17 | Kevin De Bruyne - 2023/24

[argyle]

Needs to drop the ego. Who did he think he was when he came off moaning.

You were rubbish Kev, write it off and accept it.

He wasnt rubbish.

The ball was constantly being lost by Alvarez. Every attack breaking down because of this.

Rightly angry at the set up.

 

[Blu1]

He looks knackered.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

He had no right to moan today, he didn’t show up.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Looked like he had been on a bender with Jack the night before straight from kick off. Just no energy in his game whatsoever and we were basically playing with 10 men from kick off. No idea what's wrong with him, hopefully just a bad day but he can't be arguing about being subbed when you're that anonymous and barely moving.

 

[B\connellblue]

He had no right to moan today, he didn’t show up.

Neither did Erling (not for the first time).
I know which one was more likely to score out of nothing.

 

[Trojan1962]

Still looks too heavy and not fully fit.

 

[MCFCFanTX]

Legs aren't fully there.

 

[akrh215]

It was right for him to be upset when he was substituted, I completely understand him. It was a big mistake to take him off.

 

[SebastianBlue]

I can only assume he is still not fully fit. Apart from the Haaland and Foden passes, most were wayward and he struggled holding up the ball against a pretty weak Endo.

His reaction to being taken off was interesting, as well, given he is an intelligent player and should have recognised he wasn’t really impacting play at that point and we were under the cosh, so needed someone who could put in a shift to see out the match.

That said, he wasn’t helped by what appeared to be an unfit Haaland. We obviously are going to have a tougher go when neither Kev nor Erling are on it.

Trying to decide if we can afford to give him a break against Newcastle to recharge ahead of the Arse match.

 

[SebastianBlue]

It was right for him to be upset when he was substituted, I completely understand him. It was a big mistake to take him off.

Have to disagree. I think the mistake was to wait so long to take him (and Alvarez) off. If we had another decent out-and-out striker, Haaland would have likely come off, too.