Amadou Onana

[ChicagoLion]

He is not a defensive midfielder and neither is Tielemans.
It showed today and has done a few times.
He is young and very talented, he should become hell of a player but he is not there yet.

[cdbearsfan]

He was fine, I thought. Would have seven or eight players ahead of him if I was looking to criticise based on today's performance.

[PaulWinch again]

Either way writing him off is idiotic. He was a bit off today, but the main problem was the entire right side - DC, Konsa, Bailey, and the Philogene were terrible defensively.

Please confirm which posts have alluded to Onana “being written off”. I’m intrigued.

Well the one you responded to referenced it and you didn’t challenge that statement, you just said it was more than one game.

Oh dear oh dear. Attention to detail somewhat lacking but not totally unexpected.

Oooook….

[paul_e]

He was fine, I thought. Would have seven or eight players ahead of him if I was looking to criticise based on today's performance.

Agreed, he did a lot of the unseen 'water-carrier' work yesterday and most of his passes were the 5yards to the side, exactly as you'd expect for someone playing that part. He did give the bal laway a bit too much but that was a problem all through the team.

[Footy-Vill]

If this guy starts, then he needs to do a covering job for the right side of our team.
It's been evident how much I missed Douglas Luiz in that role and from last season. And also Kamara.
Onana is not contributing enough with Bailey as an offensive player, and right back getting forward, he needs to understand positional play, which Douglas Luiz is masterful of, and Kamara is a natural.
Davies and Gnaby can cause a riot down that side. I mean, look at Ipswich down that side on Sunday.
 
I have big concerns that he's going to be shown up by technical players, especially getting anywhere near Musiala and the quick players like Davis and Sane, but I hope surely to goodness I'm wrong. 
 
If he is awful tonight  and still win or there is a teamate who is a clear match winner then he must be humble enough not to do that celebration.

Of course he'll be leading it if we win as he very much wat the limelight, and I'll have to accept Onana doing that fist pumping to the crowd as its for the occasion and people at ground it's all being n the moment grant that. It must be a lot of fun, but my concerns about him doing that celebration are in part due to earning the right.

He's not an established player yet at Villa and think really he no hero like Watkins but Onana is our record signing, so Amadou, show us that tonight and prove that you're cable to perform at a high level and consistently.

Emery will be saying the same.
In Spanish!

[Olneythelonely]

Emery will be saying the same.
In Spanish!

That’s quite good.

[eye digress]

Anybody else clock our resident polyglot belting out the lyrics to the Chump's league anthem?

Extra gold star for him.

[Demitri_C]

Thought he was ok. Been abit inconsistent but is a completely different player to what we have. Will be handy vs Bournemouth as they quite a physical side

[cdbearsfan]

I thought he was really good and was disappointed he went off, but it worked out okay and he seemed happy enough at the end, so no worries.

[LeeB]

I thought he was really good and was disappointed he went off, but it worked out okay and he seemed happy enough at the end, so no worries.

Yes, I thought he was excellent in that first half.

[Ads]

I thought he'd picked up a knock towards the end, which seems common. A good performance defensively and in transition.

When you have Barkley and Kamara as options on the bench, no need to take the risk.

[Somniloquism]

Emery mentioned a slight knock as well but the change was mostly tactical.

[jon collett]

Emery mentioned a slight knock as well but the change was mostly tactical.

That's right and I thought we looked better again with Barkley. Although TBF I was pleasantly surprised with Onana at Fulham and last night.

When Kamara came on from my view high behind the goal you could see how his positioning improved the whole team. Always available and covering the centre halves when needed! I doubt he is far off starting again!

[purpletrousers]

I thought he was really good and was disappointed he went off, but it worked out okay and he seemed happy enough at the end, so no worries.

He seems incredibly happy on the ‘exclusive training footage’ on the club’s what’s app channel. Repeatedly frolicking like a lamb in a quite endearing way, in response to Pau’s back heel nutmeg of Youri, (while Y & SJM are piggies in the middle), also had chaos panda a-jumpin…

[Legion]

This is lovely:

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdL1yKuw/