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Just watched the full 97 minutes of City v Newcastle last Jan. MDM was outstanding. The analysis that suggests MDM was crap early in the season and brilliant late on is simplistic. Swallowed by all the pundits and commentators way too easily. Unfortunately by a number of City fans too.
MDM was outstanding for most of last season. He may have made some errors, peno ve wigan, red card v Barca. But even then, he was having a great game up to the red card. The game against Newcastle, he shows all the qualities that we think of when we think of late season MDM: imperious in the air; good distribution (good, not great); quick to intercept; and overall reading of the game first class. Yesterday, I watched the league cup final again. Same story, despite the ridiculous attempts by Neville to pin MDM as the big weakness in our make-up.
The narrative of a bad MDM early on in the season and a good MDM late in the season is simplistic. Simplistic, and wrong.
MDM was outstanding for most of last season. He may have made some errors, peno ve wigan, red card v Barca. But even then, he was having a great game up to the red card. The game against Newcastle, he shows all the qualities that we think of when we think of late season MDM: imperious in the air; good distribution (good, not great); quick to intercept; and overall reading of the game first class. Yesterday, I watched the league cup final again. Same story, despite the ridiculous attempts by Neville to pin MDM as the big weakness in our make-up.
The narrative of a bad MDM early on in the season and a good MDM late in the season is simplistic. Simplistic, and wrong.