down in installments. Think back to the Brentford match for two classic examples. The missed open goal comes from him not moving his feet to the bounce quick enough and their goal, although difficulty to stop, highlights how he can't really move across the ground either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 I want to give him the benefit of the doubt in that Emi Martinez is that good we shouldnt expect him to be anywhere near as the 2nd choice, but hes **** shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 9 hours ago, Keener window-cleaner said: Not really, more of a good allround team, dont know their players that well. They have Arnautovic, and the one famous in the Grealish thread - the Grillitsch guy Well, let's just hope that some club was watching, was impressed and wants to take him off our hands. I can't see him ever being good enough for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 (edited) 21 hours ago, May-Z said: I'm with @MaVilla here. Olsen is sooo slow. He goes down in installments. Think back to the Brentford match for two classic examples. The missed open goal comes from him not moving his feet to the bounce quick enough and their goal, although difficulty to stop, highlights how he can't really move across the ground either. I think we are talking about different things here. Slow when crawling on the ground as in the Brentford mistake yes. Fumbling with the ball yes. Moving slowly across the line, perhaps yes. But - one of his best features is that he goes to ground quickly, especially with his foot-parades, and that he is quite agile in that sense, not at least for being so tall, also means he has good range with his long legs and arms. Many on here judge him on the few games for villa (and yes he has been woeful and shouldnt have been signed in the first place). But for ppl who have followed his career in the Swedish National team the picture is a bit more nuanced. Just as an example the Swedish manager (whom I’d like to be dismissed btw) said there is no GK in the world he’d rather have than Robin Olsen, or something like that. I hugely disagree, but it says quite much about Olsen nevertheless compared to some of the adolecent comments about him on here (not aimed at you or MaVilla) Edited June 22, 2023 by Keener window-cleaner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keener window-cleaner Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 14 hours ago, lexicon said: Well, let's just hope that some club was watching, was impressed and wants to take him off our hands. I can't see him ever being good enough for us. Fully agree! I has the same bad feeling when we signed Olsen as when we signed Allbäck Mellberg was good though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May-Z Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 21 minutes ago, Keener window-cleaner said: I think we are talking about different things here. Slow when crawling on the ground as in the Brentford mistake yes. Fumbling with the ball yes. Moving slowly across the line, perhaps yes. But - one of his best features is that he goes to ground quickly, especially with his foot-parades, and that he is quite agile in that sense, not at least for being so tall, also means he has good range with his long legs and arms. Many on here judge him on the few games for villa (and yes he has been woeful and shouldnt have been signed in the first place). But for ppl who have followed his career in the Swedish National team the picture is a bit more nuanced. Just as an example the Swedish manager (whom I’d like to be dismissed btw) said there is no GK in the world he’d rather have than Robin Olsen, or something like that. I hugely disagree, but it says quite much about Olsen nevertheless compared to some of the adolecent comments about him on here (not aimed at you or MaVilla) I'll admit I haven't seen him outside of Villa...but his work in the Premier League is the most important thing to look at imo. I just don't think we have seen this agility in the PL , certainly not enough to class it as one of his strengths. Ultimately, he's not a good fit for us and by the sounds of it hasn't shown his best whisky he's been here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Just announced that his wife is pregnant with their 3rd child. Congratz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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