Pau Torres

[pauliewalnuts]

Percy - Brontebilly - don't take this the wrong way, but can you have this endless loop of an argument about the defence / best right back pairing by PM or sort it out in a pub car park or something?

The entire debate is so depressing to watch and it always seems to get - to be honest - quite unpleasantly confrontational, and not very H&V.

I know you both firmly believe in your stand points, and that's admirable, but it's getting a bit grim now.

[Demitri_C]

I cant wait to see pau back in the side. Just for his passing. Mings now has competition  there so will have to do his best to keep the shirt

[VillaTim]

I cant wait to see pau back in the side. Just for his passing. Mings now has competition  there so will have to do his best to keep the shirt

What we don't need is to start leaking goals again. Mings when still fit has to start as borne out by the stats , even him playing not fully fit we are 8 unbeaten.

[eamonn]

Hendrie was a bit cheeky suggesting that Torres slots straight back into the side when they interviewed Mings on Sky after the game. Classy response from the Ty guy.

[RamboandBruno]

I cant wait to see pau back in the side. Just for his passing. Mings now has competition  there so will have to do his best to keep the shirt

What we don't need is to start leaking goals again. Mings when still fit has to start as borne out by the stats , even him playing not fully fit we are 8 unbeaten.

I really like Mings for all the obvious reasons no one needs anyone to repeat. But Cardiff and yesterday are the only two games we haven’t let in goals. Praise Mings, he deserves it, hammer home over and over on several threads as you do, that he should always start, but lets not pretend, Mings being in over Torres over the last couple of months has completely shored up our defence, that just simply isn’t true.

[FatSam]

Percy - Brontebilly - don't take this the wrong way, but can you have this endless loop of an argument about the defence / best right back pairing by PM or sort it out in a pub car park or something?

Agreed. It’s fucking boring, and clearly not going anywhere.

[VillaTim]

I cant wait to see pau back in the side. Just for his passing. Mings now has competition  there so will have to do his best to keep the shirt

What we don't need is to start leaking goals again. Mings when still fit has to start as borne out by the stats , even him playing not fully fit we are 8 unbeaten.

I really like Mings for all the obvious reasons no one needs anyone to repeat. But Cardiff and yesterday are the only two games we haven’t let in goals. Praise Mings, he deserves it, hammer home over and over on several threads as you do, that he should always start, but lets not pretend, Mings being in over Torres over the last couple of months has completely shored up our defence, that just simply isn’t true.

Mings hasn't been fully fit , he's getting there now and the difference is really starting to tell.
That said we still need to use Torres and some games would suit him better e.g. Teams like Arsenal . I thought Torres would start yesterday as I still don't think 3 games in a week for Mings is ideal .

[RamboandBruno]

I cant wait to see pau back in the side. Just for his passing. Mings now has competition  there so will have to do his best to keep the shirt

What we don't need is to start leaking goals again. Mings when still fit has to start as borne out by the stats , even him playing not fully fit we are 8 unbeaten.

I really like Mings for all the obvious reasons no one needs anyone to repeat. But Cardiff and yesterday are the only two games we haven’t let in goals. Praise Mings, he deserves it, hammer home over and over on several threads as you do, that he should always start, but lets not pretend, Mings being in over Torres over the last couple of months has completely shored up our defence, that just simply isn’t true.

Mings hasn't been fully fit , he's getting there now and the difference is really starting to tell.
That said we still need to use Torres and some games would suit him better e.g. Teams like Arsenal . I thought Torres would start yesterday as I still don't think 3 games in a week for Mings is ideal .

Fair enough

[Footy-Vill]

Let’s go Pau!
here for the discussion on his performance v Brighton

[PaulWinch again]

Lovely return. Composed and clean sheet.

[Somniloquism]

Yep. I was surprised on the full 90 as I expected a swap out. Probably good that Pedro concentrated on Konsa for the time he was on as well.

[LeeB]

Yep. I was surprised on the full 90 as I expected a swap out. Probably good that Pedro concentrated on Konsa for the time he was on as well.
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Mad that we could now swap out last night's entire backline during a match and replace them with back four half the rest of the division would kill for (Garcia-Disasi-Mings-Maatsen), given where we were a few weks back.

[VillaTim]

Good to see him back and play well and composed, i always thought this game would suit his return . A bit rusty round the edges but more than expected after so long out

[eamonn]

His first clean sheet since...Saints at home?

[Somniloquism]

Also nice to see Torres mark the match he returns from injury against the team he picked up the injury against.