BOF Posted April 30, 2013 Moderator Share Posted April 30, 2013 That shows nicely how Delph is pretty much everywhere and evenly distributed. He's a machine Interesting to see Sylla playing there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyp_avfc Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Found this today xD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 I like him, didn't cost the earth and seems to be fitting in well. Even more impressive that he came from Ligue 2 too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praisedmambo Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 (edited) Last night he was on another level to what I have seen of him before. He's got the odd rough edge, but against Sunderland he showed so many positives—hassling, tackling, retaining possession, getting into space, some tidy passes—his best game for Villa 100% and he was a big part of a dynamic midfield performance, I think. All three had great games. Sylla's adapted well, if he keeps playing like that and keeps improving he'll show how he is another astute buy. Edited April 30, 2013 by praisedmambo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarjei Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Pretty much anytime that Sunderland won possession he was putting pressure on however had it. Makes us much less vulnerable on the counter to have a 3 man center mid, and it helps out the full backs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 At the end of the day though Makelele harried players, broke up the play and laid an easy pass to a team mate, Sylla is doing these things albeit in a more box to box style when compared to C.M. and further up the pitch. I would say he's doing a similar job just higher up the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houlston Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Those heatmaps also show that the midfield gives more protection to Lowton than Bennett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Those heatmaps also show that the midfield gives more protection to Lowton than Bennett Possibly, the fact Lowton had more touches than anyone else would also draw the midfielders too him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Those heatmaps also show that the midfield gives more protection to Lowton than Bennett I thought this last night. When we didn't have the ball, Sylla was basically playing as a right hand side midfielder, giving plenty of protection to Lowton. Bennet didn't quite get the same protection from Delph and was left a little exposed at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 30, 2013 Moderator Share Posted April 30, 2013 Those heatmaps also show that the midfield gives more protection to Lowton than Bennett I thought this last night. When we didn't have the ball, Sylla was basically playing as a right hand side midfielder, giving plenty of protection to Lowton. Bennet didn't quite get the same protection from Delph and was left a little exposed at times.Bennett has Gabby giving him support. I think that's where the balance is supposed to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houlston Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Those heatmaps also show that the midfield gives more protection to Lowton than Bennett I thought this last night. When we didn't have the ball, Sylla was basically playing as a right hand side midfielder, giving plenty of protection to Lowton. Bennet didn't quite get the same protection from Delph and was left a little exposed at times. Bennett has Gabby giving him support. I think that's where the balance is supposed to be. True but then Lowton has Sylla & Weimann, but in terms of the midfield its still heavily weighted on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Those heatmaps also show that the midfield gives more protection to Lowton than Bennett I thought this last night. When we didn't have the ball, Sylla was basically playing as a right hand side midfielder, giving plenty of protection to Lowton. Bennet didn't quite get the same protection from Delph and was left a little exposed at times. Bennett has Gabby giving him support. I think that's where the balance is supposed to be. The way I saw it last night (all be it from a lowly position on the by-line), was that when we didn't have possession, Delph would cover the left wing and Sylla the right. Gabby and Weimann were then able to stay a bit further forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LockStockVilla Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Those heatmaps also show that the midfield gives more protection to Lowton than Bennett I thought this last night. When we didn't have the ball, Sylla was basically playing as a right hand side midfielder, giving plenty of protection to Lowton. Bennet didn't quite get the same protection from Delph and was left a little exposed at times. Bennett has Gabby giving him support. I think that's where the balance is supposed to be. The way I saw it last night (all be it from a lowly position on the by-line), was that when we didn't have possession, Delph would cover the left wing and Sylla the right. Gabby and Weimann were then able to stay a bit further forward. Yeah, I'd agree with that. Once we went a man up as well, Delph looked to almost move to LB with JB playing almost as a winger, iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 He should have played last week against Man U and snapped at Rooney's heels. Rooney wouldn't have had so much time and space to pick out passes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AValon Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 What I like about Sylla is he does'nt seem overawed by the step up to PL. I expected most of the football to pass him by, but he gets stuck in for everything he can. OK, he's prone to the odd mistimed tackle or wayward pass, but another 12mths in this team and he'll be a totally different animal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted April 30, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted April 30, 2013 (edited) I don't know what to make of this guy.. In the first half he was destroying every bit of momentum we had in each attack, then in the second half he was destroying every Sunderland player that came near him. I get the feeling that he's more of an athlete than a footballer, but I won't judge properly until next season Edited April 30, 2013 by villarule123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 He made a couple of cracking back heels to Lowton, which enabled Lowton to carry the ball right into the heart of the sunderland defence. I think off the ball, when we were attacking he was absolutely superb, making runs and space for others. God help Sunderland if their midfielders got it though, took him about 2 seconds to get into them. Honestly, last night, everyone performed at 9's/10's it was the best team performance since Blackburn CC semi final 2nd leg/Ajax home. I'm running out of things to say just magnificent from the moment we conceded the goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunther Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 I think he's looked nervous so far, usually passing backwards rather than taking a risk as he didn't want to lose the ball. Makelele made a career out of that. Indeed, and I've no problem with keeping the ball (unlike some who shout 'forwards', or 'this way' every time we playing it sideways to keep possession...grrr...), but you can see he wants to go forwards, but lacked a bit of confidence in the first half, which is understandable with the jump he made in the middle of the season. Once we were more comfortable though, he really shone. Lambert certainly has an eye for potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 30, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted April 30, 2013 Those heatmaps also show that the midfield gives more protection to Lowton than Bennett I thought this last night. When we didn't have the ball, Sylla was basically playing as a right hand side midfielder, giving plenty of protection to Lowton. Bennet didn't quite get the same protection from Delph and was left a little exposed at times. Bennett has Gabby giving him support. I think that's where the balance is supposed to be. The way I saw it last night (all be it from a lowly position on the by-line), was that when we didn't have possession, Delph would cover the left wing and Sylla the right. Gabby and Weimann were then able to stay a bit further forward. Lowton gets forward more often than Bennett too which means they'd spend more time covering the right side anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattyp_avfc Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 (edited) I'm just looking forward to using him in Fifa 14 xD I'll be intrigued to see whether Gardner fits in where Delph plays.... Also he retweeted me Edited April 30, 2013 by Mattyp_avfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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