Villalba and a rant (6 replies)

Another assist tonight. Involved in 5 goals in his 10 games for Almeria so far. Pretty strong considering he has started a few from the bench.

I believe he is a very good player, who is not afraid to do the pressing required of modern midfielders. I think he'll likely succeed in La Liga.

It is frustrating that we began the season with some promising midfield possession play and bottled it. Unfortunately, for me, it did not work because: (1) Juke has many strengths but not the right ones to play as a 1 in a possession based system. It would have been great to have Hogan as the 1. He has the footballing intelligence and pace to play it well; (2) the defence was poor as it has been in every system, save for when JCS and Roberts have started together; and (3) Pep is a fraud and bottled it. Just read his post match comments. He's a deluded prick as well.