BleedClaretAndBlue Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Just watched the full 90 on game of the day and thought he did fine all game minus that stray pass straight to an Arse player in a dangerous position. Great goal and great scenes welcome to AVFC amigo, a debut to remember 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amo69 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 just saw it again and he actually made the block just before he scored. Great debut. At last we have a decent left back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-Carlsen Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 (edited) My 4 year old has been walking around singing "tony, tony mooooon, tony, tony mooooooon..." ever since his father went somewhat berserk in front of the telly earlier today It was like some kind of glitch in the matrix though, couldn't make out (comprehend) who it was until I saw him running towards the fans. Edited August 17, 2013 by K-Carlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Did more in one game than Bennett did all last season Fantastic luna!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chap of Steel Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Really pleased for the guy. Terrific goal and completely unexpected for a LB. Seems like another great signing by Lambert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 I agree with a lot of the sentiments aready put forward about today's match (Beating Arsenal 3-1 at the Emirates if you're reading in the future...and I like writing that sentence ) You're looking for him to get up to the pace of the Premier League and there's few better chances for that than to go against Walcott. Training with Gabby must've helped because he coped really fine. Yeah there were a few shakes but that's to be expected as I feel playing full-back in the modern game has became more difficult in recent years. He looks a balanced player positionally and that's also something that will improve as he plays more premier league games and a goal is obviously great in any game but especially a debut. Hopefully we have the top-scoring full-backs in the world in our team and will manage to help keep a fair few out at our end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan4Life Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 He did this TWICE against Crewe in the friendly!! one disallowed and one he dribbled past the goalkeeper but went little too far and you are thinking, what the hell is he doing there?? he would make an awesome left winger as well!! i think he's bloody amazing!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoD Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 A very good debut. A couple of suspect moments in defence but overall did a good job against Walcott. Really enjoyed his goal as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 He's not the tallest, so was around the edge of the box for their corner and saw the chance to break. Just watched replay. Benteke heads the corner kick as far as Santa Clausola outside the box who chests it down and pings a shot which Luna rushes and turns his body so it ricochets off his backside and carries to Weimann on the left hand side. Luna has jogged after the ricochet to the semi-circle and is now level with KEA the forward most Villa player who is static. Luna looks and sees that Weimann has the ball and open space in front of him so races ahead and calls for the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Just watched replay. Benteke heads the corner kick as far as Santa Clausola outside the box who chests it down and pings a shot which Luna rushes and turns his body so it ricochets off his backside and carries to Weimann on the left hand side. Luna has jogged after the ricochet to the semi-circle and is now level with KEA the forward most Villa player who is static. Luna looks and sees that Weimann has the ball and open space in front of him so races ahead and calls for the ball. Then what happened?! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 He blatantly wants to be an attacking player, always popping up way too far up the pitch, real little cult hero in the making though, love the guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I thought he did fine defensively and he's great going forward. Really really strong debut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Commentators have picked up on the Tony Moon thing as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Commentators have picked up on the Tony Moon thing as well Yeah heard that on MOTD which I was surprised at. Also surprised that MOTD were actually almost a bit insightful yesterday. Shearer actually described what was happening rather than simply saying 'he gets the ball there, and goes there' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I thought he had a really good debut given the fact he was up against Walcott. He made a couple of good blocks and kept his man fairly quiet. He also showed he has the bravery for a good challenge, when he slid into that 50/50 with Oxlade-Chamberlain. By the way, how the hell did he get booked for that? The ref had another mare with that one! The goal was brilliant. Showed a cool head to not go too early and stay on side. Then, arched his run towards the centre of goal to open up a better shooting angle before calmly slotting it away. To do that on your debut after 85 minutes of a bruising game was very impressive. I said last week that Luna is going to be a goal threat for us and I really believe there are more to come from him. Gonna be a money maker for fans that like a bet lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 He had a really good game to be honest, difficult to see where Bennett comes in if he plays like that. Showed real spirit going in 50/50 and to then just get up and shake off the Ox sliding into his balls as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandaq Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 That goal was amazing. Really lost it when it happened, fantastic moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Just rewatched the game. You know the lad thinks fast, very fast. I like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayDeePee Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 All hail the mighty beard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterfingers Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Very pleased with his pre-season progress and performance yesterday.I'm not Bennets biggest critic but like most,I felt this was a position that could be improved upon. For some reason,his goal yesterday reminds me of Stauntons at Sheffield Wednesday in Big Rons first game in charge.I can't really recall the goal but have a picture in my head of us breaking on the counter attack & Staunton smashing home.If Tony goes on to play as well as Stauton did for us,I won't be too upset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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