KHV Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Bacuna poses a goal threat from the middle of the park, nobody else in the midfield does this. I suppose Gil may in time but Westwood, Delph and Sanchez certainly dont. Cleverly may do and I hope Sherwood gets the best out of him for the remainder of the season too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westholmevillan Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 He scores goals and creates goals - he could kick it out for a throw in rest of the time, wouldn't bother me. He is not a bad defender either. Now here are some players who don't score, don't create ,and are poor defensively who have played instead of Bacuna. Gabby Nzog Richardson Cleverly They have all tried to create and score from attacking wide positions and failed. If you can't see Bacunas talent - you guys are blind. Agree with all of this. Bacuna was not used enough under Lambert IMO. lets face it, how many goals or assists do Delph, Cleverley, Richardson, Zoggy have between them? I think Bacuna deserves a good run of games. He is also useful wide right as cover for Hutton going forward! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 He's like the anti-Cleverley. His touch isn't great and he gives the ball away a lot but he's not afraid to take a few chances and as a result pops up with goals and assists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 17, 2015 Moderator Share Posted February 17, 2015 I like him. I want him to do well and I think he has perhaps been under-utilised to date. But he does need to contribute more in his overall game if he's to justify getting into the team on anything like a regular basis. He has a goal in him no doubt, but he's not prolific enough to be a luxury in other areas. It'll be interesting to see if he can stake a claim under Sherwood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I like him. I want him to do well and I think he has perhaps been under-utilised to date. But he does need to contribute more in his overall game if he's to justify getting into the team on anything like a regular basis. He has a goal in him no doubt, but he's not prolific enough to be a luxury in other areas. It'll be interesting to see if he can stake a claim under Sherwood. If the boss is to be believed then if you train well you get a chance so maybe he will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 17, 2015 Moderator Share Posted February 17, 2015 That's just lip-service though. You'd hope that every single player will give their all in training, or certainly much more than 11 of them will. So whilst the starting team will no doubt be made up of players who have given their all during training, I'd be fairly sure the bench will be like that too. And that's where I'm interested to see what Timothy thinks of them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 That's just lip-service though. You'd hope that every single player will give their all in training, or certainly much more than 11 of them will. So whilst the starting team will no doubt be made up of players who have given their all during training, I'd be fairly sure the bench will be like that too. And that's where I'm interested to see what Timothy thinks of them all. I may be wrong but I get the impression that there may be at least one or two that probably dont put a shift in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 17, 2015 Moderator Share Posted February 17, 2015 That's just lip-service though. You'd hope that every single player will give their all in training, or certainly much more than 11 of them will. So whilst the starting team will no doubt be made up of players who have given their all during training, I'd be fairly sure the bench will be like that too. And that's where I'm interested to see what Timothy thinks of them all. I may be wrong but I get the impression that there may be at least one or two that probably dont put a shift in Yes, which leaves 23. That's my point. There'll be plenty of players who put a shift in who don't get into the team, so saying something like you get in on your training performance means very little in reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Don't rate this guy at all but he does bring goals so it's a tough one. I also have no idea where his best position is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poitier Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I think his physicality is also an important attribute, there isn't enough of that in our midfield. Sanchez is the only other midfielder that can win an aerial duel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJT123 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I thought he was really good at RB to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I thought he was really good at RB to be honest. No, cuz of long diagonal balls beyond our back line always caught him out. 1 vs 1, I'd back him, but he hasn't got the awareness for the job full time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooJung Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I thought he was really good at RB to be honest. No, cuz of long diagonal balls beyond our back line always caught him out. 1 vs 1, I'd back him, but he hasn't got the awareness for the job full time. Or maybe he just had to learn to defend, given that he had never played in that position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I dont subscribe to this view that he never played RB. At Groningen he played RB, RW, DCM, CM, ACM, basically all over the place. not dissimilar to Barry here when he was a nipper for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 he also played up front for them on a couple of occasions by all accounts, just found that out by doublechecking myself 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I'd play bacuna one the right wing, with Sinclair on the left and Gil centrally behind benteke. Certainly think he has something to offer in the closing stages of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 He should be playing solely based on the fact that his crossing and free kicks and win a game for us. Put him at RW where he can help Hutton on defense, but still have room to create chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJT123 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I thought he was really good at RB to be honest. No, cuz of long diagonal balls beyond our back line always caught him out. 1 vs 1, I'd back him, but he hasn't got the awareness for the job full time. I play full back and always get done by those long diagonal balls. The damn things get me puzzled. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted February 17, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted February 17, 2015 Leo really is a puzzle. I don't even know where he should play. I used to like him at RB, and he was able to score from there aswell. Now, I don't know. However, as long as he scores once in a while, he should play. We need each one of those goals. Do you think it'd be worth sticking him just behind Benteke to play off him as a really attacking forward/second striker? He seems to know where the goal is, and is fairly quick. Somehow I think his goals and assists have a surprise element to them. He comes from behind the play and is poorly marked, and knows how to strike the ball. This would lead me to think he should play either as a winger or RB. When Hutton is ok, Bacuna should be RW. Or then what you said. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 (edited) Maybe he's a striker? Edit - I see I was an hour too late! His movement is good, he could play off the big man, make runs down the channels, drift out wide and whip the odd cross in. We know he can finish. That way his penchant for trying the ridiculous and giving the ball away is less of an issue. Much less. Edited February 18, 2015 by dont_do_it_doug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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