Lamare Bogarde

[Monty]

I just think the moment and the intensity of the game overwhelmed him.

[Meanwood Villa]

I thought he was ok after the first pass. Couldn't Dougie be the replacement for Onana?

[brontebilly]

In Emery's mind, it's Onana, Bogarde or Kamara in that slightly deeper position, and I think that's about right. Dougie's a pretty ineffective tackler.

Bogarde's distribution was conspicuously poor on two occasions last night, including one just after he came on. Other than that, he was fine in his role sitting at the base and niggling the opposition when we didn't have possession. He's just not as good (yet) at it as Onana, who is, as a reminder, a £50m player heading to the WC as first pick midfielder with a top ten ranked nation.

I think Emery's judgement is misplaced on this one, Bogarde is a better athlete than Luiz but that's it. He has no feel for the ball at all. What's worse is it looked like some players were bypassing him when he was available for the pass. It's like an average centre back playing in midfield.

Agree,he has been awful last 2 games but I think it’s partly down to being thrown in cold.

Was the same when given chances in midfield v Everton, Brentford, that cup game v Spurs. He's honest but very limited.

[AV82EC]

In Emery's mind, it's Onana, Bogarde or Kamara in that slightly deeper position, and I think that's about right. Dougie's a pretty ineffective tackler.

Bogarde's distribution was conspicuously poor on two occasions last night, including one just after he came on. Other than that, he was fine in his role sitting at the base and niggling the opposition when we didn't have possession. He's just not as good (yet) at it as Onana, who is, as a reminder, a £50m player heading to the WC as first pick midfielder with a top ten ranked nation.

I think Emery's judgement is misplaced on this one, Bogarde is a better athlete than Luiz but that's it. He has no feel for the ball at all. What's worse is it looked like some players were bypassing him when he was available for the pass. It's like an average centre back playing in midfield.

Agree,he has been awful last 2 games but I think it’s partly down to being thrown in cold.

Was the same when given chances in midfield v Everton, Brentford, that cup game v Spurs. He's honest but very limited.

Fully agree with this. You can see he doesn’t have the wherewithal to help build the play and the other players see him as someone to exchange passes with not as a creator or finder of a critical pass. Also I disagree with the putting him in cold viewpoint. This is high level sport, if you’re in the squad you need to be ready.