Karim Rekik joins PSV on loan.

[Ray78]

Valuable experience for Rekik and a good performance from PSV as well. Hopefully he will return and play a part in our squad next season.

 

[Daz_Blue]

Rekik tonight

Cool and composed....a talent in the making ....... look forward to him coming back to us next season :)

 

[green pennies]

excited for the future.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Working so missed his performance,sounds like the recording will be worth a watch though?

 

[cmdub]

Can't wait till next year when we can look forward to nastasic and rekik playing LCB and we're rid of lescott

 

[Deleted member 52846]

Had a solid game but missed an absolute sitter to win the leg. But impressive all the same, even top strikers miss sitters so it's not a mark on his defensive performance. Gave Balotelli a few kicks too!<br /><br />-- Tue Aug 20, 2013 10:19 pm --<br /><br />

Can't wait till next year when we can look forward to nastasic and rekik playing LCB and we're rid of lescott

What? Who says things like or looks forward to being "rid of Lescott"? Yet again he was immense for us last night. Some of his defensive play was top class, even against a good player like Ben Arfa.

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

This is good use of the loan system in effect. He could be rotting in the U21 system like Suarez last season, he could be playing in the kick-and-rush Championship like he was last season, or he could be playing for PSV in the Champions League and a technical league known for its development of young players. City have made the right choice and whether he has a great game or awful game tonight, this is priceless experience. 18 years old and facing Milan in the Champions League.

Absolutely. For top English clubs this is how you have to do it. Even if we had the equivalent of a "Barcelona B" in the Championship, they'd still be facing kick-and-rush opposition, not being challenged by technically adept opponents; obviously we would implement a coherent, technical playing still in "City B" but overall it's still better to loan them out to the likes of the Eredivisie as they just get a better development and better experience (the Eredivisie is a great league for developing young players - though you do have to be wary as Dutch goals can be a devalued currency - see Afonso Alves for an example).

some of the Top Scorers in Eredivisie for the last 10 years and what they've done elsewhere:

2012/13-Wilfred Bony 30/31, total: Vitesse: 73/53, summer move to Swansea: £12m.
Jozy Altidore 33/23, total: AZ, 77/38, summer move to Sunderland: £10m.
Dries Mertens 29/16, total: PSV 88/45, FC Utrecht: 85/21, summer move to Napoli: E9.5m.
Jeremain Lens 30/15, total: PSV: 137/43, AZ 75/18, summer move to Dynamo Kyiv: £10m.

2011/12-Bas Dost 34/32, total: Heerenveen 66/47, Heracles 61/17, moved to Wolfsburg for E9m, scored 8 in 28 games for the German side.
Luuk de Jong 32/25, total: FC Twente 119/59, moved to Gladbach for £12.6m, scored 6 in 23 games there.

2010/11-Bjorn Vleminckx 31/23, total: NEC 80/42, moved to Club Brugge for E3.3m, scored 9 in 39 before a move to Turkey.
Balasz Dzsudszak 33/16, total: PSV 156/55, moved to Anzhi for £12.3m, played just 8 times for them before making a E19m move to Dinamo Moskva where he's scored 5 in 46 games.
Luc Castaignos, 34/15, total: Feyenoord 41/15, moved to Inter E3m, played just 6 times for 1 goal before moving to FC Twente E6m scoring 13 in 33 there.
Ricky van Wolfswinkel 29/15, total: FC Utrecht 64/26, moved to Sporting CP for E5.5m, scored 28 in 55 before a summer E10m move to Norwich, scoring on his debut.
Tim Matavz, 31/18, total: FC Groningen 84/34, moved to PSV for £6m, scored 22 in 56 there.
Kolbeinn Sigdorsson 32/15, total: AZ 32/15, moved to Ajax for E4.5m, scored 16 in 32 there.

2009/10-Luis Suarez 33/35, total: Ajax 159/111, £22.8m move to Liverpool, scored 38 in 77 there.
Bryan Ruiz NA/24, total: FC Twente 65/35, £10.6m move to Fulham, scored 7 in 56 there.
Mounir El Hamdaoui 26/20, total: AZ 92/52, E7.5m move to Ajax, scored 19 in 38 there before a £4m move to Fiorentina where he scored 3 in 19.

2008/09-Marcus Berg 31/17, total: FC Groningen 69/44, moved to HSV for E10.5m, scored 13 in 66 with a loan to PSV in between where he scored 11 in 41 before moving to Panathinaikos for E1.5m,
Ibrahim Afellay, 28/13, total: PSV 217/38, moved to Barca for E3m, scored 2 in 34 before moving to Schalke on loan and scored 4 in 13.

2007/08-Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 34/33, total: Ajax 92/76, moved to Real Madrid for E20m, scoring 8 in 20 before moving to AC Milan E15m where he scored 7 in 25. He then moved to Schalke for E14m and scored 80 in 119.

2006/07-Afonso Alves 31/34, total: Heerenveen 39/45, moved to Middlesbrough E20m, scoring 10 in 42 before moving to Al-Sadd for £7m, scoring 2 in 12 before a move to Al-Rayyan where he scored 27 in 34.
Jefferson Farfan NA/24, total: PSV 119/57, moved to Schalke for E10m, scoring 30 in 143 games.
Wesley Sneijder 30/18, total: Ajax 180/58, moved to Real Madrid for E27m, scoring 11 in 66, before a move to Inter for E15m scoring 22 in 116, then a move to Galatasaray for E7.5m, scoring 5 in 17.
Danko Lazovic, 32/19, total: Vitesse 32/19, moved to PSV for E6.6m and scored 33 in 114, before a E5m move to Zenit where he scored 21 in 77.

2005/06-Dirk Kuyt 33/22, total: Feyenoord 101/71, moved to Liverpool for £10m, scoring 51 in 208 there, before a move to Fenerbahce E1m, scoring 8 in 32.
Salomon Kalou 36/15, total: Feyenoord 93/46, moved to Chelsea for £9m scoring 60 in 251 before a move to Lille for free scoring 16 in 37.

2004/05-Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink 28/19, total: PSV 237/85, moved to Celtic for £3.4m scoring 44 in 108 before a free move to Hull scoring 3 in 31 then Rapid Wien with 2 in 10 before finally back to PSV for 2 in 18.
Arouna Kone 32/15, total: Roda JC 63/28, moved to PSV for £6m scoring 66/23, then moved to Sevilla for E12m scoring 2 in 47, then a move to Hannover for 2 in 8 then to Levante for 15 in 34. Then moved to Wigan for £3.3m scoring 11 in 34 then a move to Everton for £5m.

2003/04-Mateja Kezman 29/31, total: PSV-122/105, moved to Chelsea for £5.3m scoring 4 in 25, moved to Atletico Madrid for £5.3m scoring 8 in 30, then moved to Fenerbahce for E4m and scored in 21 in 46, then moved to PSG for £3.7m scoring 5 in 35.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic 22/13, total: Ajax 110/48, moved to Juventus for E16m scoring 26 in 92, moved to Inter for E24.8m scoring 66 in 117, moved to Barca for £40m and scored 22 in 46, moved to AC Milan for E24m and scored 56 in 85 and then to PSG for E20m scoring 35 in 46.

So the total amount those players have gone for since leaving Holland is about £478m which averages out at about £17m per player, with a mixed bag of results.

 

[cmdub]

Had a solid game but missed an absolute sitter to win the leg. But impressive all the same, even top strikers miss sitters so it's not a mark on his defensive performance. Gave Balotelli a few kicks too!

-- Tue Aug 20, 2013 10:19 pm --

Can't wait till next year when we can look forward to nastasic and rekik playing LCB and we're rid of lescott

What? Who says things like or looks forward to being "rid of Lescott"? Yet again he was immense for us last night. Some of his defensive play was top class, even against a good player like Ben Arfa.

Please rewatch the first half then and the games he played in last year. He played all the easy home games while nastasic started almost all of the tough ones. He's on the downside of his career and isn't getting better. I'll give it to you that he grew into the game last night as it went on but he's just awful with the ball at his feet and gives me the heeby jeebies anytime the ball is anywhere near him.

 

[john@staustell]

Had a solid game but missed an absolute sitter to win the leg. But impressive all the same, even top strikers miss sitters so it's not a mark on his defensive performance. Gave Balotelli a few kicks too!

-- Tue Aug 20, 2013 10:19 pm --

Can't wait till next year when we can look forward to nastasic and rekik playing LCB and we're rid of lescott

What? Who says things like or looks forward to being "rid of Lescott"? Yet again he was immense for us last night. Some of his defensive play was top class, even against a good player like Ben Arfa.

Please rewatch the first half then and the games he played in last year. He played all the easy home games while nastasic started almost all of the tough ones. He's on the downside of his career and isn't getting better. I'll give it to you that he grew into the game last night as it went on but he's just awful with the ball at his feet and gives me the heeby jeebies anytime the ball is anywhere near him.

This.

 

[Braggster]

Had a solid game but missed an absolute sitter to win the leg. But impressive all the same, even top strikers miss sitters so it's not a mark on his defensive performance. Gave Balotelli a few kicks too!

-- Tue Aug 20, 2013 10:19 pm --

Can't wait till next year when we can look forward to nastasic and rekik playing LCB and we're rid of lescott

What? Who says things like or looks forward to being "rid of Lescott"? Yet again he was immense for us last night. Some of his defensive play was top class, even against a good player like Ben Arfa.

Please rewatch the first half then and the games he played in last year. He played all the easy home games while nastasic started almost all of the tough ones. He's on the downside of his career and isn't getting better. I'll give it to you that he grew into the game last night as it went on but he's just awful with the ball at his feet and gives me the heeby jeebies anytime the ball is anywhere near him.

The statistics confirm a telling impression I had from the game. Lescott made more passes than any other member of our back four. His accuracy wasn't bad, actually, at 92%, but the worrying reason for this is that opponents know Lescott is weak with ball at feet so aggressively close down other members of the back four and let him have the ball. The effect is that we find it more difficult to break free from pressing by opposition forwards and our attacks build much more slowly. Needless to say, this will be much worse in games where the opposition aren't down to 10 men at half time and are in the game as the second half moves on, rather than demoralised and demotivated.

If Lescott is to play regularly, it's critical that we find a way to deal with this.