#14 | Aymeric Laporte - 2021/22 Performances

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Excellent today, cancelo left him exposed regularly but he dealt with it well and came up with another goal. That's becoming a very welcome habit. Fully deserves his starting spot right now, for me it's Dias who should be worried about Stones coming in not Laporte.
 
Many City fans don't seem to like him. Is it because he intended to leave last summer or because Stones is much more of a fan favourite?

In any case, Laporte has been very good this season and doesn't deserve OTT criticisms. We are lucky to have him, especially when Stones has injury problems.
 
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alexmcity said:
Many City fans don't seem to like him. Is it because he intended to leave last summer or because Stones is much more of a fan favourite?
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I think a lot of it is to do with Stones. It's the same way Gundogan used to get criticism because of Foden.

Laporte also has an "attitude" whatever that is which makes it easier to align against him.

I say all this as someone who prefers Stones btw.


We're half way through the season now, he's probably getting picked for a reason.
 
He has his moments but so does Stones. I'm a big fan of both. I honestly hope City do all they can to keep our 3 best CB's at the club.

I've nothing against Ake either, I realise he hasn't had much chance to find form and stake a place in the team much but I'm just not quite sure he will ever reach that level, even if he does get a run of games. I'd love him to do that though, having 4 top CBs to choose from would be unheard of and the piss boiling would be immense.
 
mccity said:
I think a lot of it is to do with Stones. It's the same way Gundogan used to get criticism because of Foden.

Laporte also has an "attitude" whatever that is which makes it easier to align against him.

I say all this as someone who prefers Stones btw.


We're half way through the season now, he's probably getting picked for a reason.
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Laporte seems to be 1st choice for Pep now. The other place is for Dias/Stones. Things may change, though. Hopefully, at least 2 of them will be in top form for the run-in.
 
The problem is the CB pairings, if you’re playing to their strengths, are:

Stones/Dias RCB
Laporte/Ake LCB

If you play Stones and Dias, you move Dias to LCB.

If you play Laporte, you can pick and choose between Stones & Dias, which is what has happened the last few games.

I expect Stones & Ake to be playing in the Cup next week!
 
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