Jordan Amavi - gone again

[oswald funkletrumpet]

Why is amavi going to be a class act?

based on what? He has no positional sense as a full back and is a bottler so unless he grows a pair and gets top coaching (which he wont with us)

He could be a good midfielder

[Clampy]

I like Amavi. I think there's a lot of potential there for him to go on and be a very good player.

[brian green]

I like Amavi.  There is enough about him to make persevering worth the effort.

[clash city rocker]

Think Amavi could be a good player in the making. Trouble is he plays for Aston villa where players don't seem to improve but merely go backwards. I really do question our coaching set up as we fail to develop and improve players. We just seem to sick the confidence out of them.

[chrisw1]

Why is amavi going to be a class act?

based on what? He has no positional sense as a full back and is a bottler so unless he grows a pair and gets top coaching (which he wont with us)

He could be a good midfielder

So based on one 50:50 he's now a bottler?  FFS do you like any footballers or is your enjoyment more from just slagging them off?

[oswald funkletrumpet]

I pay my money and like everyone else can slag players off or praise them. If you want to think everything is rosey thats up to you

At the moment i am slagging most of them off as we are twenty points off top spot and 10 off the play offs and the majority should be at least looking like they can be arsed

I have long said that imo amavi isnt a defender and would be much better suited to being a midfielder

As far as being a bottler goes, saturday wasnt the first time, its happened several times already this season and last season before he got injured.

remember the bitters at home last season, what was the name of the left back who bottled a challenge by the corndr flag that directly led to them scoring from nothing?

[Clampy]

I don't think the guy is a bottler at all. The more games he plays getting over his injury, the better he'll get.

[chrisw1]

Nor do I.  And I just don't see what is to be gained by laying into one of our more promising players, particularly when there are so many candidates more worthy of people ire.

[brian green]

This is Déjà vu of the Adama Traore thread.  He's crap.  Get rid. Next.

[lukey27]

We've tried a few different formations this season but I imagine we haven't tried 3 at the back because of the lack of pace we have in the central defensive positions.

Amavi would be an asset in this formation but I'm afraid he keeps making basic errors in a back four.  On Saturday he couldn't keep in line with the rest of the back four, couldn't track runners, kept wandering inside, missed tackles. It was poor and not the first time.

I was watching him positionally very closely and he didn't know whether to stick or twist with Costa and it was a mismatch.

The kid is still really raw and if they can work on the basics with him he might still be a player for us, but I just don't see a full-back at the moment.

[ozzjim]

He reminds me a lot of Bale, obviously nowhere near as good but clearly not a left back.  Getting him higher up the pitch would help us as a team. 

[PeterWithesShin]

Someone else has probably mentioned this but he reminds me of Kyle Walker when he was with us. Good going forward, but awful at times defensively.

[chrisw1]

Someone else has probably mentioned this but he reminds me of Kyle Walker when he was with us. Good going forward, but awful at times defensively.

Exactly.  I think a lot of people thought Bertrand was shit too.  Sometimes you have to let players develop and not always 'cash in' if you don't have instant success

[b23]

Why is amavi going to be a class act?

based on what? He has no positional sense as a full back and is a bottler so unless he grows a pair and gets top coaching (which he wont with us)

He could be a good midfielder

He could be a good midfield powder puff bottler then ?

[passport1]

He's a shockingly poor defender.