Mr. Aguia said:But the difference is Dimichelis is an actual CH not a mediocre HM trying to play CH. It's not just his lack of pace but his lack of confidence in every aspect of the game, particularly with the ball and he doesn't read the game well. I keep seeing people posting how he reads the game well. I don't see it. How did he read todays game? People are oversimplifing Garcia's problems. It's not just that he's slow. He's a mediocre player who's also slow. Barry is slow but doesn't have the issues Garcia does. Why? Because he reads the gmae well and is very confident. He makes a decision and goes with it while Garcia flaps about a bit then makes a decision and his increadible slowness keeps him from making up for it.
Monkchester said:If ever we need to spend some money it is now on a centre back - if we want to be one of the top clubs in the world you cannot rely on a poor midfielder playing at centre back - said it before the game and will say it again we need quality competition and cover for an essential position in the spine of the team.
FantasyIreland said:Its concerning the amount of money that has been spent on new players over the past couple of seasons when it has been very apparent to the majority that as soon as we lose Kompany we struggle to play anywhere near our best football.
We need another centre half that has intelligence,pace and agility,i cant understand why it hasn't been addressed?
shevtheblue said:The way kolo has played in his first two games shows the major fuck up we made. If pelle could've got the best out of him then a partnership with vinny could've been fruitful.
shevtheblue said:The way kolo has played in his first two games shows the major fuck up we made. If pelle could've got the best out of him then a partnership with vinny could've been fruitful.
stevemac1 said:Desperately disapointing yesterday - But how could we expect to get away with it with Lescott and Garcia backed up by Hart who cant even kick the ball straight
Mancini used to drive me mad with his substiutions. Then the manager takes off Navas and replaces him with Nasri - enough said.
Toure takes the ball off the centre halfs and plays it back to another defender while the opposition get organised for another round of tip tap across the middle. All way too slow. would prefer to see Fernandinho defensive midfield and move Toure up.
Supporting City for over 40 years and at my age I should know better - but it still rankles when we have so much talent at our disposal.
Sorry rant over but I just dont see any sign of improvement from last year.
Blue Elvis said:stevemac1 said:Desperately disapointing yesterday - But how could we expect to get away with it with Lescott and Garcia backed up by Hart who cant even kick the ball straight
Mancini used to drive me mad with his substiutions. Then the manager takes off Navas and replaces him with Nasri - enough said.
Toure takes the ball off the centre halfs and plays it back to another defender while the opposition get organised for another round of tip tap across the middle. All way too slow. would prefer to see Fernandinho defensive midfield and move Toure up.
Supporting City for over 40 years and at my age I should know better - but it still rankles when we have so much talent at our disposal.
Sorry rant over but I just dont see any sign of improvement from last year.
As a fellow 40 years plus fan I feel the same. I believe you don't choose your club, it chooses you but why is being a City fan so hazardous for your health LOL !! What did I do in a previous life that was so bad to justify the constant torment of being a City fan.After THAT DAY I believed that the Blue Moon was finally going to rise again and then we got last season and the shameful FA Cup final performance and the nagging doubts started again. Maybe THAT DAY is the best it's every going to get. We have the best squad I have ever seen wearing City shirts and yet we couldn't beat Cardiff !
I know it's early days in MPs reign but our dependency on Kompany (like Richards, becoming more injury prone by the season) has to be addressed before the end of the month. Forget about left wingers and ball playing defenders, we desperately need an old fashioned centre half who can do the job of defending and is happy just doing that. Where's a Mick McCarthy or a Dave Watson when you need them. Not pretty footballers but damned effective!
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onceabluealways said:When Rodwell first came through at Everton - they said he would eventually move into central defense.
Maybe we should give hime a try - he wins headers is pretty quick and can tackle and can play a bit.
Only thing that isn't really tested is his ability to read the game as a CB - you would soon find out and he could be tried in practice games - can't be any worse than Garcia at CB
spanishblue said:Isn't this a posision Richards can play ?
Milner7 said:Garcia wasn't even bad yesterday don't know what you'r all going on about it was Zaba, yaya, clichy, aguero (not his fault) and hart that under performed the most yesterday lescott was good garcia was also good.