Martin Demichelis (continued)

[Mr HJ]

To be honest, I think another major contributing factor in his improvement was the players around him adjusting to his weaknesses. Kompany eventually ended up having to cover the entire pitch behind our defensive line as he realised just how easy it was for teams to lump it over MDM and just run on to it. As much as MDM played well, he put a very high strain on Kompany, which more than likely led to some of his mistakes.

I can't imagine he'll start for Argentina, as Garay doesn't have the mobility of Kompany to cover for him and I can't see Argentina playing with a deep defensive line.

Tosh!

 

[mastermind]

I'm so chuffed for him.

People despised him after some bad performances in the first half of the season, but the guy just needed some time to adapt to what is the most competitive league in the world.

 

[super_city_si]

To be honest, I think another major contributing factor in his improvement was the players around him adjusting to his weaknesses. Kompany eventually ended up having to cover the entire pitch behind our defensive line as he realised just how easy it was for teams to lump it over MDM and just run on to it. As much as MDM played well, he put a very high strain on Kompany, which more than likely led to some of his mistakes.

I can't imagine he'll start for Argentina, as Garay doesn't have the mobility of Kompany to cover for him and I can't see Argentina playing with a deep defensive line.

Dont think thats fair or accurate.

The initial problems were Demichelis likes to control the line and Kompany likes roam and press causing a gap and uncohesive line. Look at how Demichelis organized the line at Hull when Kompany was sent off, we had them offside loads of times. I think simply put that Kompany and Demichelis learned to play together and have an effective line.

 

[BigOscar]

To be honest, I think another major contributing factor in his improvement was the players around him adjusting to his weaknesses. Kompany eventually ended up having to cover the entire pitch behind our defensive line as he realised just how easy it was for teams to lump it over MDM and just run on to it. As much as MDM played well, he put a very high strain on Kompany, which more than likely led to some of his mistakes.

I can't imagine he'll start for Argentina, as Garay doesn't have the mobility of Kompany to cover for him and I can't see Argentina playing with a deep defensive line.

Dont think thats fair or accurate.

The initial problems were Demichelis likes to control the line and Kompany likes roam and press causing a gap and uncohesive line. Look at how Demichelis organized the line at Hull when Kompany was sent off, we had them offside loads of times. I think simply put that Kompany and Demichelis learned to play together and have an effective line.

The Hull game isn't at all representative of the way we normally defend though, as we were down to 10 men so kept a far deeper line than normal, completely nullifying both his and Javi's lack of pace. With the line we normally keep, there is about 40 yards in behind our defenders for strikers to run into, which MDM simply cannot cover, so Kompany has to do it for him. Kompany has had to adjust his game to be prepared to run across in behind MDM, that's just a reality

 

[blueparrot]

To be honest, I think another major contributing factor in his improvement was the players around him adjusting to his weaknesses. Kompany eventually ended up having to cover the entire pitch behind our defensive line as he realised just how easy it was for teams to lump it over MDM and just run on to it. As much as MDM played well, he put a very high strain on Kompany, which more than likely led to some of his mistakes.

I can't imagine he'll start for Argentina, as Garay doesn't have the mobility of Kompany to cover for him and I can't see Argentina playing with a deep defensive line.

Dont think thats fair or accurate.

The initial problems were Demichelis likes to control the line and Kompany likes roam and press causing a gap and uncohesive line. Look at how Demichelis organized the line at Hull when Kompany was sent off, we had them offside loads of times. I think simply put that Kompany and Demichelis learned to play together and have an effective line.

The Hull game isn't at all representative of the way we normally defend though, as we were down to 10 men so kept a far deeper line than normal, completely nullifying both his and Javi's lack of pace. With the line we normally keep, there is about 40 yards in behind our defenders for strikers to run into, which MDM simply cannot cover, so Kompany has to do it for him. Kompany has had to adjust his game to be prepared to run across in behind MDM, that's just a reality

I think at first Kompany didn't trust the high line MDM set and stayed deeper playing people onside that MDM couldn't catch, after Hull maybe Kompany got it, and trusted the line MDM set , and the offside worked much better. We certainly got caught out with balls over the top less towards the end of the season.

 

[JJCMCFC]

He's had his ponytail chopped off!!

 

[BlueTG]

He's had his ponytail chopped off!!

And in other news, the sky appears Blue.

 

[jimharri]

He's had his ponytail chopped off!!

Big boat, big lump of ice, Di Caprio, Winslet (with her thrupennies out) and that bloody song.

 

[allan harper]

He's had his ponytail chopped off!!

dont know what but we aint going to be disapointed!

 

[TCIB]

To be honest, I think another major contributing factor in his improvement was the players around him adjusting to his weaknesses. Kompany eventually ended up having to cover the entire pitch behind our defensive line as he realised just how easy it was for teams to lump it over MDM and just run on to it. As much as MDM played well, he put a very high strain on Kompany, which more than likely led to some of his mistakes.

I can't imagine he'll start for Argentina, as Garay doesn't have the mobility of Kompany to cover for him and I can't see Argentina playing with a deep defensive line.

Tosh!

Agreed.