25 | Manuel Akanji - 2022/23 Performances

[LongsightM13]

He and Stones should have been switched after 10 minutes. Both hung out to dry

 

[Deleted member 77198]

One thing that frustrates me is how slow he moves the ball in possession. He makes Ake look penetrative!

Also not stopping that cross for their second is woeful.

Spot on. Looks like he’s not a Pep-level possession type player. Wants too long on the ball, he’s too indecisive.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

hes had a great start to the season , one bad game(along with everyone else),bluemoon at its best

It’s not his first bad game. He was shit at right back the other week too. He was awful today and I’ve no idea why Pep didn’t see that.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

It’s not his first bad game. He was shit at right back the other week too. He was awful today and I’ve no idea why Pep didn’t see that.

He was poor against Fulham last week n’all. Everything he did took too long.

 

[Bluewonder]

He was poor against Fulham last week n’all. Everything he did took too long.

He was awful at Anfield as well. He's had as many bad games as good games.

 

[argyle]

So on here he's gone from an astute and clever signing to completely shit in one day.

 

[dancity19]

So on here he's gone from an astute and clever signing to completely shit in one day.

I don’t think it is in a day. People always overrated him after a couple of good games. Reality is that he is OK. But probably our 5th CB.

 

[cookster]

hes had a great start to the season , one bad game(along with everyone else),bluemoon at its best

Our entitled fanbase. Half of them don't know how to handle a defeat.

 

[madloaf]

Honestly think that was his first bad perfomance for us.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

I said earlier,5 top centre halves is both a blessing and a curse - its not workable and its unsustainable.I expect Ake and /or Laporte to be offski next year.

I said it at the time and I will say it again now…Ake should have been sold. We didn’t need 3 top-class CBs + Ake then. We 100% do not need 3 top-class CBs + Ake + Akanji now.

It does not matter one jot that Ake has improved, or that Akanji has looked good since he signed. It’s like having Haaland, Mbappe and Lewandowski all vying for one strikers spot…unsustainable.

No team should be having a different CB partnership every week. If Ake, or Akanji cannot consistently surpass the levels that Stones, Dias and Laporte have shown over sustained, title-winning seasons, they are no fucking use to us. Dias was lauded as the best CB in Europe, now he is on the bench every other week so that CBs a fraction of his quality don’t put a transfer request in. Farcical.