AVB - backing Luiz to be the best.

AVB, "If everybody had perfect games, media pundits would have no jobs because there'd be no one to criticise. If that was the case, they'd have to find jobs in professional football, which is a little bit harder,"

"I think David has played fantastically since the start. You have to agree that there are misconceptions created from the start, since the player's arrival."Maybe a player's performances get a stamp he has to carry for the rest of his life. Just maybe, people got that impression with David.

"I saw him in Portugal for one and a half seasons, and now I have the privilege of working with him.

"He's going to be one of the greatest central defenders in the world. Why? Because of his characteristics: technical ability, anticipation and speed.

"There is a nature in a Premier League game that you have to adapt to, it's culturally different to other countries. That might be a massive shock, to come from Portugal to England, but you've seen people succeed doing that, including Ricardo Carvalho. David will be the same.

"He does not have anything to prove and doesn't deserve some of the criticism he has received."

Luiz, "I laugh about it," he told the Daily Express. "I replied to Neville through Twitter and told him I loved him.

"He was an excellent player. Now he has the power through the media to say what he likes. But any player needs to be prepared to face this sort of criticism. If you are not, then don't play football. Play something else, or just stay at home and play on the PlayStation.

Why not smile instead of being grumpy? It's better to have a smile and a nice word for everybody.

"If Chelsea were top of the table, everybody would be praising my skills. But when things are not going well, people criticise.

"I'm a very humble person. I am open to experience, to learning. My style of play was what brought me here. I know it is different. I understand this vision of me people have."


Alot of respect for both Luiz and AVB. Its obvious that Luiz has struggled to adapt to the premier league, but despite what the pundits say, he is a fantastic player.
It has also really impressed me at times how many Chelsea fans have backed him despite what some of the pundits have said, and his ocassional mistake or two. Many fans would have became fustrated with a player like Luiz, but the majority of Chelsea fans really do rate the guy and have backed him the whole way.