17 | Kevin De Bruyne - 2023/24

[grotenbees]

And the people on here that wrote him off..

For the 10th time

 

[Withnail]

King Kev, life in the old dog yet.

 

[SebastianBlue]

People keep saying he is past it any time he has an off game, as if world class players never have sub-par performances.

He has shown over and over again that even when he isn’t playing to his absolute best that he can be a match decider.

Today I thought he was actually near his best, though, and showed how dominant he can be when his teammates are able to get on the same wavelength as him (they weren’t in the first half but rode it in the second half).

Great performance to take to Madrid.

 

[Crooked_rain]

People keep saying he is past it any time he has an off game, as if world class players never have sub-par performances.

He has shown over and over again that even when he isn’t playing to his absolute best that he can be a match decider.

Today I thought he was actually near his best, though, and showed how dominant he can be when his teammates are able to get on the same wavelength as him (they weren’t in the first half but rode it in the second half).

Great performance to take to Madrid.

He's still the king

There's no doubt he's not getting any younger but we should take into account he's coming off surgery and a very serious injury with 5 months out. That's not ideal for any player, never mind a 33 year old. Those injuries have taken a lot out of younger players than Kev before.

Being realistic, we might only get 5 or 6 games out of 10 where he's brilliant again, but when he is brilliant he's still the best in the world at what he does, so we should take it while we can get it. I won't be in denial thinking a player approaching their mid 30s is always going be as consistently brilliant as they once mightve been, but he's still incredible when he's on it.

 

[SebastianBlue]

He's still the king

There's no doubt he's not getting any younger but we should take into account he's coming off surgery and a very serious injury with 5 months out. That's not ideal for any player, never mind a 33 year old. Those injuries have taken a lot out of younger players than Kev before.

Being realistic, we might only get 5 or 6 games out of 10 where he's brilliant again, but when he is brilliant he's still the best in the world at what he does, so we should take it while we can get it.

When he is middling he is still better than 80% of the players in the league.

 

[ford7]

The goat.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

 

[Blue5964]

 

[Barcon]

Don’t look on the match day thread , some were writing everything off !!

I ended up on there at half time and left with three pillocks on the ignore list.
I really do need to show some self restraint.

 

[Don Karleone]