Kevin De Bruyne - 2016/17 performances

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citymad said:
Why ? did the medical team injure his hamstring ? It's all this pressing game we're doing all of a sudden. Klopp had issues with one or two of his players last season but they now seem to be better conditioned. This is why I see Liverpool winning the league. On form they are playing fabulous football like us but they won't have the injuries that we will suffer because all they have is the league to focus on.
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To be fair, we didn't press the opposition once last season and were inundated with injuries. So I don't think it has anything to do with pressing.
 
Injuries are going to happen, just look at the physio table to see each team.
We can cope.
 
BLUE THUNDER said:
We have every right to question our medical team. Why are they beyond criticism ? This is another NON impact soft tissue injury, the kind of which has caused us untold problems in recent years ( since 2012). If our "crack" medical and conditioning team was so good why cant they help Vinnie, not to mention addressing our deplorable record with soft tissue injuries recently. Our players health/fitness is the only threat to us winning the league and I just hope Pep gets this right with the new people he brought in.
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It's a question of knowing when to rotate and when to make subs. Pep probably thought it was too much of a risk to sub Kev when it was 2-1 and the game was in the balance even though he was clearly tired. It's another reason why we need to put games to bed as early as possible. We've yet to win a game really comfortably away from home yet.
 
BLUE THUNDER said:
We have every right to question our medical team. Why are they beyond criticism ? This is another NON impact soft tissue injury, the kind of which has caused us untold problems in recent years ( since 2012). If our "crack" medical and conditioning team was so good why cant they help Vinnie, not to mention addressing our deplorable record with soft tissue injuries recently. Our players health/fitness is the only threat to us winning the league and I just hope Pep gets this right with the new people he brought in.
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Spot on thunder, let's hope we get to the bottom of the mess we have with muscle injuries. It's gone on for too long!
 
jaigurugoat said:
It's a question of knowing when to rotate and when to make subs. Pep probably thought it was too much of a risk to sub Kev when it was 2-1 and the game was in the balance even though he was clearly tired. It's another reason why we need to put games to bed as early as possible. We've yet to win a game really comfortably away from home yet.
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Stoke?
 
For all his attributes I think stamina is an issue for Kev. Either that or pacing himself in games to see out 90 plus minutes. I remember when he signed for us it was the only real Critism the German fans had. He does visably tire towards the end of matches.
 
citymad said:
Why ? did the medical team injure his hamstring ? It's all this pressing game we're doing all of a sudden. Klopp had issues with one or two of his players last season but they now seem to be better conditioned. This is why I see Liverpool winning the league. On form they are playing fabulous football like us but they won't have the injuries that we will suffer because all they have is the league to focus on.
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Doesn't explain last season. We also managed to injure a player with probably a better injury record, Bony, prior to the malaria. Our general injury records have been pants since we fired Batty. Pep typically had a poor injury record at Bayern and also fell out with their doctor (must be a theme) but that's even less reason to be looking at De Bruyne. Send us the fittest player in the world, and we'll have him in the stands with a hamstring injury inside a month.
 
We coped when Aguero and Silva were out, we're coping fine without Kompany, and we'll Cope fine without De Bruyne.

Who's Yaya nowadays. Not missing him are we ? Not too long ago it was all doom and fucking gloom if a key player or two were out injured. Nowadays we can cope under Pep's team play.
 
Gundogan can adequately cover for Kev's absence. He may not be as direct, but his intelligence will make up for it.
 
Tricky_Trev said:
To be fair, we didn't press the opposition once last season and were inundated with injuries. So I don't think it has anything to do with pressing.
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I don't think so either.
Besides, two or three injuries at the same time is pretty standard. And you shouldn't even take Kompany into consideration (because the man unfortunately is always injured), so it's just De Bruyne from the starting XI right now, that's okay.
I think as long as 2 out of De Bruyne, Silva & Gündo are fit, there won't be too many problems (in the league, CL is something else). I can even see Garcia playing a role this season.
 
He will be a massive miss. He has an unrivalled end product. But if we win without him, as we did without Kun then it can turn into a positive.
 
Marvin said:
He will be a massive miss. He has an unrivalled end product. But if we win without him, as we did without Kun then it can turn into a positive.
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I think Celtic away is a game that would have been made for him. We will miss his directness and ability to play the right quick ball when we break. With him, I think it would have been a very comfortable win. Without him, it will be a win I hope but not as easy. Hurry back Kev.
 
KDB was my favorite signing of last year - I've even purchased a KDB jersey!

Yet, KDB is still learning how best to play under Pep's system. As good as KDB has been, for me, he's not moved into open positions easily enough when we have the ball and his stamina to continue moving and pressing isn't there yet.

Moreover, we have tremendous alternatives in the 10/8 roles - Silva and Gundogan.

So although KDB's injury sucks... I don't think it will immediately impact our performance, barring injuries to Silva/Gundogan.
 
He is unreplaceable in what he does but I expect Pep will know how to move the team so that we dont miss him as much as we would of under previous managers.

The silver lining in this if there is one is the 2 week international break and I never thought I would look forward to one of those on the horizon again
 
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