24 | Joško Gvardiol - 2024/25

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

seriously? but he’s not a fullback with insane pace.

For the system we play RB/RCB if i remember the vid right, not just like for like. but who fits the system if Walker goes.

 

[vanchi]

Croatia have had, and are still producing, some top players. I'm not sure if its their facilities or under age development but every top European team seems to have a Croatian player in their team.
I'd have loved to have seen Modric playing under Pep.

it’s certainly not the facilities imo, most of them are dinamo’s academy “products”.

we don’t have players in top clubs anymore tho, and if that doesn’t change we’re done. there’s modrić (who will maybe retire very soon, or play until he’s 89, who knows at this point), joško and kova at city and stanišiċ at bayern who was injured and who knows will he play for kompany.

then you have petar sučić and martin baturina in dinamo, will they make it end up in top clubs? i hope so but not there yet.

oh and there’s ex-hajduk’s vušković, a kid cb that spurs bought and sent to belgium.

combine that with the fact that our head coach is using senior players as crutches even post acl perišić who played 120 minutes of football had to be taken to the euros, and broz who went from being a ucl finals captain to dying in saudi, and he threw the young players under the bus after embarrassing euros exit, gvardiol included.

apparently, it’s the same as playing for city, 5 metres to the left or right. you had him play with pongračić who dropped a disasterclass you absolute tool. oh and now we’re playing with wingbacks who don’t do much defending and are conceding for fun. argh.

 

[vanchi]

For the system we play RB/RCB if i remember the vid right, not just like for like. but who fits the system if Walker goes.

well yeah if they’d want to do another cb to fb thing, i never actually saw him play rb tho. i just think there’ll be this huge expectation of insane pace from walker’s replacement.

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

well yeah if they’d want to do another cb to fb thing, i never actually saw him play rb tho. i just think there’ll be this huge expectation of insane pace from walker’s replacement.

Probably, people always want the same profile in/out so they think they lost nothing.

 

[SSL2]

It's quite something when his fee of £75M looks like a bargain!

Absolute dogs bollocks he is that lad

 

[Blackblue '76]

More or less every goal he scores has me saying 'wow'...this kid could turn into something really special

 

[Crooked_rain]

It's quite something when his fee of £75M looks like a bargain!

Absolute dogs bollocks he is that lad

He is.

Big handsome bastard too. Probably got a proper dong on him too, just to top it off.

 

[It'sBlue93:20]

More or less every goal he scores has me saying 'wow'...this kid could turn into something really special

He already is something very special. I’ve never seen a defender like him. Don’t even know if we can label him a defender anymore.

 

[bluemoon32]

He is.

Big handsome bastard too. Probably got a proper dong on him too, just to top it off.

Sometimes, just sometimes, there's a post on BM that just makes me giggle like a kid.
This is one of them ha

 

[M23 Citizen]

If Ake were fit, would Pep push him into the Rodri role? I certainly think he could handle it.

Easily. He’s more talented than Akanji and dare I say Stones, and Pep’s played them there (one got MOTM in the CL final doing so and I’d argue Gvardiol is another level to even Stones with the ball at his feet). I also think he’s talented enough to play in attacking mid or left wing.

No offence to any centre halves around world football, but he’s got too many excellent aspects to his attacking game to play centre half.

Overall I think the position he plays in for City is perfect for him. With the possession we enjoy, he gets to play as a left wing back, defensive mid, attacking mid and left winger every game.