Nathan Ake

[meeesh]

Carragher quoted in MUEN saying 2 left sided CBs won't work as Today's Criticism of City. He says its looks strange to have two lefties although two right footers are ok.
I am sure that he was one of many so called professional clowns who didnt have a clue about Eric whem he signed and ss a result didnt praise him whrn his ability became apparent. But as soon as he got injured they were all saying how good he was so they could rub his loss in.

The biggest obsessed scouser in the world

 

[Vienna_70]

He would have been in the same West Brom team as Asa?

Yes.

The first Baggies (or Throstles, as they were known back then) team that I can remember.

 

[SWPISHOME]

Tyrone Mings is awful and had a media push.

Agreed. He's fucking dreadful.

 

[g180aj]

I think he will turn out to be a great addition, would have loved it to be £30mill but 40 isn't bad business if he spends the next 10 years here.

 

[yankblue]

Eric is still young, especially in centre-back terms. He will have times, when he needs to be rested.

He is also right-footed, whereas Laporte and Aké are both lefties. If both Otamendi and Stones are off, as many suspect, that will leave us with three central defenders, plus Fernandinho.

How do you draw the conclusion that buying Nathan Aké means Eric Garcia is leaving?

I didn't come to that conclusion at all - I didn't even mention Garcia in my post. I've said in this thread and others I think we will try to bring in a right footed center half (Koulibaly or another) so the group is Laporte, Ake, Garcia and a new right footed signing. Did you mean to respond to someone else?

 

[mosssideblue]

Not convinced by ake to be honest. I thought he looked average for Bournemouth.

40m for a defender who was part of one of the worst defences in the leagues doesn’t make sense to me. I’d rather just promote Tosin

Shall we just wait and see him play a few games for us before deciding it won't work?

 

[Akpowell]

Has Akè said he's definitely going to sign for us or does he want time to think about it

 

[BringBackSwales]

Yes.

The first Baggies (or Throstles, as they were known back then) team that I can remember.

He was a good player was Len

 

[Dax777]

Rotation is to be expected. But let's pretend that Laporte is fit the whole season (Which isn't impossible). How many league/CL games would he be rested for? Not many....5-10 at most. I refuse to believe we've spent 40m on a Netherlands international...so he can start 5-10 PL/CL games in a season (in case Laporte stays healthy).

He has to have a bigger role surely...so i expect we will see him at LB as well.

LeftBack, 3 CBs, Play in place of Laporte etc... All together he'll get at least 40 games easily without injuries. But with injuries, number will go up depending on his performance and adaptation to our style.

 

[sir baconface]

Kudos to Nathan for choosing to fight for a starting place with us.

So we know he has bottle and self-belief. That’s a good start in my book.