Martin Demichelis

[Gabriel]

Problem with playing him in midfield was that we had to play Nastasic at the back. Chelsea could ten funnel play onto him and we surrendered possession more easily.

 

[RandomJ]

Needs a fucking hair cut as well.

 

[JamesA]

Not a defensive midfielder, not got the engine to do Yaya's dirty work or passing range to move us forward.

 

[argyle]

Bi-polar Bluemoon at its best. A few pages back people are saying he is fantastic, now they're saying he's shit.

He can't play as part of a two man midfield against top teams that is for sure.

 

[JamesA]

I've not minded him at CB, he's not amazing but him and Kompany seem to work the best together out of the other options. Nastasic was poor tonight and showed his inexperience, I would have liked to see Milner on for Nastasic in that second half and move Demichelis back into defence.

 

[RegMuffin]

I can't pronounce his name so can't really comment on him (literally, I can't)

 

[Unknown_Genius]

Can't understand the amount of vitriol he's getting. He did OK, considering he was playing out of position, and got little support from his team mates. Yaya was the one who let me down the most, but some fans are too easily misled by TV pundits, and will just pick on the easier target like Demichelis, or Garcia.

 

[BigOscar]

Can't understand the amount of vitriol he's getting. He did OK, considering he was playing out of position, and got little support from his team mates. Yaya was the one who let me down the most, but some fans are too easily misled by TV pundits, and will just pick on the easier target like Demichelis, or Garcia.

It's because he constantly overcommited himself and left us completely exposed. We all know that Yaya won't track back particularly, so his partners job is to cover for him and make sure they do. That's not even Fernandinho's natural game, but he understands what is required and does it brilliantly. Demichellis on the other hand just constantly charged at whoever had the ball and threw himself at them. Obviously that will result in a few succesful tackles, but the rest of the time it completely removes you from the game and gives the opposition a free run at our defence. That might be alright if you're last man, but constantly doing it on the halfway line is just suicidal

 

[Petetheblu]

Can't understand the amount of vitriol he's getting. He did OK, considering he was playing out of position, and got little support from his team mates. Yaya was the one who let me down the most, but some fans are too easily misled by TV pundits, and will just pick on the easier target like Demichelis, or Garcia.

well said pal.

 

[meeesh]

Wank