Popular Post KMitch Posted July 18, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 18, 2019 5 minutes ago, sir_gary_cahill said: Where are the highlights? Jota was the best player on the pitch in either half. Was unlucky to not get on the scoresheet. To be honest, we played like garbage and it looked like the first preseason game of the campaign, but we did create a lot of chances. If our finishing was better, we could have easily scored 6-7 against this garbage side. No offense to MUFC, but MLS's quality has really been diluted over the past 10 years with all the expansion teams being added to the league. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 4 minutes ago, KMitch said: Jota was the best player on the pitch in either half. Was unlucky to not get on the scoresheet. To be honest, we played like garbage and it looked like the first preseason game of the campaign, but we did create a lot of chances. If our finishing was better, we could have easily scored 6-7 against this garbage side. No offense to MUFC, but MLS's quality has really been diluted over the past 10 years with all the expansion teams being added to the league. To be honest that’s good we won easily but looked very rusty. Will take a good few weeeks to get us back to speed. Some really top goals. Bjarnasson and Lansburys were great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_Hope Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Clever player...we need more clever players. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 looks like a guy who wants the ball, add him to jack and we're laughing (hopefully) especially if guilbert / elmo are offering an overlap and proper width Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted July 18, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted July 18, 2019 O'kelly and Smith both said in their interviews that they thought he was Premier League quality at Brentford and were amazed a Prem team didn't come in for him so he went to Blues. I think they see him as our right winger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinRichardsonsMoustache Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Jota's resemblance to JPA is uncanny in some of those highlights. Yes, his touch is better and he's not constantly straying offside, but his whole demeanour, his busyness and THE HAIR: it's like 2004! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Something I noticed was his energy he looks very fit considering first game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 25 minutes ago, KevinRichardsonsMoustache said: Jota's resemblance to JPA is uncanny in some of those highlights. Yes, his touch is better and he's not constantly straying offside, but his whole demeanour, his busyness and THE HAIR: it's like 2004! Was it that long ago? Bloody hell I'm old! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Willard Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 The ball over the top to Wesley. More of that please 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Demitri_C said: To be honest that’s good we won easily but looked very rusty. Will take a good few weeeks to get us back to speed. Some really top goals. Bjarnasson and Lansburys were great We looked as expected, those cobwebs and rust will shake off in the coming weeks. Some good signs from those highlights. A clever thinker in Jota in terms of thinking, movement, awareness etc. Well done to Lansbury for his goal and what a head by Birkir too, great cross from Bree for him to latch onto. I noticed alot of fringe players where included which is a good sign. 35 minutes ago, KevinRichardsonsMoustache said: Jota's resemblance to JPA is uncanny in some of those highlights. Yes, his touch is better and he's not constantly straying offside, but his whole demeanour, his busyness and THE HAIR: it's like 2004! You're not wrong. He reminds me of him too and he is now what I thought we where going to see from JPA when he arrived, sadly it took him a while to get going here. Good to see Jota is looking straight out the traps so soon. Even by those highlights he looked worth more than the £4m we've got him for. Good business. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Played very well. Hope this continues! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 That pass to El Ghazi was pirlo-esque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 I'm glad to see the forum warming to him a bit. His stats in a very very bad SHA side were good, he got 3 goals and 9 assists last season in a side that weren't exactly helping him out much at all. He's going to flourish in a better squad. His pass to Wesley would have been an assist on another day, it was quality. He only played 45 minutes, but was likely one of the best players in the whole match. The signs are there that he'll be a great winger for us this coming season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Loved watching him 1st half, thought him and Jack can become something a bit special in our midfield. I almost thought he played even better slightly in field rather than the wing, with him and Jack just behind the striker. Not sure how this would work in the system because that would mean another right winger and if Luiz will be DM then McGinn would drop out. Thats scares me as McGinn has been fantastic but as usual, twists and turns will always happen throughout the season. Anyway it's looking good the options we are starting to have now and I enjoyed watching Jota. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV82 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Our very own David Silva. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Just now, AV82 said: Our very own David Silva. That crossed my mind too..... He really is silky and can pick a pass. He was a great addition ...... and for 4m... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 2m... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) Didn't start well but grew on me as the game went on. Seemed to have a good connection with Jack. If he can handle the pace of the game in Premier League remains to be seen but yesterday was promising. Edited July 18, 2019 by villalad21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 23 minutes ago, Mazrim said: 2m... And Brentford wanted how much for Benrahma? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 4 hours ago, AvfcRigo82 said: We looked as expected, those cobwebs and rust will shake off in the coming weeks. Some good signs from those highlights. A clever thinker in Jota in terms of thinking, movement, awareness etc. Well done to Lansbury for his goal and what a head by Birkir too, great cross from Bree for him to latch onto. I noticed alot of fringe players where included which is a good sign. You're not wrong. He reminds me of him too and he is now what I thought we where going to see from JPA when he arrived, sadly it took him a while to get going here. Good to see Jota is looking straight out the traps so soon. Even by those highlights he looked worth more than the £4m we've got him for. Good business. The cross for BB's goal was from Green. Agree with the rest of your post 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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