Neville Kneville
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Apologies, autocorrect did me there, it should have read "undroppable" not unstoppable.
KDB was absolutely brilliant against West Ham, dangerous in possession and worked his arse off when be didn't have the ball.
Personally I would keep him where he is, I think he's growing in to the role. It's Pep who's said he sees him playing more wide so it's going to be intersting to see who gives way because Sterling has been outstanding so far.
@BillyShears absolutely no question that De Bruyne is one of our 11 most talented players. I expect him to be a key player this year, barring injury I expect him to be in the top 5 for appearances this season.
The reason I'm saying he's not bulletproof is because Ibrahimovic had huge talent but Pep didn't think he was the right fit and did what was right for the team.
Muller is probably Bayern's best player and Guardiola dropped him for their biggest game of the season because he didn't think he was the right fit for the shape he wanted to play.
"Thiago or nothing" Pep said when he arrived at Bayern, but he ended up not being an automatic starter.
I expect DeBruyne to be a key player for us. But in his career so far, the only "bulletproof" / "undroppable" outfied players have been Messi, Xavi, Iniesta and Lahm. All of those players were huge talents but also a perfect fit for every system Guardiola ever played and no one in the squad came anywhere near to challenging them for their spot.
As talented as DeBruyne is, arguably as talented as the group above, I don't think he's as perfect a fit for Guardiola's system as those other players. He also has talent closer to his own to compete with compared with that group. Silva, Gundogan and even Nasri are very healthy competition for him at number 8, and Sterling, Nolito and Sané are healthy competition for him out wide.
Personally the only outfeild player I see as undroppable at the moment is Stones.
So for me DeBruyne is going to be a key player for us this season, but "bulletproof" or "undroppable"? Not quite.
I don't think it's possible to have any undroppable players in the Premier League. Especially not in such a hardworking team. I think they will all have to get used to being dropped.
Pep has already suggested the team would have changed if more players were available.
I think DeBruyne will play in the front 3 at times maybe Silva too.