01 Sep 2016 22:54:16
Was just seeing a few guys saying efe could play in midfield. To be honest he hasn't been awful when he has played full back. As long as he's not last man he "can" be a relatively decent player. He has a bit of pace, is strong and adds height to the team. I think he has just got his preferred position wrong his whole career😂.
02 Sep 2016 01:11:52
RB is his preferred position. Plays there for Nigeria.
02 Sep 2016 01:21:22
Although BR is 'resting' him, I think he will play a part somewhere along the way. Either as a sub or start in some domestic/ cup games.
Like Izzy he loves the club and wants to play for Celtic and I'm sure he always gives his all, but unfortunately the errors are so high profile, costly and frequent it destroys all confidence.
Nonetheless he is a Nigeria International full back and a place outwith central defense may be the solution?
02 Sep 2016 08:26:36
The only solution is out the bloody door.
He is not good enough for any position in the team and breeds panick ever time he's in it.
02 Sep 2016 08:32:45
I am absolutely stunned there's still people talking about ambrose and maybe playin him somewhere else to save him making an arse of it! This guy is finished at Celtic! He's 9 months left on his contract and I for one hope to never see him in a Celtic top again! It's staggering that there's still some trying to make a case for him! He's pish in any position and that's the bottom line!
02 Sep 2016 08:43:56
Efe is stuck in a catch 22 situation. As he has made mistakes the fans get on his case whenever he is on the pitch, which make him prone to making more errors.
I personally don't think he is anywhere near as bad as some people make him out to be and feel sorry for him because he gives his all in each performance.
02 Sep 2016 11:09:56
Giving your all doesn't make you good enough.
02 Sep 2016 11:16:01
Wiss81 totally agree mate no more excuses can be made. He's had chance after chance to redeem himself and he keeps on letting the team and the fans down. Thanks for the effort efe but your times up my man. HH.
02 Sep 2016 12:36:06
Rab
Did you read what you wrote before you posted?
Absolute nonsense. If he was any good he would be able to block the fans out and concentrate on his own game. This is a guy who can make a mistake anywhere, Celtic Park, other Scottish grounds, Europe and in internationals. You can't tell me that Celtic fans who are in the minority in away games can put him off? What about internationals?
02 Sep 2016 13:07:19
I can't believe I'm saying this, but it actually agree that Efe is quite a good player, just an awful defender.
He plays a blinder for 89mins and then has a massive lapse in concentration and gives away a ridiculous goal. Not acceptable when you are playing CB and are the last man.
As a holding MF i think he would actually be pretty good. He has a good range of passing, is quite pacy, he's strong in the air and on the ground and can tackle better than most MF's (him being a defender and all) . With the same 89 mins good, 1 min bad ratio it might me a good bet as there would be someone behind him to clean up the bad minute debacles!
I could be horribly wrong, but he is still one of our players and we should get behind him as he's here until at least January. It can't do his confidence any good reading the rubbish we post about him here. And he is Celtic through and through.
Just sayin!
02 Sep 2016 13:47:52
Nial you are perfectly entitled to your opinion about Ambrose and I am sure more Celtic fans share your view about him, than they do mine.
That being said I do stick by my opinion that his confidence is shattered due to the stick he gets from some of the fans (some of it warranted) .
Not sure if you have ever heard of the self-fulfilling prophecy but this is what has happened to Ambrose. If you cast your mind back to Ambrose before the Juventus game, he was a reasonably solid defender and formed a good partnership with Wilson. However, since that game the stick he has taken has continually worsened as has his number of errors. My view is that both are linked (i. e. the self-fulfilling prophecy) .
Please don't think I am saying Ambrose is an amazing defender but I do think he is better than he is made out to be by some of our fans. I also think he is more than capable of handling Scottish defences but his time at Celtic will soon be over.
02 Sep 2016 13:54:27
Cant remember who it was against but he came on last season i think it was a europa game and 5 times in a row he couldn't play a 5 yard ball to feet and people want him playing in midfield. Give me strength.
02 Sep 2016 14:24:56
To all these guys claiming Ambrose is a great centre midfielder. He has played under 3 Celtic managers and not 1 of them has trusted him to play more than 45 minutes of football in there.
To those that say he is great passer of the ball. James Forrest has a better cross completion rate than him. He played right back away last season (I think it was Hearts) and hit more kids in the stand than our players standing waiting for his crosses.
He is Celtic through and through? Is that a joke? Gabby Agbonlahor is Villa through and through, a fan and player his whole career with them. He is being called a traitor for not leaving. Efe is only here for the money and he hasn't move anywhere else because everyone else knows how terrible he is. If he "loved" Celtic he would have done us all a favour and left. He hasn't stayed for he love of Celtic.
{Ed007's Note - Ambrose stayed after Brendan Rodgers told him he was happy for him to stay and fight for his place.}
02 Sep 2016 14:28:04
I honestly can't believe what I'm reading of some of these posting . Apart from all the errors and not to mention important games he's cost us people are still trying to fit him somewhere in the team. There's been loads of games where he can't even pass it ten yards to a team mate . With all the errors his career with us is finished, I for one hope br doesn't include him in the final squad for Europe . For all his effort a blind man can see he needs a move away for the good of his career . Yet he decided to turn down two moves in the window, surely he would have been better going to the Belgian club than sit in our reserves picking up money . If he went there and played well a few teams would probably look at him with his caps and so on. He's just going to be hanging around now picking up wasted wages . I'd arrange a free for him now if he'd accept it.
02 Sep 2016 14:40:16
Efe is certainly not a right back . He plays there in the Nigerian team because the Nigerian Manager rates other centre backs better than Efe .
When Efe came to Celtic he was not a bad footballer but especially after the European match when he had a short turn round time from landing in Great Britain and playing a growing number of fans got on his back and naturally his confidence dropped
I very much doubt if Efe can play consistently for us again .
Maybe he can do a job elsewhere, but I very much doubt it .
I wonder what his real age is, compared to his football age .
02 Sep 2016 15:19:33
Old Bhoy he was always a right back before celtic.
He was in the team of the tournament the year Nigeria won the African cup of nations in the right back squad.
02 Sep 2016 16:14:41
he was playing dm for ashdod before coming to celtic.
02 Sep 2016 16:58:47
I will cut to the chase using my best Glaswegian AMBROSE IS JUST SHITE! lol.
02 Sep 2016 17:15:48
I remember more summersaults than **** ups.
02 Sep 2016 18:41:06
Just sums the guy up that he is better known for sommersaulting than he is for actually playing football.
02 Sep 2016 18:50:46
Let's stick him up front.
02 Sep 2016 19:06:48
why don't we just leave the this kind of talk for the other team across the city celtic family get behind the team whoever plays cheers not jeers why can't we all get along 😟.
02 Sep 2016 19:38:59
I will never forget his madness in the Fenerbache game. Looked bad enough to be match fixing!
02 Sep 2016 15:43:40
All the people complaining about the suggestion Ambrose being in midfield. the reason people say it is because we need someone who can tackle to protect the defenders.
The board chose not to invest on deadline day so Ambrose becomes an option then, most claim to be happy we didn't spend on deadline day when we need a midfielder.
Don't complain when we are exposed through the middle.
The youtube clip is of Ambrose first game against raith rovers in the cup, he played defensive mid and looked very good, not any worse a passer than Scott Brown. It's clear even in these highlights he's lost a lot of confidence and doesn't have the bottle to be last man.
Efe Ambrose Celtic Debut
03 Sep 2016 00:45:32
We were informed at the time that Nigerian Manager didn't rate him as highly as his centre backs . He certainly is not a right back for Celtic, not in a million years, he maybe can play as a fullback who is not expected to race up the field and cut the ball back or cross it . B R like R D wants his full backs to defend and link up with wingers and create chances . Ambrose may have certain skills and a lot more than he is given credit for by some posters who love to see him fail.