Chambers on the bench at Middlesborough AGAIN.
- Boro 1-2 Palace
- Everton 3-1 Boro
Since he joined, the Boro has played 2 matches and Chambers has been on the bench for the entire games.
The starting CB pairing is the same as that in their championship campaign: Daniel Ayala + Ben Gibson. The former is the cornerstone of the defence. He is also Spanish, the same as manager Karanka. The latter is the nephew of Boro's owner.
RB, another position Chambers might play, is occupied by A.Barragan, a compatriot of the manager. He just joined from Valencia this summer and currently has the most minutes in this Boro team.
Also note that before Chambers' arrival, Boro had already been kicked out of the League Cup.
It doesn't look like a wise choice to loan him there since the likelihood of getting consistent game times is slim.
Posted Sep 18, 2016, 5:21 AM UTC
He's not Wilshere, no premier league team will immediately make him an every week starter. If he's the first option off the bench there, that's good enough.
He started at Southampton, a top 7 team.
As much as I have doubts in Wenger's scouting ability in defenders, I don't think he is retarded enough to buy a player at 16M who cannot start at a relegation team in the league. Note that this guy was formerly on our bench and started for a long period.
Wasn't he behind Nathaniel Clyne at Southampton?
I'm not even saying Chambers isn't as good as Boros other defenders, just that if he's not significantly better than them, Boro has no incentive to make a loan player a consistent starter when everyone is healthy. They can't build around Chambers cause he'll be gone by the end of the season, and it risks creating bad relations with players that actually are there for the long term.
Also remember that hasn't gotten consistent game time since like fall of 2014, so he is likely a bit rusty.
Clyne was injured and Chambers played half a season at RB with decent performances, and thus the transfer to Arsenal. With his track record he should be good enough for a weak side at the PL.
I dont find the lack of game time justifiable. We shouldn't have loaned Chambers to Boro in the first place if he isn't guaranteed consistent game time.
He started at Southampton because of injuries. When Debuchy is fit he's third choice right back, probably fourth choice when Jenko is fit and he's obviously fifth choice Centre back. At Boro he's second choice right back and possibly third/fourth choice centre back, a definite improvement.
He started at Southampton due to Clyne's injury, not INJURIES. He was also 2nd choice, not 3rd choice of RB, not behind Jenkinson by any standard. He was also not 5th choice CB, and was actually starting for us at CB.
We could have loaned him to a club where he could start, thats the point of a loan, not sending him to a team where his is a higher order sub.
All of a sudden he falls out of AKB's favour because he is dumped by Wenger to another team. Poor lad.
Jesus you drank the Kool Aid didn't you. He's not a RB, we all kknow that, he's behind Debuchy and Almost certainly behind Jenks. He'd already lost his fourth place CB to Holding and no one batted an eye.
Not sure what your deal is with Chambers but he's nowhere near our first team.