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Dharmic Blue said:
Sadly, have to agree with this. Eli got a lot of praise for Monday night, but gave the ball away on a number of occasions and conceded stupid freekicks. And the stream of hospital passes seems never ending. If this is what we consider a great performance, we are setting our sights too low. Otamendi will be Eli's replacement, I reckon, not Martin's.
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Conceded stupid free kicks? He conceded two frees, one of which was debatable whether it was even a free as Lambert backed into him as he was jumping for a header.

He did have a couple of loose passes, one led to them launching an attack, which Mangala himself snuffed out.

He had a pass completion of 89%
He made 4 times the amount of clearances Kompany made and he made twice the number of interceptions Kompany made.
 
For the ones that are slating our current defenders, why do they think this guy is going to be any better than what we've got? He's been average his entire career until having a good season last year. He's 27 so he's going to want to be 1st choice. Mangala is the better option.
 
The way I see it going is MDM out the door, Otamendi in and we knock £20m off the fee (the Negredo money) so we pay about £8m for him.

That would be excellent business.
 
Rolee said:
Conceded stupid free kicks? He conceded two frees, one of which was debatable whether it was even a free as Lambert backed into him as he was jumping for a header.

He did have a couple of loose passes, one led to them launching an attack, which Mangala himself snuffed out.

He had a pass completion of 89%
He made 4 times the amount of clearances Kompany made and he made twice the number of interceptions Kompany made.
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And City won every game Sergio missed last season. Lies, damned lies, and statistics.
 
Why not just play Denayer? He's fucking good. Loaning mangala after one season is basically admitting he's a flop and if the intention is to keep him then it's giving him the wrong message.

This only makes sense if Demichelis goes.
 
Dharmic Blue said:
Sadly, have to agree with this. Eli got a lot of praise for Monday night, but gave the ball away on a number of occasions and conceded stupid freekicks. And the stream of hospital passes seems never ending. If this is what we consider a great performance, we are setting our sights too low. Otamendi will be Eli's replacement, I reckon, not Martin's.
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Based on your observation, I can only assume we watched a different game. Do you have the same opinion on Vinnies performance?
 
Dharmic Blue said:
And City won every game Sergio missed last season. Lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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He conceded two frees mate, there's no lying there, is there? Do you think the one on Lambert was a free?

Did you see him making up for his error when he gave the ball away?
 
Most Porto fans have said that at Porto, Mangala was the better defender between the two of them. He was sold for only 8.5 million quid in 2014 to Valencia. Hes only had one really good season in his career.
 
If anyone was guilty of conceding needless free-kicks last Monday it was Fernandinho, not Mangala. He was fortunate to remain on the field.
 
mosssideblue said:
Based on your observation, I can only assume we watched a different game. Do you have the same opinion on Vinnies performance?
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I re-watched the full match during the week, paying close attention to Eli, Vinnie, Wilf and Raheem. Vinnie looked back to his best, apart from one error in first half. Eli just didn't look like he belonged.
 
Dr Jacoby said:
If anyone was guilty of conceding needless free-kicks last Monday it was Fernandinho, not Mangala. He was fortunate to remain to remain on the field.
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The free kick Fern gave away, and from which Lambert nearly scored, came about directly as result of an atrocious Eli pass. Go back and take a look.
 
mosssideblue said:
Do you mean start Deynayer on Sunday?
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Personally no. Against Chelsea last year was mangalas best game.
I mean if management want to demote mangala, then promote Denayer. I don't see a need for otamendi unless he is indeed world class or he is replacing Demichelis.
 
Any truth in the reports coming out of Spain today? They seem adamant City are about to sign him. Valencia have pulled him from their CL squad...
 
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