Nathan Ake

[ctid1894]

If Ake were to sign, presumably there'd be a game every now and again where he's paired with Laporte for whatever reason.

Who plays on the left out of the two?

Neither. We play 3 CB's.

 

[mccity]

Neither. We play 3 CB's.

Both, I would expect for rotation Ake would play with Koulibaly, Laporte with Garcia. Think he’d only play with Laporte if we were playing a three.

I mean, I get that. But I find the idea that there's no chance that they'd ever play together, not even once, odd.

Hypothetically, Ake and Laporte are the only two players who can play CB and are fit? Who goes on the left?

 

[OliMCFC]

I mean, I get that. But I find the idea that there's no chance that they'd ever play together, not even once, odd.

Hypothetically, Ake and Laporte are the only two players who can play CB and are fit? Who goes on the left?

I'd probably say Ake. Guess though

 

[mccity]

I'd probably say Ake. Guess though

So would I. Laporte is relatively strong with his right.

 

[blueparrot]

I mean, I get that. But I find the idea that there's no chance that they'd ever play together, not even once, odd.

Hypothetically, Ake and Laporte are the only two players who can play CB and are fit? Who goes on the left?

I suppose if we had to we’d play the, both, don’t know which way round we’d go don’t know if either have ever played on the right before or which is the more two footed.

 

[bobmcfc]

Actually excited about this.

 

[Shaelumstash]

Stones out, Ake in makes us weaker.

 

[CWMCFC]

Stones out, Ake in makes us weaker.

You think signing a naturally left sided CB (note we only have 1 other, rather than the 3 other right sided CBs in the squad) that's versatile and offers us something different with his pace will make us weaker because our 5th choice, perpetually injured and mentally fried CB will leave?

We can cling to Stones coming good for as long as we want, but the simple fact is, in the 4 seasons he's been here, he hasn't been able to show a consistent run of form playing at his best level for an entire season. Why bother persisting with that?

You're also overlooking the fact that Ake isn't going to be the direct replacement for Stones, more so a second CB signing that will bolster our squad options whilst we also go out and bring in a starter to partner Laporte.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Stones out, Ake in makes us weaker.

Anything with Stones out makes us stronger.

 

[VOOMER]

How many seasons did Bony do well in the PL?

How many seasons has Ake done well in the PL?

You realise Chelsea are interested in bringing him back as well?

Bony's pace turned out to be a problem for how we played and I don't think anyone expected him to fall off a cliff with his finishing like he did after he joined us. Oh and he could only play 1 position, and we had Nacho.

Ake has been a consistent PL performer and fits Pep's style very well and can play 3 key positions where we have depth problems.

If he was a better option than Stones then we would have already signed him. He isnt and never will be what we need.