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2024-25 Performances


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6.3 Season Average Rating
Appearances
25
Goals
5
Assists
7
Yellow cards
1
I like him better when he is playing as a psuedo right winger where he can run with the ball, dribble, press to win the ball from the FB and cause damage.
I think he’s better further forward, but because our squad is so terrible in wide areas, he has to play there.

Maybe next season when Amorim’s given the budget to buy more suited players we will see the best of him further forward.
 
I think he’s better further forward, but because our squad is so terrible in wide areas, he has to play there.

Maybe next season when Amorim’s given the budget to buy more suited players we will see the best of him further forward.
Maybe that is the reason. All other options we have used there so far - Maz, Dalot, Malacia and Antony - aren't capable of producing any offensive output and in this system you need your WB's to contribute offensively. We have looked pretty toothless from wide area whenever Amad has started as one of the three attacking players. His long term position maybe as one of the #10's but for now I would like to see him play as a RWB.
 
People keep saying move him back to RWB but that means asking your best progressive/creative player to be deeper. Your essentially saying 'hey I want you Amad to do the same stuff such as link up play, be creative, carry the ball and make productive final decisions in the penalty box from the halfway line and oh Garnacho/Rashford/Bruno will be playing ahead of you, so good luck with getting the ball off them'. The larger issue today was Amorim switching Dalot from RWB where Amad had a decent understanding and link up with in the first half to LWB. Then it was further compounded it by taking off Ugarte so all control was lost for that 10 min period.
 
People keep saying move him back to RWB but that means asking your best progressive/creative player to be deeper. Your essentially saying 'hey I want you Amad to do the same stuff such as link up play, be creative, carry the ball and make productive final decisions in the penalty box from the halfway line and oh Garnacho/Rashford/Bruno will be playing ahead of you, so good luck with getting the ball off them'. The larger issue today was Amorim switching Dalot from RWB where Amad had a decent understanding and link up with in the first half to LWB. Then it was further compounded it by taking off Ugarte so all control was lost for that 10 min period.
Yeah, and also Amad just had a really poor shooting day. Happens. The bigger issue is the lack of quality around him to pick up the slack when he's not executing at the highest level.
 
It used to be so good. Funny how often that happens here.

It was? There have been multiple games since Amorim came in that Amad came into a position where a good shot could have resulted in a goal. I remember one againt Everton where he didnt even get the attempt on target for example. I think his finishing is actually something he can improve on quite a bit.
 
Outside of his corner deliveries he was bad today. His workrate was still there but attacking wise he was poor and his shooting was wayward.
 
He's snatching at his shots a bit, he needs to calm down a little and he'll start banging them in. We know he has the talent.
 
I thought he was very good today. Only player who could play in tight spaces, only player who could pass quickly.

He has no one to play with, no one to link up with. We don't want him to turn into Rashford/Garnacho trying to solo everything so we will never get his full potential out of him until we get better players around him.
 
I thought he was very good today. Only player who could play in tight spaces, only player who could pass quickly.

He has no one to play with, no one to link up with. We don't want him to turn into Rashford/Garnacho trying to solo everything so we will never get his full potential out of him until we get better players around him.
Yea he did quite well. Did well with the pullback for Bruno and put in quite a few good corners. Ultimately he gets marked down a bit today because his shooting was quite erratic.

Definitely gets a break compared to the rest due to playing so well recently but he wasn't at his best today.
 
It was? There have been multiple games since Amorim came in that Amad came into a position where a good shot could have resulted in a goal. I remember one againt Everton where he didnt even get the attempt on target for example. I think his finishing is actually something he can improve on quite a bit.
I'm more talking about his time at Sunderland.
 
Whole team was bad today. One good thing to take with us is that he might be the best corner taker we’ve had here in a long time. Good whip and in the danger area constantly.
 
His shooting has been so poor this season, needs to get that sorted out asap. Should have scored at least 1 if not 2 goals today.

Only positives today were his corners, really excellent
Disagree, but probably agenda at work. Amad our best attacker.