17 | Kevin De Bruyne - 2024/25

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ChicagoBlue said:
One of the greatest attacking midfielders of all time. When fit, he is still capable of being a change maker in any team in the world.

City’s problem is that Pep thinks flogging him to death is Kev’s role in the team.

It’s stupidity in my book, and makes me question Pep’s motives at times.
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I would put our success defining Pep/Kev story in a different light:

Pep often said Kev wants to play ANY single minute or he'll be grumpy with Pep. It's in Kev's super ambitious personality.

That sky high ambition was the machine behind our success, all the goals and assists. But now, as his machine got older, his ambition is in his way to realize he isn't the same anymore. Even his crosses and shots are poor, how could he have forgotten his superb technique??

Kev's ambition is pushing him forward, always. He isn't that type who catches the right time to say farewell IMO.

And Pep, he knows exactly what he had in Kev, as he knows what he had in Messi back then. But Pep is such a grateful and fine gentleman that he just isn't able to be tough enough to make the cool headed and in terms of club management necessary decisions to rejuvenate the team after years of Golden success. He is just too nice.

That's where we stand. And I'm not really sure the penny has dropped for Pep. My impression is Pep has lost some of his fire and in his mind he is stuck in our glittering years and stubborn or tired to start a new attack, as football and style has changed, while we might be falling behind.
 
St.Pauli support said:
He is just too nice.
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He’s got you fooled!

He knows what he is doing and is very thoughtful in what he does. One might even say calculated.

We could use KDB for another two years, if used correctly. He is being flogged to death instead of being nurtured. He could play 90 mins every game IF USED CORRECTLY, but Pep insists on using him as the second striker in his 4-4-2, so he’s running around like a chicken with his head cutoff, just pressing the extra man on defence! It’s stupidity!

Pep is easing him out. Make no mistake. And he knows exactly what he is doing!
 
ChicagoBlue said:
He’s got you fooled!

He knows what he is doing and is very thoughtful in what he does. One might even say calculated.

We could use KDB for another two years, if used correctly. He is being flogged to death instead of being nurtured. He could play 90 mins every game IF USED CORRECTLY, but Pep insists on using him as the second striker in his 4-4-2, so he’s running around like a chicken with his head cutoff, just pressing the extra man on defence! It’s stupidity!

Pep is easing him out. Make no mistake. And he knows exactly what he is doing!
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OK, so Pep is very thoughtful and knows exactly what he's doing, fooling me, but it's still not good enough to use Kev correctly!?
Rrrrright....

And we are playing 4-4-2?

I'm not convinced ;)
 
ChicagoBlue said:
He’s got you fooled!

He knows what he is doing and is very thoughtful in what he does. One might even say calculated.

We could use KDB for another two years, if used correctly. He is being flogged to death instead of being nurtured. He could play 90 mins every game IF USED CORRECTLY, but Pep insists on using him as the second striker in his 4-4-2, so he’s running around like a chicken with his head cutoff, just pressing the extra man on defence! It’s stupidity!

Pep is easing him out. Make no mistake. And he knows exactly what he is doing!
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Agreed there was no sentiment from Pep with Hart, Silva, Aguero, Zabba, Kompany
 
St.Pauli support said:
OK, so Pep is very thoughtful and knows exactly what he's doing, fooling me, but it's still not good enough to use Kev correctly!?
Rrrrright....

And we are playing 4-4-2?

I'm not convinced ;)
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I don’t need you to be convinced. Just open your eyes (and mind) and it’ll all come flooding in. ;-P
 
bondsman said:
Agreed there was no sentiment from Pep with Hart, Silva, Aguero, Zabba, Kompany
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As I understand matters, he kept Kompany and Aguero around longer than he wanted to, simply to avoid a negative reaction from the fans.

Pep is uncomfortable having players around him who have big characters. He likes 'yes men' and tends to sideline anyone who stands up to him.
 
Lavinda Past said:
As I understand matters, he kept Kompany and Aguero around longer than he wanted to, simply to avoid a negative reaction from the fans.

Pep is uncomfortable having players around him who have big characters. He likes 'yes men' and tends to sideline anyone who stands up to him.
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Someone who is as flawed as you say he is has done unbelievably well to win 6 out of the last 7 premier leagues.

In other news KDB played the full 90 for Belgium tonight
 
BringBackSwales said:
Someone who is as flawed as you say he is has done unbelievably well to win 6 out of the last 7 premier leagues.

In other news KDB played the full 90 for Belgium tonight
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kompany decided to leave on his own after the leicester goal and went out as domestic treble winning captain so much so we didn't have a replacement line up hence the season we had in 19/20
 
Lavinda Past said:
As I understand matters, he kept Kompany and Aguero around longer than he wanted to, simply to avoid a negative reaction from the fans.

Pep is uncomfortable having players around him who have big characters. He likes 'yes men' and tends to sideline anyone who stands up to him.
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have you heard that from pep him self or just concocted that in your agenda against pep aguero had some of his best season under pep even though he had troubles with his knee injuries and kompany left on his own accord
 
thomas1307 said:
have you heard that from pep him self or just concocted that in your agenda against pep aguero had some of his best season under pep even though he had troubles with his knee injuries and kompany left on his own accord
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Not concocted, no agenda.

I suspect that you've not been following City for very long, so I'll just say that the City dressing room hasn't always been a bed of roses.

In the early days of the Pep era, Kompany and Aguero carried as much, if not more, weight around the club than Pep did. Kompany was, to all intents and purposes, top dog at the club during the Pellegrini era.

That’s a fact. Pep changed that environment gradually.
 
Lavinda Past said:
The worst Belgian squad for 10+ years. Carried by a veteran. They're distinctly average, as is international football.
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Let's hope you're correct.
They are in Wales' world cup qualifying group.
Unfortunately, they still have enough top level players to probably win the group...
 
Lavinda Past said:
Not concocted, no agenda.

I suspect that you've not been following City for very long, so I'll just say that the City dressing room hasn't always been a bed of roses.

In the early days of the Pep era, Kompany and Aguero carried as much, if not more, weight around the club than Pep did. Kompany was, to all intents and purposes, top dog at the club during the Pellegrini era.

That’s a fact. Pep changed that environment gradually.
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i've been a fan since 2002 you idiot
 
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