Pau Torres

[Risso]

I would think Pochettino will have Jackson all over him like a cheap suit on Sunday.

[85kota]

Fine by me Jackson is clearly rubbish

[supertom]

I love some of the passes he pings out from the back. He just needs to be tighter and a bit more aggressive with players. In fairness that Palace player who did him for their goal looked a unit. But for me, he needs a bit of dark arts savvy. You shove the player off the ball, take a yellow and leave Palace with a free kick in an unthreatening position. He'll get used to the pace and physicality and the quicker transitions.

[Toronto Villa]

I would think Pochettino will have Jackson all over him like a cheap suit on Sunday.

This bloke?

https://x.com/xthe12thman/status/1703526016780554350?s=46

[Hookeysmith]

I would think Pochettino will have Jackson all over him like a cheap suit on Sunday.

This bloke?



https://x.com/xthe12thman/status/1703526016780554350?s=46

Thats the one - bloody glad he went there and we got Mousa

[PaulWinch again]

I think once he settles and gets more experience of the league he’ll be class.

[AV84]

I would think Pochettino will have Jackson all over him like a cheap suit on Sunday.

This bloke?



https://x.com/xthe12thman/status/1703526016780554350?s=46

Thats the one - bloody glad he went there and we got Mousa

Is he one of the players that rejected us?

[paul_e]

I don't think we were ever interested but there were some links because of where he came from.

[Dante Lavelli]

Yeah, my guess is we were rejected by Nico Williams (weird but he’s basque so…) and Joao Felix (and he might’ve joined if Barca hadn’t bid last minute).

Oh, and the fella that went to PSG.

[AV84]

Yeah, my guess is we were rejected by Nico Williams (weird but he’s basque so…) and Joao Felix (and he might’ve joined if Barca hadn’t bid last minute).

Oh, and the fella that went to PSG.

Chiesa and Ferran Torres too, apparently. Although fair play to Torres, he seems to have worked his way back into the Barca team.

[baddowvillans]

I get why people are blaming Torres for the goal but I think it's more complicated than that. The fact is they did us with a quick transition where they caught 3-4 of our defensive players out of position and even then it was only because Emi slipped that they scored.

Agreed that blame for that goal could be shared among a number of players but the way Torres was rolled in the opposition half was diabolical. That's not even good attacking play really, a big clogger has rolled him easily and ran away from him like he wasn't there. He's going to have to be phenomenal with the ball to make up for those kind of errors. It's probably anti what Emery wants but I think he needs to hold his position a bit in situations like that and let the forward take possession. When he dives in and misses he is done.

He was naive.  Being rolled was one think, but he should have pulled him back him and taken the card.  The fact he couldn't because he couldn't catch him is maybe more worrying

[WarszaVillan]

I saw a stat somewhere yesterday that Torres had the most completed passes (117) against Palace of any Villa player in a match since they started collecting Opta data in 2009/10

[Percy McCarthy]

I saw a stat somewhere yesterday that Torres had the most completed passes (117) against Palace of any Villa player in a match since they started collecting Opta data in 2009/10

I think it was 117 completed passes out of 125, a 94% success rate. 25 into the final third, which is the most by any PL player this season.

[PaulWinch again]

Absolute class today. Assured as always, but defensively excellent as well.

[Keeno]

What a player. Calmest man on the pitch every time.

What I liked today was that he combined what we already know he’s elite at, with really good front foot, aggressive defending, the kind of thing you need to do in the PL. Outstanding!