Idk what game some of yall saw, dude had an extremely good performance all things considered. Was a bit suspect on Bayern’s first goal but it was Lewandowski doing Lewandowski things, apart from that he won 6 out 6 aerial duels, a few decent interceptions and an extremely huge block from Mueller late at 1-1. Also his passing seems decent enough. All in all, Im totally sold on him. Get it done Txiki boy.
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Jules Koundé
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birchwoodgingerste
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Got a feeling there will be a twist with the player we sign upamecano maybe.
bballchinaski
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he was great, at his age bracket hes probably the best central defender in the world
Got a feeling there will be a twist with the player we sign upamecano maybe.
Not a chance this season
hammersmithlad
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Looks good. Carlos looks good as well
You can see why Sevilla had a stingy defense last season, both seem to complement each other very well filling in when one is in trouble. Wish our CBs had such a good partnership. I would say Carlos is more of the visual no nonsense defender, whilst Koundé just defends without the fuss & gets things done quietly.
My assessment tonight of Koundé is he is a very good, young defender who is energetic & has good eye for positioning but didn’t really see any leadership qualities you may associate with Koulibaly. So as many on here have mentioned if we do sign him don’t expect him to have the same immediate imposing impact as Van Dijk as he’s still young & will need to work on those intangibles.
There’s no concern with his aerial duals & he won mostly everything in the air & has an impressive leap.
He did get outfoxed by Lewandowski for Bayern’s equaliser, but it was a great veteran move where most defenders would have struggled much like Koulibaly did against Messi earlier on in the year.
Maybe a slight concern is he does like to jump in & try to win the ball first similar to Otamendi’s tendencies, but thankfully doesn’t go to ground as often.
Overall, the Sevilla fan who gave us a fan’s view of him was spot on based on tonight’s performance.
Would be very happy if City did sign him, as whilst he may not yet possess the leadership qualities of a Koulibaly or Van Dijk, he most definitely would improve our current defense & our overall defending.
OccupiedPalestineBlues
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I only saw the last 10 minutes of game time plus the 30 minutes extra time but he looked very good in that small 40 minute excerpt.
Neville Kneville
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Looked a bit leggy late on.
Still 200% better than ours even then though.
Still 200% better than ours even then though.
Neville Kneville
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Tbh, that shows why stats don't tell the full story imo, as, if he'd been aware, he would have stopped the 2nd goal but was milling around, confused instead.
But I'm sure he did all that stuff too. I saw him get in some good defensive actions & I really hope we sign him.
cleavers
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More worrying is that he played at all, if there is any deal in place it's a long way from imminent.