24 | Joško Gvardiol - 2023/24

[richards30]

Shades of Franco Baresi when it comes to marauding forwards from cb. Great to see him in his natural position for the first time.

agreed! Ake won the treble playing at LB and Josko is rated one of the worlds best young CB`s? Seems strange to not play them the other way round.

 

[mancityscot]

Please pep, stop playing this guy at LB.

 

[vanchi]

well he somehow managed to flop to 5th best lb in the world according to cies.

 

[Haaland94]

well he somehow managed to flop to 5th best lb in the world according to cies.

He would have been even better playing his natural position, too. Some comments about him this season have been disgraceful. One of our better players this season, without a pre-season, at 21 in a new league and country.

 

[vanchi]

He would have been even better playing his natural position, too. Some comments about him this season have been disgraceful. One of our better players this season, without a pre-season, at 21 in a new league and country.

i agree.

nothing to do with gvardiol but i noticed city players who play in different positions end up seriously underrated (not cies, in general). it’s like they don’t fit the usual boxes so they get excluded. ederson, walker, haaland, akanji and dias at cb - all top of their categories for example. not ake though, probably because he’s playing both positions.

i think that could be the reason stones didn’t get a ballon d’or nomination (plus maybe injuries). he’s an outside the box player. i also read a theory that bernardo is not a great player because he’s playing many positions for pep, a great player would make pep keep him in one position. the same for foden.

anyway, i still believe joško’s a cb and needs to play in that position.

 

[JTFactsPlz]

i agree.

nothing to do with gvardiol but i noticed city players who play in different positions end up seriously underrated (not cies, in general). it’s like they don’t fit the usual boxes so they get excluded. ederson, walker, haaland, akanji and dias at cb - all top of their categories for example. not ake though, probably because he’s playing both positions.

i think that could be the reason stones didn’t get a ballon d’or nomination (plus maybe injuries). he’s an outside the box player. i also read a theory that bernardo is not a great player because he’s playing many positions for pep, a great player would make pep keep him in one position. the same for foden.

anyway, i still believe joško’s a cb and needs to play in that position.

Anyone putting about a theory that Bernardo is not a great player needs to be taken out back and shot. It would be a mercy killing.

 

[MCFCFanTX]

Really good second half.

 

[TrentGrisham]

Really good second half.

Yep. Said the same in the game thread. He looked far more comfortable on the ball than Ake, I thought.

 

[Ric]

Thought he did well tonight after being thrown on in difficult circumstances. Solid defensively and kept the ball well. Crossing still leaves a bit to be desired, but he’s not a natural full-back so hardly his fault!

 

[Scottyboi]

Played well didn't give the ball away, sure I saw him on the edge of their box wanting a through ball haha. I wanted him to play centre back when he came on but Pep knows more than me.