[Erictheking7]

I've thought about his chance at the end so much that it's has basically turned into him missing an open goal from 2 yards out...

You know, like the sort of chance Cole Palmer would bury...

 

[Rockets Redglare]

Why on earth do people think he needs benching after one bad game? He was fine the previous game.

Exactly, he was fine and nothing more. The fact Mbeumo is being pushed out of position for him is a joke.

 

[Eddy_JukeZ]

Big fan of his, but he was so poor.

Even the bit where he ignores Dalot's run is so bad. The sequence at the end was a huge chance to steal all 3 points and he just bottled it.

 

[PoTMS]

He needs a spell on the bench.

 

[C'est Moi Cantona]

Don't know what happened to him, that pass he didn't make to Dalot right at the start of the second half was so weird, and set the tone the for second half to continue as the first had gone.

He's a top player, but he was really off it tonight.

 

[Irrational.]

He’s usually so good with his decision making. Shame about his performance.

 

[Valencia Shin Crosses]

Really bad today. Just wasn’t aggressive enough with any of his actions and it was summed up in that final minute.

Honestly none of our attackers were very good today

 

[Hammondo]

Not his day, was tougher with the packed defense.

 

[Dominos]

Why on earth do people think he needs benching after one bad game? He was fine the previous game.

It's also that he's scored one goal all season. I'm a fan but his end product just isn't there.

 

[Dominos]

Should have tried to curl it into the bottom far corner in his final attack. Seems a real lack of confidence at the moment.

Would have to see again but don't think his body was really in a position to open up and curl towards the far corner.

He might have been better just toe-poking it with power which players seem reluctant to use but sometimes it's the best option.

 

[MyOnlySolskjaer]

His offensive output has been really poor. He has to improve or move to right back because we can't be having our main right winger with 4 or 5 goals a season.

 

[laughtersassassin]

He needs a spell on the bench.

He really doesn't

 

[Waynne]

We have mbuemo?

Well then Amad needs time on the bench. Standards have dropped around here.

 

[Bojan11]

His offensive output has been really poor. He has to improve or move to right back because we can't be having our main right winger with 4 or 5 goals a season.

Yep.

Only 2 assists and 2 goals this season is poor. He either needs to be a winger assisting or a winger who is scoring goals. At the moment he is neither. Needs to work on his passing, far too many times it’s under hit.

 

[HanifaPopuslich]

Overatted.

 

[ElectroManiac]

I like him a lot but I think we should drop him against Everton for Sesko and put Mbuemo on the right. He can come at the 60 min to make a difference from the bench

 

[NLunited]

I like him a lot but I think we should drop him against Everton for Sesko and put Mbuemo on the right. He can come at the 60 min to make a difference from the bench

Agreed, his poor decision making today makes that an easy decision. Play Šeško upfront and Mbeumo on the right.

 

[jem]

Exactly, he was fine and nothing more. The fact Mbeumo is being pushed out of position for him is a joke.

Mbeumo had some diabolical games on the wing prior to AFCON

 

[jem]

Yep.

Only 2 assists and 2 goals this season is poor. He either needs to be a winger assisting or a winger who is scoring goals. At the moment he is neither. Needs to work on his passing, far too many times it’s under hit.

During our 4 game win streak, how many goals/assists did he have? Not too many, if any, yet he was amazing during that run, proof that stats only tell part of the story

 

[jem]

His offensive output has been really poor. He has to improve or move to right back because we can't be having our main right winger with 4 or 5 goals a season.

Well perhaps the fact that he has spent a significant portion of the season playing out of position probably has something to do with that.

 

[jem]

Might be best to move Mbeumo to RW and put Sesko up top next game. Amad could use a game from the bench.

This is fair - rotation is a good thing, but people turning on Amad after one bad game need to get their heads checked

 

[SungSam7]

People looking at his stats just shows all is forgotten if you don't get on the score sheet.

The guy offers us constant pressure. Hea one of the keys to us getting the ball back and breaking on the counter. He offers much more than goals and assists, he has full backs questioning should they over commit because they won't be getting back if Amad is on the ball.

 

[RedDevil [NC]]

This is fair - rotation is a good thing, but people turning on Amad after one bad game need to get their heads checked

It’s not just 1 game though, he’s had 2 assists and 2 goals. He’s in a position that it is built to provide goals and that’s just not the case. I’m an Amad fan but once you look at the production it doesn’t add up to someone who should start every game.

 

[Grande]

Overatted.

You went for one word and couldn’t even get that close to right?

 

[Grande]

Don't know what happened to him, that pass he didn't make to Dalot right at the start of the second half was so weird, and set the tone the for second half to continue as the first had gone.

He's a top player, but he was really off it tonight.

He’s a top player, but his decision and precision goes a bit awry when he’s too hot. Still he’s an asset, third last on the goal today. But I wonder if a couple of starts for Mbeumo on the right might make Bryan abit more in his flow element, and give Amad the same effect a few games out seems to have made for Yoro today.

 

[caid]

It’s not just 1 game though, he’s had 2 assists and 2 goals. He’s in a position that it is built to provide goals and that’s just not the case. I’m an Amad fan but once you look at the production it doesn’t add up to someone who should start every game.

He's played wing back all season. Today was his 5th game as a winger, which is still less demanding than what you'd expect from a wide forward. Giggs had 2 goals and 3 assists and Beckham 6 goals and 11 assists in the league in '99 for context. A lot of Beckhams assists probably came from set pieces.
I dont think you judge wingers by goals and assists, its more about getting you up the pitch and getting forwards on the ball. Which i think he's done quite well. Maybe i'd be more picky about Cunha and Mbuemo goals who are more dependent on what they do in the final 3rd.
I dont think anyone's individual goal stats are that impressive but we do have a good spread of goals from across the pitch, which i think is generally preferable.
I wouldn't be against putting him on the bench for a week having said all that. Maybe Sesko has earned a start.

 

[criticalanalysis]

Had a bad game but it doesn't help we have no fullback support on either side. The few times he had some space and could attack at Diouf (who did quite well himself) 1 vs 1, he was close to creating a clear separation.

Dalot has been instructed to stay next to Maguire whereas Shaw was getting a lot of freedom but is pretty 80% back pass nowadays and if you're lucky he'll move or pass it forwards the other 20%. Hopefully Carrick recognises and changes something. Either pushing Dalot a bit further to give that right channel a bit more support and/or playing Sesko instead of Cunha.

 

[Baneofthegame]

Just don’t think his decision making was great yesterday, can have a bad game, but we need his output to go up.

 

[wootoofoo]

This guy needs time on the bench. I don't know what he does that Mbeumo can not do and more. His decision making is 50/50, 50% of the times he got it wrong. And he always, always slows the play down when the team is on a break, like he doesn't trust himself to make the right decision on the quicks. 0 assist, 0 goal in the last 5 games. That is not objectively good.

 

[jem]

He's played wing back all season. Today was his 5th game as a winger, which is still less demanding than what you'd expect from a wide forward. Giggs had 2 goals and 3 assists and Beckham 6 goals and 11 assists in the league in '99 for context. A lot of Beckhams assists probably came from set pieces.
I dont think you judge wingers by goals and assists, its more about getting you up the pitch and getting forwards on the ball. Which i think he's done quite well. Maybe i'd be more picky about Cunha and Mbuemo goals who are more dependent on what they do in the final 3rd.
I dont think anyone's individual goal stats are that impressive but we do have a good spread of goals from across the pitch, which i think is generally preferable.
I wouldn't be against putting him on the bench for a week having said all that. Maybe Sesko has earned a start.

Well said.

 

[statpadders]

Too unselfish yesterday. Should learn that this fan base only cares about numbers judging by the comments. He has been very good ever since Carrick came but all that is thrown out the window because his "output" is not great.

 

[Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber]

Had a meh game like our attack. It happens.

 

[Pickle85]

Too unselfish yesterday. Should learn that this fan base only cares about numbers judging by the comments. He has been very good ever since Carrick came but all that is thrown out the window because his "output" is not great.

No, just that his all round play wasn't good today. He had a poor game.

 

[kafta]

He always puts in a shift, but his decision making was pretty bad. Im sure he'll be better next game.

 

[Carl]

Amad has been brilliant lately, but crap last night. We've seen that he's capable of a stinker every now and then. Overreaction in here as per though.

 

[UnitedRepublic]

All I know is that he’s enabeling others while others are ignoring him don’t ever remember when Cunha ever passed him or tried to link up with him to make plays. Dalot is not someone who makes your life easier as a winger either. In Regards to Amad lets bench our only player that doesn’t lose it unless he’s unlucky in a 1 v 1. In comparison to his counterparts that loses the ball of bad touches overrunning off the ball etc. His defensive work is priceless aswell.

 

[Ish]

This is fair - rotation is a good thing, but people turning on Amad after one bad game need to get their heads checked

I’d say if anyone is “turning on him” after 1 game - it generally means that person didn’t rate him to begin with and might just have been waiting for an opportunity to stick the knife in, IMO of course.

He was very poor last night but so too were all of them in attack and I’d probably include Bruno in that as well. Anyone of that front 3 can be dropped after last night but my preference would just be Amad being rotated to give Sesko a chance as Cunha’s been benched and Mbeumo’s been playing out of position etc - but if they’ve still put up some decent numbers.

No real biggie though. It’s just one of those performances/nights where West ham played their cup final and we never showed up. Still got a point though. Like you say, rotation is actually a good thing as it keeps players fresh and hungry.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

As I said after the previous game, needs to up his quality in the final third. Unfortunately in this game even the stuff he’s usually great at, was bad. But I’m not worried about that. He’s a very good footballer in general but needs to work very hard on his output - it’s what will make the difference between a good player and a great one.

 

[Matt851]

This guy needs time on the bench. I don't know what he does that Mbeumo can not do and more. His decision making is 50/50, 50% of the times he got it wrong. And he always, always slows the play down when the team is on a break, like he doesn't trust himself to make the right decision on the quicks. 0 assist, 0 goal in the last 5 games. That is not objectively good.

I would drop hin for the next game but he is clearly better than mbuemo at beating a man and pressing the opposition he has generally been good during carricks run and unlucky not to get an assist. It's unfortunate we lack balance against low block teams without dorgu, both mbuemo and amad are most effective out right and we have no one to play the left other than cunha who doesn't stay there

 

[amolbhatia50k]

I would drop hin for the next game but he is clearly better than mbuemo at beating a man and pressing the opposition he has generally been good during carricks run and unlucky not to get an assist. It's unfortunate we lack balance against low block teams without dorgu, both mbuemo and amad are most effective out right and we have no one to play the left other than cunha who doesn't stay there

Doesn’t make any sense to drop him. He’s 23 years old and our best winger. In terms of pressing and contribution to control games, we need him. Mbeumo is great in the final third but we players like Amad to get there right now.