Ainsley Maitland-Niles: Marching On To The Saints

[Gunner D]

Arab Cup in a couple of months as well. Pray he’s going to that

Contracts up in the summer as well. gonna get the cocaine and hookers in once this guy finally leaves.

 

[RacingPhoton]

Missed the match last night. How was he?

 

[Maybe]

Missed the match last night. How was he?

One of our best, a complete midfield performance

 

[MutableEarth]

Missed the match last night. How was he?

MOTM in my humble opinion. Building up a nice little handful of games at CM so far this season. Slowly putting to bed the idea that he can't play there - still things to work on, I thought most of his passing was decent but a bit more urgency wouldn't go amiss.

 

[drippin]

Great to see him put one of his best performances in midfield for us.

Not perfect though, but he should now be clearly ahead of Elneny which is more than we could hope for.

 

[Blood on the Tracks]

I thought Ainsley had a good game last night.

I think at times he switches off mentally and has a habit of ball watching and finding himself out of position.

Still, I think he's progressing really nicely overall. I don't think he's likely to be a week in week out starting option for us in CM anytime soon but he's a really useful squad player to have.

 

[Blankety Blank]

I thought Ainsley had a good game last night.

I think at times he switches off mentally and has a habit of ball watching and finding himself out of position.

Still, I think he's progressing really nicely overall. I don't think he's likely to be a week in week out starting option for us in CM anytime soon but he's a really useful squad player to have.

Thats the major issue for me. Wont make it as a top level pro with the concentration capacity of a fkin goldfish.

Now If he can continue keeping his passing tidy all he actually would need is a brain transplant to be a really useful player

Seriously though the lad needs work on his mentality.
Surely things can be done to help? Brain training skills or something?
I would love him to make it here.

 

[MutableEarth]

Nobody chat to me today about this. I have smoke for everybody tonight

MOTM in the PL for AMN in midfield. He's building his stock there just like I believed he would if he had the chance. Think he edges ahead of Lokonga for me and starts next to Partey.

 

[AberGooner]

Strolled through it. Happy for him, he's waited a long time for the opportunity but you'd like to think on that showing it won't be his last.

 

[boonthegoon]

Very good game from him. Good to fight with lokonga for partey's partner. Will be crucial during afcon as well. Hope he keeps it up.

 

[The_Playmaker]

Nobody chat to me today about this. I have smoke for everybody tonight

MOTM in the PL for AMN in midfield. He's building his stock there just like I believed he would if he had the chance. Think he edges ahead of Lokonga for me and starts next to Partey.

He is a holding midfielder who would allow Partey to be riskier. He was an excellent foil for Lokonga today. Lokonga just didn't have the quality.

We don't get transitioned on through the centre with AMN on.

 

[Macho]

I've had to read paragraphs on here about how this boy can't play midfield.

The only thing you can hold against him today was the quality of the opposition.

 

[Riou]

Great game.

Jokes with Auba pretty much costing him a goal (should have let Niles take the pen) and an "assist" (wouldn't have gotten the assist, but would have made the disallowed goal brilliantly, if the ball didn't bounce of Pierre like he was prime Giroud!)

 

[MutableEarth]

I've had to read paragraphs on here about how this boy can't play midfield.

The only thing you can hold against him today was the quality of the opposition.

And he put in a solid performance against Leeds midfield in the Cup too - a bit stronger than this opposition. Watford had a very physical game against us and he stood up against it.

He is a holding midfielder who would allow Partey to be riskier. He was an excellent foil for Lokonga today. Lokonga just didn't have the quality.

We don't get transitioned on through the centre with AMN on.

Yeah, we rarely got done on the counter at all today, and AMN was a huge reason for that. I like him a lot in that roaming 6 role. Next step is to start showing a bit more of his passing but at the moment he should keep doing what he's doing.

 

[Taneruit]

I've had to read paragraphs on here about how this boy can't play midfield.

The only thing you can hold against him today was the quality of the opposition.

I thought he's perfect for exactly this kind of opposition. And I don't mean from a quality standpoint but from a physicality standpoint.

Without Ainsley today's game may have gone very differently.

 

[RunTheTrap]

Nobody chat to me today about this. I have smoke for everybody tonight

MOTM in the PL for AMN in midfield. He's building his stock there just like I believed he would if he had the chance. Think he edges ahead of Lokonga for me and starts next to Partey.

Nah, I think it will be Partey-Lokonga. AMN is definitely more of an 8 than a 6. Not sure if AMN and Partey would work in midfield.

 

[Macho]

I thought he's perfect for exactly this kind of opposition. And I don't mean from a quality standpoint but from a physicality standpoint.

Without Ainsley today's game may have gone very differently.

Yeah it's a good point you and Mutable brought up.

 

[DanDare]

Ainsley Redemption arc is one of my favourite arcs in all of anime

 

[boonthegoon]

 

[REWB]

Fair play to him, proved me wrong today. Now we need consistency from him as that has always been his biggest issue.