Jas10 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Guys @allani @romavillan how do you thinks he’s done so far and how much improvement do you expect? Plenty of the season to go yet… I do expect more from him and refuse to write him off… Playing out of position is not really helping imo… but at least he’s getting integrated… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 (edited) On 03/01/2024 at 23:44, romavillan said: Zaniolo, playing out of position on the left, was an important part of our form in the first 8/10 games. He has already made important contributions to our season. He has by no means fulfilled his potential but the point you are ignoring is that Bailey, even after a very long period where he hadn't contributed as much as early this season Zaniolo did, now has made some vital performances to help us to where we are. Give Zaniolo the same time, Buendia was written off as well but he would have been first eleven if not injured. Have to agree… by now, we should have learned that it’s important to give players time before deciding to write them off… Unai has improved everyone… The turnaround in Bailey’s (so often derided, lambasted, abused) form has been as remarkable as McGinn’s… for instance… and they’ve been with us for a considerable time… Edited January 5 by Jas10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 On 04/01/2024 at 00:07, avfc1982am said: A couple of months ago people were fretting over his injury record and now it because he's not settled quick enough. How about we just give him until the end of the season and see how he goes before flapping gums about how crap he is. Wise words… we don’t have to make that decision now… could shock quite a few with an upturn in form and game time… it’s a long season… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted January 5 VT Supporter Share Posted January 5 5 minutes ago, Jas10 said: Guys @allani @romavillan how do you thinks he’s done so far and how much improvement do you expect? Plenty of the season to go yet… I do expect more from him and refuse to write him off… Playing out of position is not really helping imo… but at least he’s getting integrated… Not played close to his potential yet in anything more than a few flashes. He's already helped us to quite a few points, early season especially being asked to play a different kind of role to what he's done in the past. Hopefully it'll click for him here in time, we haven't seen even close to his best form in a Villa shirt and he's still been useful. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 2 minutes ago, Jas10 said: Wise words… we don’t have to make that decision now… could shock quite a few with an upturn in form and game time… it’s a long season… Your a cheery little sod ain't ya. Nearly always positive and fanatical. I like it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 (edited) 3 minutes ago, avfc1982am said: Your a cheery little sod ain't ya. Nearly always positive and fanatical. I like it You must’ve not seen me in the Gerrard era Nor in the club crest thread Edited January 5 by Jas10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 (edited) 4 minutes ago, avfc1982am said: Your a cheery little sod ain't ya. Nearly always positive and fanatical. I like it If we can’t be positive now, when we have one of the world’s best managers and are 2nd (!) in the PL… We may as well give up, pack it in and F off I’ve seen a lot of shite in my time following this club… (been very angry, embarrassed, annoyed, irritated… the lot). I do believe this is my favourite era and the one I have the most optimism, faith and belief in… (shout out to Dean for reviving us and saving us from the decline and slump too). I’ve dreamed of us playing this kind of football and having these kinds of players and manager for an age…. So yeah, I’m happy AND I LOVE UNAI EMERY! Edited January 5 by Jas10 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete101 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Wouldn't mind seeing him centre forward today . Gonna need an option if Duran ends up going 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Just now, pete101 said: Wouldn't mind seeing him centre forward today . Gonna need an option if Duran ends up going I would love to see him played either at CF or SS and no longer on the wing… he’s shown he can score goals for us (important ones too, secured top spot in ECL and saved us in the Sheff Utd game with a brave and intelligent header) and maybe we’d see more creativity from him in a more central position… Unai has already admitted to playing him out of position in order to get him acclimatised and integrated with the other players… I do feel he would be better than Duran in that position for now… he can keep getting better… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allani Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 On 05/01/2024 at 16:23, Jas10 said: Guys @allani @romavillan how do you thinks he’s done so far and how much improvement do you expect? Plenty of the season to go yet… I do expect more from him and refuse to write him off… Playing out of position is not really helping imo… but at least he’s getting integrated… He's not had the impact I was hoping he would. I think it is partly down to him playing in a different position and role (noticeably deeper than at Roma) and to me he's looked a bit unsure as to what he should be doing. At Roma (particularly pre-injury) his instructions were pretty clear and he looked more self-confident in what he was doing. As I said before he was very much told to just keeping on taking on his man - if he lost the ball three or four times on the trot it didn't matter as long as he beat his man the next time. I think he's received more criticism here when he's lost the ball and so I think that's had an impact in terms of him maybe taking too long to decide whether to try and take on his man or not. There have been signs that he's getting a bit more used to the speed of the game - his two goals both showed an ability to find / create space in the box and he finished them both well. I think at the time I said he'd either be a bad signing or a great signing and that it was a bit of a gamble (but one that I thought was exciting if we could get someone close to the Zaniolo that broke through at Roma). I think actually he's been OK - which in some ways I'm taking as disappointing because as a Roma fan he was genuinely one of the most exciting prospects I'd seen emerge since Totti. I am still hoping that everything clicks but with the renaissance of Bailey it's a bit harder to see him making a starting position his own. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 Can’t even get into the team tonight. Shows what Emery thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post theboyangel Posted January 6 Popular Post Share Posted January 6 Shame you continually have to remind us what you think… 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 17 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: Can’t even get into the team tonight. Shows what Emery thinks. Emery probably thinks he's a body until Ramsey and Buendia got back from injury Ramsey is back so zaniolo doesn't start Not much more to it than that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 10 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Emery probably thinks he's a body until Ramsey and Buendia got back from injury Ramsey is back so zaniolo doesn't start Not much more to it than that Yep he was defo brought in to help cover the loss of JJ. I also think the court case accusations have taken a lot out of him. He’ll still have a part to play, but likely just a bit part. I would guess we are unlikely to make permanent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 He's been steadily getting better. Great cameo. We're going to need him for the second half of the season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoyman Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Short cameo but he looked good on the right with those diagonals going out to him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 That would've been some goal. The touch initially was insane. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 5 minutes ago, bobzy said: That would've been some goal. The touch initially was insane. I was absolutely convinced it was in. Some power 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Good pass inside to Diaby for a chance followed by a great first touch and howitzer narrowly wide. He's just very direct and I really like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Another almost wonder goal. You can see the potential he has. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts