Jordan Amavi - gone again

[Toronto Villa]

He's been really poor the last two games, having said that the majority of us have been saying that he's not a defender for well over a year now, left sided midfielder all day long.

Amavi in midfield with cissokho behind him would give us a much better balance

Suggesting Cissokho playing again for Aston Villa should result in an immediate ban.

[themossman]

If you think of the best fullbacks in the game, it's nigh on impossible to name one that doesn't have a defensive blunder in them. There's an argument that a fullback of his type is a luxury that we can't afford in our current team and in the championship but it doesn't mean he's a bad player.

[Villafirst]

As I said, nobody has taken into account the severe cruciate knee injury and the time it takes to fully be match fit and up to speed - read Steve Bruce's comments regarding this situation.

[Chris Jameson]

He makes at least one big error in each game, looks good going forward but he's a terrible defender.

I don't think any club would even contemplate offering us £25m if he was a terrible defender.

I'm pretty certain no club has.

[Chris Jameson]

As I said, nobody has taken into account the severe cruciate knee injury and the time it takes to fully be match fit and up to speed - read Steve Bruce's comments regarding this situation.

To be fair to him he was making some shocking mistakes before the injury. I like him as an attacking threat but as a defender he's very average. Nice hair though!

[kippaxvilla2]

£25m - really?!

[Clampy]

He makes at least one big error in each game, looks good going forward but he's a terrible defender.

I don't think any club would even contemplate offering us £25m if he was a terrible defender.

I'm pretty certain no club has.

Dr Tony seems to think we turned a bid down.

[themossman]

Which he specifically said was for £25m.

[oldhill_avfc]

If you think of the best fullbacks in the game, it's nigh on impossible to name one that doesn't have a defensive blunder in them.

The problem is that it's not an occasional blunder, it's usually a couple a game and was at least 4 last night.

[themossman]

But he's also 22 and recovering from injury.

Whether it's one or several mistakes, the point is he's probably never going to be a good defender but if he gets that side of his game up to a 7/10 he could be among the best FBs around.

[in exile]

But he's also 22 and recovering from injury.

Whether it's one or several mistakes, the point is he's probably never going to be a good defender but if he gets that side of his game up to a 7/10 he could be among the best FBs around.

No he's not, he's 22 and recovered from injury

[Clampy]

But he's also 22 and recovering from injury.

Whether it's one or several mistakes, the point is he's probably never going to be a good defender but if he gets that side of his game up to a 7/10 he could be among the best FBs around.

No he's not, he's 22 and recovered from injury

Bruce did say that it may well take up to 6 months to see the best of him after his injury.

[olaftab]

I am thinking what would he be like if he was 23 and partially recovered from injury? Would he be a 7/10 or 3/4?

[oswald funkletrumpet]

He's been really poor the last two games, having said that the majority of us have been saying that he's not a defender for well over a year now, left sided midfielder all day long.

Amavi in midfield with cissokho behind him would give us a much better balance

Suggesting Cissokho playing again for Aston Villa should result in an immediate ban.

Cissokho is fine as long as he stops at the half way line

Expecting a full back to be in his own box defdnding one minute and then bombing down the wing and putting a decent cross the next is unrealstic

[themossman]

But he's also 22 and recovering from injury.

Whether it's one or several mistakes, the point is he's probably never going to be a good defender but if he gets that side of his game up to a 7/10 he could be among the best FBs around.

No he's not, he's 22 and recovered from injury

Is that your medical opinion? He's half a season post one of the nastiest injuries a footballer can sustain. It would be impressive if he was back to full fitness and full confidence in his knee at this stage.

But even if you were right, and his fitness is back to 100%, the impact of missing that much game time at a crucial stage of he career is impossible to quantify but likely to be significant.