Martin Demichelis

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He was poor today, which was baffling as he was outstanding at St James' Park last weekend. We need to invest in a top class CB in the summer as I'm not yet convinced by Nasty.
 
I thought he was our weakest performer by some distance today. First half he was okay, no communication to Edin for their first goal though.

But in the second half, Christ! I said in the match thread; 'It looked like Dimichelis had subbed his shit twin on for the second half. he was bobbins. Diving in and made to look stupid a few times, was out of position a lot, gave the ball away too much and wasn't concentrating for their second goal.'

I think Nastasić is miles better than him. He had a few poor games earlier in the season but he's been back to being decent again in recent performances. I see a few good things in Dimichelis but he's very inconsistent, even within one game.
 
For someone of his age you would think he could read the game better but most of the time he wants to go tight everytime which means a little pass just takes him out of the game, against Barce, Arsenal and Liverpool etc could cost us goals.
 
jimharri said:
He was poor today, which was baffling as he was outstanding at St James' Park last weekend. We need to invest in a top class CB in the summer as I'm not yet convinced by Nasty.
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He was outstanding in the second half at Newcastle but in the first half he was a main culprit for why the game ended up like it did - because from about 20-35minutes we kept giving the ball away and after we started well it lifted Newcastle and changed the game - and Dimichelis was gave it away a number of times.
 
Getting fed up with him diving in and missing the ball all the time. Maybe he needs to accept that slide tackles aren't his forte. I don't particularly rate Lescott that highly but I fail to see what Demichelis offers over him. Lescott is as tall and strong in the air and about as fast and doesn't go diving in leaving us open at the back.
 
celticfc482 said:
For someone of his age you would think he could read the game better but most of the time he wants to go tight everytime which means a little pass just takes him out of the game, against Barce, Arsenal and Liverpool etc could cost us goals.
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It was his fault at Sunderland, he was all over the shop at West Brom. For every great performance (München away, Newcastle away second half) there is an awful performance. There needs to be more consistency and maturity than all the diving in and running out of the defensive line when the other three in the back four are all doing the right thing. Our 21 year old shows more consistency and maturity.
 
Decent backup player for games in the cup or bottom half teams and that's about it. Will cost us goals against top teams and we will not win the league if he is going to be our starting centre half alongside Vinny. I actually think Pellegrini knows this so will be interested to see who plays against Spurs and Chelsea. Nastastic and Kompany are clearly our best 2, followed by Lescott then Demicheles.
 
RandomJ said:
Getting fed up with him diving in and missing the ball all the time. Maybe he needs to accept that slide tackles aren't his forte. I don't particularly rate Lescott that highly but I fail to see what Demichelis offers over him. Lescott is as tall and strong in the air and about as fast and doesn't go diving in leaving us open at the back.
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Fully agree he has been poor. Thing is, Lescott stands out like a sore thumb in this team now - the only one who looks like he doesn't want the ball passing to him, who looks nervous and treats it like a hot potato when we're passing it around. Can fully see why MP might not think he is an answer for us.
So more by a process of elimination that leaves VK and MN as the two for me, but overall I think CB is, relatively, the weakest area of our squad in terms of quality if not numbers
 
not sure who the best partner to Vinny is, my opinion changes pretty much on a weekly basis. I don't think theres actually a lot between Nasty, Demi and Lescott right now. Obviously Nastasic is the only one who will be here long term, but think we could do with a big centre half signing next summer to freshen our options
 
True_Blue69 said:
Decent backup player for games in the cup or bottom half teams and that's about it. Will cost us goals against top teams and we will not win the league if he is going to be our starting centre half alongside Vinny. I actually think Pellegrini knows this so will be interested to see who plays against Spurs and Chelsea. Nastastic and Kompany are clearly our best 2, followed by Lescott then Demicheles.
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If what you say is true then we won't be winning the league.If everyone is fit it would seem Demichelis is the man Pellers turns to and I don't see that changing.He trusts him
 
Nelly's Left Foot said:
True_Blue69 said:
Decent backup player for games in the cup or bottom half teams and that's about it. Will cost us goals against top teams and we will not win the league if he is going to be our starting centre half alongside Vinny. I actually think Pellegrini knows this so will be interested to see who plays against Spurs and Chelsea. Nastastic and Kompany are clearly our best 2, followed by Lescott then Demicheles.
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If what you say is true then we won't be winning the league.If everyone is fit it would seem Demichelis is the man Pellers turns to and I don't see that changing.He trusts him
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Or he's playing him to see what he's like with our team and he's not quite made his mind up yet. I'm hoping after a while he'll make his mind up that he makes far too many mistakes for this team and gets Nastasić playing regularly.
 
MDM was woeful today - He's decent on the ball but for a guy of his experience the number of times he dives in when he can't win the ball is staggering. Wasn't a one off today either, its a common theme with him .... Nastasic needs to get some regular games with Vinnie now to build his confidence back up, by far a better option than MDM
 
Proelia said:
Nastasic is shite for awhile now , lacks pace and gives away staggering amount of frees
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He was quite poor for a few games earlier in the season but since around November he's been fine when he's been fit to play. He's not as slow you think and he will make the odd mistakes and give the odd free kicks away (I do agree he does give a few too many away) as he's 21 he's learning the game and he's learning nowt on the bench watching Dimichelis unless it's what not to do.
 
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