Defensive midfielder

BlueMooner87 said:
Its bewildering that with Rodris ACL injury and our clear lack of quality in midfield when he is out, that we haven't seen a defensive midfielder as an urgent position to address in the window.

Akanji requires huge direction and help to succeed in the side. The thought of him playing dm screams europa conference league
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Be lucky finish in there with the midfield we have.
 
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I think we may convert stones to a cdm now that we've added 2 centerbacks so we can spend money on a proper midfielder in the summer. The season is as good as over so no need to panic buy someone that wouldn't make a difference anyways. Stones might be good enough to play there as well.
 
bhayes said:
I think we may convert stones to a cdm now that we've added 2 centerbacks so we can spend money on a proper midfielder in the summer. The season is as good as over so no need to panic buy someone that wouldn't make a difference anyways. Stones might be good enough to play there as well.
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Pointless unless we change our kit to an England one I’m afraid.
 
bhayes said:
I think we may convert stones to a cdm now that we've added 2 centerbacks so we can spend money on a proper midfielder in the summer. The season is as good as over so no need to panic buy someone that wouldn't make a difference anyways. Stones might be good enough to play there as well.
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Yeah except the glaring issue with this logic is stones can’t stay healthy for more than a half. Fine in theory but when the guy trots out and gets injured again we’re back where we started. He’s unreliable. At best.
 
lol yank said:
Yeah except the glaring issue with this logic is stones can’t stay healthy for more than a half. Fine in theory but when the guy trots out and gets injured again we’re back where we started. He’s unreliable. At best.
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Defenders and CDMs don't necessarily make the same movements during a game. I can see why defenders would get more injured including musclar injuries. He wouldn't have to sprint as much being a cdm if his positioning is right (look at rodri) so he could have less injuries.
 
bhayes said:
Defenders and CDMs don't necessarily make the same movements during a game. I can see why defenders would get more injured including musclar injuries. He wouldn't have to sprint as much being a cdm if his positioning is right (look at rodri) so he could have less injuries.
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Sadly I think this is wishful thinking. I think the issue will remain regardless.
 
bhayes said:
Defenders and CDMs don't necessarily make the same movements during a game. I can see why defenders would get more injured including musclar injuries. He wouldn't have to sprint as much being a cdm if his positioning is right (look at rodri) so he could have less injuries.
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That role was much easier in the days when we played Mahrez, Grealish, Rodri and a fit Gundogan and Bernardo, players with excellent ball retention skills. Now that we play a front five with the retention skills of a bob of seals, that role has become significantly harder.
 
bhayes said:
I think we may convert stones to a cdm now that we've added 2 centerbacks so we can spend money on a proper midfielder in the summer. The season is as good as over so no need to panic buy someone that wouldn't make a difference anyways. Stones might be good enough to play there as well.
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So we could put our biggest injury prone player into a position which requires making big tackles . He will not even last a game .
 
Casemiros talents are being wasted at the swamp. Get him in on a short term deal, he’s a leader and most importantly he’d inject some much needed pace into our leggy midfield.
 
bhayes said:
I think we may convert stones to a cdm now that we've added 2 centerbacks so we can spend money on a proper midfielder in the summer. The season is as good as over so no need to panic buy someone that wouldn't make a difference anyways. Stones might be good enough to play there as well.
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What do we do after 10 mins as Stones hobbles off injured again?
 
DMA's said:
City are one of the wealthiest clubs in the world, have scouts spread all across the globe and access to a huge scouting database.

And I’m supposed to believe they can’t find one suitable midfield player to help the team? They have signed Phillips, nunes, kovacic and gundogan to fill the role. That is pathetic tbh.
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We can have a list of 100 players. If Pep doesn't agree, it's irrelevant.
 
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