kamikaze wrote:i hope we sell vela, too. total waste of space.
I got a really close look at Vela on Tuesday night, and he really does have talent. There were numerous moments in that game that showed that.
He controlled a ball on the halfway line that was dropping out of the sky, just outrageous control. He played a ball over the top of Wigan's defence, right into the path of Gibbs' overlapping run. There was the outside of the foot cross he played perfectly into van Persie. The slide rule pass that set-up Bendtner for his goal. The perfectly weighted through balls to put Theo and Nasri in one-on-one.
I've had my doubts about him previously, where he's almost coasted through games, struggled to cope with the pace and power of what's happening around him, but he showed real promise the other night. Easily the best I've seen him play - and I was there for the stupendously good hattrick against Sheffield United in the Carling Cup. He looked fitter, stronger, quicker, he worked much harder, looked more involved, more rounded technically. There's still a long way to go for him, but I wouldn't write him off just yet if I were you - he's without question a very gifted footballer.
