Kompany Returns from Injury

Marvin said:
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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Sagna played centre half at Villa , Villa hardly got a sniff and we kept a clean sheet , so Pellers dropped him for the next game , and i thought Alan ball was a football genius
 
jimmygrimblesboots said:
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
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There are a few of us if we had one wish granted it would be this.

Don't hold your breath.
 
The big one we have to get him to fit for is the cup final. We've seen what Liverpool can do to our defence.

Sagna and Otamendi Vs Spurs
Kompany first half against Chelsea
Sagna And Otamendi against Kiev
Kompany and Otamendi vs Liverpool
 
jimmygrimblesboots said:
Sagna played centre half at Villa , Villa hardly got a sniff and we kept a clean sheet , so Pellers dropped him for the next game , and i thought Alan ball was a football genius
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The problem with Sagna at centre half is that it's VERY risky to have him and Zab both on the pitch. If one gets injured, do you want a 31 year old Zab playing 25 games on the bounce from here to May? He'd be burned out by the end of March, and we have no youngster that can step up at RB.

This is where the frustration with Demichellis lies. John Terry was a monster last season and he's NEVER had pace. Never. So why did he look good? Chelsea sat deep, didn't play too high a line and had proper midfield cover with Matic. So when Pelle decides to play a high line, put Demi with a reckless Otamendi and only Fernandinho defending (sometimes) of course the defece is going to look terrible.
 
UnknownGenius said:
The problem with Sagna at centre half is that it's VERY risky to have him and Zab both on the pitch. If one gets injured, do you want a 31 year old Zab playing 25 games on the bounce from here to May? He'd be burned out by the end of March, and we have no youngster that can step up at RB.

This is where the frustration with Demichellis lies. John Terry was a monster last season and he's NEVER had pace. Never. So why did he look good? Chelsea sat deep, didn't play too high a line and had proper midfield cover with Matic. So when Pelle decides to play a high line, put Demi with a reckless Otamendi and only Fernandinho defending (sometimes) of course the defece is going to look terrible.
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That's one of the dumbest arguments I've ever seen on here sorry.

"You can't play Sagna and Zaba together because if one gets injured the other had to play every game"

No shit! What do you think will happen if Sagna is injured while Zabaleta is on the bench? Zabaleta will play every game.

The only difference would be bringing on Demichelis as a sub instead of bringing on Zabaleta.
 
We'll know this time tomorrow of course but I'm expecting the same news as last week, ie not ready yet. I reckon we're going to keep him wrapped up until Kiev
 
I sincerely hope he's had plenty of match practice behind closed doors including how to control underhit or overhit passes from his defensive partners.
 
domalino said:
That's one of the dumbest arguments I've ever seen on here sorry.

"You can't play Sagna and Zaba together because if one gets injured the other had to play every game"

No shit! What do you think will happen if Sagna is injured while Zabaleta is on the bench? Zabaleta will play every game.

The only difference would be bringing on Demichelis as a sub instead of bringing on Zabaleta.
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and we don't have to worry about Maffeo now he's been sent out on loan.
 
Rotating the full backs is one of the few assets we have at the moment when the fixture list is very busy. I'd have played Sagna and Zabaleta together or tried it out, but if we did that it would mean that the right back would have to play every game, and full back is an exhausting position. They have to sprint up and down which is a lot more demanding than jogging the same distance in midfield.
 
George Hannah said:
and we don't have to worry about Maffeo now he's been sent out on loan.
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Better for him to play regularly for 6 months than to sit around hoping Zaba and Sagna get injured.

Girona have a vested interest in him doing very well, with Pere Guardiola being his agent and the leader of their ownership group.
 
If hes fit then he has to play. This is the most important match of the season. After last weeks shambles we have to win on Sunday. Not only can we go above Spurs but one of our other title rivals is going to drop points.
 
Marvin said:
Rotating the full backs is one of the few assets we have at the moment when the fixture list is very busy. I'd have played Sagna and Zabaleta together or tried it out, but if we did that it would mean that the right back would have to play every game, and full back is an exhausting position. They have to sprint up and down which is a lot more demanding than jogging the same distance in midfield.
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I am of the opposite opinion mate. The fact we chop and change the defence every single game is one of the reasons the defence is a mess. There is no stability what so ever.
 
AlloBoi said:
The big one we have to get him to fit for is the cup final. We've seen what Liverpool can do to our defence.

Sagna and Otamendi Vs Spurs
Kompany first half against Chelsea
Sagna And Otamendi against Kiev
Kompany and Otamendi vs Liverpool
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You just know Demi is going to feature in each game despite being less mobile than an immobile thing.
 
Nightmare Walking said:
I am of the opposite opinion mate. The fact we chop and change the defence every single game is one of the reasons the defence is a mess. There is no stability what so ever.
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I don't mind the full backs changing. They are hardly new. The main problem City have had to deal with this season is injuries, but I think a lot of fans are surprised with the manager's choice of players. Perhaps the senior players should be the first you go to, but when it doesn't work usually you change it.
 
Nightmare Walking said:
I am of the opposite opinion mate. The fact we chop and change the defence every single game is one of the reasons the defence is a mess. There is no stability what so ever.
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I 100% agree with you on this, the only problem being the number of games makes it far more challenging to be able to do this (and that every PL game is physically demanding - whereas in Spain for example it requires virtually no physical effort for Barca to beat say Valencia :)
 
Nightmare Walking said:
If hes fit then he has to play. This is the most important match of the season. After last weeks shambles we have to win on Sunday. Not only can we go above Spurs but one of our other title rivals is going to drop points.
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I doubt that anyone would disagree with that. The problem is knowing if he is fit. I don't think they sent him onto the pitch against Sunderland thinking he wasn't fit.

Assessing his fitness clearly isn't that easy. Erring on the side of caution, giving him an extra week of training, doesn't seem to me to be unreasonable.

And there are 12 more league games after Sunday.
 
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