#6 | Nathan Aké - 2021/22 Performances

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VOOMER said:
Last season the loss percentages were as follows.
Ruben Dias 12%
Aymeric Laporte 12%
John Stones 13%
MENDY 23%
AKE30%!

We never should have signed him.
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Stats can be used to make a point. What this stat does not show is who else was he playing with, how many games he played in a row, who was upfront etc. As a fourth choice centre back, pushing for 3rd choice (when we bought him) he has the exact skill set we would look at. Injuries, personal situation and also not getting a run of games has hindered his start in a city career, which he may not be able to turn around, but to keep peddling why did we buy him is nonsense. At the time Stones looked out of the door, Laporte was a shoe in and we did not have Dias. Good buy, maybe slightly overpaid that has turned out so far an unlucky buy. I also thought he was showing improvement at the weekend and the lack of the teams ability to make the right choice or even pass to each other was in no way his fault
 
VOOMER said:
Then why did we spend £41 million on him?
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Err, we wanted his physicality, his headers, his workrate, his attitude, his passing ability, his commitment to fight for a starting place but also accepting being backup LCB. We wanted his experience and age.
We didn't expect his injuries.
We were ready to pay up his HG market premium, not his fault.

When you expect backups to be better than starters
it's not his fault as well...

And for your nonsense stats ("loss percentages" LOL) - leave it for the experts. At least Aké has a 100% "didn't fuck up the CL final" stat.
 
Airbags Optional said:
Stats can be used to make a point. What this stat does not show is who else was he playing with, how many games he played in a row, who was upfront etc. As a fourth choice centre back, pushing for 3rd choice (when we bought him) he has the exact skill set we would look at. Injuries, personal situation and also not getting a run of games has hindered his start in a city career, which he may not be able to turn around, but to keep peddling why did we buy him is nonsense. At the time Stones looked out of the door, Laporte was a shoe in and we did not have Dias. Good buy, maybe slightly overpaid that has turned out so far an unlucky buy. I also thought he was showing improvement at the weekend and the lack of the teams ability to make the right choice or even pass to each other was in no way his fault
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Why did we pay slightly less than we did for Dias, for a perennial relegation level centre half?
 
VOOMER said:
Why did we pay slightly less than we did for Dias, for a perennial relegation level centre half?
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What are you on about? Slightly less? 24 million less. Look you have your views and won’t acknowledge anyone else so that’s fine.
 
Nothing against the lad but from what I saw last night he will soon be 6th choice central defender.
 
I thought Ake had played better of late. I just wonder if he would be better at left back? As we all know though it takes a year usually to settle into this team. So I wouldn’t write him off yet. Good option to have in the squad.
 
Another game where he didn't really do anything massively wrong but I'm less convinced than ever that he's going to be a good player for us.
 
Had a great ball over the top for Foden in the 2nd half.

Otherwise you know... he was just kind of there.

Nothing bad, nothing else that great. Doesn't play much to begin with so let's hope he can carry on as a backup.
 
Was solid today, doesn't get enough slack for the situation he's in, playing in an unfamiliar position, not played much at all lately, is still relatively new and tends to play in heavily shuffled defences, none of which are easy things to do. Had a good game.
 
domalino said:
Another game where he didn't really do anything massively wrong but I'm less convinced than ever that he's going to be a good player for us.
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Ake is still good backup that can walk in and play as starter in mid table premier league table. We can't expect another Dias or Laporte quality player to join us, most of them will not want to be on rotation and ask for more game times.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Doesn’t offer anything going forward though. He played ok today but the whole defence looked a bit shaky without Dias in it.
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Doesn't need to. Our CBs are more important to our build-up so it's best to have him out of the way because he's not very good in possession. He doesn't receive the ball as much and therefore doesn't slow us down as often. He's a competent enough defender to come in as a sub left-back whenever necessary, though he might want to move on in the summer and go back to playing for a mid-table PL side.
 
Kamaro011 said:
Ake is still good backup that can walk in and play as starter in mid table premier league table. We can't expect another Dias or Laporte quality player to join us, most of them will not want to be on rotation and ask for more game times.
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TBF though he wasn’t bought to be 4th choice CB and 3rd choice LB who only comes in once in a blue moon to give others a rest. He isn’t providing any competition whatsoever for the players in front of him. He will never be a regular starter and he hasn’t shown anything to suggest he can be relied on for anything but a bit-part. His role currently is something I would expect from a promising kid, not a seasoned professional. A waste of £40m.
 
OrigamiNinja said:
TBF though he wasn’t bought to be 4th choice CB and 3rd choice LB who only comes in once in a blue moon to give others a rest. He isn’t providing any competition whatsoever for the players in front of him. He will never be a regular starter and he hasn’t shown anything to suggest he can be relied on for anything but a bit-part. His role currently is something I would expect from a promising kid, not a seasoned professional. A waste of £40m.
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I think he was bought as cover for Dias and Stones when Laporte left.
 
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