25 | Manuel Akanji - 2022/23 Performances

[Tb1981]

Not wrong, he's a squad player who was excellent in recent games.

£15m for a squad player is more then adequate.

As I say, he's brilliant when the ball is on the deck and the formation switch suits him just as it does for Ake.

When Akanji first came I thought we had the new Vincent Kompany, but then I saw him try to head the ball.

I see your point
But he has been amazing recently and covered various positions as and when needed
Great player to have especially when his confidence is up

 

[Cotton Weave Blue]

Not wrong, he's a squad player who was excellent in recent games.

£15m for a squad player is more then adequate.

As I say, he's brilliant when the ball is on the deck and the formation switch suits him just as it does for Ake.

When Akanji first came I thought we had the new Vincent Kompany, but then I saw him try to head the ball.

I agree he has his flaws and I’ve been critical but last night - COLOSSAL

 

[5 Hit Gibbon]

I thought he was great last night. He had 1or 2 times when he slightly miscontrolled the ball, but not that it caused any real issue, overall he was solid. People were worried with Ake being out but he slotted right in.

 

[BLUEisville]

People keep saying "squad player" he's probably played more minutes then any other of our defenders this year. All across the back 4. What a signing

Akanjki: 1,946 minutes
Dias: 1,728
Ake: 1,683
Stones: 1,551
Laporte: 645

Have to put my hands up and say I saw him as our 5th CB and nothing more, and thought I was going to be vindicated when he had a bit of a shaky patch. He's made me eat my words several times over.

 

[oldius]

Anyone believing that this guy has not been an excellent signing really needs to ask themselves what an excellent signing is.

 

[Manc in London]

He's done very well of late. Hoping he further improves in his second season, like most players under Pep.

 

[Tbilisi]

Apologies mods if there is a thread on this guy I have missed but wtf.

I will hold my hands up and say that I thought he was shite, only good enough to play against mid table teams but his performances against Bayern and Arsenal were superb.

Probably why I am not head of player recruitment at City.

 

[AshtonBlueMooner]

I’ve got to hold my hands up too. I still think he’s weak in the air but he’s a far better footballer than I gave credit for. I suspect having Jonny and Dias around regular makes a difference too. That said, for those that saw the player that I didn’t, fair play to you. I stand corrected.

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

He came with one major deficiency according to those at Dortmund, and that was he lacked concentration & at times application, nobody better than Pep at improving players individually, some players buckle under the attention Pep will give them to improve (see Cancelo) others, like John Stones have grown and embraced it, and we now see the results. He’s got lots to work with, quite quick, strong, intelligent, versatile and a good character, seems to read the game quite well too

 

[Donmcfc]

He came with one major deficiency according to those at Dortmund, and that was he lacked concentration & at times application, nobody better than Pep at improving players individually, some players buckle under the attention Pep will give them to improve (see Cancelo) others, like John Stones have grown and embraced it, and we now see the results. He’s got lots to work with, quite quick, strong, intelligent, versatile and a good character, seems to read the game quite well too

He had a great game against Arsenal. With Akanji and Ake we might finally have resolved our left back problem.

 

[Gone for a Burton]

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[jimharri]

 

[Utter bobbins]

WTF is a squad player in todays game.

 

[gman07]

WTF is a squad player in todays game.

To many still living in pre Pep era... where positions was easy to pick out and first team and Squad was natural talking points... :-))

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

He is geetting better with every game and can fill-in anywhere along the back four and not let us down , which means our best defender this season Ake , doesnt have to be rushed back into action, Akanji has to be the sub £15m Premier league bargain signing of the season

 

[Crooked_rain]

I think he's been very good for the most part

People have said he's not good enough. But then the same people also say players come into their own in their second season here when defending players who maybe didn't hit the expectations in the first season or not yet adjusted to pep.

Going by that logic, he will be a hell of a player for us..

 

[ninjamonkey]

Looked exactly like a right sided cb playing left back today, very uncomfortable. Not blaming him, he's massively out of position. Laporte has to be in the side with no ake, you can't have 4 right footers across the backline, it's too easy to manipulate with a half press and causes panic and errors as we saw in abundance today.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Looked exactly like a right sided cb playing left back today, very uncomfortable. Not blaming him, he's massively out of position. Laporte has to be in the side with no ake, you can't have 4 right footers across the backline, it's too easy to manipulate with a half press and causes panic and errors as we saw in abundance today.

I agree. We need to sign a few Catholics.

 

[pee dubya]

Not his most assured game, but I think Dias and Ederson were more to blame for the on the ball jitters.

Switched off for a second for their goal too, letting Wilson get too much of a run on him.

Still thought he did a good job though, Fulham were not easy opposition.

 

[oakiecokie]

Shocking game today and didn`t look comfortable. Lost a lot of 50/50 balls and his distribution was also poor.
Hopefully just one of those games for him as he has been pretty solid for us.