Vive_La_Villa Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 1 minute ago, Indigo said: If you go by VT general consensus then I genuinely don't know of a single player in world football who is a "number 6" because anyone who is mentioned for the role is immediately written off as an 8. He has the attributes to play there, has played there, and evidently Gerrard, Lange etc believe so too and are better placed to say whether or not he can undertake the role they want filled. I'm even seeing people say he "isn't a 6" because Allegri said on TV two seasons ago that he didn't like him there, despite the fact that as he manager he is literally playing him there at this moment in time which recently included a MOTM display in the one game most Villa fans have actually watched him play. All seems a bit mad to me. They’re all obsessed with signing Bissouma or Kamara. I’m even starting to think If this lad had a slightly darker complexion more fans would be well up for it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted January 27, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: I'm always amazed by how opinionated people are about a player that they probably haven't seen play or probably never even heard of before yesterday Edited January 27, 2022 by Follyfoot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 He's highlights of ten minutes bored me but to be fair to him it is ten minutes of him pick pocketing players with some very skilled standing tackles, there's some great slide tackles and many interceptions too. The little they had of him playing on the ball, nothing special just tidy in simple situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Griffin Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 5 minutes ago, Indigo said: If you go by VT general consensus then I genuinely don't know of a single player in world football who is a "number 6" because anyone who is mentioned for the role is immediately written off as an 8. He has the attributes to play there, has played there, and evidently Gerrard, Lange etc believe so too and are better placed to say whether or not he can undertake the role they want filled. I'm even seeing people say he "isn't a 6" because Allegri said on TV two seasons ago that he didn't like him there, despite the fact that as his manager he is literally playing him there at this moment in time which most recently included a MOTM display in the one game most Villa fans have actually watched him play. All seems a bit mad to me. I should have also said, there is lots I like about Bentacur, if we sign him I will be happy. But when u genuinely know F all about the guy it is very difficult to make a judgement, there is just so much conflicting information doing the rounds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 27, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2022 49 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: What’s my man doing all the way down here? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 19 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Bloody 6s and 8s. Can he tackle and pass the ball?, does he read the game well? If yes to these then he can play as a bloody 6. I prefer my DM to be the number 4. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, Dante_Lockhart said: I prefer my DM to be the number 4. Man, you have no idea of the shitstorm that you have just caused. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted January 27, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, Dante_Lockhart said: I prefer my DM to be the number 4. why, surely number 4 is a centre back like Allan Evans, Leighton Phillips et al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted January 27, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2022 1 minute ago, sparrow1988 said: Man, you have no idea of the shitstorm that you have just caused. Oh, I think he does 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 9 minutes ago, Dante_Lockhart said: I prefer my DM to be the number 4. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 I like my DM playing as a 9, because anyone is better than Wesley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Clarry Posted January 27, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2022 40 minutes ago, Indigo said: This is both of their respective heatmaps. How wildly different. I don't get it? All I see is two pictures of naked women wrestling.... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted January 27, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 27, 2022 38 minutes ago, Indigo said: This is both of their respective heatmaps. How wildly different. What strikes me most about these heatmaps is that they are vastly different for two reasons: 1. The bottom image is clearly larger than the top, so that player must be playing on a bigger pitch. Would this be a good fit for VP? 2. The player represented by the top image doesn't take corners. WDFLFC now anyway so I'm not sure if this even matters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, fightoffyour said: 2. The player represented by the top image doesn't take corners. WDFLFC now anyway so I'm not sure if this even matters. that raises a really interesting point - why does luiz only take the corners at one end? Spoiler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 1 minute ago, villa4europe said: that raises a really interesting point - why does luiz only take the corners at one end? Reveal hidden contents This raises another point. Why is our 6 taking corners ? They should be busy tackling, not taking corners!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smg Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Really hope he doesn’t sign. Not because I don’t rate him to be honest two weeks ago I’d never heard of him and still haven’t seen any clips. The reason is his fate has been decided by many on here already, ‘not good enough for where we are going etc’. Unless he plays out of his skin in every game, never misses a tackle or plays a poor pass he will be slagged off remorselessly just like many others in the past. It would be much better to spend £50 million on that worldbeater from Brighton who by all accounts is a big lad who likes a tackle. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, smg said: Really hope he doesn’t sign. Not because I don’t rate him to be honest two weeks ago I’d never heard of him and still haven’t seen any clips. The reason is his fate has been decided by many on here already, ‘not good enough for where we are going etc’. Unless he plays out of his skin in every game, never misses a tackle or plays a poor pass he will be slagged off remorselessly just like many others in the past. It would be much better to spend £50 million on that worldbeater from Brighton who by all accounts is a big lad who likes a tackle. He’s shorter than Bentancur though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Indigo Posted January 27, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2022 1 minute ago, Vive_La_Villa said: He’s shorter than Bentancur though. Yeah but Bentancur is too skinny so we're now moving from height to body mass. Get Neville Southall in, proper 6. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 23 minutes ago, Follyfoot said: why, surely number 4 is a centre back like Allan Evans, Leighton Phillips et al Or the famous DM no 4 Patrick Vieira, and Claude Makelele. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 27 minutes ago, Follyfoot said: Oh, I think he does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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