vandaq Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Really like him for some reason but his defensive positioning is not great, I think it might cost us some goals this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Really like him for some reason but his defensive positioning is not great, I think it might cost us some goals this season. me too, I Love it when he runs with the ball and the way he took that goal against Arsenal. Hes still only young and hes playing Premier League for the fist time so needs time to adjust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anything11 Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Luna had a terrible game and the bullshit injury was embarrassing. However i do like the chap and i hope it was just a once off (or maybe 2 - newcastle as well). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 (edited) I like Luna. seems very raw but he hasnt had many games (in general) let alone the premier league. Edited September 23, 2013 by KSV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 He is a Lambert style full back. More concerned with attacking than defending. I love him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Yes hes fast becoming one of my fav players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KjParton Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 (edited) What was the injury? Did he get hit in the face by the ball? Edited September 23, 2013 by KjParton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 So Bennett gets slaughtered for looking better offensively rather then defensively but Luna is loved for it? There would have been about 20 new pages on the Bennett thread (of non-stop slating and abuse) had he served up what Luna did on Saturday. Or the Saturday before that I might add. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 He was playing with an injury. I don't think he was too bad Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Why was he played then? And also, yes it was that bad. Norwich just had free reign of our entire left hand side, especially in the second half. As I said, if it were Bennett, there wouldn't be one single defence of that performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwan Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 I don't think he was that bad. Average probably. Just didn't have any help on Norwich players that were overlapping or linking up. Several times I saw the midfield and Weimann get burned or lose their man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Was Bennett 'average' at Norwich last season then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwan Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 (edited) No he was poor. Luna might have allowed some crosses to get in but he didn't get outright beat like Bennett where Bennett had to pull him down for the penalty. Luna might be a bit suspect positionally as I suspect he likes to get forward and causes headaches for whoever has to cover for him as well as losing the shape, but he's a decent defender 1v1. Bennett, when his confidence was down, was easily turned and bamboozled and that's the biggest difference so far between Luna and Bennett. Edited September 23, 2013 by Kwan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 So Bennett gets slaughtered for looking better offensively rather then defensively but Luna is loved for it? There would have been about 20 new pages on the Bennett thread (of non-stop slating and abuse) had he served up what Luna did on Saturday. Or the Saturday before that I might add. Bennett looked awful offensively and he was even worse defensively. Luna actually looks a threat when attacking and he really is not that bad defensively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwan Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 (edited) Bennett has a decent cross on him, but last year he was very unsure of himself as a player. Whatever faults Luna has, he has the confidence to put his head down and keep going whereas Bennett had that shell shocked expression on his face for some parts of last season. Some players adjust quicker than others but it's no reason to write off Bennett. But right now, Luna is better. Edited September 23, 2013 by Kwan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 The difference is that Bennett was turned often because he was in some sort of proximity to his opponent. Luna was just nowhere to be seen most of the time on the Saturday. Norwich rarely bothered attacking down the right in the end, realising that Luna offered zero resistance to any Snodgrass attack. If that was average, then I'd hate to see a poor performance. Also was Luna not 'bamboozled' against Ben Arfa? Obviously I have no problem giving him time but I don't see why we are trying to sugarcoat performances that we would be absolutely slaughtering Bennett for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwan Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 (edited) I don't really remember Luna not being there at all. I saw Luna tucking in a lot and thus giving Snodgrass a lot of space but that's not the same as being MIA. I don't know whether that was a directive to allow him space but it obviously worked as they had little joy with their crosses. We will see with time but that's not sugar coating in defense of Luna. And Luna did have a bad game against Arfa. But Walcott, Mata, and Henderson were all quiet against him. Can't just look at the bad. Edited September 23, 2013 by Kwan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Tucking in is the same as shirking responsibility. What's the point of playing a full-back if he is not going to do anything to prevent the opposition firing in crosses at will? Clearly wasn't tactical as Bacuna didn't do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwan Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Yes, he was positionally suspect. But you asked why he is still better. He is better 1v1 than Bennett and he kept several other players quiet. But I digress. Like Westwood, you seem to have made up your mind about Luna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 So Luna is 5 games into his career in a new league in a new country and already some posters want him out and Bennett in. Well they'll probably get their wish tomorrow night seeing as he could be out injured, so we can all hope Joe has an absolute stormer of a game and teaches the little Spaniard a lesson for coming over here "taking his job". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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