cheltenham_villa Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Should've played a lot more over the past 2 years! my only concern is that he impressed again at right back. Against the likes of chelsea we know he can do a job there. against the likes of swansea then i believe hutton can offer us a better option going forwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claret75 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Should've played a lot more over the past 2 years! my only concern is that he impressed again at right back. Against the likes of chelsea we know he can do a job there. against the likes of swansea then i believe hutton can offer us a better option going forwards. I'm not sure, its the same as the Young Cuellar debate. I always liked Young at RB, but I think I prefer Cuellar to Hutton even at home to Swansea...that's if our attack continues to click. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlitobrigante Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 have been banging on for years now to my pal that he is by far the best CB we have, and its been frustrating for us to keep playing Collins ahead of him.. his only downside was his appalling passing. however that seemed to change under Houllier and he even in his odd cameo appearances last season it was noticable how much more comfortable on the ball he seemed.. thank god we now have a manager who sees the light. Dunne and Cuellar is by far our best CB pair. I really dont rate Collins at all, and Clarke although very promising i dont think is ready quite yet to be a starting CB week in week out... long live king carlos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Jajajajajajajaja ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Should've played a lot more over the past 2 years! my only concern is that he impressed again at right back. Against the likes of chelsea we know he can do a job there. against the likes of swansea then i believe hutton can offer us a better option going forwards. Hutton isn't a Kyle Walker to be fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B31villa Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Cuellar was brill against the Wolves when we won 2-1 away & Houllier was in charge, then he dropped him next game. I'll never understand why he's never been in the team when not injured. He should be in every game now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Should've played a lot more over the past 2 years! my only concern is that he impressed again at right back. Against the likes of chelsea we know he can do a job there. against the likes of swansea then i believe hutton can offer us a better option going forwards. Are you serious? Hutton is the Emile Heskey of defence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioVillan Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 To hell with Alan Hutton. I've always rated King Carlos as well. I think he's the best option at right back going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beasley14 Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Glad he's got a chance again too. I think i'd give him a new contract he always performs when he is in the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villanfromluton Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Should've played a lot more over the past 2 years! my only concern is that he impressed again at right back. Against the likes of chelsea we know he can do a job there. against the likes of swansea then i believe hutton can offer us a better option going forwards. Only saw second half, just going to see the first half highlights, but you may have been surprised with a couple of the lads runs cos I was. There again, both Collins and Dunne made big runs from defence, Barca here were come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laivasse Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 As a big Carlos fan, actually I saw a fair bit of error-prone and loose play from Cuellar today, but the flipside is that he is STILL a very good defender regardless of errors, and our defense almost always gets a net benefit from having him in. He can be described in the same way Dunne can: he'll screw up but he'll save your arse more often than that. Not only that but Cuellar goes hell for leather to cover from his own screw-ups, and succeeds more often than not, which out of our back four is a description unique to him. A couple of times against Chelsea he seemed to want to close down centrally against Mata or whoever, because he (rightly) identified that as the main threat and (presumably; probably rightly) didn't trust Collins to do the job. This left a lot of space on their left for Cole or whoever to run at us and get in a cross. A couple of times they managed the cross in but Collins/Dunne dealt well, and a couple of times Cuellar managed to get back in position to get a good block in. It is risky play but like I say, NET BENEFIT. It creates a back four which on the whole deals better. Going forward he's always been a nailbiter. And he's always given a lot of effort to that part of his game despite the fact it obviously doesn't come natural. The net result is he makes some dribbles and through balls which are surprisingly damaging to the opposition. I will be very unhappy with the management if we end up letting him go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAFC2000 Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Hes a goner come the summer..! Lets play him while we have still got him. Its no coincidence that when he plays we win more games and when hr does not play we concede more and loose more. Football is not a difficult game in this context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponky Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 I loved his rampaging run in the second half. He left more than one Chelsea player for dead with a surprising turn of pace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoD Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 I'm still wondering how he lost his place last season and hasn't gotten in back much earlier. He has played a part in many of the really good results we've gotten in the past 2 years and I would hate to see him leave on a free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 I would also certainly prefer us to keep Cuellar. Should be in the team every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Hear hear. Cuellar in the side regularly now, please, not just as a second string Right back but as a Centre Back partnering Dunne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 I'm still wondering how he lost his place last season Wasn't he secretly injured and waiting for an operation? My recollection is he needed one but agreed to wait until the end of the season so we had cover in an emergency. Think even Gary Mac said now he was going for an operation and that#s why he'd been on the bench and praised his commitment. Like him, hope he stays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Is there any reason why we wouldn't offer him a new deal ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAFC2000 Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Is there any reason why we wouldn't offer him a new deal ? Yes the wages at the club are too high and the bunch of Muppets that are the board want to reduce the wages. As we made that excellent signing Hutton they will argue that we have to many players in the right back position being Hutton and the other useless full back Lichaj. It will be our loss. Its no coinsidence that we he played we finished sixth in the league 3 years in a row and had one of the best defenses. The man in class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyp_avfc Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 I think we should write to the club and persuade them to keep King Carlos!!! (facebook or emails?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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