Kevin De Bruyne - 2016/17 performances

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Amazing that nobody has bumped this thread since yesterday. We saw just how much we missed Kev in the transitions and in the final third. He's becoming each week even more important to the side. Read somewhere this morning he hasn't played in any of the games we've lost in 2016 which speaks volumes.

Pep needs to figure out a way to balance our midfield/attack without him.

Yes that stat was surprising to me too. We have lost 6 in that time and he missed all of them.

He is a huge miss when he doesn't play and Silva and Sterling don't play as well without him for me.

 

[DWIFF]

He offers so much when he's played through the middle. At the start of the season he definitely struggled with his new role but he was still creating chances. Personally, I think that he would have struggled yesterday against the physicality of Wanyama and Sissoko but you can almost guarantee that he would have created something/come up with a goal. He would of had a field day against Celtic due to the openness of the game. Need him fit for the Everton game really.

 

[BillyShears]

Yes that stat was surprising to me too. We have lost 6 in that time and he missed all of them.

He is a huge miss when he doesn't play and Silva and Sterling don't play as well without him for me.

He's already peak Yaya in terms of his importance to making the midfield tick. What I'd give for one more truly world class centre mid player to have as an option in there. Gundogan can be that player but need to regain his legs and his sharpness after a long injury period.

Totally agree about Silva/Sterling struggling without him as well. Again like peak Yaya, he has that ability to go and join in the play in attacking parts of the pitch and help make the job of the rest of the attackers much easier.

 

[Delphacito]

Kev even when shitty always got a goal/assist in his pocket at the very least. Still laughing at the thought people think he would make the team unbalanced lol.

 

[Terra Passenger]

Was completely anonymous against Spurs - you'd think he wasn't even playing. For God's sake KDB, get it together! :-)

 

[Marvin]

No doubt a big miss. We missed rested star players against Spurs. Had we gone into that game with a full squad, we'd have been able to rotate a little. Spurs had more energy.

 

[Dax777]

2-3 weeks would mean possibly fit for Everton (H) on Oct 15, at least the bench. But re-checking Pep's words, he said "It's not big, big injury, so two-three weeks, they'll both be ready to be with us."

He could conceivably mean back in training, which would put returning to action another week on at least.

Yeah. I tot he meant back in training too.

 

[lasereyes]

Yeah. I tot he meant back in training too.

PhysioRoom has him back for the Barca away game. Same with Kompany. Depending on how match fit KDB feels, might be a risk to play him in a game where we will likely do a lot of chasing of shadows. Maybe on the bench for that one.

 

[Yarisken]

It' still a long way for the end of the season. We should give Kev enough time. It can't be that we can't replace him with our squad.

 

[RandomJ]

It' still a long way for the end of the season. We should give Kev enough time. It can't be that we can't replace him with our squad.

We can't replace him. No one else in our squad has the ability to take the game by the scruff and dictate play like he does. There was some stat showing that most of the games we've lost in the last year were when he wasn't in the team.