Martin Demichelis

[Decc66]

Wow cant believe some of shite he is getting tonight, most of the lads in our row had him down as our best player.

 

[Damien10]

Wow cant believe some of shite he is getting tonight, most of the lads in our row had him down as our best player.

He might of been yours and the other guys 'best player' but he certainly didn't fit the system. And i think he was far from the best player. But he did try his best.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Wow cant believe some of shite he is getting tonight, most of the lads in our row had him down as our best player.

Were you facing away from the pitch? ;-D
Seriously he did so,e some good stuff but was crucified on 4 or 5 occasions by Chelsea counter attacks. And on far too may occasions he simply took too many touches.

We are a one player team and if that player (Fernandinho) is injured we're fucked. HUGE mistake in the window not getting him an apprentice.

 

[Nelly's Left Foot]

Wow cant believe some of shite he is getting tonight, most of the lads in our row had him down as our best player.

Have to agree. How can Demechelis be the reason we were overrun at times in midfield.At least he was there!

It always looks worse when a team breaks at you when you have committed so many players ,including defenders, into attacking positions.Add to that Chelsea break very quickly with players like Willian,Ramires and Hazard.Not just pace either as they are very skillful as well.

Chelsea were really good tonight and played basically the perfect match against City.Other teams will try the same but they won't have 3 players like Chelsea who get back well but are superb on the break and they also won't have defensive midfield players like Luiz and Matic ( he looked quality didn't he?)

The main reason we were"overrun" was 2 up front and 2 that gave the ball away far too easily especially Negredo who had a mare tonight.

 

[bloodyboutsa]

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.

 

[Damien10]

Wow cant believe some of shite he is getting tonight, most of the lads in our row had him down as our best player.

Have to agree. How can Demechelis be the reason we were overrun at times in midfield.At least he was there!

It always looks worse when a team breaks at you when you have committed so many players ,including defenders, into attacking positions.Add to that Chelsea break very quickly with players like Willian,Ramires and Hazard.Not just pace either as they are very skillful as well.

Chelsea were really good tonight and played basically the perfect match against City.Other teams will try the same but they won't have 3 players like Chelsea who get back well but are superb on the break and they also won't have defensive midfield players like Luiz and Matic ( he looked quality didn't he?)

The main reason we were"overrun" was 2 up front and 2 that gave the ball away far too easily especially Negredo who had a mare tonight.

At times he wasn't. i did fear he would be sent off. I think that yellow card early on also limited him. I would agree on Negredo having a very bad game, but for some strange reason i would of still fanncied him to score more then i did Dzeko after the Jovetic substitution.

 

[skybluepete]

Wow cant believe some of shite he is getting tonight, most of the lads in our row had him down as our best player.

Have to agree. How can Demechelis be the reason we were overrun at times in midfield.At least he was there!

It always looks worse when a team breaks at you when you have committed so many players ,including defenders, into attacking positions.Add to that Chelsea break very quickly with players like Willian,Ramires and Hazard.Not just pace either as they are very skillful as well.

Chelsea were really good tonight and played basically the perfect match against City.Other teams will try the same but they won't have 3 players like Chelsea who get back well but are superb on the break and they also won't have defensive midfield players like Luiz and Matic ( he looked quality didn't he?)

The main reason we were"overrun" was 2 up front and 2 that gave the ball away far too easily especially Negredo who had a mare tonight.

I still just dont understand why our manager decided to put demechellis up against the players you mentioned- defies logic- rapid, busy, mobile players - he was never going to get the better of that situation .<br /><br />-- Tue Feb 04, 2014 1:24 am --<br /><br />

Not sure if any of you were at the game tonight. He won a lot of ball, and made the simple pass.

The faults were not in the defensive midfield but in the cheap way we gave away the ball when usually we are so good in possession.

The big clue for you is City failed to score, yet that is Demichelis fault?

NO DRIVE !!!!!!!!!! The most stationary midfield player iv seen for a long time

 

[idahoblues]

I think he did an Ok job in a position he shouldn't have been in. Amazing how quickly even our squad is short of players when the injuries start kicking in. I do think there was a place for Milner in there tonight, all this talk of him being a boring player is just bullshit

 

[skybluepete]

If I can say anything to defend MDM its that Pellegrini got it badly wrong - we were totally exposed down our left side, I know he like Kols attacking qualities but Clichy would have been better today - Clearly Chelsea had identified our left side as our defensive weak area. Also to try and play a two man midfield against one of Europe's top teams with a 33 year old as one of the CMs who's legs have gone is absolute lunacy!!!!

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17 shots OFF target ...... Dzeko was leaning back and slashing at the ball with no composure tonight and Silva missed two absolute sitters that a player of his quality should score with his eyes closed ....

All those fond of scapegoats picking on the wrong guy

After battering Chelsea in the opening stages, I feared the worst when Silva missed that sitter. He really has to improve his finishing

I don't like criticising individual players, but it was City's offensive game which was poor tonight

We have played all season with the same style, and it has worked. Unfortunately too many injuries and too many players off their game

In a 4-4-2 formation both the central midfielders need to be offensive and defensive in equal measures, if we played 3 central mids he could have been the more defensive of the 3 but in a two hes a lost cause and a toal liability in my opinion.
I dont rate him, dont like the way he plays, dont think he's good enough for where we are and would rather him just be on the bench, which incidentally is where and what i thought pellegrini bought him for.COVER ONLY !!!!

 

[Armaan]

Pellers should've gone for a Mancini special, put on Jimmy alongside MDM and push Yaya further forward.

 

[MSP]

He had a spell of 10 minutes on both end of HT where he was awful and giving them a ball on their will.

Out of that he did good job in clearly not fair battle in the midfield.

Both him and Yaya did well for most part of the game considering the task they had in front and quality and number of players they had to battle against.

 

[cleavers]

Not sure if any of you were at the game tonight. He won a lot of ball, and made the simple pass.

The faults were not in the defensive midfield but in the cheap way we gave away the ball when usually we are so good in possession.

The big clue for you is City failed to score, yet that is Demichelis fault?

Spot on Marvin and yes I was there.He had a far better game than people are claiming,especially with his distribution... and it was no worse than Yayas or Silvas !!!

Totally agree with you both. We hugely missed Fernandhino, I predicted we would miss him more than anyone in the big games back in November, Yaya and Silva were off their game because we didn't have Fernandhino, though I thought Yaya worked pretty hard, and basically was dead on his feet after 80 minutes. Demichelis was fine, and for the most part did his job, there were a few errors of course, but he's never going to replace Fernandhino like for like.

Fernandhino is one of the best in his position in the world at the moment and a very very key figure for us, in fact in games like tonight, he's the key player for me.

 

[TCIB]

Not sure if any of you were at the game tonight. He won a lot of ball, and made the simple pass.

The faults were not in the defensive midfield but in the cheap way we gave away the ball when usually we are so good in possession.

The big clue for you is City failed to score, yet that is Demichelis fault?

Spot on Marvin and yes I was there.He had a far better game than people are claiming,especially with his distribution... and it was no worse than Yayas or Silvas !!!

Totally agree with you both. We hugely missed Fernandhino, I predicted we would miss him more than anyone in the big games back in November, Yaya and Silva were off their game because we didn't have Fernandhino, though I thought Yaya worked pretty hard, and basically was dead on his feet after 80 minutes. Demichelis was fine, and for the most part did his job, there were a few errors of course, but he's never going to replace Fernandhino like for like.

Fernandhino is one of the best in his position in the world at the moment and a very very key figure for us, in fact in games like tonight, he's the key player for me.

I didn't bother putting across the fact he did well to much as people were not for listening before (fair enough tbh as we lost).
For someone with no pace he did a fine job and if people mean to or not are gauging him against arguably the best player in the world, unfair.

I do feel he needed taking of after half time though for no other reason than he was fucked.

 

[TrueBlue1705]

Making a few tackles and some simple passes is not good enough. To ask Yaya to play in a two CM with MDM was hanging him out to dry... Demichelis legs have gone and he can't cover the pitch like Fernandinho does on top of that given the way we set up its astonishing that Clichy didn't play left back for his pace & better defensive capabilities. Chelsea took us apart on the counter and exposed a massive defensive weakness down our left side. We were out-foxed. Yes we missed chances, Silva missed two sitters & Dzeko was frustrating but we're lucky Chelsea could easily have scored 4 or 5 and hit the woodwork how many times??

 

[Gavmcfc88]

I thought he was our best player tonight. He looked like the only one who wanted to win it until jovetic came on. Don't get why he's getting so much stick tonight.

 

[andrewmswift]

i would say, on the night, he did his job better than silva, negredo, dzeko, and nastasic did theirs

still can't believe silva missed those two sitters. nasri buries both of those

 

[tiggsywiggsywoo]

i would say, on the night, he did his job better than silva, negredo, dzeko, and nastasic did theirs

still can't believe silva missed those two sitters. nasri buries both of those

Agreed.

 

[mancity111]

We know his lack of speed will be exposed against sides like Chelsea when you are missing the likes of Ferny.

He did what he could but defensive midfield definitely needs strengthening over summer.

Lets hope we can cover for Ferny against those sides fighting for points in the bottom half.

MD and Yaya will need better support if we go that way until Ferny returns.

 

[AntiUnited]

Not his fault. Good CB Not spectacular but solid. playing him in a dm role was kinda stupid. he did well considering who he was going to be playing against.

 

[Bill]

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.