JW1985
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Hasn't Chrisene played left back at times? Not specialist though.
Seb Revan is the lb for the under 18s and has played under 23s as well. Might be too early for him though.
Hasn't Chrisene played left back at times? Not specialist though.
Our defence is fine, except for LB backup, and even there Hause can play at a pinch. Mings isn't perfect (who is) but he's great at organising the defence and it's that in part which has made Konsa look so good. If Guilbert has done as well as he appears to have done on his loan out I think we'll keep him as backup to Cash. Engels is in a strange position but I suspect he'll stay to provide further CB backup and use in cup runs.
It's midfield and forwards where we need that bit extra, and Buena gives us some of that.
We definitely need improvements at CB, the only reason we've had a solidish defence this season is playing between the sticks.
Mings, even when he's having a great game, has a couple of blunders in him.
I don't think he has the mentality to be a CB, you know the put it in row Z type of thing that's needed some times. Hause on the other hand has that mentality. Speaking of Hause, it would be nice to work out how many times he's played when we haven't conceded.
Someone made the point that we've looked more solid with Konza at RB and Hause at CB.
We definitely need improvements at CB, the only reason we've had a solidish defence this season is playing between the sticks.
Mings, even when he's having a great game, has a couple of blunders in him.
I don't think he has the mentality to be a CB, you know the put it in row Z type of thing that's needed some times. Hause on the other hand has that mentality. Speaking of Hause, it would be nice to work out how many times he's played when we haven't conceded.
Someone made the point that we've looked more solid with Konza at RB and Hause at CB.
Yes I invented that system, I had one lad who was under11's tell me he was a CB and I just said to him I'll be the judge of that, you're a player. Another one was a striker for Halesowen town, I told him he was playing right back, he said he didn't play right back, I said how about the subs bench. He played right-back for the next 3 seasons
I'd take Hause over Mings any day. With Hause you don't have to be apprehensive about the next fuck up waiting to happen and does the basics right. Not saying he is fantastic. And he is fearless unlike Mings and is a menace on corners.
There was a time when I'd have said yes in a heartbeat to Ake but, those days are long gone.
As for White, I did say closer to £30m, meaning between £30 & £40m, maybe throwing in a player as makeweight.
Just checked. Can't see him following any Villa related accounts.
He follows some good players though -
Ronaldo
Pogba
Neymar
Mbappe
Messi
and Jessie Lingard! Bizzare.
He also follows a number of clubs. Man City, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Marseille, Lyon. Obviously keeping his options open.
Our defence is fine, except for LB backup, and even there Hause can play at a pinch. Mings isn't perfect (who is) but he's great at organising the defence and it's that in part which has made Konsa look so good. If Guilbert has done as well as he appears to have done on his loan out I think we'll keep him as backup to Cash. Engels is in a strange position but I suspect he'll stay to provide further CB backup and use in cup runs.
It's midfield and forwards where we need that bit extra, and Buena gives us some of that.
Amazing how the consensus on this forum changes so quickly. 12 months ago the majority on here were calling Hause shite and calling for him to be shipped out. He's a good back up option and is dominant in the air against most opposition, but he isn't at the same level as Mings.
Mings made a couple of errors around Xmas time and some don't seem to be able to get this out of their minds. His form picked up again towards the end of the season and he was arguably MoM in a few of our games. Toegther with Konsa they have formed a good partnership. Think we'd be mad to mess about with that myself when we have bigger priorities to sort out
Hause is ok as back up but he’s a championship quality player. He’s no-nonsense, does the basics reasonably well but he’s nothing special and there’s a reason he’s been seen as a second choice since we signed him. Even in the championship he was shifted out to full back to accommodate better centre halves and last season he only played 7 league gamesI'd take Hause over Mings any day. With Hause you don't have to be apprehensive about the next fuck up waiting to happen and does the basics right. Not saying he is fantastic. And he is fearless unlike Mings and is a menace on corners.
Freddie can play LB too.
He's a completely different style of LB, more defensive minded than rampaging down the wing.
Freddie Bouma coming out of retirement ?
12 months ago many were calling Targett shite too !
6th in Championship for tackles which is insane for attacking mid. Look at top 20 tacklers in any league and it will be DMs FBs and CBs. Buendia 2.4 tackles per game last season was only bettered by Cash in the Villa squadBuendia is also a big part of the reason that Max Aarons has looked so good at right-back this last season. He might be a very productive frontline player but, he puts in the hard work, tackling back, making interceptions, covering his fullback.