25 | Manuel Akanji - 2024/25

[Xhavenjoe]

Looks so laboured

More laboured than an episode of "Call the midwife"

 

[Longballutd]

Not at it at all

 

[Sibierskii]

Looks like he’d rather be anywhere else in the world other than a football pitch

 

[Mike S]

If he’s playing with an injury as is rumoured then fair enough but at the moment he’s looking a £14m player !

He got out of jail yesterday when he got caught on the ball but thankfully got a very very soft free kick.

Let’s hope he’s rested soon and gets fully fit and stays fit.

 

[OntarioBlue]

If he’s playing with an injury as is rumoured then fair enough but at the moment he’s looking a £14m player !

He got out of jail yesterday when he got caught on the ball but thankfully got a very very soft free kick.

Let’s hope he’s rested soon and gets fully fit and stays fit.

Injury has to be the explanation. He has been poor this season and was absolutely terrible yesterday.

 

[Keeper!]

Or the fact that Dortmund was happy to let him go for only 14m. He’s gash any time we have to defend and the stats back it up. It went under the radar for his first two seasons, as we were winning everything. Almost cost us a CL trophy when he played Lautaro 1v1 against Ederson and almost cost us the league when he played through Son, but Ortega saved it. He’s the definition of a system player

Shocking comment for the last season and a half he has been the best defender at the club, last season he was magnificent and the first name on the team sheet.

He has simply been overplayed with the injuries to Ake, Stones, Dias and Walker.

 

[eastmanc]

Shocking comment for the last season and a half he has been the best defender at the club, last season he was magnificent and the first name on the team sheet.

He has simply been overplayed with the injuries to Ake, Stones, Dias and Walker.

Fuck me the pile on with different players on this site is ridiculous. Some City fans have really short memories. What these players have achieved for this club should never be forgotten. Yes the team are in a really poor run at the present but some City fans just love having a good old moan. Get behind the lads.

 

[Keeper!]

Fuck me the pile on with different players on this site is ridiculous. Some City fans have really short memories. What these players have achieved for this club should never be forgotten. Yes the team are in a really poor run at the present but some City fans just love having a good old moan. Get behind the lads.

I have no issues with constructive criticism but some players simply don't deserve the abuse and Akanji is very much one.

He is and has been a superb signing, a bargain.

 

[Kippax Kidd]

Strange body language yesterday . As if West Ham had no right to press and put him under pressure.

 

[Delphinho]

Shocking comment for the last season and a half he has been the best defender at the club, last season he was magnificent and the first name on the team sheet.

He has simply been overplayed with the injuries to Ake, Stones, Dias and Walker.

Overall a good signing for 14m, and has done well playing full-back. As a CB though, I think he’s miles behind Dias, Stones and Ake. Ranks as one of the worst CBs in Europe in terms of duel % and aerial %. Loses his man in the box far too often and avoids physical contact. This is not a pile on or overreaction due to recent results. I’ve always been (and still is) one of Grealish and Nunes biggest fans for example, who gets a lot of shit from fans on here. Nothing personal against Akanji, I just genuinely think he’s one of the worst players in the squad and don’t see what others see in him. Fine as a full-back backup, but as a CB we need better