Player of the month - March

Who's been the best player in March?

  • Gareth Barry

    Votes: 2 0.8%
  • Nigel de Jong

    Votes: 3 1.2%
  • Joe Hart

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Vincent Kompany

    Votes: 63 25.2%
  • Joleon Lescott

    Votes: 136 54.4%
  • Micah Richards

    Votes: 14 5.6%
  • David Silva

    Votes: 8 3.2%
  • Carlos Tevez

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Pablo Zabaleta

    Votes: 3 1.2%
  • Mario Balotelli's training bib

    Votes: 21 8.4%

  • Total voters
    250
Silva was immense for the first few games in March but has been off the ball a bit in the last few. Still voted for him though because he's made me say "WOW!" a few times this month... haha

(no homo)
 
Dax777 said:
Silvaslovechild said:
Lescott all day. None of the goals conceded in March were his fault, he's been outstanding.
Chelsea 2nd goal. He was the man on Ramirez that got skinned like a ripe banana before waltzing past Kolarov for the goal. Just 2 minutes before that on a Chelsea Freekick, Essien had him beat and would have whacked a shot at our goal, if not for the timely diving header by Kolarov that slightly changed the trajectory of the ball.

Like I said, you all can vote for Lescott out some internal need to repent for calling him shaite. But the facts don't back up any of these claims. He has been decent, against a mostly offensively inept opposition in March. The only 2 games in which the opposition had any sort of offensive bite were Chelsea and sporadically Kiev away. On both occasions we lost 2 - 0. Of those 4 goals Lescott was at fault on one.

But in the only game in which their was a consistent attack mounted against us, Lescott positioning was often poor. Just go on the OS and watch the highlights. Time and time again you'd see it. Fron getting beat on a flick by Ramires, to being skinned for the goal. To being outpaced by Torres, or generally not being in the middle of the play when we are being attacked. Yes like anyone else on defense he get one or 2 big plays per night, like the off the line clearance in one of our games. But these singular instances (also often done by others) coupled with a series of headers on punts from the other team (by the way headers on punts rearly gets you possession more than 50% of the time) do not constitute a MOM performance.

I am sorry I don't give much credit for winning headers on long balls, which seems to be the only area in which he excels. Funny enough he does not excel at Headers on corner kicks, either defensive or offensive headers. So I am not just saying it to cover up some preexisting notion of him not being good. Simply put he has not been the best City player this month.


cheers mr moyes
 
Super_Christian_Negouai said:
Lescott for me this month, not put a foot wrong. Followed closely by Richards.
Again, even though there are many, I can forgive forgetting most. But surely getting skinned so easily on Chelsea's goal has to stick out in anyone's mind right? I mean that was a goal event! :?
 
Kompany for me.

lescott has played really well, but he's had 3-4 really bad moments.

3 of them resulting in opposition goals, and one game where the striker should have scored.
 

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