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Kevin De Bruyne 2016/17
- Thread starter Shaelumstash
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Supporting him?
Yes and you know he was playing to apiece himself to look good on the fansSupporting him?
City_Sean
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At fault for the first goal with his half arsed attempt of a press on Carvajal, and then his greed at the end was a joke.
Shaelumstash
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Absolutely diabolical tonight. I mean really really insipid.
There's a lot of people look back at his season through ginger-tinted spectacles. He hit some great form when he came back from injury and people assumed he'd been like that all season.
Nonesense.
He's been inconsistent. When on form he's showed flashes of absolute brilliance. Usually against teams that allow him loads of space, and leave space in behind for him to hit early balls or drive in to space. But he's had plenty of completely anonymous games, most of which have been discussed at length earlier in the thread.
The problem he's got is when teams don't give him space, they don't leave space in behind, he's completely ineffective, like tonight. He hides, he doesn't show for the ball, he's not brave enough to demand the ball to feet in tight spaces. If he wants to play as a number 10 against a decent side they're not just going to allow him to hit an early ball over the top of them, he's going to have to figure out another more subtle, cuter way.
And then when we are out of possession he's a complete liability. If Yaya had allowed his runner go as easily as DeBruyne did on their goal he would get absolutely hammered on here. But DeBruyne is the new kiddies fave so he apparently doesn't have to put in a shift.
Silva has been injured this season and has struggled for form and fitness. But in the 5 years I've been watching him I've never seen him hide. He'll still demand the ball, show feet, get on the half turn, try and create something. He'll work hard for the team, he'll always do his best. He's a very brave footballer, particularly when we have the ball. De Bruyne shit himself tonight. He bottled it.
There's a lot of people look back at his season through ginger-tinted spectacles. He hit some great form when he came back from injury and people assumed he'd been like that all season.
Nonesense.
He's been inconsistent. When on form he's showed flashes of absolute brilliance. Usually against teams that allow him loads of space, and leave space in behind for him to hit early balls or drive in to space. But he's had plenty of completely anonymous games, most of which have been discussed at length earlier in the thread.
The problem he's got is when teams don't give him space, they don't leave space in behind, he's completely ineffective, like tonight. He hides, he doesn't show for the ball, he's not brave enough to demand the ball to feet in tight spaces. If he wants to play as a number 10 against a decent side they're not just going to allow him to hit an early ball over the top of them, he's going to have to figure out another more subtle, cuter way.
And then when we are out of possession he's a complete liability. If Yaya had allowed his runner go as easily as DeBruyne did on their goal he would get absolutely hammered on here. But DeBruyne is the new kiddies fave so he apparently doesn't have to put in a shift.
Silva has been injured this season and has struggled for form and fitness. But in the 5 years I've been watching him I've never seen him hide. He'll still demand the ball, show feet, get on the half turn, try and create something. He'll work hard for the team, he'll always do his best. He's a very brave footballer, particularly when we have the ball. De Bruyne shit himself tonight. He bottled it.
Was the worry he would let the full back run past him and ultimately that cost us the game. Looked fat and unfit to be brutally honest. Has the ability to be world class but needs to work on his fitness because his touch disappeared as his energy waned.
Bigbazzaconlon
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Him and Aguero were dogshit (as Kun has been for 80% of this year's CL as a lone striker), but the system we played didn't do us any favours.
Thank you for saying that. So many people shy away from stating the bleedin obvious. They were both crap.
Suprised no-one has told you his passing appears poor because he takes copius amounts of risks.
Because him smashing a pass out of play that was meant for navas, who was unmarked about 10 yards from him, was because it was risky
Absolutely awful tonight. The worst player on the pitch by a country mile, haven't seen worse performance by some player for a while.
It was shocking tbh.