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We have already seen the difference Villa can make vs Milan. The beating we took from Milan in the first game was pretty bad, along the lines of the Bayern game, and we netted 4 goals in the second match with Villa in there and the entire tone of the game changed. To keep this in perspective...

Bringing Villa in at 83 minutes and down 4-0. What a slap in the face. I hope he scores one just to make a point to the coaches.

Villa is scoring every 125 minutes played that is by far the best scoring ratio on the team except for Messi. Villa also has the highest shooting percentage on the team. He has been very productive with the limited time he has gotten this season. I would not write him off yet. In fact I...

I would buy the Tito was benching Villa to avoid injury theory if he did not play in the unimportant games early on in the season mostly with the backup players, against the weakest teams and in the early rounds of the Copa Del Rey etc. He was as likely to be injured in those games as a Real...

Villa executed his role perfectly on Pedro's goal. He was up top occupying defenders and creating space for his team mates. If you watch the play 2 defenders initially engage Villa when he recieves Messi's pass and he actually cuts left and engages a 3rd defender and then makes the pass...

Villa's job was to play up top, occupy the defense and create space for Messi and company. He did not get the ball much because he was up top and well defended. Tactically Villa was never going to see much of the ball but if he does he was likely going to score.

Have you looked at Villa stats vs Sanchez? That would explain in.

Thats what you call making the most of your chances.

Subbing off Villa made sense tactically once spain had scored. Villa is out there for his scoring prowess and at that point in the game having a fresh set of legs out there to help press and defend as needed was a good call IMO. I am sure Villa really wanted to get on the score sheet however.

So you feel Villa just goes out and jogs around for a while in the lesser matches and plays at say 80%. I dont think so. He goes out there to play his heart out and win his starting position back regardless of the opponent. No difference in level of play if it is a top team or a bottom of the...

That is what I hope was going on but it does not make sense to play him the unimportant games in the first 1/2 of the season if they felt that he was importatant and could contribute. It seems they felt he could not contribute in critical matches and he seemed to play only in matches that Barca...

That is great to hear. I hope he picks right up were he left off.

I think playing Villa up front of Messi made the defense also fear his forward pass not just him dribbling thru them. Messi likes to carry the ball and play it to a teamate only to get a one touch back after beating a defender with his movement off the ball and striking the ball or dribbling to...

We all know that Villa has been out scoring everyone on team minus Messi all season despite getting few minutes. What I did not realize was how much Messi was scoring with Villa on the field. It works out to an average of over 2.1 goals per game when they start together. When David Villa...

Villa and Tello are not close statistically at all. Tello has 5 goals on 1013 minutes played and Villa has 12 goals on 1345 minutes played, That works out to roughly giving up a goal every other game played by choosing Tello over Villa. No amount of pace or workrate can overcome that much of...

Villa has 10 goals this season on minimal playing time. Half of those goals were clearly from the wing position including one where he attacked the end line prior to shooting from a very tight angle. At this level of play nobody could score at that rate without pace and athleticism. Villa is...

Here is a quote from Inesta: “When things go badly, we should look at ourselves and make changes,” Iniesta said. “For this we have the coaches and we trust in them. I must perform at my best wherever I play, but my natural position is as a playmaking midfielder.” Inesta is not one to shoot his...

"Villa came to barça knowing he'd play at LW, and did a very great job" That is true and he got to play, and play in the most important games and made the difference in some of the biggest games. The problem is not the position he is playing in or communication or anything to do with Villa at...

Your point is well taken and I thought the same thing but did anyone else notice Barca had zero goals and concedes 3 without Villa and scores one with Villa playing. Refusing to play is a no no IMO but he must be sooo frustrated by now.

I agree. His legacy will be linked to the Spanish National Team not Barcelona and sitting on the bench at Barca will hurt his chances to play for Spain.