Tom13 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 1 hour ago, CarryOnVilla said: I wonder how difficult it would be for him to play as a Play making DM Why!?!?!?!?!? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 10 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: People always do this on VillaTalk. We get a player who is genuinely brilliant in his position and people want to move him. There’s literally no need. We have great DMs, Pau is a great CB. Leave them there And the fact he’s got close to no pace at all, he’s a CB for a good reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted August 21 VT Supporter Share Posted August 21 And then when he's settled in at DM we'll move him to RB for some reason. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jas10 Posted August 21 Popular Post Share Posted August 21 7 minutes ago, fightoffyour said: And then when he's settled in at DM we'll move him to RB for some reason. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted August 21 VT Supporter Share Posted August 21 13 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: And the fact he’s got close to no pace at all, he’s a CB for a good reason. Apparently he was one the quickest in La Liga 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_ian_taylor Posted August 21 VT Supporter Share Posted August 21 1 hour ago, Adam2003 said: Fake news, I read on here he was poor. Could have won a higher proportion of his duels in that game for me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 47 minutes ago, Tom13 said: Why!?!?!?!?!? Why not? Just curious to if it would be difficult for him to play that kind of role. lovely pass, nice vision, can tackle. Seems more DPL esq than CB… he’s just a strange (yet good) player because of it. Not many CBs can play the ball like he can, but many CBs can defend better than him. It’s like he’s a half/half player and I’m curious to know if he could be as good in that DPL role. If not, why not? And to everyone else, I have no desire to move his position. I just want to work him out better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: People always do this on VillaTalk. We get a player who is genuinely brilliant in his position and people want to move him. There’s literally no need. We have great DMs, Pau is a great CB. Leave them there At least no-one is speculating about selling him on for £100m. That seems to be the other thing people love to do once we get a very good player established on the side. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 18 minutes ago, CarryOnVilla said: Why not? Just curious to if it would be difficult for him to play that kind of role. lovely pass, nice vision, can tackle. Seems more DPL esq than CB… he’s just a strange (yet good) player because of it. Not many CBs can play the ball like he can, but many CBs can defend better than him. It’s like he’s a half/half player and I’m curious to know if he could be as good in that DPL role. If not, why not? And to everyone else, I have no desire to move his position. I just want to work him out better It's a completely different game playing in the two positions. He's fantastic on the ball for a centre back but there you have more time on the ball, generally forward players i.e. ones that aren't specialists in winning the ball back closing you down, different types of passes to play etc. If he's in midfield the game is suddenly 360 degrees, he has to move much, much faster on the ball, and show other qualities that are different to playing at CB. I'd say he's pretty much tailor-made to be a ball-playing left-sided centre back and nothing else, and he's excellent at it. Fortunately for Villa he just has some obvious drawbacks to him athletically that prevented one of Europe's elite or traditionally bigger clubs signing him earlier. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 1 minute ago, Indigo said: It's a completely different game playing in the two positions. He's fantastic on the ball for a centre back but there you have more time on the ball, generally forward players i.e. ones that aren't specialists in winning the ball back closing you down, different types of passes to play etc. If he's in midfield the game is suddenly 360 degrees, he has to move much, much faster on the ball, and show other qualities that are different to playing at CB. I'd say he's pretty much tailor-made to be a ball-playing left-sided centre back and nothing else, and he's excellent at it. Fortunately for Villa he just has some obvious drawbacks to him athletically that prevented one of Europe's elite or traditionally bigger clubs signing him earlier. Finally I get an answer… thank you. I see the point Now, I’d agree, he’s almost the perfect CB, just that athleticism that does prevent him from being an elite CB. If only he was stronger and could win a header. He’d be the chefs kiss of CB’s. But then again, if he was, we’d never been able to sign him. He’d be at Man City already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 1 hour ago, Follyfoot said: Apparently he was one the quickest in La Liga Not exactly known as a fast league, is it... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 7 hours ago, MSvillain said: The term Rolls Royce needs to be retired after this Looks like Beckenbauer there... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 21 VT Supporter Share Posted August 21 37 minutes ago, briny_ear said: At least no-one is speculating about selling him on for £100m. That seems to be the other thing people love to do once we get a very good player established on the side. Yeah. Pisses me right off. Should be £110m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders129 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 7 hours ago, MSvillain said: The term Rolls Royce needs to be retired after this Just noticed John McGinn freaking out when Pau surged forward 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wezbid Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 1 hour ago, Jas10 said: This gif always slightly breaks my heart. I know he wasn't the best but you can feel the hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anything11 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 2 hours ago, rodders129 said: Just noticed John McGinn freaking out when Pau surged forward He then moves to cover Pau's position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted August 22 VT Supporter Share Posted August 22 10 hours ago, Wezbid said: This gif always slightly breaks my heart. I know he wasn't the best but you can feel the hurt. Guy is a prick. I'm sure crying into his millions (of kebabs) caught the tears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wezbid Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 4 hours ago, fightoffyour said: Guy is a prick. I'm sure crying into his millions (of kebabs) caught the tears. When you put it like that, I don't feel so bad anymore haha. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 19 hours ago, CarryOnVilla said: I wonder how difficult it would be for him to play as a Play making DM Impossible. He moves like an oil tanker. You need to be able to cover the ground in midfield. Pau is just fine where he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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