Pau Torres

[danno]

Can the hacks not ask this type of shit in their pressers? Tom Ross with his same mundane, lazy as shite questions today again, I see. And Emery didn't even understand him. Fcuk you, Tom.

Never got that bronx hat did you?

[Toronto Villa]

We have been completely broken since Pau got injured. Compounded then by Digne going down. We look a fucking mess at the back.

[pablo_picasso]

We have been completely broken since Pau got injured. Compounded then by Digne going down. We look a fucking mess at the back.

Part of the problem is when playing our high line, having someone with all the pace & mobility of a slab of concrete in Lenglet in our backline, means that we are completely open to being undone by simple Gerrardesque style long balls...

Sit deep, pack the middle & hoof the ball forward is the way we get undone by shit clogger teams like Sheff Utd & Newcastle...

[Risso]

Any idea at when he might be back? If he's not training yet, I reckon that makes him at least 2-3 weeks away. I'm going to guess back for the Forest game.

[PaulWinch again]

Any idea at when he might be back? If he's not training yet, I reckon that makes him at least 2-3 weeks away. I'm going to guess back for the Forest game.

It’s very worrying that we’ve heard nothing, he’s absolutely bloody vital to us.

[Dave]

Any idea at when he might be back? If he's not training yet, I reckon that makes him at least 2-3 weeks away. I'm going to guess back for the Forest game.

The way these things seem to go, I'll go with the first game of next season.

[Risso]

Any idea at when he might be back? If he's not training yet, I reckon that makes him at least 2-3 weeks away. I'm going to guess back for the Forest game.

The way these things seem to go, I'll go with the first game of next season.

Stop it.

[PaulWinch again]

Does anyone know if he has a track record of injuries? Or is it just the normal Villa curse?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Does anyone know if he has a track record of injuries? Or is it just the normal Villa curse?

Looking at his stats, looks like since 2019/20 he's hardly missed a game. It's a Villa thing.

[eamonn]

It's a real Villa thing as opposed to a Villareal thing.

[brontebilly]

We have been completely broken since Pau got injured. Compounded then by Digne going down. We look a fucking mess at the back.

Part of the problem is when playing our high line, having someone with all the pace & mobility of a slab of concrete in Lenglet in our backline, means that we are completely open to being undone by simple Gerrardesque style long balls...

Sit deep, pack the middle & hoof the ball forward is the way we get undone by shit clogger teams like Sheff Utd & Newcastle...

I'm not sure Torres is any quicker. But the combo of Konsa/Torres was a lot more secure and Torres certainty on the ball was key for us. Chelsea and Newcastle were clever in breaking our offside line with runs from midfield. We simply had to drop off a bit last night to counter that.

[SamTheMouse]

Torres can't come back fast enough.

Lenglet is the epitome of meh. I don't understand why he's played for so many big clubs. He's just a French Lewis Dunk.

[jwarry]

Torres can't come back fast enough.

Lenglet is the epitome of meh. I don't understand why he's played for so many big clubs. He's just a French Lewis Dunk.

And bizarrely our highest paid player!

[pablo_picasso]

Emery quoted from an official Villa Tweet.

Emery on Pau Torres: "He is getting better, he is practicing individually on the pitch, in the first step before joining us, I think, next week."

[PaulWinch again]

Positive as I feared it was going to run and run even from this point. We need him back.