Douglas Luiz - coming back?

[Monty]

Much better today, but he and McGinn are outnumbered, and also McGinn had a bona fide shocker.

[ChicagoLion]

Much better today, but he and McGinn are outnumbered, and also McGinn had a bona fide shocker.

Not the ideal central midfield partnership with zero defensive ability from the rest of the midfield players.
Thought SJM was ok.

[Holte L2]

We need Youri back asap.

[Bad English]

"We need to get our heads up" - Luiz

https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2024/may/06/luiz--we-need-to-get-our-heads-up/

[ChicagoLion]

"We need to get our heads up" - Luiz

https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2024/may/06/luiz--we-need-to-get-our-heads-up/

"We had control of the game"

kinell

[Bad English]

I was wondering about Doug getting his head u... no forget that.

[AV84]

I see Dougie is in the Brasil squad for the Copa America. Good for him, I guess. He looks like someone who could do with the summer off, but maybe it'll help him get some form back.

[Dave]

And looking at the midfielders they've picked (him, Guimares, Paqueta, Pereira at Fulham and Gomes at Wolves) you'd think it likely he'd be first choice alongside Guimares.

[VillaTim]

The way he's been playing he won't get a game  .

[PaulWinch again]

The way he's been playing he won't get a game  .

Nice to come in with a good positive message on what must be special for him.

[VillaTim]

The way he's been playing he won't get a game  .

Nice to come in with a good positive message on what must be special for him.

He was called up in the last squad so hardly a surprise .

[PaulWinch again]

Whether it was a surprise or not getting selected for a major tournament will be a big deal.

[pablo_picasso]

The way he's been playing he won't get a game  .

Good. He's knackered.

Getting picked is great for him. Him not getting games would be great for us.

So cheers for finding the positive for Villa in this situation.

[VillaTim]

The way he's been playing he won't get a game  .

Good. He's knackered.

Getting picked is great for him. Him not getting games would be great for us.

So cheers for finding the positive for Villa in this situation.

Same probably applies to Watkins and Konsa . McGinn will play 3 games then fly home . Playing the games isn't necessarily the tiring part it's the being part of the tournament , training , travelling, no break etc . But all top teams have this issue with players so it's standard .

[AV84]

Its not so bad when its actually over the summer. They'll still get a break and just miss the start of preseason. Injuries aside, of course.