Marco Reus

MCFC4EVR said:
He plays more as a left winger do its no aj's position but nasri.I think it's great the club are going for a right footer winger beacause we have none as Nasri is better inthe centre but 15m is a lot. I'd prefer hoilett who we could get cheaper as his contract runs out next June or wait and get him free transfer. He's stronger and won't need time to adapt to the Premier League
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This statement is reminiscent of Silva's transfer. Not saying he has that quality but the advantages of being a big club are that we don't have to throw players into the fire right away. I personally feel like Hoilett will never develop the passing abilities one needs to play for City these days. He has incredible footwork but his final ball can be lacking. Reus has the technical ability that if crafted properly could make him a great squad option. The ability to rest Silva at certain points in the season would be worth it's weight in gold and in £15 mil.
 
Reus would be a great addition to the squad. He has practically dragged Monchangladbach up the Bundesliga singlehandedly this season (and scored the goal that saved them from relegation last season). Great attitude, scores goals, creates chances, links play well........and just 22 years old.

I continually hear of us being linked with Marek Hamsik of Napoli but Reus will be twice the player this guy ever will be. Also, it doesn't have to be either/or for a Johnson, a Nasri or anyone else......if the right sort of player becomes available (and Reus is exactly that) then City have to be interested. Gladbach are the team I follow in the Bundesliga and, from that aspect, I'll hate to see him leave but I'll get over it pretty quickly if he's coming to be part of the Etihad revolution -)
 
Andouble said:
Does the player want to play in England? Not too many German internationals plying their trade abroad these days.
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Look at it in another aspect. If you would be an England PL player with talent - where would you go to. The top four clubs - or the top clubs in the other leagues. You would not go to a middle league club in the Bundesliga as long your league is attractive enough. It is another story if you are from Belgium, Denmark or the East European countries - maybe apart from ukrainian or russian players where the clubs have rules to keep a special amount of local players and where company like Gazprom or some oligarchs give money.

It is just the same with the German good players. They normally will not go to the likes of Sunderland or Wigan - there are clubs in Germany that give them just the same. But - if the big clubs in Europe call they either do not say no.

In the recent years we did not have so much talented players in Germany. They were not of the class the big clubs in Europe ask for - so the best of Germany stayed in Germany as leaders in the bigger clubs or at Bayern. But haven't there been a lot of German players in England around the 2000? Babbel, Ballack, Nerlinger, Hamann, Tarnat, Helmer are the ones that played for Bayern and went to England or Scotland.

The ones that could have played for the big clubs in the recent years where after the World Cup 2006 and European Cup 2008 Poldi, Schweinsteiger or Lahm. They already were at Bayern or went to it and were pretty young. Ballack went to Chelsea - but he was of another age.

Now - with all the effort of the clubs and the association, schools and government (it is not just the academies of the clubs - it is a combination of regional centres, special schools...) since the year 2000 - we have masses of highly trained technical young ones coming out in the biggest country of Western Europe. Yesterday the U21 of Germany played against the U21 of Greece - 5:4 - all goals were made by young players that were Germans or born or trained in Germany... There will be enough that will play in other countries. Look e.g. at the goalkeepers. About 10 of the German Bundesliga clubs already have goalkeepers of the age of 18 to 22... They have put the older ones that were although good onto the benches. There is a lot that will try their luck elsewhere.

And they will be asked by the bigger clubs - and some of them will leave Germany. Özil and Khedira were the first - some will follow.

Some will certainly stay at the bigger clubs of Germany or go to Bayern. But Bayern will not play with 11 Germans - we like our Robbens, Riberys, Lizarazus, Luca Tonis, Roy Makaays, Sangols, Ze Robertos... we always had in the club.
 
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJA22Pe2g0c[/youtube]

Go to 8:46, touch like Silva's. Ball just dies.

I'll take him over Mario Gotze for half the price. Forget Bale too.
 
has people already lost interest in nasri and looking for the newest thing? silva, nasri and reus are all players who is best suited when the team is built around them........its too much for me. someone like Millner compliments a genius like Silva much better than Reus does
 
City reveal Reus interest
Mike Rigg confirms club are watching German starlet

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Manchester City's technical director Mike Rigg has confirmed the club's interest in German starlet Marco Reus.

The 22-year-old is emerging as one of the best prospects in the Bundesliga and made his debut for the national side earlier this season.

Arsenal have been tipped off about him by their former goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, but now City have admitted they are very much keeping a watching brief on Reus.

"I know Marco, because I like him a lot,' Rigg told Bild.

"He is one of the most talented players you have in Germany and we have watched him very often."

Reus is contracted to Borussia until 2015, but it is widely reported that an €18million release clause kicks in from next summer.
 
Ricster said:
balkanno said:
Calcio said:
balkanno

A great player is a great player. If you put Messi in the Polish league and he was raping defenders for fun, people would say its just the polish league. In fact alot of people were sceptical about Silva saying, the PL is completely different and la liga there's no defence.

In terms of talent Reus is much bigger talent than johnson. The guy would be a starter for Germany if it wasnt for Ozil and Gotze. Just compare that to Johnson who's being kept out by Walcott and Downing. He is far more complete footballer.
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Yes, right you will tell me who has more talent. Please!

I ve said nd i won t change my mind untill Reus get s on the higher lvl nd show the same strenght. As for the "complete footballer" bs, hes fucking 21 he ain t near to be a complete footballer at all. Nd by far you must mean only unproven. That s correct.

Happy here, as long the club doesn t give a job to those 100.000 Internet managers.

DMX - Give 'em what they want.mp3
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I wouldn't say Reus is a complete player yet, but he isn't far off the finished article if truth be told. Reus is currently playing in the Fifa ranked 3rd best league in the world, and if you watch the Bundesliga, it is one of the more attacking leagues in the world too, which provides a lot of entertainment.

What i think is unfair and i dont believe has been taken into consideration at the moment either is the age of both player. Johnno is now 24 and if he does get better it will be pretty minimal, he lacks pace aswell so the only way he can get better is by adding more tricks to his game.

Reus on the other hand is still only 22 and has about another year or 2 in development stages before we seem him at his best. I think his consistancy to play week in week out to the level he does is very admirable too. If he dd move to the Prem you cannot judge him on his first season. As we have seen many times before players having average/good first season's and the second being good/quality 2nd season's.

If you were to take both players and go back to when both were the same age at say 20 or 21 years old you would have to admit that Reus would be most managers first pick over Johnno.
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Your wrong in saying AJ lacks pace. Thats a huge part of his game, his ability to run at defenders with PACE and dribble past them.

The only thing that is holding back AJ is Italian managers. Don't get me wrong, Mancini is a wonderful manager, and when he lets AJ play freely he is probably our second best creative midfielder (Nasri hasn't shown what he can do on a consistent basis), but he is obviously told to stick to the right wing. And for Capello to choose Walcott, Lennon, Downing and Young ahead of Johnno is preposterous.

Look back at the Carling Cup match against Wolverhampton, Wolves put out almost a full strength starting 11, and AJ was free to move and he put on an exhibition. He had a hard time when coming on against QPR (who didn't?) yet he is a player who almost never plays an errant pass.

He doesn't defend very well, but neither does Arjen Robben, and I doubt any of you would be opposed to buying him. Fans are just like the media, ignore the good performances and don't ever let anyone forget about the bad ones.
 
BobbyQ90 said:
Your wrong in saying AJ lacks pace. Thats a huge part of his game, his ability to run at defenders with PACE and dribble past them.

The only thing that is holding back AJ is Italian managers. Don't get me wrong, Mancini is a wonderful manager, and when he lets AJ play freely he is probably our second best creative midfielder (Nasri hasn't shown what he can do on a consistent basis), but he is obviously told to stick to the right wing. And for Capello to choose Walcott, Lennon, Downing and Young ahead of Johnno is preposterous.

Look back at the Carling Cup match against Wolverhampton, Wolves put out almost a full strength starting 11, and AJ was free to move and he put on an exhibition. He had a hard time when coming on against QPR (who didn't?) yet he is a player who almost never plays an errant pass.

He doesn't defend very well, but neither does Arjen Robben, and I doubt any of you would be opposed to buying him. Fans are just like the media, ignore the good performances and don't ever let anyone forget about the bad ones.
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Ricster is right. AJ doesn't have pace. Do not confuse quick feet with pace. When he does his legover and changes direction on a defender, he is able to ghost past them. But watch him chase a loose ball and you'd quickly realize he has average speed at best. Yes he runs at defenders, but he freezes them with legovers and change of direction, NOT pace.

Also, he is not told to stay on the wing, that is just how he prefers to play. I am almost certain he has been told to join in the play more, coz he has been doing more of going to the middle lately. He is a very good player, and I believe he is on the verge of hitting his peak, but he is no Robben. Neither in pace or ability. And Mancini is not holding him back. The other talents on the team just makes it harder for him to get in. But his time will come.

All that said, Reus is a beast. And he is still raw.
 
This is the real deal...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWcqI5cjetg[/youtube]

But he is not on trade... (but might be a little bit of a preparation, he is wasted on the right side at Bayern with no real linking player - but the way he plays with Özil and Klose in the national squad is the way he plays together with Robben and Ribery when he is in the middle of them with a pretty free role - Robben will start to play Saturday again and will be fit for 90 minutes in Manchester ;) ) - and he just started his career 2 years ago and only is 22... - still a lot room to improve...

But Reus is a good choice...
 
Got 3 goals today.. Seems like a good preformance, but I hope and doubt anyone here saw the game
 
Kurple said:
Got 3 goals today.. Seems like a good preformance, but I hope and doubt anyone here saw the game
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Have it on Tivo. Watching Bayern v. Dortmund right now. Will report later. Already saw the first goal on another site. He is a stud. This game is just about to confirm what I already know. But then again, how many players score hattricks and look useless? I sure haven't seen many of that.
 
His goal against Bremen was amazing and Messi-esque.

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Okay January then?
 
Let's see it from another view...

He is taking the easy way out. Not really a step ahead but into secure haven. Maybe smart as he has a lot more chances for playing times at Dortmund than e.g. at Bayern - but if he really would be sure of himself and would have the bite to break through and the selfconfidence of making it he'd make the big step.

Especially if you think that next season is the after European Cup season - from the Bayern midfield Müller, Robben, Ribery, Schweinsteiger and probably Kroos will be having leading roles in it and the chances that they will be a little off form or injured afterwards are pretty big - I haven't seen a post-Cup-season without this problems.

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I just think that players that take the easy way are the ones that really are the ones for the tough situations you need as a top team. You need the ones that can bite...
 
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