We all knew it was a pretty poor performance, but hey it was his debut and even the mighty Berbs didn’t score on his debut. Poor Roman, he’s probably not even met half the squad yet, let alone played football with them.
So all things considered it was refreshing to hear his own honest appraisal of the game.
“Aston Villa defenders didn't give me enough time to get to the ball properly”.
Classic!
I haven’t seen much of his play in Russia, but I don’t remember the Dutch giving him all the time and space he needed in the Euro semi-final. I’d love to imagine Martin O’Neill asking his defence to go easy on the lad because it was his debut.
“Everything was unusual for me. It's a different kind of football, with a different speed,” Pavlyuchenko also told Russia’s Izvestia daily newspaper: “I immediately realised that English football is much faster than in Russia.”
Still every cloud has a silver lining and although he was basically crap, he did like the atmosphere down the Lane.
“But what I also felt was the amazing atmosphere of the Premier League. It's hard to describe. You should feel it. After each good pass or corner, people applaud, they even stand up from their seats to do it. It's really pleasant to play in such surroundings,” he said.
We’ll have to wait and see how he develops during the season and how Ramos chooses to play him. In Russia, he played up front on his own with a roving partner rather than as flat front two as he did with Bent on Monday. It might take a little time to gel.
I for one think he’ll have a tough season and probably won’t come good until next season. He’s already played a lot of games because of the timing of the Russian season so May is going to be a long time coming for him.
Let’s hope I’m proved wrong!
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