Player thread: Vincent Kompany (2014/15)

[buckshot]

Something is definitely wrong right now, you can't play him against Chelsea.

 

[cookster]

Clearly being sheltered from criticism on here due to past performances and rightly so.

However, he is currently our 3/4th best centre half on form, Boyota was better today.

 

[ZZmaestro]

Something is definitely wrong right now, you can't play him against Chelsea.

I tell you what, i think that his injury record is taking its tole on his body now.
He has never been the same dominant self since his first hamstring injury on December 2012.
Now, he already has been out four times ( sic !!!! ) for the very same torn hamstring since that day.

I have been into body building and weight-lifting myself since my early twenties, and i can tell you that a torn muscle never recovers 99%.
You can't hide what's clearly there for all to see, he just won't reach the same level of fitness and speed.
And we shouldn't have rushed him so early into the competition.

 

[citytill1die84]

Had it been Mangala that put that performance in he would have been hung now.

Playing him LCB was a weird 1 tho.

 

[waspish]

Noticed he can't jump like he used to..

 

[J_Bow]

He's just been kamikaze lately and he needs to tone it down. There's no need for him to come 15-20 yards up the pitch to win a ball or come out from the back and try and take on a few players. This is a useful at times but often than not he's been going missing recently.

I imagine he doesn't feel comfortable back there with some of the iffy performances from Mangala/Demi/Clichy/Kolarov this season but he's been just as bad and I think he tries to take on too much rather than just do his job.

I don't think he's had a season without injury for us, that doesn't help.

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

Well last season we had Garcia covering the back line and the season before that we NDJ. This season we have a good for nothing octopus who leaves the back line totally exposed. I really wouldn't put much of the blame on Vinny. He was played out of position and was paired with Boyata .

 

[buckshot]

Something is definitely wrong right now, you can't play him against Chelsea.

I tell you what, i think that his injury record is taking its tole on his body now.
He has never been the same dominant self since his first hamstring injury on December 2012.
Now, he already has been out four times ( sic !!!! ) for the very same torn hamstring since that day.

I have been into body building and weight-lifting myself since my early twenties, and i can tell you that a torn muscle never recovers 99%.
You can't hide what's clearly there for all to see, he just won't reach the same level of fitness and speed.
And we shouldn't have rushed him so early into the competition.

I think you're right. I wouldn't mind seeing him get a month off to properly heal while MD and EM hold down the fort.

 

[buckshot]

Well last season we had Garcia covering the back line and the season before that we NDJ. This season we have a good for nothing octopus who leaves the back line totally exposed. I really wouldn't put much of the blame on Vinny. He was played out of position and was paired with Boyata .

That has something to do with it but you can't deny that he's been off lately. He seems to have lost the ability to anticipate and is losing one on ones.

 

[Bluewonder]

Fuck me, Baresi would look dodgy in this joke of a system.