filbertway Posted 27 March 2022 Posted 27 March 2022 6 hours ago, SO1 said: And by learning to play CB has probably extended his career by at least 5 yrs. in the top echelon of football. Daniel Amartey who has played CB at his previous club and for his international team? Aye well done Dan 3
Spudulike Posted 27 March 2022 Posted 27 March 2022 On 20/03/2022 at 20:42, lennybhoy said: Flans on here are too quick to write players off...loads of examples of it.
Guest SO1 Posted 27 March 2022 Posted 27 March 2022 1 hour ago, filbertway said: Daniel Amartey who has played CB at his previous club and for his international team? Aye well done Dan My bad. Thought he was just a defensive back when I came.
AyewJoking Posted 27 March 2022 Posted 27 March 2022 Amartey should be first choice CB, he's earned it.
Popular Post iancognito Posted 27 March 2022 Popular Post Posted 27 March 2022 9 hours ago, SO1 said: And by learning to play CB has probably extended his career by at least 5 yrs. in the top echelon of football. He's always been a CB. We bought him as a DM because he played one season for Copenhagen there but he's played his entire Ghana career at CB. For some odd reason Puel decided he was a good candidate for RB too. It's amazing how good a player can look if you play them in the position they're best at. 8
filbertway Posted 27 March 2022 Posted 27 March 2022 1 hour ago, SO1 said: My bad. Thought he was just a defensive back when I came. We used to have a player called Patrick Kisnorbo, who is now managing in the A League. We weirdly played him out of position in midfield for ages and everyone thought he was awful. It turned out he was a centre back being played out of position. We certainly have previous for it
Popular Post Bayfox Posted 27 March 2022 Popular Post Posted 27 March 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, SO1 said: My bad. Thought he was just a defensive back when I came. Sorry a what, is this the NFL thread? Edited 27 March 2022 by Bayfox 5
Popular Post The_77 Posted 27 March 2022 Popular Post Posted 27 March 2022 (edited) On 26/03/2022 at 08:00, An Sionnach said: Looks as though Dan got the better of Kelechi last night. He is one of the most reliable CBs in the PL right now. He absolutely did and completely bullied Osimhen— he put a little hot sauce on every challenge against Nigeria. Big Dan was the best player on the pitch by a mile. Edited 27 March 2022 by The_77 5 1
Popular Post Lineker's Lugs Posted 27 March 2022 Popular Post Posted 27 March 2022 12 hours ago, FoxyLeon said: Never understood the criticism he has been given during his time here. He has been very unfortunate to be the victim of his own ability.... What I mean by that is, he's unfortunate that he's actually our 'best' centre half capable of playing at RB/DM. Those are the positions he has played at times, and whilst it's clear he's far weaker there, I'd bet he's far better there than Evans/Soyuncu etc. If I was Top, Amartey could potentially be the deciding factor on whether or not I would be willing to let Rodgers carry on over the Summer. If Rodgers was not looking to give Amartey a new deal, but was keeping Vestergaard, that would tell me quite clearly that Rodgers is not capable of change, and will never be able to admit his wrongs. I think all City fans would agree that our best 4 players in his position, in any order, are Evans/Fofana/Amartey/Soyuncu. For me, when Evans is unavailable, I'd currently be playing Fofana + Amartey as our first choice pairing, until one players form dips to give Soyuncu a chance. Not only is Amartey ahead of Soyuncu on form, but Amartey and Fofana would ensure we have two very capable players with the ball who are extremely mobile. BIB - Rodgers is consistently playing Amartey rather than Vestergaard, so I don't see any reason to be concerned about that. Also I don't think Top is looking for a deciding factor, BR seems perfectly safe to me, as he should be. 7
lcfc sheff Posted 27 March 2022 Posted 27 March 2022 Give the man a new contract, it can’t be understated he’s come on leaps and bounds in a settled position at CB. I just hope he doesn’t mind being behind the likes of fofana/evans and probably soyuncu, as we’ve seen with injuries there’s always a chance he’ll get game time. 1
Guest SO1 Posted 27 March 2022 Posted 27 March 2022 3 hours ago, Bayfox said: Sorry a what, is this the NFL thread? Just to be sure I googled Luke Thomas too make sure I was using the correct positional name I was referring to. Oh well.
Jobyfox Posted 27 March 2022 Posted 27 March 2022 I think earlier in the season Amartey made some poor individual decisions and mistakes at CB. If he could iron those out consistently, as he has towards the end of the season, then he’ll become a top CB. If the fitness of Evans is reliable and we keep Soyuncu then the need to rush out and buy may not be there next season. It’s more likely that we need one more CB and, hopefully, ship out Vestergaard and keeping Amartey would play a big part in ensuring we have options.
Lesta2014 Posted 27 March 2022 Posted 27 March 2022 17 minutes ago, Jobyfox said: I think earlier in the season Amartey made some poor individual decisions and mistakes at CB. If he could iron those out consistently, as he has towards the end of the season, then he’ll become a top CB. If the fitness of Evans is reliable and we keep Soyuncu then the need to rush out and buy may not be there next season. It’s more likely that we need one more CB and, hopefully, ship out Vestergaard and keeping Amartey would play a big part in ensuring we have options. Fofana and amartey both prefer to be the right side on a pairing, Evans and soyuncu left, I think soyuncu will leave so we will want a cb comfortable playing left side of the two! 1
volpeazzurro Posted 27 March 2022 Posted 27 March 2022 4 hours ago, iancognito said: He's always been a CB. We bought him as a DM because he played one season for Copenhagen there but he's played his entire Ghana career at CB. For some odd reason Puel decided he was a good candidate for RB too. It's amazing how good a player can look if you play them in the position they're best at. There's a few managers that could do with reminding of that common sense.
Paninistickers Posted 27 March 2022 Posted 27 March 2022 1 hour ago, Jobyfox said: I think earlier in the season Amartey made some poor individual decisions and mistakes at CB. If he could iron those out consistently, as he has towards the end of the season, then he’ll become a top CB. If the fitness of Evans is reliable and we keep Soyuncu then the need to rush out and buy may not be there next season. It’s more likely that we need one more CB and, hopefully, ship out Vestergaard and keeping Amartey would play a big part in ensuring we have options. Dan's decision making is very close to becoming textbook. That's come with consistently playing. I love the way he refuses to dive in....delaying, stalling, hands behind his back, gently forcing the forward a yard or two wider, the angle a tad acute. He looks like a super well drilled player (different to fofana, who oozed natural ability at Rennes and was a mental step ahead of everyone on the pitch) The Improvement in big Dan is akin to JJ's extraordinary Improvement last season. If this form is maintained, he's ahead of Evans
Grebfromgrebland Posted 27 March 2022 Posted 27 March 2022 1 hour ago, Paninistickers said: Dan's decision making is very close to becoming textbook. That's come with consistently playing. I love the way he refuses to dive in....delaying, stalling, hands behind his back, gently forcing the forward a yard or two wider, the angle a tad acute. He looks like a super well drilled player (different to fofana, who oozed natural ability at Rennes and was a mental step ahead of everyone on the pitch) The Improvement in big Dan is akin to JJ's extraordinary Improvement last season. If this form is maintained, he's ahead of Evans So is this a Brendan in moment?
Jakemoore Posted 27 March 2022 Posted 27 March 2022 Big Dan definitely deserves a new 3/4 year contract. He’s come on leaps and bounds this season. I was his biggest critic but now I’m his biggest fan! 1
NasPb Posted 27 March 2022 Author Posted 27 March 2022 If anyone wants to know how unfair world cup qualifiers are in Africa all you have to see that sadly only one of Nigeria or ghana will go through! We won't be able to see both sides, especially amarteys ghana. He's genuinely their best player and leader. When a player is given confidence at club level and supported (by both the team with game time and the fans with chants and praise when he does well) its normal that he plays even better! Best of luck to ghana
foxile5 Posted 27 March 2022 Posted 27 March 2022 42 minutes ago, NasPb said: If anyone wants to know how unfair world cup qualifiers are in Africa all you have to see that sadly only one of Nigeria or ghana will go through! We won't be able to see both sides, especially amarteys ghana. He's genuinely their best player and leader. When a player is given confidence at club level and supported (by both the team with game time and the fans with chants and praise when he does well) its normal that he plays even better! Best of luck to ghana The qualifiers are arguably the best bit. Italy going out to Macedonia? Stuff dreams are made of.
NasPb Posted 28 March 2022 Author Posted 28 March 2022 5 hours ago, foxile5 said: The qualifiers are arguably the best bit. Italy going out to Macedonia? Stuff dreams are made of. I refer mainly to the fact that Africa has only 5 members at the wc when Europe has many more spots, and the fact that African qualifiers sre brutal in terms of talent. It's not fair, at least 10 African teams should have a spot. European qualifiers in general are extremely easy. Just look at England, why would you allow them to keep playing minoes 24/7? It's a waste of time and space.
TrentFox Posted 28 March 2022 Posted 28 March 2022 If we were to win the euro thingy … the games would be piling up again next year. Given how fragile every defender we have is, we could almost have have two separate defences, like the Lions do in rugby! One plays midweek; one plays weekends. Everyone gets game time; everyone gets recovery time. The consistency comes from them getting to know each others games as a unit ….. until they all get injured again 😞
Guest Chocolate Teapot Posted 28 March 2022 Posted 28 March 2022 12 hours ago, Jobyfox said: I think earlier in the season Amartey made some poor individual decisions and mistakes at CB. He did in the last game against Brentford and it cost us a goal.
Guest Chocolate Teapot Posted 28 March 2022 Posted 28 March 2022 7 minutes ago, TrentFox said: If we were to win the euro thingy … the games would be piling up again next year. Given how fragile every defender we have is, we could almost have have two separate defences, like the Lions do in rugby! One plays midweek; one plays weekends. Everyone gets game time; everyone gets recovery time. The consistency comes from them getting to know each others games as a unit ….. until they all get injured again 😞 To be honest we're not far off that currently. Castagne, fofana, Evans, Justin Ricardo, Amartey, Soyuncu, Thomas And that's without dumb and dumber - bertrand and Vestergaard.
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