Nicolas Otamendi - 2016/17 performances

[Gabriel]

Reminds me of Eric Liddell running in Chariots of Fire:

Slow motion shots.

 

[Easy]

Have been saying this a while.

Too inconsistent to be a top CB. His performances vary from World Class to non-league. Needs to be sold in the summer.

 

[Kamran Shirinzade]

Cost city too many points this season. Another Jorge Mendes flop.

 

[argyle]

Runs like he's struggling to run. Never seen that before in a player.

Just not suited to a high line defence.

 

[Dax777]

Lol. Some of you have been in hibernation for a while. Been holding that "Otamendi sucks" scream in for a while haven't you?

He had an average game been outrun by the fastest guy in the league and a fresh leg off the bench.

So yeah lets deem him unfit after 5 stellar performances prior to the average one today.

Surely, a guy who is good in 5 of his 6 performances isn't good enough.

Thought Pep was the problem today, not Otamendi. Thank God they didn't start with the human dribbling machine. We'd have had more trouble.

Btw: So iS Kompany not making him play well anymore?

 

[OrigamiNinja]

Lol. Some of you have been in hibernation for a while. Been holding that "Otamendi sucks" scream in for a while haven't you?

He had an average game been outrun by the fastest guy in the league and a fresh leg off the bench.

So yeah lets deem him unfit after 5 stellar performances prior to the average one today.

Surely, a guy who is good in 5 of his 6 performances isn't good enough.

Thought Pep was the problem today, not Otamendi. Thank God they didn't start with the human dribbling machine. We'd have had more trouble.

Btw: So iS Kompany not making him play well anymore?

Nobody has been in hibernation, we've all just been waiting for the inevitable. Today it arrived. I just wish there was a middle ground with the guy, he's either excellent or absolute shit, be nice if he just had a few consistently normal performances.

 

[Dax777]

Nobody has been in hibernation, we've all just been waiting for the inevitable. Today it arrived. I just wish there was a middle ground with the guy, he's either excellent or absolute shit, be nice if he just had a few consistently normal performances.

Its a perception issue. People have convinced themselves he is bad, so when he has 6 straight great games, rather than viewing that as his norm, folks find every reason to undermine those performances. Either they pretend its a one time thing (I.e. "he was good today" even though it persisted for 2 months), and if that doesn't work, they ascribe his performance to the return of Kompany (even though he's been doing well for over a month before Kompany showed up).
And when he finally has an average they exclaim "he is simply not good enough!!" as if 2 below good games in 14 is somehow a bad thing.

Every player has a poor game whether iis 1 of every 5 or 6 or 7. But it seems Otamendi is the only one who is shit for bad games. Others just have bad games. Ota on the other hand is shit for being human.

 

[super_city_si]

He is a good defender. Like any defender he has a system that suits him. Us playing a high line or with 3 at the back doesn't suit him. In fact it makes him look shit as he is slow and has far too much ground to cover. When playing in a 4 more often than not he is very good. For instance he'd be great at Leicester or Spurs even. Chelsea not so much.
If pep wants to continue with himshigh line or 3 at the back the nico has to go.

 

[doobyedoobye]

He's world class and will look even more world class with world class fullbacks helping to defend and a world class keeper

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

He is a good defender. Like any defender he has a system that suits him. Us playing a high line or with 3 at the back doesn't suit him. In fact it makes him look shit as he is slow and has far too much ground to cover. When playing in a 4 more often than not he is very good. For instance he'd be great at Leicester or Spurs even. Chelsea not so much.
If pep wants to continue with himshigh line or 3 at the back the nico has to go.

Playing alongside Kolarov doesn't help matters also.