Vive_La_Villa Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 (edited) 4 hours ago, Stevo985 said: This guy gets it I’m surprised more don’t get it. Also shocked that they think Emi isn’t saving that second one. Keeper has so much time to adjust his position to what Gallagher is about to do. Edited April 28 by Vive_La_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Enda Posted April 28 Popular Post Share Posted April 28 He played well. Distribution was much improved. Claimed a couple of tricky high balls. Was badly let down by Luiz for the first, and by McGinn/Tim for letting Gallagher have the freedom of Villa Park for the second. Made a good reflex stop from Madueke and saved the day after Diego’s joke of a clearance. Olsen coming for the ball did confuse Diego, but it’s him who has the take blame for slicing the clearance. It’s very easy to belt that ball out of play. Under pressure he risked a difficult hoof, and played it straight to them. Olsen spared us more blushes. Robin’s competitor for a place in the team is the best in the world. We can’t compare the two. We need to look at it much more like how Lenglet comes in as cover. We can’t complain that he’s not the Rolls Royce passer that Pau is. Similarly, we can’t complain when Olsen is not as good as the best keeper in the world. We need reasonable standards, and by those reasonable standards Olsen did well. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 5 hours ago, Zatman said: He has played 14 games for us and conceded 24 He is a poorer keeper but he has also played against better teams than the average He has played City twice, Newcastle, Spurs, Liverpool, United in his limited games He concedes a goal every 40 minutes, that's his stats since playing for Villa. That's over 2 goals per game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 I wonder how Gauci is getting on in training. Perhaps a chance we could end up keeping Olsen and sending Gauci on loan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newry_Villan Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 5 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: I wonder how Gauci is getting on in training. Perhaps a chance we could end up keeping Olsen and sending Gauci on loan? Gauci hasn't made the last two squads. Is he injured? Maybe he's not ready and the boss trusts Olsen over him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 (edited) Emi 100% saves the first one. He also has the defence playing 10 yards further up the pitch. Chelsea didn’t create much first half except for pot shots. This Chelsea team like to play close to the 18 yard box. So our defensive line dropping 10 yards helped them. Olsen seems to be stuck to his line. So him charging out for Carlos’ eff up most likely caused confusion in Diego and he probably thought wtf is happening here. Edited April 28 by Sulberto21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitvilla Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 56 minutes ago, brummybloke said: The team concedes a goal every 40 minutes, that's the stats when he is playing for Villa. That's over 2 goals per game. FIFY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 7 hours ago, StewieGriffin said: He's not at fault, but the aura of the team when Emi isnt in goal is completely different. Panic and nerves set in immediately To be fair it’s the equivalent of Messi going off injured for you. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 35 minutes ago, Newry_Villan said: Gauci hasn't made the last two squads. Is he injured? Maybe he's not ready and the boss trusts Olsen over him. He’s certainly not injured, as watched him closely in the warm up yesterday. Obviously only watching pre match warm up exercises but he’s a big guy and looked very agile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 Just now, Steero113 said: To be fair it’s the equivalent of Messi going off injured for you. Exactly. You don’t blame whoever comes on for him the same way you don’t blame Olsen. You know just know the guy he replaced would have down better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 Rate you Robin. Go and play the game of your life on Thursday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_ian_taylor Posted April 28 VT Supporter Share Posted April 28 53 minutes ago, Steero113 said: To be fair it’s the equivalent of Messi going off injured for you. Messi would say it's the equivalent of Emi Martinez going off injured for you. And he would be uncannily accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted April 28 VT Supporter Share Posted April 28 Under some pressure Carlos panics and does what never should be done: clears the ball right into middle with his eyes closed. Worse than amateurish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 17 hours ago, brummybloke said: He concedes a goal every 40 minutes, that's his stats since playing for Villa. That's over 2 goals per game. The stats are not accurate as it doesn’t show the fact that he started twice at Etihad (which he conceded 7 goals in two games), those are in a small proportion of games. Don’t get me wrong, I’m worried about him starting for 3 things: 1-Distribution 2-Players low confidence of him 3-Not being able to play as a 5th defender (which most keepers don’t) In terms of stopping shots he’s fine generally. Add to that, we’re currently short in players which will not help controlling games either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Olsen in for 1st leg and probably Brighton now that Emi is out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Waring Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 (edited) He's the World's 1350'th best. I have full faith in him. Edited April 29 by Pongo Waring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 1 hour ago, abdulaziz1 said: The stats are not accurate as it doesn’t show the fact that he started twice at Etihad (which he conceded 7 goals in two games), those are in a small proportion of games. Don’t get me wrong, I’m worried about him starting for 3 things: 1-Distribution 2-Players low confidence of him 3-Not being able to play as a 5th defender (which most keepers don’t) In terms of stopping shots he’s fine generally. Add to that, we’re currently short in players which will not help controlling games either. I agree he's a decent keeper but just not for how we play. We are so close to getting over the line I just don't see a reason to stick with the logic that the players have to adapt and learn. If he was a young keeper, middle of the season sure but he's probably gone in the summer and we just need to make sure we don't do something stupid. We hardly have any players left, stick Duran up top with Watkins and let Olsen kick it long if he has to as Duran wins his fair share of headers anyway. He was only on the pitch for half a game and played a very risky pass to McGinn that almost cost us and then caused Carlos to make that panic clearance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyVillans Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 I would think gauci will replace Olsen next season but Emery probably trusts Olsen more as he is more familiar with our system. Emery probably wants gauci to get a preseason in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Yes he's no Emi but it's very harsh to put any blame on him for either goal. Luiz to blame for the first goal and we shouid never given Gallagher the time and space to shoot in the first place. Then he makes a great save to Palmer. I think he deserves credit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolta Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 9 minutes ago, PaulC said: Yes he's no Emi but it's very harsh to put any blame on him for either goal. Luiz to blame for the first goal and we shouid never given Gallagher the time and space to shoot in the first place. Then he makes a great save to Palmer. I think he deserves credit. He made a couple of good passes too as I remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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