Ampadu is not a CB

[ThatJa]

He's never been a CB.

 

[The Hecky Flecky Shake]

Not our problem send him back.

 

[BladeTillIDie]

People want him back next season, get rid of deadwood for me.

 

[Chilttheblade]

Always said if not good enough for Chelsea why would he be good enough for us ?

 

[SwissBlade]

Left footer put in at RCB...

 

[JT89]

Left footer put in at RCB...

Ampadu is right footed

 

[SwissBlade]

Ampadu is right footed

Could’ve fooled me! He’s better with his left

 

[JT89]

Could’ve fooled me! He’s better with his left

He's not particularly good with either

 

[SwissBlade]

He's not particularly good with either

Been decent at LCB, developing player. Improved over the season.

Not the worst player on the pitch tonight. I’ll dig those three out:
Osborne
Norwood
Lundstram

 

[Trafford]

Ampadu gave them 2 goals, Osborn was the only one who tried for the full 90 minutes.

 

[JT89]

Been decent at LCB, developing player. Improved over the season.

Not the worst player on the pitch tonight. I’ll dig those three out:
Osborne
Norwood
Lundstram

Osborne might not have the quality to play at this level, but he looked like he cared & put in far more effort than anyone else

 

[SwissBlade]

Osborne might not have the quality to play at this level, but he looked like he cared & put in far more effort than anyone else

Yeah. He was like the fan that won a competition to play.

play the u23 lad on the bench

 

[Houston_Blade]

Always said if not good enough for Chelsea why would he be good enough for us ?

Erm, we are a lot worse than Chelsea.

 

[Chilttheblade]

Erm, we are a lot worse than Chelsea.

Exactly, that guarantees we will always be worse then Chelsea if we sign players that can't make their first team. Wake up

 

[Houston_Blade]

Exactly, that guarantees we will always be worse then Chelsea if we sign players that can't make their first team. Wake up

I think we should concentrate on being better than a good few other teams before we turn our nose up at Chelsea rejects.

 

[Chilttheblade]

I think we should concentrate on being better than a good few other teams before we turn our nose up at Chelsea rejects.

So our ambition is to be as good as Chelsea's third team?

 

[Chilttheblade]

Where is Tarn anyway,sounds nice

 

[Houston_Blade]

So our ambition is to be as good as Chelsea's third team?

I don’t even think we should be dreaming of aiming that high. If we could have a good go against their U23’s in the Checkatrade trophy or whatever it’s called nowadays after relegation next season I’d be happy.

 

[MalmoBlade]

Ampadu was left horribly exposed by an invisible midfield for their 3rd. Yes one of the best strikers in the league stole a yard on him and that's all he needed, but come on the colossal cock-up of the night has to be Lunny's assist.

Let's not forget Ampadu plays for the full Welsh side. The lad's no mug he just plays with a bunch of muppets

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

Yeah. He was like the fan that won a competition to play.

play the u23 lad on the bench

You're right (again) mate. Fans of Pub sides applaud players for running about and putting in effort. We're in the most cutthroat and ruthless league on the planet and we're talking about effort?

As a wise man once said, they don't deserve praise for that - it's a given...

Lack of quality is what's hurting us, and has hurt us all season. Osborn is a tryer but has very little quality...

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

Ampadu was left horribly exposed by an invisible midfield for their 3rd. Yes one of the best strikers in the league stole a yard on him and that's all he needed, but come on the colossal cock-up of the night has to be Lunny's assist.

Let's not forget Ampadu plays for the full Welsh side. The lad's no mug he just plays with a bunch of muppets

Totally agree. In an alternative reality, he's the one who replaces Bash at RCB as we finish comfortably mid table and there's clamour to pay Chelsea £20m for him...

 

[Bergen Blade]

Ampadu was left horribly exposed by an invisible midfield for their 3rd. Yes one of the best strikers in the league stole a yard on him and that's all he needed, but come on the colossal cock-up of the night has to be Lunny's assist.

Let's not forget Ampadu plays for the full Welsh side. The lad's no mug he just plays with a bunch of muppets

Beaten for pace for their third. I think it's been a problem for us that our backline isn't dynamic enough. They should be dropping deeper a yard, then pushing up, then dropping two yards, etc all the time, keeping themselves in the optimal spot if a danger situation arises. Instead we tend to be caught flat footed, lacking awareness and concentration. The defence are positioned far too high on this occasion. To be fair to Ampadu he's the only one who's sprinting backwards, but he's just not fast enough. Egan has been sloppy quite often this season, but seems to escape blame.



For their first goal, our midfield is unable to keep up with play as Arsenal play the ball across the pitch. As Lacazette drops into space there are no midfielders close to him, hence Ampadu breaks out to close him down. We fail to plug the gap Ampadu left behind (note the space between Baldock and Egan and the lack of depth) and Arsenal punish us with some great touches.

For me, another example of our three man midfield being unable to cover enough space, and secondly our defence failing to compensate for one defender forced to breaking out.

 

[chesblade]

Don't think he played that bad compared to some in the side. He was the only defender running back on there 3rd goal. He has not had a settled position since he has been here

 

[Paddy1]

You're right (again) mate. Fans of Pub sides applaud players for running about and putting in effort. We're in the most cutthroat and ruthless league on the planet and we're talking about effort?

As a wise man once said, they don't deserve praise for that - it's a given...

Lack of quality is what's hurting us, and has hurt us all season. Osborn is a tryer but has very little quality...

Or as another wise man said “man who go to bed with itchy bum wake up with smelly finger”

 

[Chilttheblade]

Beaten for pace for their third. I think it's been a problem for us that our backline isn't dynamic enough. They should be dropping deeper a yard, then pushing up, then dropping two yards, etc all the time, keeping themselves in the optimal spot if a danger situation arises. Instead we tend to be caught flat footed, lacking awareness and concentration. The defence are positioned far too high on this occasion. To be fair to Ampadu he's the only one who's sprinting backwards, but he's just not fast enough. Egan has been sloppy quite often this season, but seems to escape blame.

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For their first goal, our midfield is unable to keep up with play as Arsenal play the ball across the pitch. As Lacazette drops into space there are no midfielders close to him, hence Ampadu breaks out to close him down. We fail to plug the gap Ampadu left behind (note the space between Baldock and Egan and the lack of depth) and Arsenal punish us with some great touches.

For me, another example of our three man midfield being unable to cover enough space, and secondly our defence failing to compensate for one defender forced to breaking out.


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We have 3 in midfield because we have 5 at the back. Try 4 at the back and 4 in midfield?

 

[Rudders]

Our defence has been awful this season from the first game onwards. The rot set in with Covid. So little intensity. So little concentration, so little aerial and physical strength. Also, most teams in the prem play with at least 1 hard, physical, fast tall DCM to protect their defence. We instead try and make do with 3 soft small slow central midfielders, aka the flat 3. Its been garbage and needs binning.

 

[BladeTillIDie]

Absolutely gobsmacked how many want him back, he's deadwood from this awful season

 

[ReeceofBDTBL]

Terrible player, a lightweight and smaller version of Eric dier. Can’t defend and nowhere near enough quality to play in midfield. Shockingly bad signing and he’s cost us SO many goals it’s unreal

 

[Bladezz]

Left footer put in at RCB...

That sums up this message board perfectly.