17 | Kevin De Bruyne - 2024/25

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Painful to watch at times - can’t move his feet quickly any more, lost that ability to burst away from players. But still produces moments of supreme quality, and still our best creative player. Without him we’re toothless.
 
Still moments of sheer beauty and brilliance, the cross to Foden was majestic but a shadow of a once great.
 
At his age, he needs runners around him because the chance creation ability is still there. The power running that he had is probably gone forever. There were times when Phil and Bernardo seemed to move slower than him. Bernardo, I get but Phil?
 
Mr HJ said:
If you are going to carry one player who is 33 then Kev is that player. Interesting to me he was probably the one player closing their defenders down and his pass for the goal and 2 other clear chances is irreplaceable.

I thought he was the best player on the pitch tonight and let's not forget Brentford make their living about closing down and physicality.

Compare his performance with that of Bernie who has fallen off a cliff. I have never seen him be so passive when attacking the space - it's as if he's doubting his own ability.
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He’s carrying us.

If we don’t sign Kev for a further year, we’re in some bother when it comes to creativity. He’s head-and-shoulders better than everyone when it comes to creativity, and I’m not talking about City players… there’s still nobody better anywhere.

But talking of City players, Kev is literally coaching players while he’s on the pitch. He’s pointing into the spaces he wants them to run into, he’s pressing and having to tell others to join in with the press.

It’s not like Gündoğan, Kovačić, BSilva or Walker with De Bruyne, his legs might not be what hey were, but he’s still the boss.

We have to keep him!
 
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He sees things that are tough enough to spot from high above the action. Some of his passing and crossing wasn't quite at it, but that ball through for Nunes should have been an assist as well, it was excellent to spot that movement and Nunes should have shot.

Then the ball for Foden was just like Kev of old, a beautiful ball. We can certainly help cover his legs, but not when you have Bernardo, Phil and Savinho trotting about at times and not pressing their men.
 
He looked as if he was playing with more freedom and ease of movement which hopefully means that his injury issues are improving.
 
Oh Kevin De Bruyne, he’s the king,
Passing magic, does his thing!
From the right or through the middle,
City’s maestro, solve the riddle!

KDB, he runs the show,
Silky passes, watch them flow,
With a strike so pure and clean,
De Bruyne, our midfield machine!
 
Manchester_lalala said:
His legs have gone, but he’s still the best attacking midfielder in the world.

What a fucking player. We’ve had far to many “irreplaceable” players over the years, Kev may be the one that really is irreplaceable.
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He was running about all over ths place , his legs might tire later on but given he is an oldie that is to be expected . Older players adapt and he has
 
He's still an absolute assist machine, they even robbed him of one today because of a slight deflection, when you have someone who can create that much he has to play it's that simple, the only thing that has really declined over the last injury hit 18 months apart from phyiscality obviously is his shooting which has been poor, but like I said he's still the assist king.
 
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