Kompany Returns from Injury

I can't see him making much of a difference on his own anyway for Sunday, he's still going to have Otamendi beside him. We need both him and Mangala back so they can play together and Otamendi can be benched.
 
ninjamonkey said:
I can't see him making much of a difference on his own anyway for Sunday, he's still going to have Otamendi beside him. We need both him and Mangala back so they can play together and Otamendi can be benched.
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You'd rather have Mangala than Otamendi? Speak for yourself there because I think the criticism has been harsh he's done far more good than harm for the team, some of his interceptions, blocks and sliding tackles have been exemplary, he's had a few mistakes but not that many and when you factor in he's either had a shakey Mangala next to him or an aging Demichelis he's sometimes not only trying to do the job for 2 people in his first season but 3 when Kolorov turns out one of his shocker performances... he's actually doing better than most would. With someone solid and assured like Vinny next to him and maybe Clichy over Kolorov he'll be a rock for us IMO.
 
Metalartin said:
You'd rather have Mangala than Otamendi? Speak for yourself there because I think the criticism has been harsh he's done far more good than harm for the team, some of his interceptions, blocks and sliding tackles have been exemplary, he's had a few mistakes but not that many and when you factor in he's either had a shakey Mangala next to him or an aging Demichelis he's sometimes not only trying to do the job for 2 people in his first season but 3 when Kolorov turns out one of his shocker performances... he's actually doing better than most would. With someone solid and assured like Vinny next to him and maybe Clichy over Kolorov he'll be a rock for us IMO.
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Won't go too far off topic here as it's the Kompany thread and i've already said this in the Otamendi thread before but yes i'd much rather have Mangala, i'd personally put Otamendi 4th choice. It's seemingly always somebody else's fault with Otamendi when infact he's the problem. Look at the performances of his "dodgy" partners when they're not with him, they vastly improve, our worst partnerships have all involved Otamendi, and Mangala and Kompnay at the start of the season have been by far and away the best partnership we've seen this season.
 
No partnership has looked as good as Mangala-Kompany did at the beginning of the season.

Mangala's mistakes seem more like lapses of concentration which he can grow out of with proper coaching.

Otamendi's are more like character flaws. He simply can't help himself. He has to jump in.
 
ninjamonkey said:
You've picked the one league game we've lost that didn't involve Otamendi. Who played in the other league defeats? Who played against Spurs away? who played at home to West ham? Who played away to Stoke? Arsenal away? Leicester last week? Otamendi is the common theme.
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I picked one of the few games with Mangala and Demi, to show the common theme is not Otamendi, it's a lack of Kompany. Look at the United game, Villa. Kompany Otamendi as the CBs, two clean sheets.

I don't rate Otamendi particularly highly, he dives into tackles and any time he is out of position he just hits the deck in a desperate attempt to win a free kick. Nor do I rate Mangala or Demi, and I especially don't rate the protection they get from the rest of the team. But there is no disputing that this season there has been one difference between solidity and shambles, Vincent Kompany.
 
Sagna and Otamendi for Spurs on Sunday please. I swear if Pellegrini starts Demichelis v arguably the most fittest/energized side in the league it'll be football suicide. Just don't lose this match and we're still in this.
 
super_city_si said:
Cant see him being ready for Sunday. Would give the team and the fans a huge lift if he is but cant see it
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"I think that after one month without playing, it was important for Vincent to work for at least one week completely at high intensity"
 
ninjamonkey said:
I can't see him making much of a difference on his own anyway for Sunday, he's still going to have Otamendi beside him. We need both him and Mangala back so they can play together and Otamendi can be benched.
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I can. It's a passionate, vocal captain we've been missing not just a decent defender.
 
yatesy94 said:
Sagna and Otamendi for Spurs on Sunday please. I swear if Pellegrini starts Demichelis v arguably the most fittest/energized side in the league it'll be football suicide. Just don't lose this match and we're still in this.
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I honestly fear the next five fixtures, could be our worst run of results in a very long time, I'm an eternal optimist usually, but not beyond reason that all 5 could end horribly, but this is city and I'm still hopeful.
 
if we can consistently play , sagna , vinny , otto ,clichy as a back 4 until the end of the season and MP plays 3 mobile, hard working midfield players like dinho , fernando and delph then we will see a definite upturn in our results , it will not be as entertaining , but we will grind out a few much needed results , to keep our season alive. Very much doubt MP will play this formation , because he has proved himself tactically inept , with his belief that we play our own game and let the opposition worry about us ,that might work for Barca and their galacticos , but not for our injury ravaged squad
 
Is he training or not this week? He was involved last week.

Why didn't we try Sagna in the back 4 in his absence. I think we did it once.
 
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