17 | Kevin De Bruyne - 2022/23 Performances

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Psychedelic Casual said:
Of course we can leave him out. We absolutely should not be playing him every week, he should be rotated and fresher for when we need him.

He’s played 10 full 90 minutes in 17 Prem games this season, two further games where he’s only been subbed on 88 minutes, started 16 of 17 Prem games, played a part in every Prem game (the one rest he got he still came on for 25 minutes)… that’s not good use of a 31 year old who’s had a career plagued by bad injuries and who has looked absolutely knackered and even very poor at times this season.

He should be in the Chariman’s Suite with his feet up on a chair on Sunday.
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I think this is the key with KDB. He needs to be rested when needed and we can do it more easily now because we have Haaland. He played great v dippers and ok v Leeds. No need for him to play v Everton. Play yesterday and then sit out the 2 cup games so he can be ready for the rags.
Also from what I watched he worked very hard last night chasing and trying to press but I accept there are games when almost everything doesn’t go to plan
 
KDB for me looks jaded and a little bit tired need to rest him for Sunday and give him some time to recover.
 
Hart of the Matter said:
Shite
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He played a half in a team that was playing woefully, first few minutes he put a through ball for Alvarez and was looking for Harland with his trade mark whip across the box.HE NEEDS A REST!But if resting him no one stands up we have to throw him in and he becomes jaded again.Let’s not slag off one of the worlds best midfielders because he couldn’t engineer a comeback from that sham logic first half.
 
butlerkb said:
He played a half in a team that was playing woefully, first few minutes he put a through ball for Alvarez and was looking for Harland with his trade mark whip across the box.HE NEEDS A REST!But if resting him no one stands up we have to throw him in and he becomes jaded again.Let’s not slag off one of the worlds best midfielders because he couldn’t engineer a comeback from that sham logic first half.
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Agree .. but he was still shite ;-)
 
Perhaps others like Foden, Bernardo etc could help out.

At the World Cup where apparently he was poor all I saw in Belguims final game was KDB creating a lot of chances.

He’s not a machine and others need to step up including Pep who needs to get the team playing a little more pace.
 
One of the few players who actually cares and has that drive to win games, but he's bang out of form at the moment. He had a whinge at Foden, through frustration, when he played an abysmal return ball to him in our box. But then he still plays a wonderful ball that Haaland was a bit slow (by his standards) to anticipate and that Bazuma read well. I feel like we'll see him step up a gear on Saturday.
 
Shite again, but this time with the moment of magic that has been the story of the season so far

Completely passive for 90 minutes, couldn't find a pass and didn't look up for the fight
 
if it wasn’t for the odd flash of quality every few games, you would think it’s an imposter on the pitch

Still has his moments but they’re becoming less and less frequent

He’s on the slide I reckon, sadly.
 
Gabriel said:
Save for the assist he was far from his best. He is giving the ball away far too often and just doesn’t have the energy to get back when we concede possession. Needs a few games off.
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Save for that goal, we were pretty much same for majority of match. No one did anything substantial except for Rodri
 
Still capable of moments but overall as World Cup showed, he's on the slide. Wasn't surrounded by quality to hide behind for Belgium, whereas here he's able to get away with it more often. Him being a passenger for much of the game and losing the ball whenever he does receive it is putting our defence under constant pressure when oppo have tails up. With Gundo on the wane as well dont really see a solution as we won't dip in the market.
 
It's as if he didn't want to play football anymore, he looks depressed.
 
I understand the criticism, but if it's not Kev or Rodri no one produces anything. If Fodem or Bernardo were able to produce even 30% of what KDB does, then KDB should be benched. Of course Foden and Bernardo are the 2 buggets favorites of most fans, so KDB takes all the criticism.
 
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