#14 | Aymeric Laporte - 2021/22 Performances

[the old abbey]

Average at best. Nowhere near as good as John stones.

 

[Keeper!]

Defensively he has become a liability, I would imagine he will be sold in the summer, time to say thank you and goodbye.

 

[Keeper!]

Weird performance from him today.

He has become a weird player, very strange attitude for a defender, he certainly does not like the dirty part of the defensive game and god forbid a opponent that shows any sort of aggression.

 

[domalino]

Defensively he has become a liability, I would imagine he will be sold in the summer, time to say thank you and goodbye.

It's funny that a year ago he was saying he might want to leave if he didn't play enough.

Now I'm not sure anyone who could afford him would take him, and the more he starts the less likely anyone is to come in for him.

He needs to overhaul his game, because at the moment he's playing like Otamendi on a bad day - aware he's struggling for pace and agility, jumping out to foul people before they can turn him.

I believe he's got the skills to be a good defender but either needs to regain his pace and agility, or play much more conservatively.

Vinny lost a lot of speed through his calf injuries and deliberately lost a lot of weight to try and make up for it, and adapted his game to be less aggressive.

 

[Keeper!]

It's funny that a year ago he was saying he might want to leave if he didn't play enough.

Now I'm not sure anyone who could afford him would take him, and the more he starts the less likely anyone is to come in for him.

He needs to overhaul his game, because at the moment he's playing like Otamendi on a bad day - aware he's struggling for pace and agility, jumping out to foul people before they can turn him.

I believe he's got the skills to be a good defender but either needs to regain his pace and agility, or play much more conservatively.

Vinny lost a lot of speed through his calf injuries and deliberately lost a lot of weight to try and make up for it, and adapted his game to be less aggressive.

Not sure his form is down to injuries, it's his attitude to me.

It's all well and good having a ball playing defender but at the end of the day if they can't do their job (defend) they are useless, however good on the ball.

Give me the likes of Dias or Walker any day, proper footballers but also proper defenders who will put their bodies on the line for a victory. And add Stones to that list, once a lack of desire was a weakness in his game, the last 12 months he has transformed himself and become a leader and a proper defender.

Laporte has become a serious weak link, flat footed, lack of aggression and weak willed, a shadow of the player that was at the club early doors.

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

Sloppy first half, great second half (considering he was on a booking against Antonio). Would not be in the least bit shocked if he was moved on in the summer and replaced (Torres/De Ligt/Bastoni).

Easily the CB most likely to drop a 5/10

 

[Phil1]

I miss the old Laporte.

 

[kaz7]

Did he take the card to miss villa ? Tactical this time of year

 

[cjn]

Did he take the card to miss villa ? Tactical this time of year

Yes definitely, the yellow on the edge of the box in the 29th minute was tactical.

 

[alexmcity]

Excellent player, Pep has played him so much for a reason. We are lucky to have options like him when Stones is injured or out of form. And we are lucky to have Stones when Laporte is injured or out of form. Few clubs have such good options at CB. I'm sure Laporte will perform when the chips are down, may score a crucial goal or two, like the winner in the league cup final last season.