2023/24 Amadou Onana

[buskwhi2]

How has it taken 13months to pair them together? Been the most obvious pairing and yet only really today weve seen it.

We played the 2 of them together against Doncaster in the last round and our midfield was crap that day.

For me, they’re clearly the best pairing but it’s just as much about having a forward who can hold the ball up and wide players who can press and provide a threat.

Now we have the right players to put around them, we can (and should) have them as the regular pairing.

 

[Nymzee]

We played the 2 of them together against Doncaster in the last round and our midfield was crap that day.

To be fair they weren’t crap they were just utterly bypassed by the wank tactics.

 

[Furey1878]

Not a 6, despite popular belief. He was great yesterday.

 

[Bazlar]

Not a 6, despite popular belief. He was great yesterday.

TBH I had him down as a 6 as he plays there for Belgium. I stand corrected after last night though

 

[Dymak]

Hopefully he has a boss Euros; allowing us to cash in when his value is at its highest next summer.

 

[Zatara]

We played the 2 of them together against Doncaster in the last round and our midfield was crap that day.

For me, they’re clearly the best pairing but it’s just as much about having a forward who can hold the ball up and wide players who can press and provide a threat.

Now we have the right players to put around them, we can (and should) have them as the regular pairing.

To be fair they weren’t crap they were just utterly bypassed by the wank tactics.

Onana and Garner were seeing the balls bypass them as Nymz says. Part way through it seemed like onana wondered what he was meant to do to effect the game.

Needs to get a style of play like last night and stick to it + have another setup or two to rotate into if its not effective in a game.

 

[Zatara]

Not a 6, despite popular belief. He was great yesterday.

TBH I had him down as a 6 as he plays there for Belgium. I stand corrected after last night though

What would you say he is then if not a 6 ?

Seems a bit of an odd one this...hes 6 Garner 8. But both also kind of a double pivot...one a little more defensive minded the other more offensive.

 

[Furey1878]

What would you say he is then if not a 6 ?

Seems a bit of an odd one this...hes 6 Garner 8. But both also kind of a double pivot...one a little more defensive minded the other more offensive.

I think he's just a centre-mid, mate. Not an AM or a DM

 

[T LEAFE]

Just play him in his best position
He will then be ace

 

[pedro789]

He looked good in 2 last night.
Sometimes a 3 doesn't give you space you need.
It can feel cramped + distances aren't right.
That could be part of problem for this lad.

 

[Simon Buttle]

I think he's just a centre-mid, mate. Not an AM or a DM

He is just a CM I agree but of course that's not enough for the hipsters, he has to be a number, a 6 or an 8, or a 10 or play in a special 'zone'

 

[Osamabindiesel]

He is a great tackler, can make great surging runs forward and can split the defense with a killer pass. He isn’t Messi but he doesn’t need to be as a powerful runner with his long stride. Somebody mentioned Yaya and that is a good comparison to work towards. Where he plays in the middle isn’t relevant so much as pairing him with his best partner. Garner is that guy atm. Both can play just about anywhere in the middle because of their skillsets.

 

[KaiserEFC]

He’s gash.

 

[Weebarra]

We played the 2 of them together against Doncaster in the last round and our midfield was crap that day.

For me, they’re clearly the best pairing but it’s just as much about having a forward who can hold the ball up and wide players who can press and provide a threat.

Now we have the right players to put around them, we can (and should) have them as the regular pairing.

Yep the team looked balanced and in synch, there was no big gaps between the lines like in the preseason games.

Tomorrow let's see who starts on midfield.

My gut instinct is Everton will start the same as v Brentford.

UTFTs!

 

[aglee]

He’s gash.

That's just reminded me that someone on here once referred to a player as "turbo gash" and I thought that was really funny - but then thought it might make an endearing nickname for the wife. Turns out she wasn't keen.