Vincent Kompany injuries

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If he is deemed fit enough for Belgium he will and should play. Belgium doesn't give a toss if it mucks up our season they are only interested in what's in their best interests. If Vinny feels he is OK and gets the all clear from the medical team there is little we can do. And you can't blame a man for wanting to represent his country at every opportunity it's a huge honour he would have grown up dreaming of leading Belgium to glory. And in my opinion if big Vinny signs a new five year deal tomorrow I would be chuffed he is the best CB in the world, a perfect captain and a club legend. I may be biased but I would take kompany for 20 games a season over most CBS out there.
 
dachoosen1 said:
If he is deemed fit enough for Belgium he will and should play. Belgium doesn't give a toss if it mucks up our season they are only interested in what's in their best interests. If Vinny feels he is OK and gets the all clear from the medical team there is little we can do. And you can't blame a man for wanting to represent his country at every opportunity it's a huge honour he would have grown up dreaming of leading Belgium to glory. And in my opinion if big Vinny signs a new five year deal tomorrow I would be chuffed he is the best CB in the world, a perfect captain and a club legend. I may be biased but I would take kompany for 20 games a season over most CBS out there.
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Even with Pep I think we would struggle playing 40 games a season with 10 men.
 
It's amazing how much I just don't care about Kompany being fit or not now.

It just doesn't matter. We've conceded 1 goal since he got injured and it was in the mickey mouse cup with a makeshift defence, in our proper games we've never even looked like we're missing him.

When he eventually comes back I'll be glad we have an upgrade on Mangala sitting on the bench, I'll be glad for his influence in the dressing room, and I'll savour every moment he's in a City shirt, but there's absolutely no reason to break up the pairing of Otamendi-Stones right now - more than that, it would be a massive mistake to do so.

I Hope he gets to lift another few trophies as club captain but like Yaya, anything else they win here is going to be mostly sentimental, they won't be players who our success is built upon.
 
I think the current run of clean sheets has put a different mind set to this.

I realise Kompany was a part of some of those, but for the first time since these injuries started occurring I don't feel like we need him to start every game.

If he does get fit he's a back up now.
 
Proy said:
I think the current run of clean sheets has put a different mind set to this.

I realise Kompany was a part of some of those, but for the first time since these injuries started occurring I don't feel like we need him to start every game.

If he does get fit he's a back up now.
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Yeah it’s nice for a change not to be panicking slightly worrying if kompany doesn’t play we’re buggered..
 
domalino said:
It's amazing how much I just don't care about Kompany being fit or not now.

It just doesn't matter. We've conceded 1 goal since he got injured and it was in the mickey mouse cup with a makeshift defence, in our proper games we've never even looked like we're missing him.

When he eventually comes back I'll be glad we have an upgrade on Mangala sitting on the bench, I'll be glad for his influence in the dressing room, and I'll savour every moment he's in a City shirt, but there's absolutely no reason to break up the pairing of Otamendi-Stones right now - more than that, it would be a massive mistake to do so.

I Hope he gets to lift another few trophies as club captain but like Yaya, anything else they win here is going to be mostly sentimental, they won't be players who our success is built upon.
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Don't always agree with you but that is spot on.
 
Proy said:
I think the current run of clean sheets has put a different mind set to this.

I realise Kompany was a part of some of those, but for the first time since these injuries started occurring I don't feel like we need him to start every game.

If he does get fit he's a back up now.
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how the mighty have fallen!!
 
still need him. pep rotates the forwards and should do with the defenders. still think he is our best defender, can't believe so many people aren't bothered if he isn't 1st choice defender.
 
yorkblue said:
still need him. pep rotates the forwards and should do with the defenders. still think he is our best defender, can't believe so many people aren't bothered if he isn't 1st choice defender.
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They are just being pragmatic at the emotional level and realalistic at the less emotional level. You cannot focus on a player who plays less than 10 games before physically breaking down.
 
Recent clean sheets or not, every blue would much rather have him fit than injured every 5 fuckin minutes. It is good to see that life without Vinnie is much less bleak than in recent seasons.
 
The Fat el Hombre said:
Agree its nice not to be panicking with Vinnie out. Could really do with him fit for any derbies though to handle Lukaku
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To be honest, I think Mangala is ideally suited to handling Lukaku. His decision making and positioning make not be the best, but he's very quick, big and strong and can well handle big centre forwards. He's been superb against Costa, for example.
 
dachoosen1 said:
If he is deemed fit enough for Belgium he will and should play. Belgium doesn't give a toss if it mucks up our season they are only interested in what's in their best interests. If Vinny feels he is OK and gets the all clear from the medical team there is little we can do. And you can't blame a man for wanting to represent his country at every opportunity it's a huge honour he would have grown up dreaming of leading Belgium to glory. And in my opinion if big Vinny signs a new five year deal tomorrow I would be chuffed he is the best CB in the world, a perfect captain and a club legend. I may be biased but I would take kompany for 20 games a season over most CBS out there.
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I think I disagree with virtually every word.
 
Chippy_boy said:
To be honest, I think Mangala is ideally suited to handling Lukaku. His decision making and positioning make not be the best, but he's very quick, big and strong and can well handle big centre forwards. He's been superb against Costa, for example.
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I agree but would Pep play someone who most likely would not have played much.

I don't think the rags will have enough of the ball to really hurt us. When they do get the ball every pass etc. has to be near perfect. That is difficult to do when rushed by good pressing.

The rags do not worry me at all when we play them.
 
mayo31 said:
I agree but would Pep play someone who most likely would not have played much.

I don't think the rags will have enough of the ball to really hurt us. When they do get the ball every pass etc. has to be near perfect. That is difficult to do when rushed by good pressing.

The rags do not worry me at all when we play them.
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Agreed!
Spurs on the other hand...
 
mayo31 said:
I agree but would Pep play someone who most likely would not have played much.

I don't think the rags will have enough of the ball to really hurt us. When they do get the ball every pass etc. has to be near perfect. That is difficult to do when rushed by good pressing.

The rags do not worry me at all when we play them.
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Agree with this. We're not going to change our setup or the way we play for them, they won't be able to get the ball off us.
 
yorkblue said:
still need him. pep rotates the forwards and should do with the defenders. still think he is our best defender, can't believe so many people aren't bothered if he isn't 1st choice defender.
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I don't think it's that they aren't bothered, it is just that we have managed perfectly well without him. For once, we don't rely on him as much as we used to. That means that we have a better squad. It's all good.
 
Chippy_boy said:
To be honest, I think Mangala is ideally suited to handling Lukaku. His decision making and positioning make not be the best, but he's very quick, big and strong and can well handle big centre forwards. He's been superb against Costa, for example.
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Agree 100% mangala would be fine against the belgium bony
 
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