Don't understand this view at all. Of all our central midfielders, he's the one who will look for a forward pass first more often than any other. Can question the quality of the balls, the decision to try it etc amongst many other things but he's one who will actually try and play a forward pass. He tries balls over the top. He tries to play slide rule balls down the sides for haaland.Incredibly negative footballer, whose first thought is to pass the ball sideways or backwards
When we won the treble, if you said that in 2 years time, we'd start an FA cup QF and then a Derby with Kovacic and Gundogan as the two central midfielders, I'd have had some serious concerns
Get your point mate but not really. He would take a touch and pass it to a better player. This div starts dribbling in his own half as if he is Messi
Agree. Not a bad player, just nowhere near good enough for us.If you ever wanted a prime example of our drop off it’s this lad. Not his fault but from the likes of Dinho, Silva,KDB etc to him.
Are you his wife or mum? You defend him week after week and he’s garbage week to week. Think you’re his fan not a city fan. Those midfielders have credit in the bank they’re legends at the club. Our slide as a team began when we started signing second rate talent like Kovacic who was warming Chelsea’s benchKova had a bad game but one can still see he is the only midfielder who can receive and control the ball and distribute well. There is no much outlets to pass to or make incisive pass in this game. Silva is only able to do things at wide right wing didn’t transit the ball meaningfully. Gundo was not seen the whole match and could not keep the ball flowing. Kevin is more proactive but also very wasteful. Foden was similar to Gundo, could not control the ball and basically absent from the game. Nobody can perform with these midfield teammates.
Unfortunately over half of the starting 11 is like thisIncredibly negative footballer, whose first thought is to pass the ball sideways or backwards
When we won the treble, if you said that in 2 years time, we'd start an FA cup QF and then a Derby with Kovacic and Gundogan as the two central midfielders, I'd have had some serious concerns
Easy mate. This is my second post in three weeks and the other post is not about Kova at all. I gave my opinion with some reasoning and some observations of the match in discussion, instead of simply claiming anyone is great or garbage. There are quite a few people in almost every thread saying same things repeatedly like someone is gash daily if not hourly and seems it doesn’t bother you.Are you his wife or mum? You defend him week after week and he’s garbage week to week. Think you’re his fan not a city fan. Those midfielders have credit in the bank they’re legends at the club. Our slide as a team began when we started signing second rate talent like Kovacic who was warming Chelsea’s bench
Kovacic isn’t getting developed at 30. Chelsea bought 3 new cm Lavia enzo caciedo. Tells you how they rated him. And he was not a regular starter for them. Nor was he an influence for them when he did start. He scored a great goal for them against Liverpool. Since he’s been our team we’ve been poor.Easy mate. This is my second post in three weeks and the other post is not about Kova at all. I gave my opinion with some reasoning and some observations of the match in discussion, instead of simply claiming anyone is great or garbage. There are quite a few people in almost every thread saying same things repeatedly like someone is gash daily if not hourly and seems it doesn’t bother you.
All big clubs develop second tier players into great players bar Real Madrid. Saleh was not top player when Liverpool bought him and the rest of that team. Arsenal has been collecting second tier players. Man city didn’t buy KDB or Rodri or Gundo as top players.
And Kova was not bench player at Chelsea. Show me evidence he was a bench player or if you want I can show you data that he was a starter at Chelsea.
He and Gundogan play better with a Nico G or Rodri type player next to them.His best game for a while, took his goal well