I think posts like these are really a disrespect to Debryune.
I keep seeing them every week. I. Sorry, but there are 3 players who our team depend on. Debryune, Ederson Silva.
I love Dihno too, but he is like Otamendi. Very good, but not the key.
No disrespect to De Bruyne as he is the best midfielder in the world but we have options in his position as well as Silva’s. Yes there is a drop in quality when they don’t play but it is incomparable to missing Ederson or Fernandinho.
My point is we can get by without Kevin and David and have done so in many games but without Fern and Ederson we struggle and our style of play changes. If you can’t see this then I don’t know what else to say to you.
Don't get how you can say this about DeBruyne because we haven't been in a posipositthis season where we've had to get by without him, thankfully.
True but even D.Silvia with Gundogan (instead of Kev) is much better than having Yaya or anyone else at DM.
Perhaps, not going to argue as we haven't had the chance to see how others would cope in Fernandinho's role either, Delph or Gundogan for example.
Delph maybe but it baffles me that people think Gundogan would be a great success there. He is pulling out of many tackles in the free 8 position and some want him at DM. He would struggle.
I agree. Gundy would struggle and is a bit reluctant to tackle for fear of getting injured. Delph is the player who would Probably do best as a DM in Fernandinho'' absence.Delph maybe but it baffles me that people think Gundogan would be a great success there. He is pulling out of many tackles in the free 8 position and some want him at DM. He would struggle.
If Debryune plays Dihno's position, there will be no drop off. The drop off is predicated on choosing not to play Debryune there because he is so much more important elsewhere.No disrespect to De Bruyne as he is the best midfielder in the world but we have options in his position as well as Silva’s. Yes there is a drop in quality when they don’t play but it is incomparable to missing Ederson or Fernandinho.
My point is we can get by without Kevin and David and have done so in many games but without Fern and Ederson we struggle and our style of play changes. If you can’t see this then I don’t know what else to say to you.
Yeah, I think whilst Fernandinho does an extremely important job that really ties our attack and defence together, he's arguably the most easily replaceable guy in our team. Part of the reason for his significance I feel comes from the lack of immediate depth we have in the position, but as you say when we've rotated it around a bit in the middle we haven't suffered too much.If Debryune plays Dihno's position, there will be no drop off. The drop off is predicated on choosing not to play Debryune there because he is so much more important elsewhere.
Besides, we did not struggle when Delph played instead of Dihno. Folks keep confusing a struggle that's mostly the consequence of playing an aged Yaya instead of Dihno and then generalizing it to everyone.
We struggle when Yaya is the replacement. But we've had pockets of minutes with Debryune, Gundogan and Delph as the DM, and there really wasn't a drop off.
In most games where Dihno didn't play (the cup games) Ederson didn't play either. It's Ederson's absence that caused a significant portion of the drop off not Dihno's.