Its still looks pretty good value for Barcelona.
David Villa | Monday 'defining day' for Spurs: Villa signs for Atletico Madrid
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Its still looks pretty good value for Barcelona.
Problem for Barca is what to do with Ibra. Combined with how good Pedro may be next season, he's going to have to play people out of there favoured positions.
Unless Guardiolla sticks with Ibra upfront. Villa looked fecking frightning coming in from the left against Portugal, maybe this is where he will be playing next season.
Unless Guardiolla sticks with Ibra upfront. Villa looked fecking frightning coming in from the left against Portugal, maybe this is where he will be playing next season.
Is Villa currently the best striker in the world? I think so.
The problem with Villa wide left, as with Rooney, is its easy to predict what he's going to do with the ball. And while both of them can go left and try and cross with their left foot at the byline, its rarely going to be brilliant delivery. So you show them wide and make them work hard, to cross the ball. Just dont let them come inside onto their right foot.
He was the best, but then on last season's form Rooney was better due to his deadlyness with his head too. But on current form, with Rooney being off it, yes he's definitely the best.
Has to be surely, I've had him in my fantasy football team, and he just keeps fecking scoring, just like he did in the Euro championships. He's made Torres look like an idiot, quite frankly, or maybe he did that himself.
Yeh, this is the problem. Villa would scare the shit out of defenders week in week out, playing on the left, and do a better job than, say, Henry did for them. But looking at the post above, why would you sacrafice playing one of(if not the) best striker(s) in the world in his deadliest position to accomodate a lazy Swede?
Yes. On balance he's been the best striker around since the RVN, Theirry Henry batch began to decline. He's been extraordinary in the last two major international tournaments, he's only dipped below the 1 goal every 2 games mark in 1 of his 5 seasons at Valencia, and he's contributed alot of assists. Torres, Rooney, Drogba might be as good as him at their best, but Villa stands alone in terms of his consistency over the past several years.
Been the best striker for the last 2-3 years. Phenomenal player. Shame he never wanted to move abroad. He'd be deadly for us.
nope
He has. Certainly the most consistent goalscorer in Europe for that period of time.
I am not including Messi and Ronaldo as a "striker" btw.
I honestly don't think there's a clear best striker in the world at the moment. It's always going to fluctuate based on the form of several strikers.
Villa easily is the best.
Watch him score 40 this year
Watch him score 40 this year
super player, has been for about 10 years.
The out and out best? he's certainly up there and in current form he has to go down as the best.
The out and out best? he's certainly up there and in current form he has to go down as the best.
Oh are we buying him again?
Aye he has. His record both domestically and internationally is testament to that. Throw in the quality of many of his goals, and the overall standard of his play with the ball at his feet, and he has no peers.
He wasnt better than Rooney last season, so nope not for the past 2 or 3 years. Before that he was the best, and based on the fact Rooney's gone off the boil, he's once again the best at this particular time.
But even though I'm a big fan of his, he's never been as good as Rooney was when he was in form in the season, due to the fact Rooney was dynamite in the air. Not just improved and good in the air, but he was actually scoring headers only the best headers of a football would score. In pretty much every other department its close between them, but Villa is not a nightmare to deal with in the air. He's just good in the air, but can be dominated in the air because of his size and no great leap. So Rooney simply went well ahead due to his hard work improving in the air.
But even though I'm a big fan of his, he's never been as good as Rooney was when he was in form in the season, due to the fact Rooney was dynamite in the air. Not just improved and good in the air, but he was actually scoring headers only the best headers of a football would score. In pretty much every other department its close between them, but Villa is not a nightmare to deal with in the air. He's just good in the air, but can be dominated in the air because of his size and no great leap. So Rooney simply went well ahead due to his hard work improving in the air.
Well Villa wasn't better than Forlan in 2008/09 either. But throw in that consistent level of performance over a number of years - the fact he's been in the top 5 strikers each year - and it's his consistency which sets him apart.
His international record is outstanding - the first striker since Ronaldo in 1998 and 1999 to dominate in two consecutive tournaments.
On the money.
Actually he was better than Forlan in 08/09 even though he didnt score as many. He played his best football for a long time and along with Mata, carried a pretty disgraceful at times, Valencia team. And he was still playing international games over the course of the season, continuing to score a goal a game.
And his international record is better than that. He's not just about to beat Raul's record in 3 more goals, but he's about to make Raul look shit in doing it in under 2/3 of the appearances. In fact its not just Raul he's about to make look shit, but every other Spanish striker in history.
In fact, I think if Rooney's international record read as 42 goals in 62 matches, a large amount of the posters on here would be suggesting Wayne Rooney is our best ever player. David Villa's international record is better than a goal every 1 and a half games.
I think Sky implied that City were in for him, this week.
I mentioned it in another thread last season, but he should really be figuring more prominently in BPITW discussions. Messi's probably correctly out on his own at the minute, but Villa bears comparison with Ronaldo, Xavi and anyone else out there.
what's more scary is that barca has without question 4 out of the top 7-8 players in the world. 50% of the BPITW candidates in your team is frightening.
You mean like Robben and his complete playing style?
No matter how predictable it is doesn't mean you can stop him/them.
If they are amazing dribblers, perhaps. Its the same with Messi, always wants to come inside but has the ability to choose to go outside and then cut in from there before you can recover to stop him.
Dribbling isnt one of David Villa's top skills. He has his moments like his goal in the world cup, but I've seen him fail many a time when one on one with the last man where he should have done better. And when you know he's coming inside you can absolutely stop him by taking the right position. This leaves you weaker to his outside/left but if he goes that way you can recover and if pressure is applied to him when he's crossing from there, he's rarely going to put real quality into the box. He's got a great left foot but he's not like Ribery or Nani who still have a diverse supply of techniques to cross the ball with even with their left feet, able to stand the ball up to the back post. Villa puts it low across the box and a correctly positioned CB will deal with it.
Sanchez in, Villa out then i assume?
But i doubt Barca would sell him after only 1 year..
But i doubt Barca would sell him after only 1 year..
They won't get Fabregas for £35million or less, they can afford Rossi, so it would come done to wether they'd rather Villa or Sanchez if thats to be believed.
I'd be gutted if Villa went to City. Or Chelsea for that matter.
I will be happy for rossi.
wonder if we'll show interest since fergie was very keen on him last summer.
he's the plyer that saf talked about when he said we had very real interest in a big target but he didn't want to leave his country.
he's the plyer that saf talked about when he said we had very real interest in a big target but he didn't want to leave his country.
You really think Fergie is going to pay 30 million for another 30 year old? Barca are targeting City because they know they're stupid enough to pay such a ridiculous fee.
he was very interested last summer for some reason.
I doubt Fergie would go for him now we have Hernandez but who knows.
I doubt Barcelona are seriously considering selling him, would be a massive risk, especially if they think they'll get Fabregas for under £35million as being a reason to sell him.
It possible they could try and use him in a swap deal with Arsenal.
Would be strange to use him in a deal for Fabregas considering their midfield is their strongest area and it would leave them a striker short, or even two strikers short if Bojan leaves.
Didn't realise he was 29, thought he was a few years younger than that
Is not relevant in terms of transfer as he broke his lower leg minutes ago