Kevin De Bruyne - 2016/17 performances

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Shows the new makeup and application of the team when KDB seems to be the least athletic! ;)
 
PrezIke said:
I hope he adapts well to his new role. Very slightly worried that he is having more trouble than Silva because he is more used to seeking to shoot than Silva, but he is doing a lot of running and as some have said is probably not entirely match fit yet.

Could see him feeling a little frustrated at less goal scoring opportunities by playing in a deeper role, but if we have the ball for long enough in the opponent's half -- which should happen most games as we improve in cohesiveness -- he and Silva should be closer to being two no. 10's, positioning wise, and therefore he should feel more of a threat as we saw last season.
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He has always said he loves to get assists more than anything,he said he wants to see Sane shine with his assists for him
 
I am surprised at people suggesting they're worried about KDB. He is a world class talent playing for the best coach in the world. There is no need to worry about any players at the moment, nor the team. These are very early days in a long season ahead. The players are not fully match fit and they are being asked to play in a completely different way than they are used to. The great thing for us, as against all our opposition that I can think of, is that we have top class players and talents joining the club, or returning from injury. The future is looking very positive.
 
Still adapting to the new system. When it clicks for him (which it will), we'll be a real force to be reckoned with.
 
In any case, it's a bit weird to think that in this current system, he actually wouldn't feature in our best 11. Gundogan plays the '8' role much better, of course this might change if KdB can adapt to Pep's requirements. And Silva is simply a more intelligent player with completely different skillset, so of course he will always suffer less if we switch his preferred position. But having said that, I'm sure Kevin will still prove to be a vital player for us, especially as injuries will rather sooner than later kick in, and fortunately he's not that injury prone.
 
Hoping its just a lack of match fitness didn'tfancy the physical side of the ame on Saturday and atm he is the player who should makeway for gudongan but as another poster as said I see fernandinho moving somwhere in the backline.
 
Hungarian blue said:
In any case, it's a bit weird to think that in this current system, he actually wouldn't feature in our best 11. Gundogan plays the '8' role much better, of course this might change if KdB can adapt to Pep's requirements. And Silva is simply a more intelligent player with completely different skillset, so of course he will always suffer less if we switch his preferred position. But having said that, I'm sure Kevin will still prove to be a vital player for us, especially as injuries will rather sooner than later kick in, and fortunately he's not that injury prone.
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The difference between Gundogan & DeBruyne is about 30-40 goals.
 
Neville Kneville said:
The difference between Gundogan & DeBruyne is about 30-40 goals.
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For who? :)

All I'm saying, based on this season's evidence (stupidly small sample size, I know), and on Gundogan's history, the latter is much more suited to KdB's current role in the team. He just dictates the flow much better and has a killer ball in himself as well when needed.
 
Hungarian blue said:
For who? :)

All I'm saying, based on this season's evidence (stupidly small sample size, I know), and on Gundogan's history, the latter is much more suited to KdB's current role in the team. He just dictates the flow much better and has a killer ball in himself as well when needed.
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He might be better suited, but DeBruyne is in the strongest team as about the first or 2nd name. Then you find a spot for the rest. That's why he is the only player to play every game when clearly behind the rest on pre season fitness.
 
Neville Kneville said:
He might be better suited, but DeBruyne is in the strongest team as about the first or 2nd name. Then you find a spot for the rest. That's why he is the only player to play every game when clearly behind the rest on pre season fitness.
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For most of the games, he should be, yeah. And I guess we won't only see this current sort of 4-1-4-1 all the time. But axing either KdB or Silva to Gundogan from time to time seems to me a logical solution/ Fernandinho is too important for this team as Gundogan never played this near to the CBs and always had some attacking freedom.

Pep even fucked off Muller in a deciding CL encounter (though it was probably a mistake, as I think even he admitted it later), so we cannot be exactly sure how this will work out.
 
Hungarian blue said:
For most of the games, he should be, yeah. And I guess we won't only see this current sort of 4-1-4-1 all the time. But axing either KdB or Silva to Gundogan from time to time seems to me a logical solution/ Fernandinho is too important for this team as Gundogan never played this near to the CBs and always had some attacking freedom.

Pep even fucked off Muller in a deciding CL encounter (though it was probably a mistake, as I think even he admitted it later), so we cannot be exactly sure how this will work out.
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Oh I think we will have no option but to rotate quite a lot. It's fucking hard work Pep is asking. I'm talking purely about contribution over the season. It will likey be Aguero & DeBruyne who top the stats in the attacking 3rd, so we have to get them on the pitch as a priority when possible.
 
Hungarian blue said:
For who? :)

All I'm saying, based on this season's evidence (stupidly small sample size, I know), and on Gundogan's history, the latter is much more suited to KdB's current role in the team. He just dictates the flow much better and has a killer ball in himself as well when needed.
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Gundogan is at his best playing deeper, linking play between defense and offense. I see him starting in the pivot, not behind the striker.
 
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Terra Passenger said:
Gundogan is at his best playing deeper, linking play between defense and offense. I see him starting in the pivot, not behind the striker.
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And did KdB play behind the striker so far? Not really. He himself described his current position as some sort of 'free 8 role'. And Gundogan's basically an '8'. You're right in that Dortmund played (possession-based) 4-2-3-1 with Gundogan as part of the double pivot, and of course we might see a change in formation once Ilkay is fit. Not that Pep uses the 4-2-3-1 too much, but he made some exceptions when he had to pick Vidal more often than not at Bayern as he's become very vital to his system.
 
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