2025/26 Adam Aznou

[MrD]

When he leaves Moyes will be moaning how we are short at LB. Moyes just wants a team full of Fellaini types

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

Not to say he should have been playing at full back - but managers absolutely do sabotage themselves, all the time. They aren't perfect and constantly make mistakes, including about which players to play.

People are making out that Moyes doesnt like youth and is deliberately not playing him that's the point im making. He probably has half a clue more than the average couch dwelling GOT forum user, which isn't to say managers arent exempt from criticism and dont make mistakes but how can anyone on here know he's good enough based on 20 mins against Sunderland.

 

[Bedfordblue]

Mykolenko is a perfectly fine top flight full back.

He's not a world beater but he tends to make our team better when he is there.

He’s been an ever present in the 3rd tightest defence in the league.
Amount of hate he gets for not being Roberto Carlos is incredible.

 

[DualityNSNO]

We've not seen Aznou play at full back other than being very average in pre season friendlies. The wings are very competitive positions for us, probably the only positions we are strong in. He's just going to have missed to bide his time like everyone else. If he was better he'd be playing, managers dont sabotage themselves.

Yeah that's why JOB didn't play last year, cuz managers don't sabotage themselves. These old "set in their ways" managers absolutely do tbh.

As I said before, I see where you're coming from, but Mykolenko has been hot garbage for a while, worst case is Aznou gets some actual experience for 20-30 min and is also average/poor, but has an upside that he can learn. He looked very shaky in pre-season imo, but was good vs. Sland, for example, so maybe he's building confidence. It's unreasonable to give 3 years to a younger player to build confidence though, at that point they're a U21/second team regular and shipped off. Zugzwang, in a way, for both him and Moyes.

Either way, he won't play for a while, so this is all just for the love of arguing more than anything.

 

[DualityNSNO]

People are making out that Moyes doesnt like youth and is deliberately not playing him that's the point im making. He probably has half a clue more than the average couch dwelling GOT forum user, which isn't to say managers arent exempt from criticism and dont make mistakes but how can anyone on here know he's good enough based on 20 mins against Sunderland.

He 100% doesn't like youth and prefers fabled experience whenever possible though, that's not anyone making it out - just about every possible situation for him, he'll pick the experienced player over the young one, doesn't matter if the experienced player is playing on injections a-la Cahill, is just back from a tournament and knackered or he has to play out of position. It's been this way for ages, and it will always be like that, which would be fine, had we not spent a substantial amount of money on unexperienced young players

 

[Toffeeslam]

It’s not just him

Moyes doesn’t seem to trust any of the younger players we have signed including Dibling, George as well.

Why did he sign them if he’s not going to play them or are these Angus Kinnear signings ?

 

[RD2910]

It’s not just him

Moyes doesn’t seem to trust any of the younger players we have signed including Dibling, George as well.

Why did he sign them if he’s not going to play them or are these Angus Kinnear signings ?

Dibling would have played more if he played well when he played. It's a really obvious reason.

 

[Kevsleftpeg]

When he leaves Moyes will be moaning how we are short at LB. Moyes just wants a team full of Fellaini types

Yep, he though my KDH and Grealish where both 6’4. Absolutely shocked when he saw them in real life. If he had any other choices he wouldn’t have played them.

 

[Simon Buttle]

Yep, he though my KDH and Grealish where both 6’4. Absolutely shocked when he saw them in real life. If he had any other choices he wouldn’t have played them.

No what they are is they are big club rejects and Davey loves a big club reject. You could have a talented younger lad who with a bit of refinement round the edges could be a worldie over a season or two or you can have a top 6 player who is being bombed out for whatever reason (loss of form/age/injury) Moyes is always picking the big club reject, Its just his way.

 

[DualityNSNO]

No what they are is they are big club rejects and Davey loves a big club reject. You could have a talented younger lad who with a bit of refinement round the edges could be a worldie over a season or two or you can have a top 6 player who is being bombed out for whatever reason (loss of form/age/injury) Moyes is always picking the big club reject, Its just his way.

*experienced player mate, not reject.

 

[Toffeeslam]

Dibling would have played more if he played well when he played. It's a really obvious reason.

Okay but the others haven’t really been given a chance apart from Armstrong no kids have played to much

 

[Kevsleftpeg]

Okay but the others haven’t really been given a chance apart from Armstrong no kids have played to much

They get a chance to impress every single day in training.

 

[roy vernon]

Gets better in people's heads every week he doesn't play

Correct, mind you, Mykolenko gets worse in people's heads every week he does play.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Correct, mind you, Mykolenko gets worse in people's heads every week he does play.

If we bought 2 decent full backs the difference would be immediately obvious and we’d be wondering why we hadn’t done this 3 years ago.

 

[Zatara]

Dibling would have played more if he played well when he played. It's a really obvious reason.

Just like those u23s who keep their position and place for the next game if they play well?

Oh, that's not true is it...