Why Jhon Duran Is Such A Special Player (And Why He Doesn't Start For Aston Villa)

Another goal for Aston Villa's Jhon Duran takes his total for the season to 7, despite barely starting a game for his club. But with the pressure mounting for Unai Emery to work him into his system, Adam Clery takes a look at just what makes him such a special player and why, ironically, that might be what's keeping him out of the starting XI.
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[@nicholasflay8819]

Villa have a 16 minute video about one of their substitutes...must be in a pretty good place rn

[@naqeebayodamolaraji5718]

Duran is a Star now An actual match-winner

[@lucmcdonnell3096]

Duran was in Chicago my dad and I said when he started to start .... he is premier league bound.

[@sanchezrubwe1151]

Jhon, Jon, John...I still can't figure out the correct one😂😂

[@jamesbaxter4920]

Excellent video....but...he does look over his shoulder before the Bayern goal. You need the behind the goal camera to see it because he does it so early. This, imo, is what makes the goal so special, and links him to players like Jimmy Greaves. Glen Hoddle spoke about watching Greaves play 5 aside, every two seconds or so he'd look towards the goal, so he'd know instantly the best way to score if the ball came to him.

[@samwharton3533]

I think that eventually the game will come full circle back to 4-4-2 and big man little man upfront. At some point Players like Jhon Duran will eventually be the most desirable players to have upfront. Not sure when but it’ll definitely happen.

[@tombladon8064]

Villa are lining up a big man big man combo with Watkins Duran and Rogers.

[@filseyphill]

​@@tombladon8064 It's so goddamned sexy, innit?

[@kevinjones6328]

@@tombladon8064 Emery will never play that style of football and as a team we haven’t got the players for it. The last Villa manager to do it successfully was Martin O’Neil and we had two wingers to feed John Carew and Gabby Agbonlahor. Emery retains possession to control the game and breaks teams with vertical passes through the lines or, as we did for that Duran goal an accurate long ball from the centre back. It was Torres against Bayern and Carlos to Rogers against Bologna.

[@troepanogist6495]

Great content as always, Adam 👍🏻

[@th.nd.r]

1:45 - you’re spot on! About 27.14%

[@razielbeoulve819]

And now he's clicking with his mates in the NT and scoring there as well! he's a gem!

[@davidgaigernz]

Chris Wood deserves this kind of video - only Haaland and Palmer have scored more since the new manager took over at Forest - (I think that's the stat)

[@docjoekr]

It’s like Benteke all over again and I love it. UTV

[@thomasamos4055]

So much histrionics about Dhuran over the summer and his transfer antics. Sometimes you just have to accept the player is bonkers and go along for the ride. Fantastic.

[@fordzonyt]

Duran getting 42 goals per 1 assist is sounding like my fifa player career mode stats

[@PatrickJScahill]

If you watched Emery for his 30 yard goal vs Everton Emery was about to erupt before that ball hit the net. It's all about the probability of scoring and a 30 yard worldie won't happen too often.

[@otdavid_]

Now a-days strikers come from Africa (specifically Nigeria), and Wingers come from South America (specifically Brazil).

[@xCrash57x]

No

[@nakiyame2606]

antony the GOAT of brazilian wingers

[@RJinks87]

Good work EltonJohnsBallbag Or is it EltonJhon?

[@smackheadsgyro]

completely unrelated but. i aint watched football since the 2010s. are aston villa a top team now? are they like a big 4 team? what happened? can anyone help?

[@gregtorlinski3249]

Villa video!!

[@texwiller6585]

Do a Barcelona video on the CL match with Bayern!

[@ItzGF2]

JHON DURAN VIDEO 😯😯😯😯😯

[@elingrome5853]

you got the Isaak/Haaland highlight graphic in the wrong order... how can I ever trust you again?

[@Jay-xw9ll]

A certifiable bagman?

[@simonc4077]

Solanke and Watkins are most definitely centre forwards. Or I've been watching football wrong for 4 decades.

[@jamesbaxter4920]

I thought this too, but I think the point Adam was trying to make was that pure poachers, like a Greaves, Linekar, Aldridge, Fowler, Phillips, Andy Cole et al are very rare these days.

[@samuelconway8961]

ICL that intro was a massive stretch, good videos aside from that!

[@TheAmericanSigma]

What in the editing

[@gabrielalohan728]

Duran's future use as a player is my issue with modern European coaching and the game in general. Some persons are puritans in their craft and talent, they need to be better at what they do best not what they should be (being best at everything) as dictated by trends. I'm not against the modern trend, I mean the number 10 has been so much decentralized that All 11 players are now number 10s; that is really brilliant. But it doesn't give room for that pure 10 or 9 and it's quite unfair to their usefulness, it's why people expect Halaand to add more to his game, whereas he's fine just the way he his. Coaches should be able to take that risk and prioritize the individuality of a (an exceptional) talent and help them transition in an ever evolving game. Many managers or scout will miss out on the reincarnation of Oliver Kahn, because he can't pass like Ederson; how about maximizing his throwing abilities that way it's foolish pressing him and it's less pressure on your defense. There's always merit & demerit to talent, but you can't coach every individual the same. Duran should work on his link up play though.

[@KE-zl1qf]

You should be on sky sports haha or motd

[@AUM_Namah_Shivaya_112]

Did u watch the anime Bluelock they r making a pure striker like wat u want to describe here

[@kudakwashechikosi8046]

This is such a good point

[@mrcottrell]

Philogene? 🤔

[@kevinjones6328]

Misspelt Ramsey 😂😂

[@King_Leonidas723]

Almost like Haaland but worse!

[@BaggyCreature49]

A striker who actually shoots and the world goes mental glazing him. Footballs so washed.

[@ZoeTamiaia]

I tried to repeat this trick in front of a mirror, and now I have a new record of a broken mirror and lots of laughter💚

[@KennaLutherer]

I turned this video on to my grandmother and now she wants to be a blogger too. Looks like we're in the family business🍓

[@JailynJaycece]

My boyfriend watched this video with me and now thinks he can be a star too. I think we have a new hobby💕