#17 | Kevin De Bruyne - 2020/21 Performances

[super_city_si]

Saw a stat
city win rate this season
with de bruyne 69%
without de bruyne 90%

 

[MeatHunterrr]

Without KDB we are near unbeatable. He cannot play for now at least.

It also gives us lot of leverage in contract negotiations.

 

[Craig]

Saw a stat
city win rate this season
with de bruyne 69%
without de bruyne 90%

Similar to the season we piped Liverpool I’d have thought

 

[Scottyboi]

Has to be dropped for the foreseeable.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Saw a stat
city win rate this season
with de bruyne 69%
without de bruyne 90%

Doesn’t surprise me. I also think we play better without him n’all. We give the ball away less, we play as a team more.

 

[Claytop]

Doesn’t surprise me. I also think we play better without him n’all. We give the ball away less, we play as a team more.

May be true but ultimately he's one of the best players in the world and Pep will have to find a way to fit him in to our now different setup and approach.

Like has been said, what are the other options? Get rid? He's not going to want sit on the bench for the big games.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

May be true but ultimately he's one of the best players in the world and Pep will have to find a way to fit him in to our now different setup and approach.

Like has been said, what are the other options? Get rid? He's not going to want sit on the bench for the big games.

He did try. That was why we played the double pivot at the start of the season. Two players deep to try to pick up the lost possession from Kevin. We went down to 13th. The best option now is to play him in the front 3. Kind of like how Foden plays there due to losing the ball too much in the middle at this stage of his development. De Bruyne is a big problem right now, make no mistake about it. We are not a team for transitions but he is all about them.

 

[jaiguruKun]

Big decision coming up as this summer is the last opportunity we'll have to get serious money for him.

 

[sky_blue]

We're not better without Kev and the good performances this season are not connected to him sitting on the physio table. Please stop peddling this fucking bullshit.

Our winning run and excellent performances started following the West Brom match in December. Kevin started in the next 6 games and we won all 6 - Southampton (who were flying at that time, 4th in the league), Newcastle, Chelsea, Brighton, Palace and Aston Villa.

Kevin scored and assisted a total of 5 goals in those 6 matches - that's fucking incredible. His performances helped the team get into the winning groove.

He missed the next 5 PL games - West Brom, Sheffield United, Burnley, Liverpool and Spurs. He came off the bench against Everton. We won all 6 matches.

He has then started the next 4 games against Arsenal, West Ham, Wolves and Man United - we've won 3 and lost one.

To sum it up, in the 16 PL matches since the West Brom draw, we've won 15 - 10 with him and 5 without him.

The fucking nonces who think that we went on this incredible run without Kev and somehow him starting the match has destabilized the team are fucking insane. Show some respect, and if not to him, then at least respect reality. Stop living in fucking make belief fantasies.

 

[@BluePhil8]

So what do we do ? Sell him?

I’m sure that every single of the top 20 clubs in Europe would be willing to take him if we do.

Pep knows what he is doing. it’s one loss in 22 and De Bruyne played in plenty of those wins too! He is 2nd in the assist table despite missing a lot of games.

I keep seeing this. Yeah, maybe we do? 30 in June, doesn’t currently fit our best 11, could get £100m for him. Use that money for Halaand and the excess to buy a better left back than Mendy and a midfielder who fits the team ethos.