Jordan Amavi - gone again

[KRS]

Had high hopes for him as he seemed to have plenty of potential when he first signed, but he's never lived up to expectations particularly since his injury. He's another mistake at the back waiting to happen that we can't afford to carry.

[aj2k77]

Appalling, sell for a couple of mill if possible in the summer and move on.

[mr underhill]

yes, get what we can asap a total failure.

[eamonn]

Sad the way it's going for him. Maybe Bruce needs to control what he does on the pitch. If it's good enough for Mourinho and Shaw it should be good enough for Plucky Villa.

[Ads]

He doesn't have any clue about what position he ought to be taking up or any sense of what he should be doing at any given moment.

The lacksidsaical way he gave the ball away leading to their first goal was stupidity of the highest order.

I'm not sure how NASA coped yesterday with him and his MENSA colleague Bacuna playing for us.

[wittonwarrior]

He is not a left back and Bacuna is neither.  So need to give him some slack there.  Would like to see him operating in front of Taylor or Baker who are relative naturals  in that position.

I think at wing  half with his pace and skill he may have a role as he does like to play football.  The other option would be to see what is like wide on the right if Adomah fails to cut it.  Another of Bruce's decisions he needs to make over the summer.

[Steve67]

Shoehorn him into the side then? When neither he nor Bacuna deserve a place? No ta. Both useless and remain part of the malaise that got us here in the first place.

[Clampy]

The one thing I would say in Amavi's defence is that we may not see the best of him until next season after the injury he had. Luke Shaw seems to have struggled since his injury as well. Unless we got a decent bid for him or he wanted to move on, I'd preserve with him. He was poor yesterday though and Taylor does look a lot more solid defensively.

[Jimbo]

In Amavi's defence, he shouldn't be part of one. Before his injury, and after it, he's consistently shown he can't defend. So play him on the wing for the rest of the season and let's see his supposed crossing skills come to the fore. If they don't, sell.

[john2710]

The one thing I would say in Amavi's defence is that we may not see the best of him until next season after the injury he had. Luke Shaw seems to have struggled since his injury as well. Unless we got a decent bid for him or he wanted to move on, I'd preserve with him. He was poor yesterday though and Taylor does look a lot more solid defensively.

I thought his injury was his knee, not his brain. He has no positional sense whatsoever, too casual & prone to fuck ups. Against any decent winger he struggles, it doesn't matter what level you play at, you'll get punished for basic mistakes.

[andyh]

His 'touch' for their first goal yesterday had nothing to do with whether he was playing left back, left midfield, goalkeeper or striker.

It was just about him being lackadaisical and unfocused.

To me, he seems more suited to the 'fancy dan' world of the premier league than the real world of the championship.

[mr underhill]

France is Amavi's natural environment. He was talked about as a really hot prospect, but no so hot that he can look remotely like a professional footballer in the Chumps League. Total gash. Gana engineering a move to Everton was a masterstroke of good fortune.

[aj2k77]

Amavi doesn't look any good when he's played further forward either though, it's a waste of a position. We need a natural left sided attacker this summer.

[saunders_heroes]

Sell him in the summer. He won't be missed.

[SoccerHQ]

Amazing to think France under 21 team still call him up given the amazing young players they're producing currently.

I've long thought for a while he's the one player regularly in the team we could sell for good money and it wouldn't weaken us at all and he's showed little this season to disprove that.