Tubby Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Last night again we saw that playing a centre back at right back can cause issues for the team. Carlos was well out of position for their first and left for dead for their second, and with a top quality right back sat on the bench you could argue that playing him there was a mistake. I like Carlos, he has had a great season at centre back and in my opinion he shouldn't be forced to play right back just to get in the team. The problem is that we have another 2 very good centre backs in Collins and Dunne, with arguably the latter being the signing of the season. MON insists on trying to squeeze these three in at the back but I would argue it's not always for the good of the team. My question is, which partnership would you choose if we played a natural back 4? A: Dunne and Cuellar B: Dunne and Collins C: Cuellar and Collins Edit: Personally I'd choose Dunne and Cuellar as they have earned their place this season. Not that Collins hasn't but with his injuries the other 2 have become more established in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingphil Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 I've gone for option A (Duune & Cuellar), as we actually kept a few clean sheets with this pairing back in December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Dunne and Cuellar were immense together. I like Collins, i was a bit dubious when we signed him but he's been class. However i wouldn't ruin our shape to fit him in. Cuellar should NOT be playing at Right Back. Not with Young on the bench AND Beye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chips'ngravy Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 I'd say Dunne and Cuellar at the moment as well. Collins has been brilliant as well so would have no big concerns about him stepping in for one of the other two. The one thing I did notice about him against West Ham was that he was a bit susceptible to being caught on the turn. Nouble did him a couple of times which could have left us exposed. All in all we are pretty well blessed in that area at the moment though, especially with Davies coming back as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtb_wm Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Cuellar has played RB recently for one reason and one reason only - to counter Blackburn's height and their threat from set pieces Normal service will now be resumed As for my preferred partnership - Dunne and Cuellar Although Collins performances earlier this season were immense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubby Posted January 21, 2010 Author Share Posted January 21, 2010 Cuellar has played RB recently for one reason and one reason only - to counter Blackburn's height and their threat from set pieces Normal service will now be resumed This is MON we are talking about, sqaure pegs, round holes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Dunne and Cuellar shade it IMO. Dunne for POTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanky Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Dunne and Cuellar at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sellyoakvilla Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Dunne and Cuellar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NulliSecundus Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Dunne and Cuellar for me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwpzxjor1 Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Dunne and Cuellar for me too. And me. Collins has been brilliant, but Dunne and Cuellar just shade it for me, and I'd much rather have Young at RB. We now have 2 right backs at the club and still we play a CB there, mainly I think just to have the extra centre half for set pieces, defending and attacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Collins has been poor the last couple of games, think he's lacking sharpness after the injury so would go Cuellar and Dunney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beasley14 Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Cuellar has played RB recently for one reason and one reason only - to counter Blackburn's height and their threat from set pieces Normal service will now be resumed As for my preferred partnership - Dunne and Cuellar Although Collins performances earlier this season were immense I wouldn`t be so sure, what about Sunday? It has to be Cuellar and Dunne for me, they did really well together. Young has to play rb, hes by far our best player there. Collins has done pretty well but hasn`t been quite as good since he came back from his injury imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gums Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Cuellar has played RB recently for one reason and one reason only - to counter Blackburn's height and their threat from set pieces Normal service will now be resumed i doubt it - he played the same team against West Ham, he's trying to fit all 3 in, and to the detriment of the unit Dunne & Cuellar for me, Collins looked a tad suspect on at least one of the goals last night, being pulled out of position for Blackburns second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sled Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Dunne and Collins but not at the moment. Collins has looked a little unsure of himself. At the moment Dunne and Cuéllar. I love Carlos as a central defender. Collins impressed me right from his Villa debut until his injury. Dunne I wasn't 100% sure about but it has slowly become obvious that the guy is a jewel, almost irreplaceable. Ok then, Collins and Cuéllar just to give Dunne a rest. Blimey, with Davies on the way back and Clark around we have no problems at all in the centre of the defence do we? Although Davies and Cuéllar together I can live without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Sadly I thought Collins got outplayed by Kalinic on quite a few occasions and even that Nouble mofo for the Spammers on the weekend made him look a bit ordinary.........Cuellar and Dunney Monster for me all the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Gotta go with the men in form. Dunne and Cuellar. I'd be open to offers for Curtis Davies when he regains fitness though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 21, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted January 21, 2010 Curtis Davies??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ricardomeister Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Collins would be very unlucky to lose his place but we have to play Luke at right back as Carlos' distribution is shocking. Carlos has been excellent at centre back so it has to be Carlos and Dunne for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Collins and Davies for me , but maybe after we eek out one more season from Dunne but if we talk about the present then Dunne & Cuellar as Collins seems to have not fully recovered from his injury yet ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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