[IRN-BRUno]

Full Name: Amad Diallo
Date of Birth: Jul 11, 2002
Nationality: Cote d'Ivoire
Other Nationalities: Italy
Height: 173cm
Squad Number: 16
Position: Attack - Right Winger
Foot: Left
Player Agent: #LEADERS
Contract expires: Jun 30, 2030
Contract option: Option for a further year​

 

[bosnian_red]

Did better when he came inside as a 10, awkward at RWB. Of course sometimes he gets crowded out at right 10 as well and works better at RWB. Not really a natural fit at either position IMO.

Feel like there was a better use of £71m for our team than Mbeumo given Amad is probably best in that same role, but anyway.

 

[Skills]

Should kick up a fuss and move on. He's going to be wasted here.

 

[TheReligion]

Should kick up a fuss and move on. He's going to be wasted here.

Yes. Look at Rashford. Living the dream and has got his move. Amad should be watching carefully.

 

[FrankWhite]

Is it going to be awkward when he turns out better than the player we just splashed 71m on?

 

[Skills]

Is it going to be awkward when he turns out better than the player we just splashed 71m on?

More or less awkward, than the last time we spent £70m and £80m for players in his position? (Sancho & Antony).

 

[Mcking]

One of him and Mbeumo will end up on the bench. I have no doubt about that. The only way I see both playing consistently together is if Amad plays in Cunha's position or Mbeumo plays CF.

Otherwise one of two things will happen as long as Amorim is in charge:

1. Dalot as first choice RWB with Bruno at CM and one of Mbeumo and Amad in attack, with the other on the bench.

2. The Bruno at CM experiment fails, so we play an extra midfielder, with Bruno in attack, and either Amad or Mbeumo at RWB, with the other on the bench.

Those who think Bruno in a two-man midfield and Amad in defence will work together are in for a rude awakening.

 

[VP89]

I think he can work with Mbeumo on the same flank

 

[Frank White]

Genuinely one of the few players actually worth watching. Hopefully can stay fit throughout the season.

 

[Skills]

One of him and Mbeumo will end up on the bench. I have no doubt about that. The only way I see both playing consistently together is if Amad plays in Cunha's position or Mbeumo plays CF.

Otherwise one of two things will happen as long as Amorim is in charge:

1. Dalot as first choice RWB with Bruno at CM and one of Mbeumo and Amad in attack, with the other on the bench.

2. The Bruno at CM experiment fails, so we play an extra midfielder, with Bruno in attack, and either Amad or Mbeumo at RWB, with the other on the bench.

Those who think Bruno in a two-man midfield and Amad in defence will work together are in for a rude awakening.

Imagine if both of those experiments fail in isolation, rather than a combination of them. Then we'll have to bench 2 of Mbuemo, Bruno, Cunha and Amad.

 

[sleepehead]

I know drawing fouls is something he's good at, but I think he needs to try and stand up against more challenges. I can already for see refs swallowing there whistle once the season starts.

 

[Remember the geese]

I think he can work with Mbeumo on the same flank

He can. Bunch of cry babies on here.

 

[Escobar]

One of the few players who can actually play

 

[Irwin99]

Did better when he came inside as a 10, awkward at RWB. Of course sometimes he gets crowded out at right 10 as well and works better at RWB. Not really a natural fit at either position IMO.

Feel like there was a better use of £71m for our team than Mbeumo given Amad is probably best in that same role, but anyway.

That’s not an encouraging report . I’ve had this feeling with Amad that it just won’t work at RwB, that he hasn’t got enough defensively to make it and people are going to get enraged when they see Dalot take his place.

He’s a winger/10. Wonder if he, Mbeumo and Cunha could play in a front three?

 

[simonhch]

So tired of this constant framing of the wide right spot as being a traditional wingback. It just isn’t in this system. Amorim has consistently played left footed wingers in the role. To further take lessons from the first preseason run out, in a heavily rotated side, well….just feels daft. And that’s being polite.

Banging my head against a brick wall trying to introduce some accuracy into this debate. I give up.

 

[bosnian_red]

That’s not an encouraging report . I’ve had this feeling with Amad that it just won’t work at RwB, that he hasn’t got enough defensively to make it and people are going to get enraged when they see Dalot take his place.

He’s a winger/10. Wonder if he, Mbeumo and Cunha could play in a front three?

First game of the season I'm pretty confident it'll be Dalot starting at RWB. So really it's either one of the 2 new expensive 10s are playing as a CF, or Amad is on the bench to start.

 

[bosnian_red]

So tired of this constant framing of the wide right spot as being a traditional wingback. It just isn’t in this system. Amorim has consistently played left footed wingers in the role. To further take lessons from the first preseason run out, in a heavily rotated side, well….just feels daft. And that’s being polite.

Banging my head against a brick wall trying to introduce some accuracy into this debate. I give up.

I know what he'd like to do, but I'm skeptical on how it'll go here. And I think Amorim isn't fully confident on it either, given how he very rarely actually put Amad at wing back.

 

[Skills]

First game of the season I'm pretty confident it'll be Dalot starting at RWB. So really it's either one of the 2 new expensive 10s are playing as a CF, or Amad is on the bench to start.

And if that's the case, we should sell him.

 

[TheReligion]

And if that's the case, we should sell him.

Why?

 

[Skills]

Why?

Many reasons:

1. If he's going to spend most of the season on the bench or out of position, his stock and value is only going to decrease

2. We don't have enough games next season to have first team quality players sitting on the bench

3. We need the money to strengthen so many other positions in the first XI

 

[Mcking]

Many reasons:

1. If he's going to spend most of the season on the bench or out of position, his stock and value is only going to decrease

2. We don't have enough games next season to have first team quality players sitting on the bench

3. We need the money to strengthen so many other positions in the first XI

We will need more cover in attack. Cunha and Mbeumo won't play every game.

 

[Skills]

We will need more cover in attack. Cunha and Mbeumo won't play every game.

Like I said, we don't have many games next season. We're playing once a week.

To keep him around, to give him a few breadcrumbs is harming us by tanking his value in the market, and harming him by robbing another year of his development.

As a club, you have to be decisive. The moment, we decided we needed Mbuemo for £71m, we also by default decided that Amad wasn't good enough. So you cash in then, and live with the consequences. Being neither here nor there, does nothing for anyone.

 

[Mcking]

Like I said, we don't have many games next season. We're playing once a week.

To keep him around, to give him a few breadcrumbs is harming us by tanking his value in the market, and harming him by robbing another year of his development.

He will get plenty of minutes and start a good number of games too. It's three players competing for two spots in the front three, and he is currently an option for RWB for now too.

We will probably have around 45 games to play next season, he could easily start up to 25 of those. And who's to say he can't end up ahead of Mbeumo in the pecking order?

 

[Skills]

He will get plenty of minutes and start a good number of games too. It's three players competing for two spots in the front three, and he is currently an option for RWB for now too.

We will probably have around 45 games to play next season, he could easily start up to 25 of those. And who's to say he can't end up ahead of Mbeumo in the pecking order?

Because then Mbuemo's a complete fecking shambles of a signing...

You're missing this bit of my post so I'll repeat.

As a club, you have to be decisive. The moment, we decided we needed Mbuemo for £71m, we also by default decided that Amad wasn't good enough. So you cash in then, and live with the consequences. Being neither here nor there, does nothing for anyone.

 

[Mcking]

Because then Mbuemo's a complete fecking shambles of a signing...

You're missing this bit of my post so I'll repeat.

As a club, you have to be decisive. The moment, we decided we needed Mbuemo for £71m, we also by default decided that Amad wasn't good enough. So you cash in then, and live with the consequences. Being neither here nor there, does nothing for anyone.

Erm.... It's a long season. You need quality options. If we move decisively and sell Amad, what happens when Mbeumo gets injured?

 

[JJ12]

Is it going to be awkward when he turns out better than the player we just splashed 71m on?

Why? They'll play together

 

[Faetheshire86]

Everyone just ignoring the fact that Amad's best performances for us last season came at right wing-back, based on 15 minutes of our first pre-season game.

The reason he switched position was down to Collyer struggling to play in an unusual position, not because of Amad.

He and Mbeumo will be a menace on the right side. Mbeumo will stretch the field and make space for Amad, they can both go inside and out and will dovetail perfectly.

 

[Bobski]

Amad at wing back is a short term option to try and make a formation work. No chance it is his long term role, he will inevitably either end up as a Right SIded forward in a 4-3-3 under a new manager here or be sold to a club where he can take that role.

He ain't a wing back, wingers in that role may have worked for Amorin in Portugal with 70% of their games being against dross but Amad will be targeted constantly in the PL.

 

[Pughnichi]

Love that he answered ‘not my problem’ when asked about Rashford and Garnacho

None of this ‘oooh theyre fantastic players that will be missed’ nonsense

 

[Remember the geese]

Love that he answered ‘not my problem’ when asked about Amad and Garnacho

None of this ‘oooh theyre fantastic players that will be missed’ nonsense

Why would Amad be missed?

 

[Pughnichi]

Why would Amad be missed?

Doh…meant Rashford. Now edited haha

 

[Remember the geese]

Doh…meant Rashford. Now edited haha

Ah, makes sense. Thanks.

 

[Isotope]

Like I said, we don't have many games next season. We're playing once a week.

To keep him around, to give him a few breadcrumbs is harming us by tanking his value in the market, and harming him by robbing another year of his development.

As a club, you have to be decisive. The moment, we decided we needed Mbuemo for £71m, we also by default decided that Amad wasn't good enough. So you cash in then, and live with the consequences. Being neither here nor there, does nothing for anyone.

We won't play Cunha and Mbeumo the whole 90 minutes. And Amad fitness is still a concern. Once Amad shows that he can stay fit for the whole season, and shows to be reliable, we can sell Cunha or Mbeumo if we need to.

The one that we should try to get rid of is Mount.

 

[Skills]

We won't play Cunha and Mbeumo the whole 90 minutes. And Amad fitness is still a concern. Once Amad shows that he can stay fit for the whole season, and shows to be reliable, we can sell Cunha or Mbeumo if we need to.

So he'll get breadcrumbs. The only time Mbuemo's not going to be available next season (apart from injuries) is going to be AFCON - and guess where Diallo's going to be?

We're going to tank his value. We can actually get good money for him this summer.

 

[Ish]

He can. Bunch of cry babies on here.

So tired of this constant framing of the wide right spot as being a traditional wingback. It just isn’t in this system. Amorim has consistently played left footed wingers in the role. To further take lessons from the first preseason run out, in a heavily rotated side, well….just feels daft. And that’s being polite.

Banging my head against a brick wall trying to introduce some accuracy into this debate. I give up.

I’ve given up a while ago bud(s).

 

[Zumbi]

Many reasons:

1. If he's going to spend most of the season on the bench or out of position, his stock and value is only going to decrease

2. We don't have enough games next season to have first team quality players sitting on the bench

3. We need the money to strengthen so many other positions in the first XI

1) He’s not going to. We don’t have that many quality attacking players. Amad can play multiple positions and will get plenty of starts and plenty of minutes.

2) Any good PL team needs first team quality players on the bench. Every club strives for players that can come on and change a game, or come in for injuries or tactical reasons and not have the team’s level drop. Last season we had so few options on the bench to change a game and now it looks like we might, you want us to regress to not having any good options again? That’s insane.

The likes of Amad and Garnacho have had to shoulder too much of the attacking burden at too young an age, and we’ve had so few options, the odd injury completely screws us. We have desperately needed more experienced and more reliable attackers alongside them that can share the burden and who they play alongside and learn from.

3) We are not selling one of our best and brightest young players so we can try and buy….other promising players. Again - that’s insane. We are selling the players we don’t want to fund new arrivals, because that makes far more sense than selling players we rate very highly and want to keep in order to fund new arrivals.

Seriously, what is wrong with this place.

 

[Skills]

1) He’s not going to. We don’t have that many quality attacking players. Amad can play multiple positions and will get plenty of starts and plenty of minutes.

It's a waste. Like I said, his stocks fairly high at the moment - but if he's played out of position and is bench, that values only going down.

2) Any good PL team needs first team quality players on the bench. Every club strives for players that can come on and change a game, or come in for injuries or tactical reasons and not have the team’s level drop. Last season we had so few options on the bench to change a game and now it looks like we might, you want us to regress to not having any good options again? That’s insane.

Every premier league team needs a good starting XI first. It's stupid to have a strong bench when you've got so many holes in your first XI. It's like getting another car while the boilers broken, the toilets flooded and the windows are broken wide open. Fix them first.

 

[Zumbi]

It's a waste. Like I said, his stocks fairly high at the moment - but if he's played out of position and is bench, that values only going down.


Every premier league team needs a good starting XI first. It's stupid to have a strong bench when you've got so many holes in your first XI. It's like getting another car while the boilers broken, the toilets flooded and the windows are broken wide open. Fix them first.

Bollocks. He played WB a bunch last season and his stock rose massively. The issue was that he was one of our only dangerous attacking options, which limited his impact. He will thrive with better, more dangerous players to link with.

Our attack last year was broken. We couldn’t score goals. We have made signings to fix our attack so we can score more goals. There will be plenty of games where Mbeumo, Cunha and Amad start, and our attack will be better for it.

This is a shambles of a discussion anyway. You must be trolling because there’s zero chance we’re selling Amad, and he’s not going to be sat on the bench all season either. It’s just some weird little hypothetical that exists only in your brain.

 

[Rolaholic]

 

[Rainy nights in Stoke]

So tired of this constant framing of the wide right spot as being a traditional wingback. It just isn’t in this system. Amorim has consistently played left footed wingers in the role. To further take lessons from the first preseason run out, in a heavily rotated side, well….just feels daft. And that’s being polite.

Banging my head against a brick wall trying to introduce some accuracy into this debate. I give up.

Yes. It’s extremely tiresome. Every day I come on the caf hoping for some good debate, maybe reading a point of view I hadn’t considered before. Instead it’s just a regurgitation of the same opinions and complaints again and again.

Guess you’ve got to pick your battles.