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He is going to have a Bernardo Silva type trajectory- playing both winger and attacking midfielder at a high level.
We have Mainoo the new Jude Bellingham, Garnacho the new Ronaldo and Amad the new Bernardo Silva.
Good call.
You're either on meth or you're just a liar and have not watched him at all.
Dribbling and dribbling past the opposition are two different things. You never said dribbling past opposition players is a weakness of his, you just said dribbling.
Dribbling is just about beating players for me. He isn't good at that.
Also, i've followed him since before we signed him - I've never watched a youtube video of him until today.
Dribbling has always meant going past players to me, and always will. Carrying the ball in general without actually ever beating an opposition player is just carrying the ball. He's good at that but still relies on having other technical players around him to give and go. It was very evident last season when he played without Patrick Roberts which, as a result, caused him to be more isolated in possession, that he struggled, and vice versa. Roberts this season is a shadow of his last seasons form without Amad linking with him. Players like them thrive off linking up with similar players rather than through their own individual play.
I mean - this has never been the case. It might be what you think of as dribbling. But it's never meant beating a man.
That's a very narrow definition for the modern day game. If Amad (or anyone for that matter) attempted to take the defender on every time then he wouldn't be picked.
Not necessary. He has praised Hannibal and then proceeds not to play him the next 3 games.
Literally no one has mentioned anything about the first two being fecking ronaldo or Jude. As far as the Amad/Silva comparison, it's more a stylistic one not an overall quality one. Stop making lazy strawman arguments.
Right... and if you read the post about Amad, the OP compared his trajectory to Bernardo, not style.
Hmm seems I'm mistaken. Well at least you've given me a decent "ignore" list
Anthony is fine at carrying the ball. It’s players that can beat a man that we are short of. I am not rushing to judgment on this lad yet but I am not sure he is going to make the kind of impact that we’ll need if we’re going to step up a level.
Such an odd thing to be critical of. He was trying to win the ball cleanly as he knew if he touched the Forest player in the back or clipped him slightly he'd throw himself to the ground and get a free kick, giving them an opportunity to run the clock down. He waited till he got a clear view of the ball before winning it clean.
Yes people act like Antony has never been dropped. He's been on the bench loads, it's just we've literally only had 2 other wide players in squad in Rashford/Garnacho, who are both right footed and prefer the left, and both have a lot more bad games than they do good games (Garnacho can be forgiven due to age/inexperience). Rashford has also had injury/illness/suspension this season. So inevitably after a couple of games on the bench Antony has found himself back in.
He had the same issue of not having players to link up with/lack of movement when he first started at Sunderland. It took a month or so before the other players started to understand his play. The question is whether ETH will offer that level of patience.
Probably has not been picked because he has not been playing anyway
Zaha hasn't been picked, that makes it even stranger to not pick Amad.
Strange indeed...I just read that Zaha has not played for them for a while so something must have happened there.
Not really. Winger dribblers are not something they lack and I bet they took into account Amad hasn't been fit in a while. They made the right call for him and us IMO
Outside of Zaha they have Gradel, Pepe, Adingra, Boga, Bamba and Amad to choose from. They are one African nation stacked with wide men who are dribblers.
Yeah, he's really good at dribbling, but he can't beat his man, but beating his man is not what dribbling means, but actually it does, but he's better than Antony so who cares.
Just Yagami being Yagami.
I'd actually say his physicality is one of his strongest assets in being able to shield the ball. He had that before he signed for us and playing in the championship has only improved it.
