aguero93:20 said:
FantasyIreland said:
Great video,Karim looks calm and composed and his reading of the game is excellent,he closes down the opposition very well and his technical ability is right up there.It certainly doesn't show him as being weak in the air either.
Thanks Nev.
I think he thinks you need to be a sprinter to play at centre-half, you don't and just the fact that a few different EDS coaches, Bobby and his coach at PSV have felt comfortable deploying him at full-back would suggest they trust his pace.
Yes, it's not as if there is any evidence to suggest we have had a problem with our system being vulnerable to pace is it ? No no, not a problem at all. Don't know what gave me that idea.
Rekik's technical ability is indeed quite good, for a defender, but that video doesn't show anyone anything about his aerial ability or his pace. It is routine stuff & Dedriyk Boyata would not struggle to do anything Rekik does there, including on the ball .
I think he has played ok at fullback (that's 'ok' not 'brilliant, or 'the next Stuart Pearce....') & I wouldn't rule out him becoming one, as you have the line to push players out & are not the last line of defence. His best spell of football in this country, indeed his ONLY impressive spell of football in this country, was when he played at fullback, particularly on loan, where he got rave reviews at Portsmouth, playing fullback & did ok for City in that position. I also think he could possibly learn to play Garcia's role, as he is a decent footballer & would be a decent defender, for a midfield player, but will have big competition for that role . For any of this stuff, it's one thing having a career, & it's another having a career at City. Imo he is currently absolutely nowhere near the standard City should be aiming for.
When he played centre back for the EDS, he cost us goals being caught out for pace vs players from the likes of rags & Liverpool, who have so far failed to materialise as being Premier League standard. So he was left for dead by people who may not actually be any good. The EDS defence is now better, without him, than it was with him & it's not even a close thing. They are MILES better. He was an absolute mess for City when he played there in friendlies & we were a different team when he went off. He was hopelessly out of his depth playing there v Balotelli, who had the easiest game I've ever seen him play.
Now people are claiming he's the bees knees because he has held down a shirt in the Erdevise.
If he is a drastically improved player & suddenly miraculously found a yard of pace since Christmas, then I can't argue because I haven't seen him but I know for sure that the difference between what he's doing now & what we will require him to do, is as big as the difference between playing for City or Coventry City. In fact, I would be much more confident in him if he had been holding down a place at Coventry.
If he is to make it at City, then a season in the Championship or at a lower end Premier team, would be the place to go & prove it.
Not as a replacement for Joleon Lescott. Do that next year & imo we are one long term injury away from blowing the lot.
The idea of him plus Nastasic v Sturridge & Suarez scares the shit out of me, & should do you lot too.
