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I'd use Ampadu in defence because he can make us truly a side which builds from the back for at least as long as Joe Allen keeps on playing after he returns from his injury. I'm listening to that Ryan Giggs podcast and he's just been asked about Ampuda's best position - he said it would depend on how strong we were in the positions he can play in.
In Lampard's first season they qualified for the Champions League, reached the FA Cup Final whilst having the second youngest on-field playing time in the Premier League. Since then they have signed two of Germany's brightest young prospects whilst strengthening their defence.
Not finding a place for Ampadu aside, why exactly is the club a basket case?
They reportedly want to pay £70m for Declan Rice who was actually on their books a few seasons ago, and he's not even a major upgrade on Ampadu, and who can forget Salah & De Bruyne!! They are a mental club and always have been since the mad Russian took over!
Going back to Hudson-Odoi, he now has Pulisic, Ziyech & Mount all competing for his favoured right sided position.
I watched "highlights" if you can call them that on YouTube which were really badly edited and gave no content to the game. Were we the better side? Did we deserve the win?
Wait... Is Gluey moaning about Ampadu being at Chelsea with Lampard now? I thought Lampard was going to push his career forward at a "great club" after Sarri personally and single-handedly tried to ruin it.
Then when Ampadu went on loan instead of featuring in Lampard's plans (which Gluey didn't forsee), it was all still part of the bigger picture and he would play lots for Leipzig and improve under Nagelsmann.
3 league games in a season for Leipzig later and he still isn't good enough to play for Chelsea as they have improved their team even further... so Chelsea are now a "basket case" of a club.
He was also critical of Sarri's treatment of Hudson-Odoi and was adamant that he was vindicated (in his own mind) when Chelsea rejected the Bayern bid. He was going to flourish under Lampard too, apparently.
Oh how well this has all turned out for Gluey. He will deny all of this, of course
I like Lampard, he's a good manager and I was one of the few people on here who predicted that he would do well at Chelsea, but I just think he doesn't fancy Ampadu as a player who will fit in with his plans. He not the only player either, so it's good that he is being single-minded, as that's one of the attributes of a successful manager.
Regarding being a basket case of a club, who the feck gets rid of Mo Salah and Kevin Dr Bruyne
I'm surprised at some of the animosity on here being shown towards a young lad who is doing great things for Wales. When I first saw him play a few seasons ago I could see that he was absolute class for his age. I really think he is going to embarrass a few people during the coming season when they see how good he really is.
He always says things like that when people point out he wasn't correct with his insistence that certain Welsh players were currently as good as he said they were.
He seems to think that he was the first poster to spot Ampadu's, Brooks' and other Welsh youngsters' talents and then gets overly defensive about them for no reason.
It's weird.