Amadou Onana

[Ian.]

I can’t remember this much angst towards Jacob Ramsey when he was often in the treatment room or Kamara who’s spent half his career there.

[john2710]

Onana doesn't play unless he's 100% fit. Which he rarely is.

As our most expensive signing & at a time when the rest of our midfield is injured, that's not good enough & something I'm sure will be dealt with in the summer.

[eamonn]

I can’t remember this much angst towards Jacob Ramsey when he was often in the treatment room or Kamara who’s spent half his career there.

q

They tended to be out for months at a time. It's the stop-start nature of Onana's availability that's pissing folk off.

[Mister E]

Onana doesn't play unless he's 100% fit. Which he rarely is.
As our most expensive signing & at a time when the rest of our midfield is injured, that's not good enough & something I'm sure will be dealt with in the summer.

You'd think that the medical staff might by now have worked out how best to manage his fitness, diet, etc. No doubt he's a class act  -and having a better version of Nzonzi, Billings, etc in our midfield to bully opponents is proven to be a good thing - but his hokey-kokey fitness is not something that is helping us right now. Who else is out there who can play the Toure / Ciacedo type role?

[brontebilly]

Onana doesn't play unless he's 100% fit. Which he rarely is.
As our most expensive signing & at a time when the rest of our midfield is injured, that's not good enough & something I'm sure will be dealt with in the summer.

You'd think that the medical staff might by now have worked out how best to manage his fitness, diet, etc. No doubt he's a class act  -and having a better version of Nzonzi, Billings, etc in our midfield to bully opponents is proven to be a good thing - but his hokey-kokey fitness is not something that is helping us right now. Who else is out there who can play the Toure / Ciacedo type role?

Ampadu not really a destroyer but a good footballer. I think we should go for him in the summer, he's not at Kamara's level but he's developing very nicely. Luiz continues like yesterday and he's a cert to be resigned permanently. Onana and Barkley can't be relied upon in a 50+ game season.

[Dave]

Onana doesn't play unless he's 100% fit. Which he rarely is.
As our most expensive signing & at a time when the rest of our midfield is injured, that's not good enough & something I'm sure will be dealt with in the summer.

You'd think that the medical staff might by now have worked out how best to manage his fitness, diet, etc. No doubt he's a class act  -and having a better version of Nzonzi, Billings, etc in our midfield to bully opponents is proven to be a good thing - but his hokey-kokey fitness is not something that is helping us right now. Who else is out there who can play the Toure / Ciacedo type role?

Ampadu not really a destroyer but a good footballer. I think we should go for him in the summer, he's not at Kamara's level but he's developing very nicely. Luiz continues like yesterday and he's a cert to be resigned permanently. Onana and Barkley can't be relied upon in a 50+ game season.

So for next season that would give us Douglas Luiz, Onana, Barkley, Ampadu, Kamara, Tielemans, McGinn, Bogarde for three positions.

Little bit bloated, no?

[brontebilly]

Onana doesn't play unless he's 100% fit. Which he rarely is.
As our most expensive signing & at a time when the rest of our midfield is injured, that's not good enough & something I'm sure will be dealt with in the summer.

You'd think that the medical staff might by now have worked out how best to manage his fitness, diet, etc. No doubt he's a class act  -and having a better version of Nzonzi, Billings, etc in our midfield to bully opponents is proven to be a good thing - but his hokey-kokey fitness is not something that is helping us right now. Who else is out there who can play the Toure / Ciacedo type role?

Ampadu not really a destroyer but a good footballer. I think we should go for him in the summer, he's not at Kamara's level but he's developing very nicely. Luiz continues like yesterday and he's a cert to be resigned permanently. Onana and Barkley can't be relied upon in a 50+ game season.

So for next season that would give us Douglas Luiz, Onana, Barkley, Ampadu, Kamara, Tielemans, McGinn, Bogarde for three positions.

Little bit bloated, no?

Cull Barkley and Onana.

[Dave]

Oh, so basically Ampadu for Onana?

If we're planning for the Championship rather than the Champions League, maybe.

[PaulWinch again]

That would be bonkers.

[Mister E]

Oh, so basically Ampadu for Onana?

If we're planning for the Championship rather than the Champions League, maybe.

How much would Dirty Leeds ant for Ampadu anyway? - he's their lynchpin.
We need to be finding the next Caicedo.

I agree that culling Barkley is certainly likely, with Hemmings beginning to emerge, and Onana seems too unreliable for a £50m player. So, another player to come in seems obvious to me. Borland as an understudy may also futureproof us through next season and beyond.

[Dave]

Oh, so basically Ampadu for Onana?

If we're planning for the Championship rather than the Champions League, maybe.

How much would Dirty Leeds ant for Ampadu anyway? - he's their lynchpin.
We need to be finding the next Caicedo.

I agree that culling Barkley is certainly likely, with Hemmings beginning to emerge, and Onana seems too unreliable for a £50m player. So, another player to come in seems obvious to me. Borland as an understudy may also futureproof us through next season and beyond.

The current group plus Douglas Luiz and Hemmings coming through feels fine to me.

[Monty]

IF Hemmings and Bogarde can step it up in the run-in, it'd be quite a proving ground for them. Probably worth two years of loans in the Championship in experience terms.