TRO Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, sheepyvillian said: Anything but "purple." It's strange just how poor he has been in contrast to his early season form. Every cloud though, look how Bailey is suddenly looking, he's Mark Walters, but with pace. Trust me, that's a good mixture, to be able to dribble at that speed, he's becoming a nightmare for full - backs. He'll get his form back. I think this league can be a bit of a culture shock at first, its very physical.....He will adapt, in time. Edited December 18, 2023 by TRO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Just now, TRO said: He'll get his form back. Just like Bailey and McGinn and so many others have. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Honestly it's just cause in the games he's really been playing the service has been shit and teams are free to double or triple up on him because Cash and either Zaniolo/Konsa (when konsa is at RB or zaniolo is RM) have been such non threats at times opponents can just ignore them. Contrast this with the Newcastle game he had acres of space vs a good opposition and the reason was because they actually had to mark the RW and the CB couldn't drop with him when he found space. Play Bailey/McGinn/Tielemans in that RM role instead of cash and he'll look a lot better. Hell the Legia Warsaw game he scored in the 4th minute because Tielemans received the ball and instantly played the pass for him to run onto. Bailey or Mcginn would also make that pass it's just the players who have been playing in the right hand side in recent games can't. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted December 19, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 19, 2023 Must be tough for him when we're doing so well, but Diaby is not himself making things happen. On the contrary, we do well after he's subbed off. He has to be strong and just fight through this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 (edited) 18 hours ago, MotoMkali said: Honestly it's just cause in the games he's really been playing the service has been shit and teams are free to double or triple up on him because Cash and either Zaniolo/Konsa (when konsa is at RB or zaniolo is RM) have been such non threats at times opponents can just ignore them. Contrast this with the Newcastle game he had acres of space vs a good opposition and the reason was because they actually had to mark the RW and the CB couldn't drop with him when he found space. Play Bailey/McGinn/Tielemans in that RM role instead of cash and he'll look a lot better. Hell the Legia Warsaw game he scored in the 4th minute because Tielemans received the ball and instantly played the pass for him to run onto. Bailey or Mcginn would also make that pass it's just the players who have been playing in the right hand side in recent games can't. The Diaby/Cash dynamic on the right doesn't work for a lot of reasons. The one match where it did work was Brighton but he was playing as a more traditional fullback in that game instead of a winger. But if teams sit back, it's pointless to have Diaby and Cash on the same side. Neither of them are any good at beating their man 1v1. Edited December 19, 2023 by DJBOB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 This boy needs to turn it right up. I have seen absolute quality from him, but recently he has been pretty pants. We need him on fire if we are to keep in the top 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 13 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: This boy needs to turn it right up. I have seen absolute quality from him, but recently he has been pretty pants. We need him on fire if we are to keep in the top 4. Thought he was one of our best players tbh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strog Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 I thought he showed some good moments but he’s being worked out by opposition teams who are crowding him out. I’m sure he’ll figure it out and Unai will get the best from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted December 22, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 22, 2023 Thought he did alright today. Not great but linked up with Bailey well. When he doesn't have space to run in behind like tonight, I feel we need a player to be given a bit of a "free role" to roam and try and find an opening. Think he would be well suited to that role. Think he's just a little bit too predictable lately. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chine Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 I’ve noticed a few times in recent displays that he just stops when possession is lost , I’m sure that will be ironed out . Very effective at times and links up with Leon and Ollie well . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattVillaPortsmouth Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Thought he did ok, no conincidence his supposed poor form has been against teams who low block/back 5 or ones where have hardly any possession - he needs grass and plenty of it to run into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Not terrible, far from great. Seems to be in the way a lot of the time. Goes and stands 5 metres from guy who has the ball, so close they can barely pass to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 He's lazy. A few times he pulled out of challenges tonight and both him and Bailey need to realise others are on the pitch. Both oblivious at times because they just wanted to play with each other. Playing them both together with JJ on the pitch is a no no for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STO Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Not a patch on the player we signed, the one who was unmarkable and whose movement destroyed the opposition. Not sure what's happened to Diaby but I'd like the former player back, quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Eh, he was okay at best. Their right back was shit and it felt like he barely made him work at all, was a clear weak point and we didn't take advantage. Dunno what's happened to him unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david-avfc Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 He’s a pace player and those types are always going to struggle against very organised ultra defensive teams. A shame he’s been a bit off it recently, I think he’ll come good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 He seems to lack confidence at the moment. He took 2 players out the game with a run today but then over played the cross. He has all the ability. He just lacks self belief at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 He's been poor for weeks now. Either rightly left out of the side, or subbed like tonight. Your most expensive, attacking star player shouldn't be getting subbed when the scores are still 0-0 to the bottom team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 We need to be getting a lot more out of him, looks terrible and lightweight out there atm. He should be on the same level as kudus as he’s In a much better team too and we’ve seen him deliver for us, not sure what’s going on atm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 All our threat came down the right with Bailey and Diaby. If width was the way around a back 5 why didn't one play on the right. Thought Diaby tried to get behind them at least and we were far poorer when he went off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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