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2025-26 Performances

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5.7 Season Average Rating
Appearances
16
Goals
2
Assists
2
Yellow cards
1
Nearly got a winner at the end.

Defensively he will have his bad moments and they doubled tripled quadrupled him and Mbuemo all game.
 
Idxomer said:
This is the problem with being played as a wingback.

Our most talented player on the ball shouldn't be defending that much.
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He most certainly isn't our most talented player on the ball.

Aside from the goal and that other shot I thought he was pretty dreadful today - looked a bit lackadaisical and gave the ball away or ran into trouble too regularly.
 
He’s a special player, our most talented. So important to us even when not performing his best. What a goal.
 
Nep77 said:
He had three shot on target and created another that should have been goal, In which world was he very poor? Defensively he isnt a right back so why is there expecation of him being prefect?
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He's a wingback in this formation, so he needs to do better defensively, doesn't matter whether that's his natural position or not. Just like with Bruno, he's not naturally a central midfielder, but that's where he plays so his performances should be judged based on his role in the game.

Anyways, Amad was poor but scored a wonder goal and then almost got us the winner, so overall I'd say it was a positive performance. Still expect better from him
 
Scored a great goal but thought he was poor today. Obvious defensive issues aside his decision making in the final third is very bad.
 
Pickle85 said:
He most certainly isn't our most talented player on the ball.

Aside from the goal and that other shot I thought he was pretty dreadful today - looked a bit lackadaisical and gave the ball away or ran into trouble too regularly.
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I'd say he is, who do you think is certainly above him?
 
Raven said:
I'd say he is, who do you think is certainly above him?
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Cunha, Mbeumo for starters. I also think what posters really mean here when they say 'on the ball' is dribbling and cute little pass n move, technomidget stuff, whereas we all know there's more to on the ball ability than that.
 
FromTheBench said:
Nearly got a winner at the end.

Defensively he will have his bad moments and they doubled tripled quadrupled him and Mbuemo all game.
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Yeah the attackers were poor but we were also outclassed tactically I thought. Dyche was daring us to try building through the middle or on the left with Dalot and overloaded the right side.


We also just lacked intensity to match them today which was a huge issue.
 
Glad he finally got a goal, all our main attacking players have got off the mark for the season now.

Not his best game otherwise.
 
Looked a bit off today but still managed to find some space on the right flank. Great goal though.
 
Pickle85 said:
Cunha, Mbeumo for starters. I also think what posters really mean here when they say 'on the ball' is dribbling and cute little pass n move, technomidget stuff, whereas we all know there's more to on the ball ability than that.
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For starters? You think there's a big long list of players better than him?
 
A few post in the matchday thread bemoaned his performance prior to the goal and I felt they were unfair. Forrest’s tactic of overloading their wing was a perfect counter to our offensive play today. When we he and Mbuemo go the ball there were about 4 players around them alone, which meant we needed to use the other side more as Bruno and Casemiro were themselves crowded out centrally.

Instead what did our big brained right centerback do? You got it, consistently passed the ball to Amad who was getting pressed relentlessly by Neco. Those passes were also either too short or too hard it was weird watching.

Amad though should have done better defensively and offensively in the first and second half but okay game otherwise.
 
So many times he'll get on the outside of the defender only to cut back time and time again. His one footed-ness is really annoying in them scenarios. Tough game for him today but I'm sure he'll bounce back.
 
Saved a point and almost won the game for us.
He also put a beauty of a cross in too in that second half
Should do much better for their first goal, even if he can't win a header he can easily lean to put MGW off from a free header (class header though)

He links up well with mbeumo which is positive
 
Frank White said:
Some many times he'll get on the outside of the defender only to cut back time and time again. His one footed-ness is really annoying in them scenarios. Tough game for him today but I'm sure he'll bounce back.
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It always amazes me the amount of wide players seemingly can't be trained to accelerate down the outside and put in a half decent ball on their weak foot.

Surely if you're a coach you have them drilling this over and over every day.
 
Pickle85 said:
Like I said, I don't think he's the best player on the ball in our side. That's it.
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Bruno is the best player on the ball when you consider all technical attributes including passing, shooting, crossing.
 
Trex said:
Bruno is the best player on the ball when you consider all technical attributes including passing, shooting, crossing.
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No disagreement here but I didn't want to open that can of worms here myself. You're braver then I am!
 
Dominos said:
It always amazes me the amount of wide players seemingly can't be trained to accelerate down the outside and put in a half decent ball on their weak foot.

Surely if you're a coach you have them drilling this over and over every day.
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It's proper annoying because normally he's fantastic at most things, he'll beat his man with ease, get past him on the outside and then it'll be cut back, cut back, cut back... must be a real ball ache to be a 9 knowing it's never coming in.
 
He was having an off-game with Forest players clearly targeting him and harrassing him into poor decisions. I love that he didn't let his mentals drop, especially after being outmuscled for their second, and continued to believe in himself - that goal was fantastic. Nearly got the winner at the end, too. One of my favorite players, today's game is such a good learning experience for him.
 
Great goal. But he was poor defensively and so physically weak at times, and that's the problem with playing small wingers as wingbacks. For those that want Semenyo for our LWB, it will be a lot of the same, I reckon.
 
Trex said:
That was a lovely goal though!
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Agreed. He's a lovely player to watch, though not as effective as he should be. I really hope he starts producing more of substance like that hit, as the style is there.
 
He had it all to do today, given they really tested it right flank. Struggle to cope and looked like it was going to be too big a task in defence and attack, but fair play, got the goal and almost won it. Quality showed at the end.
 
Was targeted by them, but he gives so much at WB.

Did not help that Yoro was shaky as well. Still the goals did not come from their side, both crosses from the left where Cunha and Dalot were asleep. At least he was closing players down.
 
Amad finds himself too often in positions Mbeumo should be in. Mbeumo is better at crossing and cutting inside
 
Glorified right back. Said it last year and will keep saying it despite some good recent results.

We don't dominate or can control a game, which means a Amorim's WB in the PL will be on the back foot more often than we want to be.
 
Trigestis said:
Great goal. But he was poor defensively and so physically weak at times, and that's the problem with playing small wingers as wingbacks. For those that want Semenyo for our LWB, it will be a lot of the same, I reckon.
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hmm, I see Yoro, Dalot and DeLigt losing many defensive duels and they are natural defenders. It happens, usually he's okay defensively positionally and can win a tackle. I dont think it will be a problem having Semenyo on the left, learnign defending is much easier than become an offensive threat all of a sudden. It's nearly impossible and many defensive work is down to tactics.
 
The goal was great but I don't like that we play him as a wing back.

Still rather he started than Dorgu/Dalot on that side
 
Trigestis said:
Great goal. But he was poor defensively and so physically weak at times, and that's the problem with playing small wingers as wingbacks. For those that want Semenyo for our LWB, it will be a lot of the same, I reckon.
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Semenyo is 6ft and built like a tank.

Think Amad is one of our most important players, have noone to replace him at wing back whatsoever. Wasn't good overall today but great goal.
 
Mbeumonation said:
Amad finds himself too often in positions Mbeumo should be in. Mbeumo is better at crossing and cutting inside
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Its because Mbeumo is being marked closely but an easy ball for him is to play to Amad wider in a bit more space. Our #10 isnt going to be in that position during moves because they are going to be under pressure when they receive the ball and its our wingbacks who are freed up down the sides.
 
Remember the geese said:
Probably shouldn't say it because it's a load of rubbish.
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He's playing the position for the first time in his career only 12 months ago and the fact there is so much discourse about whether he suits playing at WB in this thread alone proves it's totally fair game to call a spade what it is. Trying to will it into existence about how suitable or promising he's performing at WB is akin to saying Amorim is doing a good job. Nobody with a straight face can say it with confidence.
 
criticalanalysis said:
He's playing the position for the first time in his career only 12 months ago and the fact there is so much discourse about whether he suits playing at WB in this thread alone proves it's totally fair game to call a spade what it is. Trying to will it into existence about how suitable or promising he's performing at WB is akin to saying Amorim is doing a good job. Nobody with a straight face can say it with confidence.
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There shouldn't be any discourse regarding Amad's role at wing-back. He's one of our best players. Amorim may well be doing a good job. If he can get us back into Europe this season, then that represents improvement.
 
Amad at wing back has its pros but also some very obvious cons which can be targeted as happened today. Great goal, but aside from that thought he was poor (but not through his fault so much as to Forest just doing well on him). It's a 343 thing which, eventually, I think will come back into discussion but for now we're having a little renaissance after a long shit spell so it's fine.
 
Remember the geese said:
There shouldn't be any discourse regarding Amad's role at wing-back. He's one of our best players. Amorim may well be doing a good job. If he can get us back into Europe this season, then that represents improvement.
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What has Amad being one of our best players got to do with the discourse regarding his position? Those are two separate discussions. By many metrics Bruno is one of the most statistically involved players in a central midfield position. Would you try to claim there shouldn't be any discourse on him playing in a midfield two?

You can believe Amad is being given the best platform to perform as much as you want to believe Amorim is doing a good job. I'm pretty sure there's very few who genuinely believe that.
 
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