Ainsley Maitland-Niles: Yutility

[LG10]

Watch his performance vs Man U last season. All you need to see to show he is a midfielder. Don’t think Emery will ever play him in midfield unfortunately.

 

[DanDare]

I think people are drawing a lot of conclusions from a rather small sample size of him at CM

Not sure you can translate performances of him as a fullback to how he’ll be as a CM

I’m not convinced either way regarding him for this reason.

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

Don't understand this behaviour at all. He gets a couple of run outs with the first team and he brings so little effort. Makes you wonder about what intensity we have when we practice. Maybe he is just so used to taking it easy and jogging that he doesn't have another gear at the moment.

But the intensity under Emery was much greater everyone said. Maybe most of our players are trash.

 

[BigPoppaPump]

Can'r believe it took me 3 pages to find his thread but I haven't liked his performances, fans keep asking for him to get more games but he doesn't do anything other than lose the ball. I don't see him ever becoming a first team player.

 

[Tourbillion]

Was dreadful. My faith in him is misplaced.

 

[Sanchez11]

I thought he played well for the first 20 mins or so. Got caught out of position too many times.

 

[YeahBee]

Awful start but redeemed himself imo, atleast a pass grade

 

[krackpot]

I like what he did yesterday. Especially up the pitch.

Alexis was always going to be tricky.

 

[MutableEarth]

Topsy turvy game IMO. Can see he still isn't comfortable at right back. Difficult to trust him in that role. He was good in the duels but dwelled too much on the ball and his positioning wasn't as good as it should be.

That said, he wasn't terrible and I'm finding it hard to believe that people reckon he was. Becoming the new scapegoat already and I'm not surprised. I knew this would happen if he played full back. Damn shame.

 

[Gooner Zig]

If Solanke can get £20m fee from Liverpool for not playing, surely we'd be getting close to £30 for AMN? HG, athletic, powerful, decent PL exposure and can play in multiple positions.

I've got my accountant hat on (ruthless), and he's an asset we could sell quite easily, there'd be a host of teams who would be willing to sign this guy.

 

[rich 1990]

Really, i don't know what people saw yesterday. He was atrocious. His ball control reminded me of Gervinho and positional play was even worse. He was literally all over the place.

 

[rich 1990]

And i see the idea of him being a midfielder hasn't gone away What is that even based on?

 

[say yes]

Topsy turvy game IMO. Can see he still isn't comfortable at right back. Difficult to trust him in that role. He was good in the duels but dwelled too much on the ball and his positioning wasn't as good as it should be.

That said, he wasn't terrible and I'm finding it hard to believe that people reckon he was. Becoming the new scapegoat already and I'm not surprised. I knew this would happen if he played full back. Damn shame.

I thought he had a very good second half tbh. Would stick with him in that role. He's just back from injury and needs time. Still a little behind the pace of the game but United (with their pace out wide) is hardly an easy fixture for an out of position CM.

Still clearly a big talent.

 

[Furious]

If Solanke can get £20m fee from Liverpool for not playing, surely we'd be getting close to £30 for AMN? HG, athletic, powerful, decent PL exposure and can play in multiple positions.

I've got my accountant hat on (ruthless), and he's an asset we could sell quite easily, there'd be a host of teams who would be willing to sign this guy.

10M tops and that is an optimistic estimate. Solanke is striker as well.

 

[rich 1990]

Another thing i don't get is why people think playing multiple positions is a good thing. All it means is he's not good enough to nail one down properly.

 

[Gooner Zig]

10M tops and that is an optimistic estimate. Solanke is striker as well.

Come on that's laughable, Solanke may be a striker but he didn't even play.

 

[Tourbillion]

12-15m max for AMN.

 

[Rex Stone]

Another thing i don't get is why people think playing multiple positions is a good thing. All it means is he's not good enough to nail one down properly.

At this point it’s about game experience. I’ve seen so many young players say getting on the field as much as possible is key.

 

[Jasard]

And i see the idea of him being a midfielder hasn't gone away What is that even based on?

The bit under my avatar was from when we were super desperate and Xhaka and Elneny were depressing us all. Wouldnt have him near the 11 now

 

[Jasard]

Another thing i don't get is why people think playing multiple positions is a good thing. All it means is he's not good enough to nail one down properly.

We ruined loads of players doing this. Ox played about 8 positions in a month at one point