Sicario wrote:
Klaus wrote:
He's fantastic Dools. One of the best technicians around. You just cannot press this midget. Tough as nails too.
Better than odegaard?
Better technician for sure, not quite as good vision perhaps. I'm a big fan of Ødegaard too though.
I think in terms of possible combinations Buendia is a bit more flexible and more hands-on. He'll take players on and create an opportunity himself if there isn't one to spot. Like I said, you can't press this bloke. This stat (which is a year old, but probably even more relevant because of it since it concerns him playing in Premeir League and not the Championship) summarises why I wanted Buendia last year:
Klaus wrote:
To elaborate, look at this:
You want to counter Chelsea signing Havertz on a fraction of their budget, this is how you do it. It's beyond me how anyone could look at the way he dominates under pressure in the exact area that is a black hole in all our passing/heat maps and just go: "Nah, he didn't keep one of the worst Premier League sides of all time from getting relegated, not worth it."
I accept that Norwich might ask for too much and that we have other needs we need to tend to as well, but we have to at least try here. It makes sense from so many angles. Maybe Raul doesn't know his agent and perhaps he won't be as good twitter banter as another Pepé signing, but he'd improve us on the pitch which is what ultimately matters.
I still feel that things would have gone better for us if we'd had someone like him right from the go in 20/21. Season was over the moment we decided to sign an old has-been like Willian instead of someone like Buendia, who had all the right stats and indications but perhaps not the reputation.
