sir baconface said:A few iffy performances last night but, hey, why not single DM out if it makes people feel better?
I suspect that MP would too, but none were fit enough.de niro said:bloodyboutsa said:Much better than Garcia. Reads the game better, class with the ball and a solid distributer.
His even a good tackler in the midfield, though what he lacks is pace & agility but so does Garcia - I'd definitely prefer Demichelis in midfield.
I'd play Jimmy. Garcia even Rodwell in front of him every time.
Same view as mine, we'd all prefer that MD didn't have to play there, but there were no other options last night as the rest weren't fit, and for me, he did as much as he could, the main problems were elsewhere on the pitch last night. Silva, Negredo, and Dzeko's boots, had any of them been near the form they are capable of we'd probably be top of the league this morning.tolmie's hairdoo said:Best man in a City shirt last night and just goes to show how many people really know fuck all about football.
He never let anybody down and made every tackle asked of him.
The whole system failed because simply put, it only works when Fernandinho is at the heart of it.
Demichelis has excellent technique, kept the ball moving and attempted to put out fires all night.
It's become a convenient stick to beat him with.
Demichelis is no Fernandinho, a player who drives forward and has the capacity to run all day.
He covers for Yaya and does the work of two other players.
It's no coincidence the last time we lost at Sunderland it was because Fernandinho was also missing.
tolmie's hairdoo said:Best man in a City shirt last night and just goes to show how many people really know fuck all about football.
He never let anybody down and made every tackle asked of him.
The whole system failed because simply put, it only works when Fernandinho is at the heart of it.
Demichelis has excellent technique, kept the ball moving and attempted to put out fires all night.
It's become a convenient stick to beat him with.
Demichelis is no Fernandinho, a player who drives forward and has the capacity to run all day.
He covers for Yaya and does the work of two other players.
It's no coincidence the last time we lost at Sunderland it was because Fernandinho was also missing.
blue ranger said:I just don't get it with MDM Tolm and can't see where you are coming from.
The truth is that MDM has been poor since the day we signed him. Always has a mistake in him and his habit of diving in on half way line and leaving the rest of defence exposed is comical at times. The problem we have is that Nastasic has been even worse this season and the truth is kompany has covered for both this season.
Most sane city fans know the best defending partnership we have is kompany and lescott. Unfortunately lescott has never had a run of games. Personally don't think lescott is the answer next season but he is certainly better than the other 2.
Once every city fan heard that team last night their hearts will have sunk. Everyone expected MDM and Yaya to be overrun in midfield. In truth they were. Agree MDM wasn't the worst player, nastasic, negredo etc would be at the top of that list but to say he was our top player is laughable. Navas and Hart out best 2 by some distance.
I've not seen a lot of him, but I hadn't particularly rated what I had seen, until last night, I agree played very well, as did Luiz, even though he's a snidey bugger.masterwig said:Willian was superb.
cleavers said:Same view as mine, we'd all prefer that MD didn't have to play there, but there were no other options last night as the rest weren't fit, and for me, he did as much as he could, the main problems were elsewhere on the pitch last night. Silva, Negredo, and Dzeko's boots, had any of them been near the form they are capable of we'd probably be top of the league this morning.tolmie's hairdoo said:Best man in a City shirt last night and just goes to show how many people really know fuck all about football.
He never let anybody down and made every tackle asked of him.
The whole system failed because simply put, it only works when Fernandinho is at the heart of it.
Demichelis has excellent technique, kept the ball moving and attempted to put out fires all night.
It's become a convenient stick to beat him with.
Demichelis is no Fernandinho, a player who drives forward and has the capacity to run all day.
He covers for Yaya and does the work of two other players.
It's no coincidence the last time we lost at Sunderland it was because Fernandinho was also missing.
Zin 'messiah' Zimmer said:blue ranger said:I just don't get it with MDM Tolm and can't see where you are coming from.
The truth is that MDM has been poor since the day we signed him. Always has a mistake in him and his habit of diving in on half way line and leaving the rest of defence exposed is comical at times. The problem we have is that Nastasic has been even worse this season and the truth is kompany has covered for both this season.
Most sane city fans know the best defending partnership we have is kompany and lescott. Unfortunately lescott has never had a run of games. Personally don't think lescott is the answer next season but he is certainly better than the other 2.
Once every city fan heard that team last night their hearts will have sunk. Everyone expected MDM and Yaya to be overrun in midfield. In truth they were. Agree MDM wasn't the worst player, nastasic, negredo etc would be at the top of that list but to say he was our top player is laughable. Navas and Hart out best 2 by some distance.
Most sane city fans???
Classic
Fundamentally to our team and the system we play is having a ball playing defender who links to midfield, sadly lescott can't pass 5 yards consistently enough to regarded as that player, get use to how MP sets up, he wants players comfortable on the ball which is why the cycle of players such as Richards, lescott, Milner, Barry is coming to an end, oh look, they're all English (alarm bells)
MD was nothing more than a stop gap and he's performed admirably since day one, performing poorly is a ridiculous statement and one which shows up a great deal of people's tactical savvy!!!!
blue ranger said:I just don't get it with MDM Tolm and can't see where you are coming from.
The truth is that MDM has been poor since the day we signed him. Always has a mistake in him and his habit of diving in on half way line and leaving the rest of defence exposed is comical at times. The problem we have is that Nastasic has been even worse this season and the truth is kompany has covered for both this season.
Most sane city fans know the best defending partnership we have is kompany and lescott. Unfortunately lescott has never had a run of games. Personally don't think lescott is the answer next season but he is certainly better than the other 2.
Once every city fan heard that team last night their hearts will have sunk. Everyone expected MDM and Yaya to be overrun in midfield. In truth they were. Agree MDM wasn't the worst player, nastasic, negredo etc would be at the top of that list but to say he was our top player is laughable. Navas and Hart out best 2 by some distance.
dasblues said:Name one game where he has cost us points/goals directly from his mistakes...