#17 | Kevin De Bruyne - 2021/22 Performances

[BLUEisville]

On the flip side I also thought of this whilst watching today. He bounced back and the year he shaved his head was one of his best. Hopefully Kev can do the same.

Hopefully he doesn’t shave his head, I suspect he’d look dreadful.

Extended rest is a must.

 

[Beanhead]

Hopefully he doesn’t shave his head, I suspect he’d look dreadful.

Extended rest is a must.

Haha.. yeah he wouldn’t look the best. He would look very pink!

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Starting to think his time with us may be reaching a natural conclusion. I hope I'm wrong.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Todays performance was so predicatble,its a shame Pep didn't twig.

 

[blue ranger]

No it wont , he has just signed for several more years

He is on £400k a week for years I think. He won’t be going anywhere. Don’t think we should write him off yet though.

 

[Radiohead1981]

He is on £400k a week for years I think. He won’t be going anywhere. Don’t think we should write him off yet though.

We should write him off. He played with a debilitating injury for belgium. Took an injection. Ronaldo did the same thing in the world Cup in 98. Out for years never the same player.

 

[Metalartin]

KDB isn't the type of player who's affected negatively by the wages he's on. He wont be happy with his form at the moment. So at least we know he'll be giving his all, to find his fitness and his form again.

 

[Shaffer92]

We should write him off. He played with a debilitating injury for belgium. Took an injection. Ronaldo did the same thing in the world Cup in 98. Out for years never the same player.

sports medicine has come a log way over the last 23 odd years bud..

I just think he didn't put in the time necessary to be ready for the season in the summer. Of course Euros impacted that, but do you think he was preparing for the season like say, ruben dias was? I seriously doubt it.

 

[daztrueblue91]

He looks unfit and I’ve thought for a while that quite a few of our players have been allowed to gain unnecessary weight.

KDB, Aguero, Sterling, Gundog (first few seasons) and Vinny all look(ed) far heavier than they should have at times. It’s also no coincidence that all of those players struggle with mobility as well.

It’s not just a City thing, I remember Lukaku being a lot leaner after a year at Inter than he was at United.

 

[skillman]

You’d have never seen him put, at what was essentially, right back in that second half the past few seasons.

Pep’s way of saying he’s been ineffective through to middle so let’s move you for 10 minutes then take you off for a centre half.

It’s a shame because I don’t think he’s lost ‘it’ but it’s like everything is an effort for him. Simple passes are getting caught in his feet, he’s concentrating on controlling the ball which is unbelievable in itself and when he tries to hit something more than 15 yards away it never reaches its man. Like there’s no power in him right now.

He played a 1–2 with Bernardo in the second half which involved him running 20 yards and he was fucked after it.

It wouldn’t be a chore to drop him right now and would do everybody the world of good I reckon.

 

[samuelyeboah]

ridiculous. forget doing regular KDB things. my man is having a sterling like descent where he can't do the basics. can't touch the ball without miscontrolling it, can't make a 5 yard pass without underhitting it. i don't know how someone can just forget those basic things.

 

[decmancity]

He loved his statistics when he negotiated his new contract so we should do the same and keep his wages back this week and donate to CITC.

Drop him for Wednesday and let him have a week and if he can't get himself up for next saturday then we are in serious trouble.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Worst form of his career. Genuinely stinking the place out!

Needs a month off to concentrate on his fitness and body fat percentage. Then get him back in the team.

 

[Brewster's millions]

He looks unfit and I’ve thought for a while that quite a few of our players have been allowed to gain unnecessary weight.

KDB, Aguero, Sterling, Gundog (first few seasons) and Vinny all look(ed) far heavier than they should have at times. It’s also no coincidence that all of those players struggle with mobility as well.

It’s not just a City thing, I remember Lukaku being a lot leaner after a year at Inter than he was at United.

Tevez lost at least two stone when he left us and joined Juventus.

 

[Marvin]

Worst form of his career. Genuinely stinking the place out!

Needs a month off to concentrate on his fitness and body fat percentage. Then get him back in the team.

He was just as bad this time last season. Probably the key feature when analysing a defeat like today. We needed some magic by a star player but KDB hasn't looked close to finding his game this season.

 

[Radiohead1981]

He was just as bad this time last season. Probably the key feature when analysing a defeat like today. We needed some magic by a star player but KDB hasn't looked close to finding his game this season.

Surely Pep has to drop him now.

 

[BlueCityfan]

Was probably a mistake to give him that 4-year contract on 400k/a week.

 

[Stiff Little Wingers]

ridiculous. forget doing regular KDB things. my man is having a sterling like descent where he can't do the basics. can't touch the ball without miscontrolling it, can't make a 5 yard pass without underhitting it. i don't know how someone can just forget those basic things.

I agree. Nothing at all is coming off for him. Think he looks too tired, not fit and just plain out of form.

 

[youngbob]

Looks like he can barely move right now.

 

[ninjamonkey]

As bad as his general play has been of late he's still one of, if not our biggest threat, which is more of a criticism of the rest than anything.

He needs to play the false 9 role, lessen the burden on him to be the main man let gundogan and Bernardo run the midfield and find some form and fitness upfront.