de jong

[Don Howe]

aye, he was rubbish


http://tldorc.blogspot.com/2009/02/de-jongs-passing.html

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

I thought he had a cracking game, very tidy. Gets stuck in and passing was mostly accurate and he was picking the right passes. Very impressed since it's only his third game after coming back from injury and he's just getting used to the prem. I thought he'd sped things up a bit to try and get in synch with the pace of the prem as well

 

[ox-blue]

I did not see the whole 90 minutes just got the football first standard 50 minutes,But what i did see of him i thought he looked good didnt try anything stupid all his passes were short and neat and was on the heals of there attacking players soon as they had the ball.....

Overall i was pleased with him.

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

aye, he was rubbish


http://tldorc.blogspot.com/2009/02/de-jongs-passing.html

Hahaha! That's immense

 

[staffs_blue]

Getting better with every game.Tidy on the ball and tough in the tackle.Exactly what a DM should be.Got sold short by Ireland which created Alves 3rd chance when he was one one one with Shay,but wasnt really hiis fault. I think some people want him to score every game because he cost £14-£18m.

Is it any coincidence that we have looked far more solid at the back in the last 3 games since De Jong signed.

 

[bigmalsfedora]

Actually I was thinking the same thing as the original poster. But then I gave it some thought as to what his role is and when I looked at the game in that way...he did an excellent job.

We maintained ball possession throughout the game and limited their attacks to "counter attacks". He doesn't necessarily join in the attack, but whenever we lost the ball, he was the first one running like hell to get it back for us.

We also have to keep in mind that before playing for Man City, his last game was last year in Oct/Nov! So it will take a little while before he is up to full speed. However, even at the "unfit" level he is at the moment, he still is considered a class player - hence his selection to the Holland team for their next game. No bad for a guy who hasn't played for months, and who in my opinion, has been great for City.

PS. I still would like to see Zab at RB and Elano in midfield (Richards being the odd man out)

this is an excellent assessment i wish people would forget the money as we will always pay over the odds now think of the role makalele played at chelsea and how many games you thought he wasnt on the pitch but when he wasnt playing there was something missing from chelseas midfield de jong is playing a similar role for us he gives licence to ireland swp bellamy robinho etc to bomb on i agree we are set up more as an away team soaking up pressure then breaking at pace but when teams wont come out ie stoke and boro we struggle but this will come with games together and a genuine target man in place patience is the key it is coming together slowly these next three away games will define hughes future i hope we continue to make progress in this way

 

[samharris]

A real unsung hero, does nothing eye catching but doesn't put a foot wrong. Retains possession and uses the ball well, breaks up the opposition attacks and does all the nitty gritty stuff. Very much in the makelele mould.

Excellent signing!

This^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[HongKongBluey]

By the way if people have not looked at the link posted above by Don Howe, it says De Jong had a 94 % pass success rate. 51 out of 54 successful!

He is playing pretty damn well and I can't wait to see what he looks like when he reaches full match fitness!

 

[mike channon´s windmill]

Not long since he came back from serious injury and still getting up to speed in the prem - think he´ll be great ! Was good yesterday but the system at home doesn´t show this up as midfield is completly cluttered

 

[taggarc]

Looked no more than average today. Doesn't look like 18M worth of talent but he is lacking in match fitness a great deal so I won't be judging him just yet. Scary thing that he isn't even 100% and is able to look average, wonder what he will do in about 3-4 games time. We'll see....

Well, I hope he will get better. Not saying he was bad, but looked like he was patrolling his own little six yard box. He didn't make mistakes but he didn't get very involved either.

in essence, that is what he is being asked to do. nothing more, nothing less

Didi does that too but, when he plays well, has a lot more overall influence on the game.

Just that for the money, you expect something a bit special. That's not his fault though and I'm not criticising the lad. Just hope there is more to come from him.

Agree, hardly heard his name mentioned - appeared almost anonymous on the Sky coverage, might of been more impressive at the actual game. At 18m would expect him to have more impact, leave a bigger impression