Didn't notice him that much tbh, but great pen
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Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 29
- Goals
- 6
- Assists
- 7
- Yellow cards
- 2
Such intelligent player, his decision making and passing option are always on point. Only 21 and still has so much to develop.
Absolute live wire, seems to bring such energy to the field when he plays. Love it.
His vision and composure in attack is so impressive, such an intelligent young player. He does not panic.
So aware and composed.
Such an intelligent player. Every pass he made was pretty much correct. As usual, made a difference when he was on. Oh, and his penalty was class.
I think he’s a big reason why we made it to the end this evening.
Brings calmness and control to the team. He's a great outlet too, you know you can give him the ball and he won't lose it.
Gary Neville is looking healthy.
His main asset is the way when he carries the ball, the opposition defensive line drops back and it eases pressure on the rest of the team.
Amazing skills coupled with hard work. Whats not to love
If Amad can stay injury free and continue his run in the team I can see him becoming world class.
An absolute joy to watch.
An absolute joy to watch.
Depends on the definition. World Class, for me, is a player that could get in any team in the world.
The best right forward in the league is Salah, followed by Saka.
I think Amad has a way to go to get anywhere near that level.
He’s surprisingly good in the air despite his size.
So Saka isn’t world class either then. It’s always been a meaningless term because everyone defined it differently.
I think you’re overating Saka, I 100% belive Amad has the potential to reach a higher celling than Saka. Saka got a team built around him at the moment. If Amad can just get a striker to play off and another threat on the left side we’ll see next level Amad.
There has to be something deceptive in his stride pattern that he keeps getting the drop on players he’s closing down. Practically every game he plays he’s run down a defender who thought he was clear only to find Amad breathing down his neck or nipping across him and winning the ball. Amad looks moderate in terms of speed, but there has to be something in his acceleration that is constantly catching opponents off guard. It’s fascinating to watch.
I think a commentator said that he has a slight injury, which would explain why he didn't start.
I think it's timing coupled with great anticipation. You'll see him start to accelerate, just as the defenders about to take a touch and that automatically amplifies the pressure.
And he doesn't fully commit until that exact moment, so they can't sell him a dummy too easily as he's got time to change direction.
I don't think Amad is far from Sakas level. Saka has played in a much better and more solid team. Amad is also only breaking through as a starter recently, he wasn't that under Ten Hag. Amorim is the one who's put the faith in him.
In the premier league only;
Amad has played 1235 minutes in the league, with 9 g/a averaging a G/A every 137 minutes.
Saka has played 1276 in the league with 15 g/a averaging a G/A every 85 minutes. However if you take out the assists he gets from corners (as Amad doesn't take them) he's on 10 g/a so averaging every 127.
I don't think Saka is miles ahead of Amad at all.
Yeah, can see how that could be the case. It happens too frequently to be some kind of coincidence. Very interesting to watch.
Weird how quickly things can change in football, I actually thought he was going to ask to leave either in January or summer after being overlooked constantly by Ten Hag, now we've got him locked down for the next 5 years and it looks like he's gonna be a really important player for us. Very happy to have him
Saka is a huge level above where Amad is right now, that's not even a debate.
That's not to say Amad won't get to a similar level, but he's no where near yet.
He may be the most situationally aware player on this team. He knows where everybody is when he has the ball.
He's not that far ahead in terms of form but Saka's been consistently excellent over multiple seasons so I can see what you're saying.
Yeah I think his initial burst is really quick, then I guess his stride length probably limits his top speed compared to the fast players over longer distances. Maybe also being low to the ground/light allows him to change direction/adjust quickly when pressing - Barca back in the day had load of players I don't think we'd think of as rapid but they were amazing at harrying opponents/pressing even when the opponent was bigger, stronger, faster than them.
Which team wouldn't Saka get into?
Liverpool. Arguably Spain / Barcelona too
I always thought world class for me was generally a player that's in the conversation for best in the world at his position. So somewhere like a T3 in the world type ranking at whatever position.
In that sense I think fullbacks might be the toughest position in the world to determine who is actually "world class" because every fullback differs in what he's asked to do for his team. Frimpong last season had absurd output but was hardly even a defender in those Leverkusen teams and was far more of a true old school touchline winger. Trent is a vital creator and progressor from deep for Liverpool but tends to be anywhere from average to complete liability at the back game to game. Someone like Timber is more defensive minded and asked to shut down opposition wingers but isn't going to put up eye popping creative stats at the other end.