What a first run out as team captain His first time as any squad's captain and only his second and third professional goals (and an assist too)--all while playing out of his normal DM position.
At 6.97M£, pound for pound our best signing from the summer.
A well-deserved write-up from Phil Hay in The Athletic:
Ball playing defenders are apparently all the rage these days.
I feel blooding the excellent reader of the game Ampadu at CH can be considered part of the 'bigger picture' of what DF is trying to achieve for us at Elland Rd.
Just another small piece in the huge jigsaw of work he's battling away to complete.
I for one would be quite comfortable with him playing there again.
So at CH we've got Rodon, LC, PS and now Ampadu, Ampadu who can play both LCH and RCH if needed this season.
Excellent work yet again by DF, one rung at a time.
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Kennyb41 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2024 9:05 am
Ball playing defenders are apparently all the rage these days.
I feel blooding the excellent reader of the game Ampadu at CH can be considered part of the 'bigger picture' of what DF is trying to achieve for us at Elland Rd.
Just another small piece in the huge jigsaw of work he's battling away to complete.
I for one would be quite comfortable with him playing there again.
So at CH we've got Rodon, LC, PS and now Ampadu, Ampadu who can play both LCH and RCH if needed this season.
Excellent work yet again by DF, one rung at a time.
Ethan Ampadu has played cb most of his career, he was blooded long before DF tried it
It was ok vs League 1 Peterborough but player himself is on record for saying he prefers the holding role.
As an emergency I'd agree is ok.
But not something I hope we repeat often as he's done so well in dm
Ampadu had his work cut out with the Leicester press, also having the non-existent Firpo to his left & Summerville not tracking back as much as he usually does.
19 pieces of excellent play from our current captain, with a mix of clearances, tackles, blocks, excellent passes & a couple of good runs to drive us forward.
Lost his marker once & a missed header amongst his 4 pieces of poor play.
I wasn't too convinced about putting Ampadu in that position although I knew he'd laked there beofre, it has worked brilliantly , we still miss Pascal, especially at set pieces.
It has opened up another position in midfield which has given game time to someone, probably Gruev to cement as his own, nice to have options for once.
"Critics are men that watch a battle from a high place, then come down and shoot the survivors"
His first time as any squad's captain and only his second and third professional goals (and an assist too)--all while playing out of his normal DM position.
