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De Bruyne?
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MeatHunterrr
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FixedThis one looks like it's getting closer and closer.
De Bruyne is a game changer. De Bruyne, Silva, Sterling and Aguero as a front four will be destroying defences for fun.
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That's a really good point. Yaya's passing game is better than most players, it's better than Pogba's, in fact it's not even a contest. Yaya's passing game in DM is as good as it gets. The way he collects the ball off the 'keeper or back four and finds the exact right pass and with the size and strength he has making it hard to get the ball off him, you couldn't sign that for any money because there isn't a single player out there who has it.I think it depends on Yaya. As I see it his problem is not defending, he was a great defensive midfielder, and a very good CB at times for Barca too - his problem is going forwards, and then getting back in time. Last year, when our attacks became pedestrian we all looked to Yaya to provide the spark, and when he got forward, he was not able to get back in time.
I see the club making attacking purchases as a sign that Yaya will be much more conservative in attack. We're taking the burden of attack away from him, and that means he'll be staying in position beside Fernandinho, ready to do his defensive work when called upon. With a front 4 of De Bruyne, Silva, Sterling and Aguero, we don't need his extra contributions in the attacking third anyway. He can sit back, control the tempo of the game in what I suppose people would call the "pirlo" role these days.
I also think he'll play a lot less. He's too old to be playing the sheer amount of minutes he has done recently. He's 32, lets treat him like it. Some people on here are acting like he's undroppable and will play 90 minutes for 60 games this season.
Coming right into his 30s now he shouldn't have to go on those runs to get us going on the attack anymore. Let him do his damage from deeper. Let the talent we have further forward do the damage in the attacking areas.
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Kompany's passing isn't good enough for midfield. That's one of the biggest reasons Mancini moved him into the back four.Maybe we can push Kompany back up to DM and get Yaya in at CB now he's slowing down, he can still take the free kicks
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Kompany's passing isn't good enough for midfield. That's one of the biggest reasons Mancini moved him into the back four.
Or because Kompany was actually a CB and had been his entire career?
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I think it depends on Yaya. As I see it his problem is not defending, he was a great defensive midfielder, and a very good CB at times for Barca too - his problem is going forwards, and then getting back in time. Last year, when our attacks became pedestrian we all looked to Yaya to provide the spark, and when he got forward, he was not able to get back in time.
I see the club making attacking purchases as a sign that Yaya will be much more conservative in attack. We're taking the burden of attack away from him, and that means he'll be staying in position beside Fernandinho, ready to do his defensive work when called upon. With a front 4 of De Bruyne, Silva, Sterling and Aguero, we don't need his extra contributions in the attacking third anyway. He can sit back, control the tempo of the game in what I suppose people would call the "pirlo" role these days.
I also think he'll play a lot less. He's too old to be playing the sheer amount of minutes he has done recently. He's 32, lets treat him like it. Some people on here are acting like he's undroppable and will play 90 minutes for 60 games this season.
I do agree to some extent, but i would prefer a platform to get the best out of Yaya. His best showings for this club have been when he has marauded forward with the ball and scored brilliant goals for us. I think i would prefer to see him in a more advanced position so he doesn't have to do all the dirty work in midfield, we have to sort of buy the right players in order to compliment his game and his attributes. We have seen it before, you have a midfield 2 of Fernandinho and Yaya against a team like Chelsea and it doesn't work. No matter how much Pellegrini wants to discipline Yaya, the fact is... Yaya hates the defensive side of the game, he doesn't like closing down at 100mph like Fernandinho and he does not want to act as a ball winning midfielder for us, he prefers to be the player who has the ball at his feet and does the rolls royce work. De Bruyne isn't the kind of player who will track back like a Milner for example, he is also the type of player who comes alive in the final third. I just feel that if we had a midfield 3 of De Bruyne, Yaya and Fernandinho, the burden would be massive on Fernandinho to hold that midfield together. We need one more central player and i really think Granit Xhaka would be the answer for us. Strong, imposing, excellent passer, tactically astute... would give players like Yaya and De Bruyne the platform to shine for us.
I can understand your reasoning behind the Pirlo comment, but Pirlo has always been that kind of player, always played in the same position from an early age... the reason Yaya was sold by Barca because he wasn't as good as Busquets in the holding role and preferred to be more expansive, he wasn't needed for them. As much as Pellegrini tries to discipline Yaya's game into holding his position, he will never listen. He just isn't that kind of player. As for not playing him as much as last season... you take Yaya out of our midfield and you have a distinctively average midfield on your hands.
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Anyone know what's happening with this deal? All I hear is that we are interested and there is no bid?
Same as it was a month ago. KDB has to say he wants to leave to Wolfsburg but wont say it publicly even though he wants to come. Not a lot City can do if they cant sort it out between them. Nobody wants to say they instigated it for fear of upsetting the fans. I suppose KDB thinks what if I say I want to go and then it doesn't come off? Silly isn't it? Sterling needs a word!