Diego Carlos

[john e]

Why play him though? Torres and Konsa are our best pairing in the middle. Emery keeps fucking about with the away line ups then changes things at half time when we’ve played really badly.

Yep this
Absolutely ridiculous to try keep preserving with something that doesn’t work

[PaulWinch again]

He was clearly resting Cash/trying to avoid another booking though. It’s of our own making, but our squad is deficient at right back. It didn’t work out, but it’s pretty clear he’s trying to manage the squad.

[tomd2103]

Why play him though? Torres and Konsa are our best pairing in the middle. Emery keeps fucking about with the away line ups then changes things at half time when we’ve played really badly.

Yep this
Absolutely ridiculous to try keep preserving with something that doesn’t work

Playing RB isn't helping Konsa either.  Can see the logic of giving him minutes, but Konsa has become a key player at CB for us.

[OCD]

It's a back 3 when we're in possession though. There was a great tackle from Konsa.

[Olof's Beard]

He's so hard to assess. He came in with a big reputation, got injured in his 2nd game, was integrated back into the squad exceptionally slowly and has played intermittently since. In fairness to him, it isn't surprising that he lacks rhythm. That said, the first goal was pretty shocking, he compounded the casual pass by chasing the ball and leaving us wide open. He stops tracking Solanke for the chance Emi saved from point blank range too. I was surprised Konsa went off not him.

Keeping the non first teamers sharp and ready must be one of the hardest aspects of building a squad to challenge on multiple fronts and it's showing at the moment for us.

[dorsetvillian]

I think I will put my faith in Uni to choose  when and where Carlos should play. It's a difficult balance rotating a squad and not something Villa have really needed to do in the past. Uni is a master at this as his track record proves.

[VillaTim]

He certainly looks the perfect specimen , reminds me of Frank Bruno who aesthetically looked a perfect heavyweight boxer but was flawed. He's a very good player no doubt but not a top 4 defender and would get found out in business end games.

[AV84]

Sometimes I think it's kind of unfair to judge some of the players who seem to get played in different combinations every game.

Obviously they do need to be able to adapt like that, but as pointed out, Carlos is basically new to the league this season, and he's playing with different people either side of him from game to game.

[Percy McCarthy]

UE has to be mindful of what happens in the case of injuries/suspensions. If Konsa was out for instance, how disastrous could it be to bring Carlos in having hardly played in two years?

[London Villan]

If anything, he is too big - which could be affecting his speed and mobility.

Look at the size Micah Richards was when he played for us - slow, turning circle of a supertanker (as well as being a dickhead).

[brontebilly]

I think I will put my faith in Uni to choose  when and where Carlos should play. It's a difficult balance rotating a squad and not something Villa have really needed to do in the past. Uni is a master at this as his track record proves.

Emery got it wrong with Carlos last two games. It's definitely not worth moving our best defender out of position to accommodate him.

[AV84]

If anything, he is too big - which could be affecting his speed and mobility.

If we could somehow transfer some of his bulk to Torres we'd be sorted.

[Clampy]

I think I will put my faith in Uni to choose  when and where Carlos should play. It's a difficult balance rotating a squad and not something Villa have really needed to do in the past. Uni is a master at this as his track record proves.

Emery got it wrong with Carlos last two games. It's definitely not worth moving our best defender out of position to accommodate him.

Why would he be trying to accommodate him? He didnt buy him. He's just giving him occasional game time. If we get an injury to either Konsa or Torres, then he'll have to come in.

[brontebilly]

I think I will put my faith in Uni to choose  when and where Carlos should play. It's a difficult balance rotating a squad and not something Villa have really needed to do in the past. Uni is a master at this as his track record proves.

Emery got it wrong with Carlos last two games. It's definitely not worth moving our best defender out of position to accommodate him.

Why would he be trying to accommodate him? He didnt buy him. He's just giving him occasional game time. If we get an injury to either Konsa or Torres, then he'll have to come in.

Lenglet has performed a lot better and should be first in in case of an injury to Torres anyway.

[AV84]

I think I will put my faith in Uni to choose  when and where Carlos should play. It's a difficult balance rotating a squad and not something Villa have really needed to do in the past. Uni is a master at this as his track record proves.

Emery got it wrong with Carlos last two games. It's definitely not worth moving our best defender out of position to accommodate him.

Why would he be trying to accommodate him? He didnt buy him. He's just giving him occasional game time. If we get an injury to either Konsa or Torres, then he'll have to come in.

I don't think the deciding factor in yesterday's lineup was Emery wanting to accommodate Carlos. It's far more likely he wanted to rest Cash, and the only way we can do that at the moment is to move Konsa out one, and then Carlos has to be brought in to partner with Torres.