Marcos Lopes

[lightning Rodri]

He has indeed grown up without losing that X Factor. Would be a great shame if he doesn't make it with city.

 

[SlimShadyRus]

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Goals of the match

P.S. Do they still play in UEL?

 

[Centurions]

Here be the goal: the link won't let me embed it sorry :/

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Lol, what's with the web address?

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@Slim Shady - PSV knocked them out.

 

[BlueJonny]

Just scored a cracker for Lille, after getting an assist a few minutes earlier. Showed strength and speed to break away from his man, before curling it in from outside the box, lovely solo goal

Do you genuinely believe he has what it takes Oscar,for example,is he potentially at Nasri or better level?

I do, but I think it's hard to show at Lille, as he genuinely never gets the ball and when he does, no one ahead of him moves. As soon as there is any movement and interplay, he looks excellent, but that's so rare. He has what we don't have, in directness. The goal he scored today epitomised that. He picks the ball up 20 yards outside the box, shrugs off his man, runs at the back four then scores from outside the box. Our attacking options don't have that. He'd offer us a different option that we haven't really had since AJ left. Whether he can get the consistency to do it regularly, only time in our team will tell, but I can't see why not. The more he gets the ball, the better and he'd get plenty of it for us.

For the record, Origi is one of the worst players I've ever seen.

Totally agree with this. They struggled to get him in the game in the first half. The problem is there is no composure from any of the defence or Mavuba so the ball is just being hoofed forward to nobody. Added to the they have nobody to hold the ball up. Why Origi was out wide I don't know. He has no awareness at all. Having said that, Rony made the best of it and every time he got the ball he looked dangerous. He has that rare ability to run quickly with the ball whilst always being in control. Added to that he has his head up so can see passes and always produces the correct weight of pass. The way he took the goal suggests he can pretty much place it in the corner every time. Great technique! Did anyone notice he got booked for being elbowed in the face??? Honestly I think Nasri should be looking at this performance and worrying because Rony can add directness and pace as well as a far higher work ethic.

 

[MC ID]

Here be the goal: the link won't let me embed it sorry :/

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Lol, what's with the web address?

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@Slim Shady - PSV knocked them out.

I have no idea, I found it on the soccer reddit forum, they tend to be really good for putting up gifs of goals quickly :p

Cheers Pudge for putting it up!

 

[twosips]

Lopes and Denayer just have to be involved next season. If they don't its pretty fair to presume that no one will anytime soon as they're doing everything they have to and they're both quite clearly £20m+ potential players.

 

[WNRH]

Lopes and Denayer just have to be involved next season. If they don't its pretty fair to presume that no one will anytime soon as they're doing everything they have to and they're both quite clearly £20m+ potential players.

Think Lopes should, he has surprised me as I didn't think he would be like this.

Surely Denayer though is better to go and play 35 games in a better league next season than 8 for us in the carling cup?

 

[sam-caddick]

Lopes and Denayer just have to be involved next season. If they don't its pretty fair to presume that no one will anytime soon as they're doing everything they have to and they're both quite clearly £20m+ potential players.

Think Lopes should, he has surprised me as I didn't think he would be like this.

Surely Denayer though is better to go and play 35 games in a better league next season than 8 for us in the carling cup?

Have you seen our defence at the moment? :P

Denayer would be first choice if he was with us at the moment.

 

[bluechampion7891]

Lopes and Denayer just have to be involved next season. If they don't its pretty fair to presume that no one will anytime soon as they're doing everything they have to and they're both quite clearly £20m+ potential players.

Think Lopes should, he has surprised me as I didn't think he would be like this.

Surely Denayer though is better to go and play 35 games in a better league next season than 8 for us in the carling cup?

Have you seen our defence at the moment? :P

Denayer would be first choice if he was with us at the moment.

if we keep him as third choice next season after Kompany and Mangala or new CB + Mangala (a slight possibility), he will get a good share of games. Not 35+, but closer to 20 I guess

 

[CityFan94]

Hopefully replaces Navas in the squad next season.

Lopes and Denayer are really big prospects.