Kevin De Bruyne 2016/17

[Saddleworth2]

A best team

Hart
Zaba/sagna, Kompany Mangala kolorov/Clichy
Delph Fernandinho
Navas silva Stirling
Aguero

Subs
Willie
Whichever full back ain't playing
Oto
Fernando
Yaya
De Bruyne
Kelechi

Use Yaya as impact sub, Fernando to cover injuries or when Delph and fern need a rest
De Bruyne rotates with Dave
Kelechi pulled on whenever we move to 442
Bony/Martin, sorry guys
We win the Premier league.

 

[Le Havre Oswald]

Sagna done fuck all wrong and neither has clichy when started.

Mate, clichy is terrible imo. He offers absolutely nothing going forward which leaves us predictably going down the right. When we do go down the left sterling is on his own, he never has that option of the overlap like with kolarov. He never supports his lm like kolarov does and he's pretty shit at defending as well, always out of position like he was yesterday. He seems like a top bloke but I really don't rate the lad. I agree with Sagna, he's had a great season, especially with playing virtually every game.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Sagna done fuck all wrong and neither has clichy when started.

Sagna has done nothing wrong bit I would still pick Zabba over him for his leadership skills alone. Zabaleta should be captain for me when Kompany is out and he is fit.

I agree that only Hart and Aguero should be guaranteed starters when fit.

 

[g180aj]

Sagna done fuck all wrong and neither has clichy when started.

I agree they've not done anything wrong but there is still a big difference between Zabba at his best and the way Sagna has played this year and that difference is the same as winning the league or not.

 

[g180aj]

Mate, clichy is terrible imo. He offers absolutely nothing going forward which leaves us predictably going down the right. When we do go down the left sterling is on his own, he never has that option of the overlap like with kolarov. He never supports his lm like kolarov does and he's pretty shit at defending as well, always out of position like he was yesterday. He seems like a top bloke but I really don't rate the lad. I agree with Sagna, he's had a great season, especially with playing virtually every game.

In all honesty you've just wrote a load of shit!

 

[KDBsmum]

I think he's wasted out wide. I think he could be excellent playing in Yaya's role.

------------ Delph ------ Dinho----------
---------------------KDB-------------------
Silva ----------------------------Sterling
--------------------Kun--------------------

So rather than an number 10 he's more of a CM with a free role. Let him dictate the game from a deeper role and have a license to get forward with two defensive minded midfielders covering him.

He could replicate Lampard and Gerrard for us. Plus his range of passing would be ideal for Kun and Sterling's movement.

This.
The whole Silva-KDB-Sterling interchanging positions just isn't working. They just end up drifting away and it's way too hard for them to find each other in a fluid way. A lot of times you see KDB and even Sterling make runs into wide open space on the wings but just get ignored because players like aguero, yaya and silva are just used to play short and narrow. I don't think it's currently the right way to play if two of the three attacking midfielders are "new" to the team, and the other one has been injured for a while. On top of that you have Navas that just keeps to his wing and almost never drifts into other areas, which isn't a bad thing, but seems to unbalance the system of the three attacking midfielders again. Either Pellegrini tells KDB to stick to the wing or to play in the central role.

Having KDB in a deeper role would be really interesting to see, as he has the ability to dictate play and has the workrate to play as CM, plus from a deeper position he can spot runs from sterling or aguero like no other. In the current system he just hasn't been able to display these attributes.

His lack physicality might be more of a liability though but that's what the other 2 midfielders are for. It also wouldn't be optimal to play Silva on the wing.

 

[ninjamonkey]

I don't believe it's a question of him being knackered. He's simply out of form and doesn't suit Pellegrini's awful "attacking football" tactics. He's best in a fast paced countering side not in a side that allows the opposition to get 10 men behind the ball before attacking. When he was in red hot form, it didn't matter or show that he doesn't seem to fit in because he was coming up with special moments from nowhere every game, he can't nor should he be expected to do that every week.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

KDB needs to play the home games , we are dominant and have a lot of possession and he excels in those situations , away from home teams are pressing us and he is not yet used to dealing with this in the Premiership , he is a match winner at the Etihad , but i would rest him for the next few away games , he is looking jaded , when fully firing he is probably our most creative player alongside an in form Merlin .But they are both underachieving in our away fixtures , we need 2 from Delph,Dinho,Fernando starting in every away game , and MP to grow a pair and drop or substitute the stellar signings like Yaya, Merlin , Merlin when they are not contributing

 

[Trolleyhead]

All this knackered/out of form stuff does my head in, at least put some graft in.

 

[Hesh]

He's badly in need of a rest but all things being equal he's a shoe in for the starting 11. People talk about his away form being iffy but that accusation can be levelled at the whole team.

All in all he's having a great first season