DJBOB Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Lots of promise on the ball. A bit of a shambles off it though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Just now, DJBOB said: Lots of promise on the ball. A bit of a shambles off it though. Yeh sums it up. Lot to learn and needs to get up to the speed of the league. Potential there though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTTERDAM1982 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Lazy? Good on the ball, not so good off it. Zaniolo put more of a shift in. Early days, but i wasn't impressed tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinebro Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Promising first half Disaster 2nd half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Just now, ROTTERDAM1982 said: Lazy? Good on the ball, not so good off it. Zaniolo put more of a shift in. Early days, but i wasn't impressed tonight At one stage I thought it was more that he looked gassed Maybe he's not there yet for more than 20 mins in the PL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 We know players take being subbed on and then subbed off again pretty hard, and we know from recent revelations re Bailey that Emery did it to him to make a point, and it's not hard to imagine the same applies here. This should be a big lesson, a big learning experience for him. In the first half they were a mess in their defensive shape, he had time and space and above all we had most of the ball. He looked calm, confident and composed. But then when they reorganised shape after the Hashioka sub meant he had to deal with both Kabore and Ogbene, he never moved into another gear, he was still playing like we were in complete control. Offered zero protection to Moreno, got done positionally multiple times, and should have been booked one foul before he actually was (it was a cynical foot left in). Feels like he was playing this one like it was a Championship game but Premier League teams go up gears and are rarely truly beaten, you can't just slack off concentration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Today was a big learning curve for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 6 minutes ago, ROTTERDAM1982 said: Lazy? Good on the ball, not so good off it. Zaniolo put more of a shift in. Early days, but i wasn't impressed tonight This is harsh af. He was brilliant for the first 20 mins or so. Clearly not totally fit and was stifled by the yellow. Incredibly impressive first 20 minutes though - not sure what you were watching. We signed him for about 8 million quid as a huge prospect for the future, what were you expecting here? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Just now, The_Steve said: Today was a big learning curve for him exactly this. its a learning curve for him, moments of promise, moments of learning and improvement. If anyone is calling him out after so few minutes for us, you really need to have a look at urself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Alot of work to do. Looked a player first half, but died a death 2nd half, huge learning curve. But harder than the Championship ennit lad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Did some good things but in the second half he became a liability and no surprise he was subbed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHY Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Will have learnt a lot from that game, it’s a big step up from the championship. He will need time but has something about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTTERDAM1982 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 3 minutes ago, Callum said: what were you expecting here? More effort. He might be off the pae to be fair, but i think Emery shared my concearns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 9 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: Alot of work to do. Looked a player first half, but died a death 2nd half, huge learning curve. But harder than the Championship ennit lad! Agree with the above but on our side looked anything other than crap in the second half? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishywashy Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Showed some good offensive flashes, unlucky not to have scored. Absolutely needs coaching work with the defensive part of his game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holteend1982 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Thought he looked good until he got his yellow then fell apart a little bit. It's a big step up and he's only young, you can see the potential is there. I'm sure he will turn out a good player for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rightdm00 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Some have stated already but he tired as the 2nd half went on. Couple that with the yellow and he had to come off. Good showing but miles away from starting in the PL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted March 2 VT Supporter Share Posted March 2 16 minutes ago, Callum said: This is harsh af. He was brilliant for the first 20 mins or so. Clearly not totally fit and was stifled by the yellow. Incredibly impressive first 20 minutes though - not sure what you were watching. We signed him for about 8 million quid as a huge prospect for the future, what were you expecting here? Nearly scored and some great passes and vision, £8m is unbelievable tbh. Once he got a yellow card he was always going to struggle. The ref was shocking tbh.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 tactical substitution but acknowledged he is on a learning curve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 15 minutes ago, tinker said: Nearly scored and some great passes and vision, £8m is unbelievable tbh. Once he got a yellow card he was always going to struggle. The ref was shocking tbh.. He should have been booked for the cynical kick out on the foul before his booking. His performance was not on the ref. He just has some learning to do but looks like he has potential. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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