Martin Demichelis

[OB1]

Passed the ball forward more in one match then Lescott does in a full season

The only slight problem was that more often than not it was to an opposition player.

Why do people make comments like this?

MD attempted 72 forward passes and completed 64 of them. Please explain to me how that remotely equates to passing to the opposition more often than not?

He made 9 square passes and just 2 backwards.

Opinions are one thing but facts are another and its not hard to check such facts.

 

[Skashion]

only to have his shot saved well by ruddy.

That ruddy Ruddy!

 

[Burtonblue]

Very composed performance by him yesterday considering it is only his second outing in the team.
Yes he may have misplaced a few passes but made an awful lot of them.
Looks a real threat on corners too.
A class player. Like him a lot.

 

[Len Rum]

Passed the ball forward more in one match then Lescott does in a full season

The only slight problem was that more often than not it was to an opposition player.

Why do people make comments like this?

MD attempted 72 forward passes and completed 64 of them. Please explain to me how that remotely equates to passing to the opposition more often than not?

He made 9 square passes and just 2 backwards.

Opinions are one thing but facts are another and its not hard to check such facts.

Fair play I did make a misleading comment.

Based on your stats of his 72 forward passes then about 10% went straight back to the opposition! ( one of which Elmander should have scored from) , that's a high percentage especially if you consider many of the 72 passes must have been fairly routine ( again no hard evidence, just from watching the game). Better teams will punish us if the 10% rate were to continue

 

[Marvin]

The only slight problem was that more often than not it was to an opposition player.

Why do people make comments like this?

MD attempted 72 forward passes and completed 64 of them. Please explain to me how that remotely equates to passing to the opposition more often than not?

He made 9 square passes and just 2 backwards.

Opinions are one thing but facts are another and its not hard to check such facts.

Fair play I did make a misleading comment.

Based on your stats of his 72 forward passes then about 10% went straight back to the opposition! ( one of which Elmander should have scored from) , that's a high percentage especially if you consider many of the 72 passes must have been fairly routine ( again no hard evidence, just from watching the game). Better teams will punish us if the 10% rate were to continue

He did make a couple of bad mistakes with his passes.

But nevertheless his ability to run with the ball out of defence and pick a through pass into midfield promised much. Many defenders can't do that. Kompany does it, and Nasty to an extent. Demichelis can play in midfield and you could see that technique in the game yesterday.

You are right he made some mistakes, but I like players who are prepared to take on some responsibility and make things happen.

 

[nobody can eat fifty eggs]

He's a class act, anyone who knows their footy can tell that.

 

[Bluwhit]

He was very disappointed with his wayward passes. He's still getting up to speed after his injury & intro to a new league. He will get better. He's confident of this.

 

[Tbilisi]

He's a class act, anyone who knows their footy can tell that.

I feel so much more confident having him around

 

[oldius]

Why do people make comments like this?

MD attempted 72 forward passes and completed 64 of them. Please explain to me how that remotely equates to passing to the opposition more often than not?

He made 9 square passes and just 2 backwards.

Opinions are one thing but facts are another and its not hard to check such facts.

Fair play I did make a misleading comment.

Based on your stats of his 72 forward passes then about 10% went straight back to the opposition! ( one of which Elmander should have scored from) , that's a high percentage especially if you consider many of the 72 passes must have been fairly routine ( again no hard evidence, just from watching the game). Better teams will punish us if the 10% rate were to continue

He did make a couple of bad mistakes with his passes.

But nevertheless his ability to run with the ball out of defence and pick a through pass into midfield promised much. Many defenders can't do that. Kompany does it, and Nasty to an extent. Demichelis can play in midfield and you could see that technique in the game yesterday.

You are right he made some mistakes, but I like players who are prepared to take on some responsibility and make things happen.

Spot on. He looked very classy on the ball and made some exceptional, sharp forward passes that helped to unlock Norwich. He made two passing errors that lead to attacks but overall, I think both he and we can be happy with his performance.

 

[shawgorbie]

He's a class act, anyone who knows their footy can tell that.

There's obviously a few on here who don't,after just 2 games he looks as you say CLASS

 

[City_Sean]

very solid, exceptional positional sense, calm and composed on the ball.

 

[Joe Royle]

When Kompany is fit, Martin and Vinny will be the first choice centre half pairing.

 

[TINY]

Shocking distribution, but very good defender.

 

[adrianr]

There is every chance he's just trying to impress. There's a lot of pressure on new players, even experienced ones, to make an impression. He could also be under specific orders from Pellegrini to push the ball forward as quickly as possible, which will inevitably lead to a few more misplaced passes. Hell, he could have just thought Norwich that little a threat it was worth being a little more adventurous (hopefully he isn't that arrogant, but you never know). Either way, we can't extrapolate too much from such little time in a City shirt. Good or bad.

Wouldn't be surprised to see him and Kompany as the first choice pairing. Think Pellegrini was hoping to have them settled together by now by obvious problems have prevented it.

 

[Utter bobbins]

Shocking distribution, but very good defender.

Which game where you watching

 

[True_Blue69]

Shocking distribution, but very good defender.

Which game where you watching

The one that did 4 or 5 simple passes straight to the opposition? Yep the same one I was watching then.

Like the poster said, defensively sound but his passing is not quite there at the minute, maybe down to the pace of the game.

 

[kippaxchris]

Great player

 

[Utter bobbins]

Shocking distribution, but very good defender.

Which game where you watching

The one that did 4 or 5 simple passes straight to the opposition? Yep the same one I was watching then.

Like the poster said, defensively sound but his passing is not quite there at the minute, maybe down to the pace of the game.

But you completely ignore the numerous passes that actually went forward to someone in a blue shirt

 

[kippaxchris]

Shocking distribution, but very good defender.

Which game where you watching

The one that did 4 or 5 simple passes straight to the opposition? Yep the same one I was watching then.

Like the poster said, defensively sound but his passing is not quite there at the minute, maybe down to the pace of the game.

He did 2 straight to the opposition and made up for 1, Why the exaggeration?

 

[2bluejacko]

he is a class act and will be a valuable member alongside vinny, lescott and nasty