joleon lescott

He's playing well and I cannot see why on earth we'd sell him without a replacement as you cannot go into the run in without 4 centre backs.
 
bellsouth said:
He's playing well and I cannot see why on earth we'd sell him without a replacement as you cannot go into the run in without 4 centre backs.
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Touche.
 
I don't get any reason in selling him the only thing Lescott lacks is pace but his positioning normally takes care of that. He is far better than Demichelis and forms a better partnership with Kompany than any other defender we have. Against west ham he was brilliant always first to the ball you could just hear by the amount of times the commentator said his name. One of the other things is he brings character/banter to the team which creates a good atmosphere you don't want to lose that.
 
Clearly still got a lot to offer us imo, specially when playing the more physical league sides, Should give him one of those 1 year rolling contracts like the rags do to the older players
 
Dizzie said:
I don't get any reason in selling him the only thing Lescott lacks is pace but his positioning normally takes care of that. He is far better than Demichelis and forms a better partnership with Kompany than any other defender we have. Against west ham he was brilliant always first to the ball you could just hear by the amount of times the commentator said his name. One of the other things is he brings character/banter to the team which creates a good atmosphere you don't want to lose that.
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I don't think it's a matter of City wanting to sell him, rather than Lescott wants more playing time to try and get in the England squad for the WC.

As a man-to-man defender Lescott is better probably than Demichelis. But Pellegrini's style of play isn't about man-to-man. It's about playing high upfield and put early pressure on the opponent to get the ball back in our ranks asap. That needs reading of the game and Demichelis is simply better than both Lescott and Nastasic (the latter for still only being 21).
When we get the ball back we need people in the back line with build-up qualities. Again this is where Demichelis is (by far) the better of Letcott and slightly better than Nastasic.

The recent poll that showed Kompany-Lescott proved to be the duo that conceded less goals is simply because Lescott most of these games played vs minor opposition. Stats simply don't tell the truth all the time.

I do however think Lescott should stay. He will play enough games to show if he's good enough for the England-squad and City gain from his experience and qualities to play teams that like to play the hoof-head-run style, like WHU yesterday now Caroll is back upfront. He's also a lefty, like Nastasic, and there are not many around. And why get in a replacement that will obviously cost you loads of money.
Than again, Lescott is number 4 in the pecking order and rightly so imo. That doesn't mean I don't like the player and for what he has done for City. Far from it. He's still a very good and usefull (squad)player liked by all his teammates and most of the fans for sure.
 
malg said:
Shirley said:
Not sure if it is just more speculation but the Daily Telegraph reporting West Ham have agreed a 31/2 year deal for Lescott.
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It would be a good move for him. Someone said it wouldn't help his world cup ambitions, but I think that's nonsense. He would be a starter for the Hammers, and would fit in as the senior defender, so if things went well he'd get the credit for it. Also, I think Big Sam would have good connections within the England set up. I wouldn't want to see him go, but I can understand his reasons for wanting a move.
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I think that's probably true, but it also highlights the stupidity of the logic that dictates it. Lescott has shown this season that he's capable of coming in, even when not playing regularly, and doing well - it's not like he's not playing at all. To leave him out of the squad in favour of an inferior player who has played all season is bonkers. He's obviously one of England's top centre backs, rarely makes mistakes, and he could end up being left at home in favour of gaffe-prone plodders like Smalling or Jones - neither of whom, incidentally, are ever entrusted to play centre half for Utd in big games. Insane.

Could probably say something similar about Milner. Though I'm certain he will go to Brazil, the common media line is that him not being a regular starter for us might affect his England chances. Yet he's shown his quality this season plenty of times, and given the perennial "our players are tired, we play too many matches" excuse trotted out after every shit performance at a major tournament, isn't it to England's advantage that he's been well-managed and not overplayed? Imagine if he was still at Villa - he'd end up playing virtually every second of every match all season. Ok, Milner isn't the best example given his fitness-levels - probably no problem for him. But I think the point stands - making regular starts the be-all-and-end-all for selection is misguided.
 
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