Amad didn’t use his chance well yesterday, unfortunately. He was bright in the Christmas cameo, quite ok against Luton, but this was a step backwards with the competition there is on the RW. Garnacho to me played a second under par game at LW, while his last outings on RW have been probably the best RW appearances this season. Antony, who was good enough in a game against lowly Newport and horrible on LW the week after(?), left an unspectacular yet solid appearance yesterday, defensively better than any of our options on RW have been, while retaining the ball well, and providing two or three good chances. Amad looked far below that level yesterday unfortunately. Worse in defense, general play and attack than three year(?) younger Forson has been.
I don’t hold it against Adam not impressing when he’s hardly played since last season. Not at all. He just doesn’t show that he should play ahead of the other alternatives just now, that’s all. I worry a bit that a player that is, admittedly slight and not the quickest on short nor long runs, that he has to show more mentality, technique, creativity than a defensively sound and tactically schooled player like Antony, or a wolf hungry and pro active die hard Garnacho, or a more physically promising Forson even. When he shows less than them even of his strengths, the way to nail down serious minutes is going to be long in this results driven business. He is my favorite potential for the RW at the club, but he’s not proving the doubterswrong yet.