Leandro Bacuna - Sold

[in exile]

Leandro Bacuna...not just a poor right back

[Matt Collins]

Still never seen him play well in midfield,  though his rotation in midfield was good - I think that's mostly good coaching

Get Adama in for him asap.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

very poor today but he has been for the majority of his villa career. we will never improve whilst players of his standard start regularly

[CT]

Desperately poor today. Personally, to me, he doesn't look good enough for the top flight. Whether he's better than Hutton at RB is up for discussion, but his lack of brains or basic skills was laughable at times today.

[Matt Collins]

Pretty certain he won't play in the next game

We're going to struggle to find a place for grealish and Adama and Gil, unless about half of you are right and I'm wrong, and Sinclair can play no 9

[supertom]

Desperately poor today. Personally, to me, he doesn't look good enough for the top flight. Whether he's better than Hutton at RB is up for discussion, but his lack of brains or basic skills was laughable at times today.

I don't think that's up for discussion. I'd have Hutton at RB over Leandro every time to be honest. It's his specialist position and with Amavi going hell for leather on the left, we need a bit more balance on that right. Hutton will do a solid job most weeks. If you put Traore in front of him with license to attack at will, we'll have some joy.

Bacuna isn't good enough. There's no one position where he excels consistently. He looks hideously awkward with a football at times. Like it's a live hand grenade. Once in a blue moon he'll come up with something good. He was Cafu-esque in a couple of game last season (albeit against dreadful sides) before falling back to his usual ways. He doesn't really score much any more. Those 5 goals in his first season papered over many cracks. They were good goals too leaving one wondering why he doesn't look that composed more often.

We can get by this season, but we'll be desperate for a new right back next summer. For now the priority is CF.

[Villafirst]

Bacuna or Gil??? If Carles had started today we would've won for certain. Bacuna was poor today.

[Stirchley Villain]

His dead balls were poor today. He seems to have lost that aspect of his game. Will it ever come back..?

[bobdylan]

Maybe Crespo will be 1st choice rb when fit.

[Big Dick Edwards]

I find it increasingly difficult to believe we gave Bacuna a new five year contract last week. He's a squad player at the very best.

[dcdavecollett]

At least TS did the right thing and gave him the hook with enough time left to change the outcome.

[PaulWinch again]

Bacuna should not be our first choice right back. I quite like him as a squad player, but he makes some appalling defensive mistakes.

[passitsideways]

He needs a brain transplant. He's got some decent footballing attributes but the stupidity with Vardy leading up to their first goal was unnecessary, and the cross-field pass he played to Sanchez was horrifying and should've got him the hook right then and there.

I still don't have a problem with keeping him around but someone needs to have a word with him.

[usav]

He has to be dropped, just has to be.   Either play Hutton or move Micah over and put Clark alongside Lescott.

Bacuna is not good enough, plain and simple.

[RussellC]

He needs a brain transplant. He's got some decent footballing attributes but the stupidity with Vardy leading up to their first goal was unnecessary, and the cross-field pass he played to Sanchez was horrifying and should've got him the hook right then and there.

I still don't have a problem with keeping him around but someone needs to have a word with him.

He's put is in trouble with that square ball whilst high up the pitch a few times in the past. He did it against the Baggies a couple fo seasons ago, leading to Shane Long scoring, and then played Westwood into trouble at St.Mary's last season, leading to another Shane Long goal.

There were a number of occasions yesterday when he found himself in cul-de-sacs but instead of playing the ball into one of the channels for Gabby/Sinclair to chase he lost possession and immediately put us under pressure. He just doesn't seem to be learning and needs to be dropped. When Traore is fit we really just need a solid defensive full-back behind him, so hopefully Crespo will tick that box.