Ilkay Gundogan - 2016/17 Performances

[01cravend]

Have you got todays for Gundogan? 95% pass accuracy sounds fab on paper, but from my eyes & evidently others he didn't have a good game. Was far better in other matches this season.

He's averaged 93% for us, today probably around 40% of his passes were backward.. Many were sideways due to the midfield being pretty packed, so the space to exploit was out wide, as you can tell by how involved Sane was in the first half then how Sterling & Sane were in the 2nd. It was a tactic not him showing a tendency toward it.

 

[01cravend]

Ok he is very good player, but our record without him is much better, we played the best football with ( Fernandinho, Silva & KDB )

You can't use that as a foundation to say he doesnt suit us...Not his fault for Stones today, Bravo vs Barca or Aguero and KDB vs Everton was it?

 

[B\connellblue]

Hes killing us. Backwards, sidewards,slows everything down. And how slow is he? The more he plays the more frustrating our performances will become. Shadow of the player who played on that night some years back.

 

[daztrueblue91]

Based on what I've seen from him so far for us he's shit.

Based on the very little I saw from him at Dortmund he looked world class.

His first touch always seems to be sideways or backwards which immediately slows down our tempo.

Like others have said, it's like the KDB conundrum last season.

Once Pep actually finds a system then I reckon he'll come good. At the moment though, he doesn't deserve to be anywhere near the first team.

 

[City Glory While Others Fade]

39.5% of his passes this season have been backwards

Silva 42.3%
Kev 36.7%

The further forward you play the more chance you pass backwards...how many backpasses does Bravo or Stones have ?

 

[KnaresboroughBlue]

Funny, i thouht he was good. Good tackling, passing was okay, did the job of 2 men cos silva cant be arsed

Same here.

 

[wolfie1988]

It's him or Silva in the team. Simple. Take your pick

 

[domalino]

The further forward you play the more chance you pass backwards...how many backpasses does Bravo or Stones have ?

Well they play a lot of passes back to Bravo so that's not a great example. A better question would be how many fernandinho plays backwards.

 

[01cravend]

The further forward you play the more chance you pass backwards...how many backpasses does Bravo or Stones have ?

I know, hence the reason i only mentioned them 3 because they all occupy similar positions

Actually 35.6% of Stones passes are backwards...Which is bad...Compared to 26% for Everton, he takes the easy/safe option(back to Bravo) far too often for us

 

[grim up north]

Glad to see another player given time to settle before being slated