Tomaszk Posted Saturday at 17:32 Share Posted Saturday at 17:32 1 hour ago, VillaChris said: Pau is what he is. This is the reality. He's so bloody lovely isn't he. I do think he can look to improve in the ugly stuff though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czarnikjak Posted Saturday at 17:38 Share Posted Saturday at 17:38 2 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: This is the reality. He's so bloody lovely isn't he. I do think he can look to improve in the ugly stuff though. No, he's 27 now isn't he? If he was ever to toughen up he would have done so by now. I think this is just who he is and will be.Lovely on the ball and piss poor weak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted Saturday at 18:09 Author Share Posted Saturday at 18:09 Christ, such an obvious player. F**** dreadful at defending but can play a bit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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punkiller1981 Posted Saturday at 20:44 Share Posted Saturday at 20:44 Yes he should have done better for the Fulham goal but just watching him on the ball bringing it out from the back shows everything you need to know about why he gets picked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieVillan Posted Saturday at 20:51 Share Posted Saturday at 20:51 He did the first bit right and was in a great position, but it was poor defending after that as he both misread what Jimenez was doing and then allowed himself to be eased off the ball without much of a fight. But, if you saw the Fulham and Arsenal red cards today, their defenders reacted desperately in those situations and basically lost their teams the game. Pau kept his head, he knew he had made a blunder but he didn’t attempt to wrestle the striker to the ground and risk getting himself sent off, he almost just let him have the shot. It looked terrible, but actually it may have been the better thing to do. We ended up winning the game and he played a big part in that. If he had a desperately lunged at the ball or tried to pull him back, he easily could have lost us the game being sent off that early. Of course though, you ideally want him to be stronger in the first place. I don’t really see any scenario where he isn’t in our first XI, one way or the other. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dog Posted Saturday at 20:52 Share Posted Saturday at 20:52 2 hours ago, Delphinho123 said: Christ, such an obvious player. F**** dreadful at defending but can play a bit. No, he isn't. He's fine at defending, he got done for their goal today. To say he's F**** dreadful at defending is ridiculous. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted Saturday at 20:53 Share Posted Saturday at 20:53 (edited) 10 minutes ago, punkiller1981 said: Yes he should have done better for the Fulham goal but just watching him on the ball bringing it out from the back shows everything you need to know about why he gets picked. Yeah lesser men would have shat themselves and gone on to have a stinker after things like that. He just kept composite and kept going. He usually seems determined to make it up ( in his playing style ) wehener he's at fault for a goal. Edited Saturday at 20:54 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted Saturday at 22:28 Share Posted Saturday at 22:28 We just need to engineer some sort of Gamma radiation accident with Pau. Or maybe a heavy weights program or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted Saturday at 22:55 Share Posted Saturday at 22:55 I think its more a lack of concentration than just a physical thing. Anyway he more than makes up for the odd mistake with other aspects of his game. Our win record was crap when he was out the team last season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted Sunday at 08:02 Share Posted Sunday at 08:02 17 hours ago, Czarnikjak said: It shouldn't be up for debate. He cannot defend against pace or strength. He was obviously awful for the goal, but there were a couple of times where it was Torres vs Traore and I thought "oh shit", but Torres defended really well. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrythevillan Posted Sunday at 08:10 Share Posted Sunday at 08:10 (edited) I love Pau on the ball, but think it’s pretty inexcusable that he hasn’t already beefed up by now. I heard Anthony Gordon say he skips weights because for his position he needs the extra pace and agility, and the club is fine with that. But surely Pau needs the extra strength, would losing a tiny amount of speed affect him? He’s not quick anyway. Unless someone who knows sports science can explain why, I think he’s not put that extra effort in the gym and on his nutrition which would take him to the next level. Edited Sunday at 08:11 by terrythevillan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted Sunday at 09:14 VT Supporter Share Posted Sunday at 09:14 1 hour ago, terrythevillan said: I love Pau on the ball, but think it’s pretty inexcusable that he hasn’t already beefed up by now. I heard Anthony Gordon say he skips weights because for his position he needs the extra pace and agility, and the club is fine with that. But surely Pau needs the extra strength, would losing a tiny amount of speed affect him? He’s not quick anyway. Unless someone who knows sports science can explain why, I think he’s not put that extra effort in the gym and on his nutrition which would take him to the next level. Put some steroids in his paella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted Sunday at 10:01 Share Posted Sunday at 10:01 He got caught out for the goal but it was a tricky ball, just a game state thing and Emi could've done better imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted Sunday at 10:13 Share Posted Sunday at 10:13 (edited) Needs to be stronger in the duels but he brings so much to our team. There was a moment in the second half where he moves the ball 10-15 yards spins on it and sets up Ollie but Leno made a good save after Andersen got a touch. He’s got a great footballing brain. Just needs to be stronger. Edited Sunday at 10:14 by The_Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zak Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago (edited) What were TNT saying about Pau, Emery not happy with him? Presume it's those words from Sat (duels) or is there more? Edited 8 hours ago by zak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago 3 minutes ago, zak said: What were TNT saying about Pau, Emery not happy with him? Presume it's those words from Sat (duels) or is there more? No there isn’t more just clueless pundits that have no idea. Emery simply criticised him for his mistake and nothing more. There’s a trend within the media trying to unsettle us at the moment banging on about Duran not starting constantly to this now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago I can only assume that those slating Pau for Saturday only saw the highlights. If so, I would encourage them to watch the full game on VTV. Yes, it was fairly poor for the goal, although the forward did very well too but the rest of his game was incredible both defensively and offensively. He’s a much better defender than he gets credit for and the rest of his game is utterly elite. He’s one of the best footballer’s that I’ve ever seen at Villa. He’s absolutely class. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago Looks so classy in this competition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago I honestly don't care if he gets bullied by a CF once every 2 or 3 games, this guy is insane 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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