Efe Ambrose

I've never been fully convinced by Efe but it is a bit sad to see the fans turn on him almost completely.

 

Think he's just misunderstood.

 

He made two awful errors against Juve but was brilliant the rest of the night; last night he also made three or four bad errors that could easily have cost goals and was * the rest of the night. I think the Juve game just seems worse because they were a quality team and punished both his errors and Maribor didn't. You couldn't make a compilation of his worst moments against Juve because it would only have two incidents in it. You could easily make a compilation from last night.

Don't you think my fatigue argument is at least a possibility? He hasn't had a break since joining us because of Nigeria. The way he let that guy past him without a chase had utter exhaustion written all over it. Efe's two mistakes against Juve were far less egregious (albeit they were ruthlessly punished as they will be at that level).

 

Fatigue can come into it but he's just not a defender. He can dribble and cover and that's it, nothing else.

 

Majority of fans will have turned on him completely now. I've defended him loads of times in the past and I was sure I'd see a big performance from him last night but he was * terrible.

If Van Dijk leaves I fear what our defence is going to look like in the EL.

 

for a minute last night i thought he might have been match fixing lol if he can get a fake passport that says hes in his early 20s who knows. poor efe

 

Suprisingly not the first time I have heard someone say this lol

 

It's not alright, he had a bad game. Last night was much worse, though. Much worse.

 

Sorry to scapegoat the big man but he is quite simply woeful! Too easily bullied, too easily past and I have never seen a footballer who has less positional awareness. Truly hopeless!

 

Looking like the end for Efe.

 

I was begging the computer screen for Matthews on for Ambrose and Commons for Mulgrew at half time.

Unfortunately the computer screen failed to tell Ronny.

 

I've stuck up for Ambrose for a long time but after last night I'm just about done. The catalogue of mistakes gets ever longer and the way he allowed that Maribor player to just ghost past him near the end last night was a disgrace. He * quit.

He's far from the worst centre-back I've seen at Celtic Park but I wouldn't really care less if he was sold tomorrow.

 

More importantly, doesn't look like Deila trusts him. I prefer Lustig over him at the back with Denayer ahead of him, too, in my book. He has qualities, but so did Luiz at Chelsea, can't be trusted at the back.

 

He can go on mazy runs every now and again, and he can beat a man when his lucks in. But overall, he generally flatters to deceive, is lazy, and makes far too many howlers!

He seem's to have gotten away with it so far because he's a likeable (cult?) player.

Now, does that sound like anyone else... *cough* Sammy *cough*.

Efe is a nightmare - get him punted!

 

pulled out a wonder stop when johansson gave the ball away .he didnt have much protection from mcgregor,yes he got totally skinned the first time the maribor player went past him and the second i got the impression he didnt want to dive in and give away a pen and get a red card again.but * it i aint defending him anymore either his confidence looks totally shot since hes been droped

 

Was going to suggest this earlier today but decided not to in case I got a roasting. I can't think of any other reason why he would point blank refuse to go anywhere near their winger, let alone mark him.
The reality is that last night we played with a right back who played everywhere but the right side of the pitch I'm just as angry at the coaching staff for not sorting him out. And what about our captain Mulgrew? Can you imagine Broony letting another player get away with that * for 90mins?

 

But that's not good enough.

You can't make two awful errors at this level in one game, it's unacceptable.

Get rid of him he's a total liability.