Kevin De Bruyne 2016/17

[HelloCity]

Would have had a hattrick of assists if they had a striker with their shooting boots on.

 

[Shaelumstash]

I normally agree with many of your posts Shaelumstash but with this one you are so far away from reality it's untrue.
Kev was the best Belgian player on the pitch by a million miles, set up four what should have been certain goals. Sadly Lukaku (twice) and Origi (twice) just pissed them away in grand style. On top of that he put some passes in that put 3 or 4 Belgians on there way but this drew some dubious (or is that fantastically crafted?) Italian yellow card fouls.

I'm really surprised by your post, mate. We all want City players to do well at the Euro's, and I'm sure DeBruyne will be back to his best and having great games again soon.

But I can't for the life of me figure out how you could have watched that game and thought he played well? The commentator, Martin Keown, Richard Dunne, and some of his biggest fans on here, all thought he had a stinker tonight.

Unless you think all of those people are " so completely removed from reality it's untrue"?

He put in a great cross for Origi and played a decent first time ball for Lukaku, but did little else over the 90 minutes. He gave the ball away cheaply and was completely anonymous for long periods. He's capable of so much more.

 

[mcfc1632]

I'm really surprised by your post, mate. We all want City players to do well at the Euro's, and I'm sure DeBruyne will be back to his best and having great games again soon.

But I can't for the life of me figure out how you could have watched that game and thought he played well? The commentator, Martin Keown, Richard Dunne, and some of his biggest fans on here, all thought he had a stinker tonight.

Unless you think all of those people are " so completely removed from reality it's untrue"?

He put in a great cross for Origi and played a decent first time ball for Lukaku, but did little else over the 90 minutes. He gave the ball away cheaply and was completely anonymous for long periods. He's capable of so much more.

this is the game that I saw

 

[tenententen]

Could've scored himself, plus 2 potential assists for Lukaku and Origi. Hazard saw too much of the ball and that deprived Kev.

 

[Delphacito]

Summary of the game :

• Kev was shit throughout the game but created their only chances. He wasn't at his usual best. This is a familiar sighting, just like when Pellers stick him on the wings (see a pattern here?)
• Belgium has Hazard and KDB yet plays Fellaini as the no.10. They should have started Mertens over either Fellaini/Nainggolan - this allows Kev to move to his no.10 with Hazard and Mertens on both wings.
• Ciman was crap. Denayer couldn't have done a worse job there.
• Hazard DOESN'T fit with Kev because Kev relies on quick direct movements. Hazard massages the ball and just stand there doing fancy stepovers going nowhere. One of the reason why I think Kev is superior to Hazard. Kev gets the ball, sees if he can pass or dribble or shoot, if he can't he'd recycle the possession - Hazard would hold the ball for 10 secs before moving it.
• Lukaku and Origi cannot trap the ball for the life of them.

 

[Phil1]

He did what he has done often with us. In and out of the game, quiet for large periods and guilty of giving the ball away cheaply but still able to provide what little spark the match had with chances on a plate for players who should have scored. It's easy to see how he gets such impressive stats. Had somebody been on the end of his crosses he'd likely have been given the MoTM award, as it is, the fine lines in football say he was poor.

 

[bobom]

He did what he has done often with us. In and out of the game, quiet for large periods and guilty of giving the ball away cheaply but still able to provide what little spark the match had with chances on a plate for players who should have scored. It's easy to see how he gets such impressive stats. Had somebody been on the end of his crosses he'd likely have been given the MoTM award, as it is, the fine lines in football say he was poor.

He needs people running into space, and no one seemed to be doing that yesterday., I thought.

 

[Blue Til Death]

Kev's distribution was poor last night and all in all only a 5/10 performance for me, that said I could not care less how he plays for Belgium as long as he stays fit, he's a class act, one of the first on the City team sheet for me...!

 

[BlueTG]

The fact Lukaku did his best lamp-post impression, Hazard was a ball hog who rarely reached the penalty area and Origi was a donkey who just ran around like a headless chicken most of the time meant that Kevs game (also out wide where he if sometimes on the periphery) was nullified. 5 or 6 times he's lost the ball breaking, but nobody made the run so he had to try a ball that wasn't on or look for another option.

Belgium were poor, but without having Kev they would have looked absolutely toothless

 

[bluetev]

I'm really surprised by your post, mate. We all want City players to do well at the Euro's, and I'm sure DeBruyne will be back to his best and having great games again soon.

But I can't for the life of me figure out how you could have watched that game and thought he played well? The commentator, Martin Keown, Richard Dunne, and some of his biggest fans on here, all thought he had a stinker tonight.

Unless you think all of those people are " so completely removed from reality it's untrue"?

He put in a great cross for Origi and played a decent first time ball for Lukaku, but did little else over the 90 minutes. He gave the ball away cheaply and was completely anonymous for long periods. He's capable of so much more.

But that's the reason he is so good - even when he, and his team were having a poor game, he still managed to create three wonderful opportunities.