6 | Nathan Ake - 2023/24

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Made significantly less errors than most other players on the pitch today, just so happens his was the biggest and costly one. Doesn't need telling he fucked up, he knows and its out of character for arguably pur most reliable defender. Dust it off and keep doing what he does well, will need a performance from him in our next league game to handle Saka.
 
Stelea said:
Not having him at left back (but since we haven’t had a LB since Kolorov,he is the latest in a long line of stop gaps).
Think he has been poor in games where we are under pressure on his side which started with his horrible performance at Wolves when we was running in water.
Also, without Grealish in front of him, nobody else offers any protection
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Ake has been great, especially in games where the play is in front of him. Unfortunately when he is running back towards his own goal, he looks like he is running in cement.
 
OrigamiNinja said:
Ake has been great, especially in games where the play is in front of him. Unfortunately when he is running back towards his own goal, he looks like he is running in cement.
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But that is the problem.
He is likely to cost us a goal when running towards our goal
 
Yes we have ignored the LB position for years but have succeeded despite this . Once again we see Ake not marking the wide man -inviting the pass then too late he then rushes across and gets beaten by a one two with an additional opponent whose not been picked up. Time and feckin time ,game after game.
 
I said in the match thread that you know we are playing at Anfield when arguably our most reliably high-performing player makes a mistake like that.

Still think he is our best defender and one of the best in the league.
 
I love him, but he's probably got one attacking bone in his body. I didn't think he did Alvarez any favors with some of the passes he was giving him. No need to mention the pass leading to the penalty.
 
Goater=Legend said:
Hes been our most consistent defender for the past year, maybe even longer
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No, he hasn't. If anything, he's our most overrated defender. He cost us both at Arsenal and Liverpool this season, and at home vs Spurs for their 3rd goal. Every team creates more chances from his side. Even that youngster Bradley turned him today and created a good chance. He was poor in the air, too.

Akanji has been better than him, including at LB where Akanji was brilliant vs Real. Ake's a good CB who does a decent job at LB. No more.
 
TrentGrisham said:
I love him, but he's probably got one attacking bone in his body. I didn't think he did Alvarez any favors with some of the passes he was giving him. No need to mention the pass leading to the penalty.
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That's the problem. He's more of an old school defender and isn't good enough vs high-press. He's the opposite of Cancelo who was average 1 on 1 but was great on the ball.
 
Wow. So many different views.
Got rattled for 15 minutes today following his mistake that lead to the pen. After that, was solid, grew in stature and didn’t make any mistakes.
Show me a person that never makes a mistake and I’ll show you a liar. Do t disrespect Nathan. He made a mistake and then he made up for it.
 
alexmcity said:
No, he hasn't. If anything, he's our most overrated defender. He cost us both at both Arsenal and Liverpool this season, and at home vs Spurs for their 3rd goal. Every team creates more chances from his side. Even that youngster Bradley turned him today and created a good chance. He was poor in the air, too.

Akanji has been better than him, including at LB where Akanji was brilliant vs Real. He's a CB who does a decent job at LB. No more.
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Ideally I hope to live long enough to see us have an actual left back who plays that position because they excel at it not because they are shoe horned into it. You can put humps on a donkey but it doesn't make it a camel.
 
alexmcity said:
No, he hasn't. If anything, he's our most overrated defender. He cost us both at Arsenal and Liverpool this season, and at home vs Spurs for their 3rd goal. Every team creates more chances from his side. Even that youngster Bradley turned him today and created a good chance. He was poor in the air, too.

Akanji has been better than him, including at LB where Akanji was brilliant vs Real. Ake's a good CB who does a decent job at LB. No more.
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Got shredded at Wolves away as well.
 
alexmcity said:
That's the problem. He's more of an old school defender and isn't good enough vs high-press. He's the opposite of Cancelo who was average 1 on 1 but was great on the ball.
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Deluded. Cancelo never great on the ball. His ego thought he was and the odd decent pass masked a very poor professional. A trivela doesnt make a player great.
Ake, treble winner, a far superior player. Ask Pep, rather than my view.
 
Ake made a mistake however we lost two points because of Foden and Haaland missing clear chances. Both are heroes in one game go missing in next and today they both should have scored clear chances.
 
alexmcity said:
No, he hasn't. If anything, he's our most overrated defender. He cost us both at both Arsenal and Liverpool this season, and at home vs Spurs for their 3rd goal. Every team creates more chances from his side. Even that youngster Bradley turned him today and created a good chance. He was poor in the air, too.

Akanji has been better than him, including at LB where Akanji was brilliant vs Real. He's a CB who does a decent job at LB. No more.
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Neto destroyed him against Wolves as well, and he was poor against Crystal Palace too. He is a great defender, but I can't believe how overrated by our fanbase he is. For example, people voted him better than Rodri last season, which is mad. It's frustrating that our fanbase makes scapegoats out of some and completely takes the responsibility away from others. Not many point out he cost us today. The reality is most of our players make mistakes occasionally, but some get destroyed by it, and others get a pass. Imagine if it was Gvardiol today. People would have him sold.

Ake has been largely great for the last 2 seasons, but he is not above anyone else in this team. He makes mistakes and costs us games just as much as anyone else at the back this season.
 
AshtonBlueMooner said:
Deluded. Cancelo never great on the ball. His ego thought he was and the odd decent pass masked a very poor professional. A trivela doesnt make a player great.
Ake, treble winner, a far superior player. Ask Pep, rather than my view.
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Cancelo wasn't a team player in that he didn't accept Pep's decision to bench him when he was poor. Pep was right to get rid.

It would be silly to question his technical ability, though. Technique wise, Cancelo was the best FB in the history of PL. And the only one who made the team of the season both at RB and LB.
 
Ake is one of our best players who rarely makes a mistake. He is human.

Anyway I blame the Anfield grass. It grows more.
 
Mancityus said:
Ake made a mistake however we lost two points because of Foden and Haaland missing clear chances. Both are heroes in one game go missing in next and today they both should have scored clear chances.
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But on the flip side we gained a point because Diaz missed 3 clear chances.

One thing is clear, we give away too many easy goals. This was the latest in a long list this season,
 
I want a pint of what you’re drinking @alexmcity
The best technical FB in the history of the PL. Wow.
Nowhere near and my glasses are as blue tinted as they come. Let’s discuss tomorrow when you’ve put the beer away.
 
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