Jose Gimenez

[BlueRockape]

+6
If he stays and keeps his head down..... lmo future city captain

 

[Cityfan]

Mangala reminds me of Boateng. Not necessarily great at defending, but athletic enough to be able to recover and sufficiently put someone off until help / cover arrives. He still needs to develop granted, but remember that Boateng stayed in the Bayern Team under Pep.

I can't think of two centre backs who are as different from each other with a similar physique. Mangala when in position is a very brave hugely impressive tackler with pace and a great leap. He gets caught out of position a bit. Unfortunately on the ball he is uncomfortable in possession and a poor distributor.

Boateng is fairly big and fast but not great in the tackle or particularly brave .
When in possession though he is very calm and has great distribution.

I think Mangala is often unfairly criticised by the pundits , particularly when he has no defensive help from Kolarov but I don't think he will ever be similar to Boateng as a player.

 

[Roy Munson]

I think both Mangala and Otamendi will be much improved under Pep. They were both left horribly exposed by the way we were set up last season.

You only have to look at Smalling at the scum for evidence that if you set up and organise things correctly at the back (which Turtle did in fairness) then you can look solid. Thing is, Smalling is fucking awful yet because the set up protected him and his CB partner, he was being lauded as world class by some observers.

Mangala is light years ahead of Smalling in natural ability and, under the right coach, will be a good defender going forward. All the raw materials are there.

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

I think both Mangala and Otamendi will be much improved under Pep. They were both left horribly exposed by the way we were set up last season.

You only have to look at Smalling at the scum for evidence that if you set up and organise things correctly at the back (which Turtle did in fairness) then you can look solid. Thing is, Smalling is fucking awful yet because the set up protected him and his CB partner, he was being lauded as world class by some observers.

Mangala is light years ahead of Smalling in natural ability and, under the right coach, will be a good defender going forward. All the raw materials are there.

Pube head called smalling one of the top 3 centre backs in the world the other day... Oh how I laughed l...

He isn't even in the top 3 in Manchester ffs!!!

 

[edgecroft]

 

[Dax777]

Mangala reminds me of Boateng. Not necessarily great at defending, but athletic enough to be able to recover and sufficiently put someone off until help / cover arrives. He still needs to develop granted, but remember that Boateng stayed in the Bayern Team under Pep.

I think being black is where their commonality ends. But again, just opinions.

 

[bugsyblue]

Apparently City has been linked with Gimenez as a Laporte backup plan. He plays for Atletico. I personally am delighted with this as I'm a big fan of him, a young and up and coming CB. And any defender that comes out of Atletico's system must be good.

Please be true!

 

[cucumberman]

I hate additions!

 

[BringBackSwales]

I think both Mangala and Otamendi will be much improved under Pep. They were both left horribly exposed by the way we were set up last season.

You only have to look at Smalling at the scum for evidence that if you set up and organise things correctly at the back (which Turtle did in fairness) then you can look solid. Thing is, Smalling is fucking awful yet because the set up protected him and his CB partner, he was being lauded as world class by some observers.

Mangala is light years ahead of Smalling in natural ability and, under the right coach, will be a good defender going forward. All the raw materials are there.

Very good post

 

[BringBackSwales]

I think being black is where their commonality ends. But again, just opinions.

Strange post