Efe Ambrose

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I think I saw another post on here earlier suggesting he could be a holding midfielder? I think this is spot on. Will be a good replacement for big Victor. I really like Efe - real classy player - but he can be a bit of a bombscare at times

 

If Ambrose was to be played at all it should have been in midfield, where if he does lose the ball there is still cover to bail him out, at centre back any kind of mistake and a quality player will score, happened twice to ambrose.

Both goals were really annoying, first one completely knocked the stuffing out of the players and the fans and the third killed the tie.

 

I have never been convinced by Ambrose at CB, as I feel his positioning is erratic, he lacks acceleration to correct, and when caught out of position he has a tendency to flap and overcommit.

But it's crazy to judge him on tonight's performance, as he simply shouldn't have been on the field, as anyone with any sense knew already.

Have no idea what was going through Lenny's head - triumph of optimism over common sense?

 

Of course it was.

 

Felt for the big man tonight. He doesn't pick the team the manager does. Any blame lies at Neil's door.

 

This is exactly how I feel.

He has probably went from an extreme high to an extreme low, and it wasn't his fault.

 

Lenny obviously asked him if he was fit to play.

Hindsight is a great thing to have, everyone was begging for Ambrose to be able to start before the match.

 

Hoops team-mate Kris Commons blasted the Nigerian defender who stepped off a ten-hour flight from South Africa to face the Italians.
Ambrose declared himself fit to start but was culpable at Juve’s opener in two minutes and he had a nightmare match.
Commons said: “Look, the manager picked him.
“He pulled him to one side and asked him if he was feeling okay.
“He said that he was feeling brilliant.
“You know, if he wasn’t feeling okay then he should have said.
“If he felt good then he should have put in a better performance.”
Talking generally about the goals Celtic conceded on the night, Commons blasted: “It was just very sloppy, individual mistakes — something you’d probably get away with on a playground, not in the last 16 of the Champions League.
“There are certain individuals who let the team down tonight.


* poor from Commons

 

Hope fans do not turn on the big man.

 

I won't turn on the big man. It wasn't his fault tonight, of course he will want to play but I believe that Lennon should have Meade the decision to keep him out because let's face it, he played 90 minutes in Africa 48 hours before hand

 

Think he hit the nail on the head, Commons is allowed to have an opinion but maybe he should not have said it with the press present as they will twist his words but obviously he said this because he is disappointed at losing 3-0 like the rest of us and his emotions have just gotten the better of him

 

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As I've said, Lennon shouldn't have given him the option of playin and said to him he's dropped due to the long journey

 

Commons is hurting and rightly so. But the players shouldnt be talking to the media and blaming each other. Efe could easily turn around and tell Kris that he shouldnt be directing his shots into Gigi Buffons hands.

 

You think if Commons was in Efe shoes he would have said no do not play me ? What player would do that ? None ffs it was one of the biggest games in the lads life ffs .
Lennon is the gaffer he is the one paid to make the choice maybe he should have just put Efe on the bench or not played him at all .

 

Ambrose won his continents version of the Euros on Sunday, spent Monday flying up from the bottom of Africa to almost the top of Europe and then on Tuesday was asked to play against one of the best teams in Europe.

It's Lenny's fault for picking him, not his.

 

I don't rate ambrose , never have. Too sloppy just like our central defenders have always been. Shocking performance tonight.

 

Thought it was a mistake the fella playin tonight but he usually performs jet lag and the fact he was playin in a final a couple days ago in a different continent shouldve said to lennon no this man cannot possibly play. Mulgrew shoulda been in there or rogne if he is registered for the cl

 

He was *, Wilson was *, and Foster was dreadful.
Glad to be back on the site though lads, been a while

 

I thought losing that early goal effectively killed the tie, and big Efe was woeful at a simple ball lofted forward - he let it sail over him and was hopelessly caught out. So basically Lenny picks the team, and big Efe should have been nowhere near that starting line up; and as I've said all along his position is midfield not CB. He's dodgy against Scottish attackers there - how the * can you trust him against Italians champion strikers? Truly Baffling.

All that said we played well and took the game to Juve and had our chances - no lack of fight or desire - we were simply undone by individual errors from Efe Ambrose, and Efe Ambrose's inability to convert from 4 yards out from a cross - when it looked easier to score.

Shame.