Confirmed Signing Aurele Amenda (2 Viewers)

[AFCCOVENTRY]

Amenda doesn’t even need to jump for a header.

 

[Deity]

I thought the Thomas / Amenda partnership looked very promising …

I was slightly concerned by how wide they both go when Rushworth has the ball to give Carl options … great if we retain possession but if we lose it our entire penalty box line is wide open …. Teams will exploit that I’m sure.

 

[CovValleyBoy]

I thought the Thomas / Amenda partnership looked very promising …

I was slightly concerned by how wide they both go when Rushworth has the ball to give Carl options … great if we retain possession but if we lose it our entire penalty box line is wide open …. Teams will exploit that I’m sure.

I think we have our pairing.
Amenda looks the real deal.

 

[Matt smith]

Looks mint

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

His touch is fabulous but for a big guy with the other physical attributes he has it’s spectacular

 

[Captain Dart]

Seriously impressive last night

Integrating well, Liam is destined for the bench for the forseeable future.

 

[Captain Dart]

I thought the Thomas / Amenda partnership looked very promising …

I was slightly concerned by how wide they both go when Rushworth has the ball to give Carl options … great if we retain possession but if we lose it our entire penalty box line is wide open …. Teams will exploit that I’m sure.

We did exactly that last season and quite often Grimes drops into the middle so Rushworth can give it him to ping out to the wing and get the ball moving upfield. None of those guys is sloppy on the ball.

 

[clint van damme]

No offence to Kitching, but I think playing alongside Amenda will bring Thomas on.
They looked a useful partnership

 

[SeaSeeEffCee]

Looked good last night. Only slight criticism would be that he didn’t look wholly comfortable playing the ball on his left foot at times but from a defensive POV very impressive.

 

[Rodders1]

No offence to Kitching, but I think playing alongside Amenda will bring Thomas on.
They looked a useful partnership

Amenda dwarfed Thomas - the guys massive!!

 

[Lamps]

Amenda dwarfed Thomas - the guys massive!!

JDS looked like a schoolkid next to him

 

[coop]

JDS looked like a schoolkid next to him

That's what I said look like dad and his young son.

 

[CovRes]

JDS looked like a schoolkid next to him

He's looked like a schoolboy next to a few mascots over the last couple of years.

 

[CovRes]

We did exactly that last season and quite often Grimes drops into the middle so Rushworth can give it him to ping out to the wing and get the ball moving upfield. None of those guys is sloppy on the ball.

Definitely not a new tactic.

 

[Nonamesonshirts]

Need to see him on the turn against PL quality before really judging. But the profile looks great and there’s reasons to be optimistic he will be excellent

 

[shmmeee]

Thought his pass selection and execution was outstanding.

 

[Nick]

He shrugged their player off the ball like he wasn't even there.

I thought he struggled a bit with the espanyol striker so I'm not sure how he will handle players like Haaland.

 

[Evo1883]

He shrugged their player off the ball like he wasn't even there.

I thought he struggled a bit with the espanyol striker so I'm not sure how he will handle players like Haaland.

Not many people handle haaland in fairness , its one of those players you hope you can minimise more than completely stop

 

[clint van damme]

Not many people handle haaland in fairness , its one of those players you hope you can minimise more than completely stop

Yeah, our season won't be defined by whether we can stop the likes of Haaland.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Thought his pass selection and execution was outstanding.

It was

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

He shrugged their player off the ball like he wasn't even there.

I thought he struggled a bit with the espanyol striker so I'm not sure how he will handle players like Haaland.

Building up his time with us

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Loved his hug of Dasilva after the game lol

 

[Nick]

Not many people handle haaland in fairness , its one of those players you hope you can minimise more than completely stop

Oh I just mean that type of player. The Espanyol striker was nowhere near Haaland level but Monaco didn't seem to have that.

 

[SleepyGinger]

Another one that won’t be here long

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Oh I just mean that type of player. The Espanyol striker was nowhere near Haaland level but Monaco didn't seem to have that.

I thought that too, but he was only given a half and was probably still a bit behind in sharpness. It's the right profile to be signing for CB in any case

 

[Hobo]

I thought the Thomas / Amenda partnership looked very promising …

I was slightly concerned by how wide they both go when Rushworth has the ball to give Carl options … great if we retain possession but if we lose it our entire penalty box line is wide open …. Teams will exploit that I’m sure.

All teams do it if playing out from the back.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

All teams do it if playing out from the back.

Then it will end in giving away a lot of soft goals.

 

[Hobo]

Then it will end in giving away a lot of soft goals.

As soon as the ball goes one way, the other comes across and Grimes drops in. It’s not like they are static cones. It’s not just the ball moving the players do too. It’s all about triangles and options.

If the opposition put the press on the ball goes long. Yes you will get caught out occasionally but we won’t get caught that often next season. We have too many players comfortable on the ball in tight spaces who can move it first time, Grimes, Onyeka, Yirenkyi, Rundoni and Dasilva in particular. They have rehearsed patterns.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

As soon as the ball goes one way, the other comes across and Grimes drops in. It’s not like they are static cones. It’s not just the ball moving the players do too. It’s all about triangles and options.

If the opposition put the press on the ball goes long. Yes you will get caught out occasionally but we won’t get caught that often next season. We have too many players comfortable on the ball in tight spaces who can move it first time, Grimes, Onyeka, Yirenkyi, Rundoni and Dasilva in particular. They have rehearsed patterns.

It's fucking around at the back with a newly promoted team. It invariably ends in ridiculous goals and Cruyff turns in your own 6 yard box.

Any errors are going to be ruthlessly punished.

 

[Hobo]

It's fucking around at the back with a newly promoted team. It invariably ends in ridiculous goals and Cruyff turns in your own 6 yard box.

Any errors are going to be ruthlessly punished.

I don’t think we will get caught out that often. More likely to be punished when we give the ball away higher up the park and get done on the counter.

 

[wingy]

We did exactly that last season and quite often Grimes drops into the middle so Rushworth can give it him to ping out to the wing and get the ball moving upfield. None of those guys is sloppy on the ball.

It was more the security he provided to JDS that I was noticing tbh!

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

It was more the security he provided to JDS that I was noticing tbh!

Always available didn’t run up the pitch unless a midfielder was covering huge football brain

 

[long way home]

He looked solid last night, nerves had gone and he played well. Hope its sign of things to come

He definitely scared the shit out the ref at the end of the game when he asked him why his goal was disallowed.

 

[Cov. Kids. Never. Quit]

I thought the Thomas / Amenda partnership looked very promising …

I was slightly concerned by how wide they both go when Rushworth has the ball to give Carl options … great if we retain possession but if we lose it our entire penalty box line is wide open …. Teams will exploit that I’m sure.

Have you also noticed they're not playing the ball, much, out from the back it's going long from Rushworth.

 

[wingy]

Have you also noticed they're not playing the ball, much, out from the back it's going long from Rushworth.

We haven't seen evidence of long range passing but I'm it will come when he's bedded in to our program.