Too small? We are about to pay 70m for a CB of similar height.
He is a great prospect and it's sad that he is leaving us, end of.
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Eric Garcia to Barcelona
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He is a great prospect and it's sad that he is leaving us, end of.
He came into the teal last season and did very well, and now because he want to return to Spain, he is no longer flavour of the month.No they didn’t. Plenty rate him but probably more have said for some time he is too small and too slow.
Football fans are very fickle.
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Wow. Clearly not the finished article but you make this guy out to be one of the worst defenders ever to wear the blue shirt. A tad more perspective is required methinks.All I know is, when he played in the League Cup games two seasons ago, players were coming out of position to win his headers for him, he made a collection of fuckups & Sandler was better than him, where's he ?
On his PL debut, he was all over the shop, gave Laporte the willys, Liverpool should have been 3 or 4 up, as usual, after 20 mins & when Mané ran at him, he fell over. Pep said afterwards he never makes mistakes.
In the games which folliwed was twice turned inside out in our box by Championship level players, made consistent positonal errors, was too slow, weak in the air & doesn't appear to understand the offside rule.
Danny Wellbeck came on for Norwich & turned him at the halfwayline then ran away from him. Then he stood praying for offside as Wellbeck ran clean through behind him.
His reward for all that was to get to play offsides v Arsenal & Lyon, where coincidentally, we were caught square appealing for offside on several goals.
He arrived back in the team last night & we were again getting caught square whilst he stood appealing for offside with City players clearly not level with him.
He's shite.
Whether he will become unshite one day, I don't know, but it doesn't matter, if he's in our team now, fucking it up.
Neville Kneville
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Too small? We are about to pay 70m for a CB of similar height.
He is a great prospect and it's sad that he is leaving us, end of.
And there is the difference, which I pointed out 2 seasons ago.
Kounde can jump, Garcia can't. Kounde can run fast, Garcia can't. (Kounde also seems to have an idea how the offside rule works).
Some were suggesting at the time that the jumping ability would come. Well so far it hasn't. And I pointed out at the time that Micah Richards at Garcia's age was jumping a foot higher & was 2 yards faster. He wss also miles better at defending.
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Wow. Clearly not the finished article but you make this guy out to be one of the worst defenders ever to wear the blue shirt. A tad more perspective is required methinks.
I think he is a really terrible defender who would not get a game in any PL team.
What examples are there, other than Pep playing him, which tell me I'm wrong ?
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Too small? We are about to pay 70m for a CB of similar height.
He is a great prospect and it's sad that he is leaving us, end of.
Ake is known for a good leap that helps him to be competitive in the air. Garcia isn’t.
Garcia is too slow for our defensive high line. Garcia is good on the ball and a decent tackler but didn’t shine in games against top strikers. He shouldn’t get near our Prem first team but he will be on relatively cheap wages so he can play for the EDS and get more Carabao Cup minutes. That’s if Barca don’t stump up the cash.
I think he is a really terrible defender who would not get a game in any PL team.
What examples are there, other than Pep playing him, which tell me I'm wrong ?
What examples do you have of him defending terribly?
Wow. Clearly not the finished article but you make this guy out to be one of the worst defenders ever to wear the blue shirt. A tad more perspective is required methinks.
Regrettably, I think many will be saying similar when Pep leaves - the jilted lover syndrome
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He came into the teal last season and did very well, and now because he want to return to Spain, he is no longer flavour of the month.
Football fans are very fickle.
Fuck a duck!
And unfortunately Micha went backwards even before his injury.And there is the difference, which I pointed out 2 seasons ago.
Kounde can jump, Garcia can't. Kounde can run fast, Garcia can't. (Kounde also seems to have an idea how the offside rule works).
Some were suggesting at the time that the jumping ability would come. Well so far it hasn't. And I pointed out at the time that Micah Richards at Garcia's age was jumping a foot higher & was 2 yards faster. He wss also miles better at defending.
For a 19 yr old Garcia is an outstanding young CB ,if he continues in his development he will become a very good player.
He's 19, he played in one of the best teams ever seen in the Premiership , he played in the Champions league, in both competitions he did not look out of place.Ake is known for a good leap that helps him to be competitive in the air. Garcia isn’t.
Garcia is too slow for our defensive high line. Garcia is good on the ball and a decent tackler but didn’t shine in games against top strikers. He shouldn’t get near our Prem first team but he will be on relatively cheap wages so he can play for the EDS and get more Carabao Cup minutes. That’s if Barca don’t stump up the cash.
I really don't want to be that guy. We've all said stupid shit in the past. It's glaringly obvious what's happened here and it's pretty embarrassing. Before the summer he was a top prospect who was about to sign a new contract. Now he's past it. A defender for past eras.
He’s still a top prospect and it was exciting seeing him break through.
Garcia could of stayed and learned behind Laporte and our new 1st choice CB and after a few years maybe develop into a top player.
But now he chose to go to Barca, He’s only 19 and not ready to be a starter for a big club imo. Garcia decided not to renew so we should sell him and accept the €18m or so bid Barca apparently made.
Personally think it’s a wrong career move but it’s his choice. Take the money, no point letting him go for free especially considering he’s not really an important squad player right now.
Neville Kneville
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What examples do you have of him defending terribly?
Read my posts in recent pages.
Those are just a few detailed obvious examples.
Then perhaps you could counter them with some examples of his special defending which makes him stand out.
Neville Kneville
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Regrettably, I think many will be saying similar when Pep leaves - the jilted lover syndrome
Well in my case I an on here saying it re Garcia two years ago, so how does that work ?
Neville Kneville
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And unfortunately Micha went backwards even before his injury.
For a 19 yr old Garcia is an outstanding young CB ,if he continues in his development he will become a very good player.
What then, other than his passing, makes him outstanding ?
It's definitely not his comprehension of offside.
Well in my case I an on here saying it re Garcia two years ago, so how does that work ?
If you were saying it when he was 17 when he never got a sniff of the 1st team then you have an agenda...that only has increased since
Neville Kneville
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I haven't seen anything from him that suggests he's good enough yet. Clearly those with an eye for it at the top of football are impressed enough but I don't get it.
Pep played a creative mid, from Barca, at left back last night rather than play any of the left backs.
Just saying
a 19 yr old Spanish kid playing probably the hardest position in football in one of the best club sides in world football.What then, other than his passing, makes him outstanding ?
It's definitely not his comprehension of offside.
He was better than Stones and Otto last season, he was trusted by his manager more, I will take Pep's opinion more than yours thanks!
Regrettably, I think many will be saying similar when Pep leaves - the jilted lover syndrome
I disagree, the cases are very different. There's a sense that Garcia has taken more out of City than he has put in. Nobody could say that about Pep.
He has failed so far in the Champions League but transformed the domestic game in England and set many records, including the domestic treble win.
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